Robert Espinoza

Robert Espinoza has joined PHI as its Vice President of Policy.

Espinoza will help strengthen the organization’s research, analysis and advocacy, group officials said. He starts in February.

Espinoza was recently the senior director for public policy and communications at SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders), the country’s largest organization focused on improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older people.

Espinoza currently serves on advisory boards for StoryCorps, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Aging Today, the national newspaper for the American Society on Aging. He is also a frequent commentator for The Huffington Post; his writing has appeared in Tikkun Magazine, NextAvenue.com, New American Media, and Public Policy & Aging Report.

He completed his bachelor’s degree at University of Colorado at Boulder and his master’s degree at New York University