Howard L. Rogers, III

Executive DirectorHoward Rodgers began his career with elder care when he was hired to run a New Orleans senior citizens center in 1967. Thirty-five years later, he is still working with senior citizens as the executive director of the New Orleans Council on Aging. Rodgers served as assistant director of the Carrollton Hollygrove Senior Center from 1977 until 1984, when he became senior center coordinator for the New Orleans Council on Aging. He then returned to serve as director of the Carrollton Hollygrove Senior Center from 1900 to 1990 following the retirement of his mentor. In 2010, Rodgers received the Geneva Mathiasen Award from the National Council on Aging due to his significant contributions to the National Council on Aging and its programs. He was also named a 2011 Role Model by the Young Leadership Council of New Orleans. Rodgers received his Bachelor’s degree from Loyola University and his master’s degree in social work from Southern University of New Orleans (SUNO). He also taught for four years in the SUNO school of social work. As executive director, Rodgers runs 13 senior centers helping up to 10,000 New Orleans seniors a year, as well as the area’s Meals on Wheels program, which provides 1,600 hot meals a day to seniors. The New Orleans Council on Aging is a private, non-profit corporation which serves as the Area Agency on Aging for Orleans Parish. The agency is responsible for insuring that a comprehensive and coordinated assortment of social, recrea...
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