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DANIEL PERRY is the Executive Director of the not-for-profit Alliance for Aging Research in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1986, the Alliance is a leading U.S. citizen advocacy organization for promoting a broad agenda of medical and scientific research to improve the health and independence of older people.
Mr. Perry's background spans a wide range of health policy, governmental, political and journalistic experience. Mr. Perry held staff positions for more than a dozen years on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. He has been a key advisor on aging and medical research policies to Democratic and Republican legislators and Presidents. He has led a number of large and politically potent coalitions advancing research in aging, Alzheimer’s disease and for embryonic stem cell research.
He is an advisor to the Institute on Aging of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences.
As a journalist he was the recipient of many awards and citations, including a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize.
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