Paul Downey

President and Chief Executive OfficerPaul Downey became President/CEO of Serving Seniors (formerly Senior Community Centers) in 1995 and has guided the agency’s innovative efforts to provide supportive services focused on keeping low-income seniors healthy and independent.  Nutritious meals (breakfast and lunch) are provided 365 days per year to over 2,200 seniors at 10 sites in San Diego County.  Serving Seniors’ flagship facility, the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center, provides case management, healthcare utilizing the latest in wireless technology, mental healthcare, life-long learning and civic engagement for the seniors.  It is already considered a national model for the comprehensive provision of supportive services for seniors in poverty.   Paul has been a leader in the fight to provide affordable housing for seniors. He opened a 200-unit, low-income, senior housing complex called Potiker Family Senior Residence in downtown San Diego in August of 2003.  He opened a second project, a 150-unit affordable housing complex for seniors in City Heights, in August 2007.  The agency also operates transitional housing for homeless seniors. He is the immediate past-President of the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP) based in Washington DC and a Steering Committee Member for the California Elder Economic Standard Initiative.  In August 2012, Paul was appointed to the California Commission on Aging by Assembly then-Speaker John...
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