Mark D. Weiner has been named president and chief executive officer of Council for Jewish Elderly (CJE).

Weiner's impressive background includes over 25 years of senior health care management. Most recently, he directed strategic planning and business advisory services for senior living, health care and housing markets for Perkins Eastman, a national architectural, planning and consulting firm. A former CJE board member and Vice President, Weiner has served as an advisor to hospitals, elder care providers and service organizations across the country.

Isaiah Poland, president of 50+ Financial Group, Inc. is a member of the Society of Certified Senior Advisors, (CSA) and is committed to issues that are important to seniors. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the Suburban Area Agency on Aging. He has published numerous senior related editorials for various news publications on health, personal finance and social related issues

50+ Financial Group specializes in life settlements and financial services for mature adults. Older Americans are familiar with the mortgage refinance process that permits them to reap substantial cash rewards from the equity in their homes. A similar marketplace exists to facilitate the sale of life insurance policies. Poland states that he is proud to serve as president of this new financial services company, where he can continue to provide mature adults with income planning tools.

He was previously with Humana Inc. from 1992 to 2004 and served in a variety of roles. His last position was sales director for Humana’s Medicare + Choice health plans and other insurance related products.

Joy V. Cunningham, senior vice president and general counsel for Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, was recently installed as the first African-American female president of The Chicago Bar Association (CBA). Cunningham has had a distinguished and varied career, including service as a Circuit Court Judge.

African-American lawyers were not admitted to the CBA until November 1945 and minority numbers in bar associations didn't start growing substantially until the mid-1980s and 1990s. That’s part of why Cunningham feels a moral obligation to serve as president of CBA.

Before joining Northwestern, Cunningham most recently served as a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, where she had a diverse assignment including jury trials. She also has served as associate general counsel for Loyola University and Loyola University Health System and was the first African-American woman to serve as an attorney with the law firm of French, Rogers, Kezelis & Kominiarek. She has also served as Assistant Attorney General and as a judicial clerk to Illinois Appellate Justice Glenn Johnson.

Cunningham has served on the CBA Board of Managers almost continually since 1995, as a member (95-97), secretary (97-99), treasurer (01-02), second vice president (02-03) and first vice president (03-04). She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Bar Foundation and worked for many years with The CBA Judicial Evaluation Committee.

She has authored professional publications and is a member of a number of professional associations, including the American Bar Association, the American Health Lawyers Association and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. She has been recognized for her volunteer service to several community organizations including the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, The Constitutional Rights Foundation and the Chicago Association for the Education of Young Children. She is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, the Chicago Network and is a board member of the Center for Conflict Resolution.

Cunningham earned her Juris Doctor degree from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, and her Bachelor of Science degree from the City University of New York. She is admitted to practice law before the Illinois, New York, Federal and the Federal Trial Bars.