For this month’s edition of Latino Empowerment, the National Hispanic Council on Aging is proud to celebrate an absolutely integral contributor to our efforts in serving and improving the lives of Hispanic/Latino older adults, their families, and caregivers.
Serving as NHCOA’s Board Chairman, Jorge Lambrinos is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Southern California’s School of Social Work, where his decades of nuanced experience in both policy and advocacy provide invaluable perspective. USC is also home to the Edward R. Roybal Institute for Applied Gerontology, which Mr. Lambrinos helped establish when it was initially conceived as part of California State University, Los Angeles. He initially served as its Director at CSLA, and continued to do so when it moved to USC.
Mr. Lambrinos’ involvement with the institute is informed by his professional connection to the renowned Congressman Edward R. Roybal, whose influential foothold within the House of Representatives gave way to innumerable policies and programs that continue to serve both the Hispanic/Latino communities and the entire aging population of the United States. Mr. Lambrinos served the Congressman as his Chief of Staff, during which time he also served as the Director of the House Select Committee on Aging, even becoming the first Hispanic person to staff a full committee in the U.S. House of Representatives.
He came to work with Congressman Roybal after a storied career with the United States Armed Forces. Graduating from the US Army War College, Mr. Lambrinos went on to participate in the prolific events of the Desert Shield/Desert Storm military operations during the Gulf War, for which he received the Bronze Star Medal. He then served as the US Army’s representative within the US Ambassador to Turkey Refugee Task Force, acting as a consultant to Turkey’s efforts in supporting repatriation of Iraqi refugees returning home after the war.
Jorge J. Lambrinos is a staple within the field of aging, having committed himself to a litany of organizations concerned with equity, accessibility, and the overall prosperity of the United States’ aging population. The Commission on Law and Aging of the American Bar Association, the California Executive Council of AARP, the California Commission on Aging, and many more organizations have all benefited from Mr. Lambrinos’ well informed expertise on policy, economics, and advocacy.
The National Hispanic Council on Aging is proud to receive the guidance and leadership offered by someone like Mr. Lambrinos, who has not only witnessed decades of progress for the aging demographic, but greatly contributed to its success.
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