Meet AARP's New CEO: A. Barry Rand

aarp today ^ | 3/12/2009 | carole fleck

[milwguy]

A. Barry Rand, chairman of the Board of Trustees at Howard University and a nationally recognized agent for social change, has been tapped as AARP’s new chief executive officer, it was announced Thursday.

Rand, 64, a former top executive at Xerox and Avis Rent A Car, will succeed Bill Novelli when he takes over the association’s top post on April 6. He will become AARP’s first African American CEO.

According to an AARP press release, Rand is “a catalyst for social change and inclusion in the workplace.” He was selected to lead AARP after a national search that lasted nearly a year.

[the invisib1e hand]

talk about getting a position because he's black...

Perhaps he's qualified...he's still there because he's black, imho.

[cameraeye]

“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss”. Pete Townsend’s immortal words still ring true.

[dirtboy]

According to an AARP press release, Rand is “a catalyst for social change and inclusion in the workplace.”

Yeah, that is so highly relevant for an organization to promote the interests of retired persons.

[downtownconservative]

This is all a setup. AARP is alligning lock-step with the administration in order to become the next “Fannie-Mae” of the health-insurance industry. They want to become the administrators of the government insurance program (ie “single-payer”) and have their dachas and other “govment” bennie$.

[JoeGar]

I got a Robo call from AARP asking me to support Obamacare. I promptly called them to cancel my subscription. They promised to send me a refund of $11.00! Apparently, lots of others are cancelling too.

[Jeff Chandler]

Well there ya go.

[sionnsar]

"a nationally recognized agent for social change...”

I won't be too upset if he leads AARP over the cliff.

[Servant of the Cross]

A. Barry Rand, meet Megyn Kelley who just undressed your spokesman. Also, say goodbye to all of your FORMER members.

[Sudetenland]

Read AARP's Where We Stand on Health Care

It was written by him and it pulls heavily from Obama's talking points...some of it appears to be lifted directly from Obama.

[libh8er]

Obama's newest thug appointee:

[Publius6961]

AARP, new subsidiary of ACORN.

Time to make some changes.

[YOUGOTIT]

As AARP gets lefter and lefter it is time to get out of this anti-American pro left wing Communist organization.

[GulchBound]

This looks like pretty good evidence of an appointment staged in advance for the socialization push. It would be a really good time time check all of O’s other appointments to see what else he has in store for us.

[FreepShop1]

Can someone please post the link to the new, alternative to the AARP, so I can send it to my elderly relatives to rip up their AARP cards and join them instead?

[Sudetenland]

American Seniors Association.

[Sudetenland]

Whoops! Try again...American Seniors Association

[nj patriot]

I just cancelled my AAPP membership.

[bondjamesbond]

AARP is going to lose a lot of membership over Nationalized Health Care, one way or another... They have betrayed their membership.

Wny anybody stays in that organization, I will never understand.