[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 77 (Tuesday, June 4, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING TERRI LYNCH FOR HER EXTRAORDINARY WORK ON BEHALF OF OLDER 
                               VIRGINIANS

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                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 4, 2013

  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and recognize the 
outstanding contributions of Terri Lynch in making Arlington and the 
Commonwealth of Virginia a better place to live in your twilight years.
  Terri Lynch, MPA, has been the director of the Arlington County 
Agency on Aging since 1982. She helped to establish a network of 
services and programs in the Arlington Aging & Disability Services 
Division, including many that became state and national models. She 
consistently provided assistance and expertise to the Arlington 
Commission on Aging and Commission on Long-Term Care Residences. In 
2006, she provided primary staff support for the County-Board's Elder 
Readiness Task Force that assessed the status of Arlington's capacity 
to serve older adults.
  Ms. Lynch was president of the Virginia Association of Area Agencies 
on Aging from 2000 to 2002. She was a cofounding director and vice 
chair of the Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living from 1996 to 2003. 
She has served on the Policy Board for the Northern Virginia Long-Term 
Care Ombudsman Program, the Advisory Committee for the State Long-Term 
Care Ombudsman Program, the Board for the Virginia Elder Rights 
Coalition, and the Virginia Legal Services Corporation Board. She is a 
founding member of Northern Virginia Womenade, a giving circle that 
aids nonprofit organizations.
  Ms. Lynch has been a long-standing driving force in the Northern 
Virginia Aging Network, comprised of the region's agencies on aging and 
commissions on aging, as well as aging service and advocacy groups. 
NVAN has produced a state legislative platform since 1983, which has 
resulted in advances in community-based aging services, accessibility, 
housing, mental health and long-term care.
  Ms. Lynch has been a leader in the field of aging at the local, state 
and national levels. She has received more than 20 distinguished 
honors, letters of appreciation and superior performance awards. She 
received the prestigious Winston Award from the Arlington County Bar 
Foundation in 2007 which recognizes members of the local community for 
longstanding public service, promotion of democratic ideals and the 
advancement of the rule of law. She received the Culpepper Garden Elder 
Services Award in 2009.
  Ms. Lynch has been recognized multiple times by elected officials, 
policy-makers, community advocates and colleagues. They acknowledge her 
creativity, strategic thinking, administrative and advocacy skills, 
energy, and sheer ability to make things happen for the benefit of 
older people. She is always innovative, ahead of the curve, and 
exercises leadership that counts for elders. Ms. Lynch is retiring on 
June 28, 2013, and I salute her long track record of success and the 
positive differences she has made. I look forward to her continuing 
work in the public interest.

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