Dr. Peter Reed serves as Director of the Sanford Center for Aging at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) School of Medicine and Professor of Public Health. He is also the past Chair of the UNR Faculty Senate (2023 – 24) and past Chair of the Nevada System of Higher Education Council of Senate Chairs. Peter has built his 30-year career as a public health gerontologist with a commitment to service and collaboration, bridging education, research, practice, policy and organizational leadership. Previous appointments include serving as CEO of Pioneer Network, President and CEO of the Center for Health Improvement, and as Senior Director of Programs for the Alzheimer’s Association National Office. Peter received his PhD and MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, where he was a National Institute of Aging Pre-Doctoral Fellow, and he is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in sociology from the University of Kentucky. He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and is active with numerous boards and commissions. Peter received the 2024 UNR Distinguished Outreach and Engagement Faculty Award.