As the Executive Director of the Maine Council on Aging (MCOA), Jess Maurer leads and manages a broad, multidisciplinary network of more than 130 organizations, businesses, and community members working to ensure that we can all live healthy, engaged, and secure lives as we age in our homes and in community settings. In this role, she advances statewide public policy initiatives, provides leadership within Maine’s aging network, and supports Maine’s Legislative Caucus on Aging. Her areas of specific focus include housing, transportation, lifelong communities, direct care workforce, and care across all settings.