Diane Farsetta, PhD facilitates collaboration among researchers, clinicians, students, service providers, and community members with an interest in older adult health. She helped develop and co-facilitates meetings of the Madison and Rural Boards of Older Adult Advisors, community advisory boards that provide guidance to health researchers. Diane helped design and is the community partner liaison for “Community supports for people with dementia” (Nursing 511). She co-authored the Dementia Friendly Hospital Toolkit for hospital staff across roles and the Dementia Friendly Toolkit for campus and community audiences. Diane serves as the Chair of the Governing Board of the Area Agency on Aging of Dane County and as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Capitol Lakes Foundation. She was named a Morgridge Fellow in 2023-24, in recognition of her community-engaged scholarship. Diane’s background includes biology research, teaching, journalism, and nonprofit leadership experience.