Advisory Board

The members of the YNC Advisory Board have direct experience in starting and managing companies. They are available as a qualified support group when needed. Here are some of our Board members:

Richard Adler   

From 1990 to 1997, Richard was Vice President for Development at SeniorNet, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to provide adults aged 55 and older with access to computer and telecommunication skills. Before joining SeniorNet, Richard was a director at the Institute for the Future (IFTF), where he headed a research program in new information services. His clients at IFTF included major corporations such as Aetna, American Express, Apple Computer, AT&T, Chase Manhattan, Gannett, IBM, and Kodak. Richard has taught communications at Stanford University and UCLA and was a Research Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He currently serves on several national advisory boards and is a member of the American Society on Aging’s Lifetime Education and Renewal Network (LEARN). Richard has written and spoken extensively about aging and information technologies. His recent publications include “Looking Ahead: Older Adults, New Technology and Learning” (The Older Learner, Winter 2001); “Telecommunications 2011” (Penn State Institute for Information Studies, May 2001) and Media Use by Older Adults: Television, Computers and the Internet (Seniors Media Lab, 1999). 

He holds a BA from Harvard, an MA from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA from the McLaren School of Business at the University of San Francisco.