With Heartfelt Appreciation to June and Jack McKay

By Lisa Nerenberg, Director of Special Projects

CEJC recently received a very generous bequest from June and Jack McKay, for which we are deeply honored and profoundly appreciative. 

​I first met Jack in the early 1980s when I was an intern at the San Francisco Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention, then housed at Mount Zion Hospital, and he was a leading figure on the group's Steering Committee.The program, now part of the Institute on Aging, was launched by the Coalition for Agencies Serving the Elderly (CASE), which Jack also chaired and was active on for many years. ​Among his many other accomplishments, he was the founding director of Support Services for Elders (SSE), one of the country’s first comprehensive financial case management programs.SSE provided services that ranged from simply helping clients pay their bills to conservatorship. 

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I’ve  heard that Jack was an incredible folk-dance caller. Although I regret never having the chance to see that side of him, I saw him as a mentor and often followed his calls in our work with elders."   ​

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