{"id":969,"name":"City of Salem","url":"http:\/\/www.cityofsalem.net","description":"Marilyn Daily-Blair has been a Senior Center Executive Director for 25 years. For the last 20 years she has served at the  Salem Senior Center, now named Center 50+.   She graduated from Western Oregon University with a degree in Public Policy Administration with a minor in Sociology and special emphasis in Aging and Maturing.   Marilyn was hired in 1999 during a major budget crisis in which the Senior Center was on \u201cclosure\u201d list. Under her leadership she organized the Seniors and engaged them in a Strategic Operation Planning process.  That process has led this Center to be a strong viable community resource.   Center 50+ is recognized as the first to achieve National Accreditation in the State of Oregon, joining the ranks of fewer than 200 in the Country.  Her most exciting time of her career however, has been the last 12   years where she was a given the opportunity to lead  the planning, development, construction, and opening of a new facility, Center 50+.  She has been assigned  to lead the City of Salem\u2019s efforts to become an Age Friendly community. \r\n \r\nThe Center has been recognized as being a leader in the industry for making the transition from the Traditional Senior Center of the past to what it is today, a Center serving those age 50+ (and their families) and empowering seniors to take charge of the second half of their lives\u2014to lead a life of purpose, health, and connected to their community.","link":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/author\/city-of-salem\/","slug":"city-of-salem","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbea28f08748bbe06df249e2da9bded5?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbea28f08748bbe06df249e2da9bded5?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbea28f08748bbe06df249e2da9bded5?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_last_posted":0},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}