About
Who We Are
Bronwyn Keefe, MSW, MPH, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean of Workforce and Professional Development, Director of CADER, Research Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
Bronwyn Keefe is BUSSW’s assistant dean of workforce and professional development, research assistant professor, and director of BUSSW’s Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research (CADER) and The Network for Professional Education. Prof. Keefe is passionate about educating practitioners and making an impact on their knowledge, skills and values in key practice areas with older adults. Her research has been published in the Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, Journal of Aging and Social Policy and Journal of Gerontological Social Work.
Through CADER, Keefe develops curriculum and evaluates training initiatives for professionals who work with older adults and people with disabilities. To date, she has trained more than 20,000 workers and provided online training in the area of aging to more than 450 community-based agencies and state organizations nationwide. In fall 2019, she was awarded a four-year Geriatric Academic Career Award from the Health Resources Service Administration (HRSA) to continue to build upon her commitment to train an interprofessional gerontology workforce. Keefe has also been funded on many projects related to behavioral health, with a focus on building the capacity of providers and communities in understanding the importance of mental health, substance use and developing age-friendly initiatives to improve the lives of older adults.
Keefe serves on the boards of the Eldercare Workforce Alliance and is currently President of the Massachusetts Gerontology Association.
Anna Stathopoulou
Senior Manager of Operations
Anna Stathopoulou is the Senior Manager of Operations for The Network and CADER. Anna manages all operations and systems related to online training and implementation for our organizational clients and learners. She works closely with agencies and organizations to determine relevant coursework for their learners and develop a customized experience for training programs. From there, she collaborates closely with our team of developers and designers to enhance systems for these training programs and ensure all learners have a valuable training experience.
As one of the founding members of CADER, Stathopoulou has worked with thousands of training participants around the world to grow our programs and to build the career ladders and competencies of the many health and social service professionals who rely on CADER and The Network for Professional Education for their training needs.
Alison Montague
Program Manager, The Network and Trainers Hub
An alumna of BU, Montague returned to the University to coordinate the development and implementation of The Network. As program manager, she works with trainers to identify opportunities to engage with learners across The Network. A veteran of the technology industry, she spent twelve years working in marketing and strategic alliances, and has consulted with a wide range of business, consumer, political, education and non-profit organizations.
Amelia Paini, MSW
Program Manager for Curriculum Development
Amelia Paini, MSW is a program manager and member of the curriculum development team at CADER. Paini has years of experience in the social services field including a focus on evaluation, program management, and content development in training programs created for individuals working with older adults and adults with disabilities. Prior to working at Boston University, Paini was associate director of Client Services at HouseWorks in Newton, Mass., a homecare agency providing services to older adults and people with disabilities, where she was responsible for writing care plans and managing services for approximately 80 clients while advocating for their care plan vision.
Nathalie Cao Andreae
Training Program Coordinator
Andreae joined CADER in 2016 after more than 20 years at technology companies ranging from privately held startups to large enterprises where she worked across multiple disciplines, including sales, marketing, and operations. In her current role, Andreae assists with program launches, monitors learners progress and provides technical support, as well as post-sales program support.
Kathy Kuhn, MSW, LICSW
Special Projects
Kathy Kuhn, MSW, LICSW, was previously the director of Workforce Development at the Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (CADER) and is now working on special projects. Kuhn is a member of the curriculum team, where she develops national online training programs in aging and fosters new collaborative initiatives. Prior to her tenure at BUSSW, Kuhn worked extensively with older adults in health and mental health settings including 10 years as the clinical director of Geriatric Mental Health and Linguistic Outreach at Kit Clark Senior Services in Boston, Mass. She was the director of Social Services and Continuing Care at Marlborough Hospital in Marlborough, Mass. for 10 years. In 2011, Kuhn received the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers’ Greatest Contribution to Social Work Practice award. She is also involved in several advocacy efforts to improve the provision of services to older adults — particularly through her work with the Massachusetts Aging and Mental Health Coalition — and, in 2013, was appointed to the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Elder Abuse as the Geriatric Mental Health Specialist.
Joan Ead, ALM
Eadem Writing and Editing Associates
As a contract member of the curriculum team, Ead is a writer and content researcher with many years of experience creating skills-based curriculum for practitioners who work with older adults and people with disabilities. Her expertise is in approaching content from a scientific and analytical perspective in the social sciences field. Ead has vast experience through her previous role at the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission in the Social Security Disability Unit, working with interprofessional teams, and serving as a disability adjudicator. She also worked with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Social Security Administration analyzing and evaluating medical and legal regulations as they pertained to disability laws.