H.E.L.P. Names New Officers

Helen Dennis, Daily Breeze columnist and nationally-recognized specialist on aging, employment and retirement, has been elected chair of H.E.L.P.'s board of directors, executive director Ed Long announced recently.

Helen succeeds Cathy Hendrickson, president and CEO of Bay Cities National Bank. Joining Helen and Cathy on the H.E.L.P. executive committee are vice chair C. Logan Meyer, an executive in Cross Car Line Planning at Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and treasurer Nan Salley, senior vice president with the private bank at Bank of America.

Other board members are Bob Abelson, Jean Adelsman, Jimi Andersen, Rod Burkley, Liz Fitzgerald, Dr. Lowell Greenberg, Suzi Gulcher, Hal Lazar, Julia Parton, Clara Duran Reed and Grace Yeh.

H.E.L.P. is an award-winning Torrance, California -based non-profit education and counseling center providing impartial information to older adults and families on elder care, law, finances and more. Since its inception in 1996, it has helped thousands of individuals, couples and families. Its services include public classes, private consultations, publications and telephone and Internet assistance. H.E.L.P. is located at 1404 Cravens Avenue, Torrance, California 90501. The phone number is (310) 533-1996, and the Internet addresses are www.help4srs.org, www.annuitytruth.org and www.better-endings.org.