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Michael S. Marcus currently serves as Program Director for Older Adult Services at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, http://www.hjweinbergfoundation.org, one of the largest private foundations in North America, and the second largest funder in the field of aging in the US. The foundation provides support through operating, program and capital grants to nonprofit organizations focusing on those living in poverty, especially older adults. Between 1983 and 1990 Michael was the Associate Director for Community Resources at a national foundation based in Washington and Boston that funded advocacy programs run by and for older adults. Michael then served as senior program officer for the Chicago Community Trust from 1990 to 2004, where his area of responsibility was basic human needs, which included aging, welfare-to-work, homelessness and food security, among other areas. Prior to The Weinberg Foundation, Michael was principal of Consultants for Community Resources, a Chicago-based organization that pr