CSWE Gero-Ed Center Staff

Meredith Eisenhart, MSW, Co-Director
Meredith received her MSW with a concentration in gerontology from the School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to joining the CSWE Gero-Ed Center, Meredith served as a Project Coordinator for the U.S Administration on Aging (AoA) through a contract with RTI International. At AoA, she co-managed the Alzheimer’s Disease Demonstration Grants to States program. Meredith has also helped run a program for people with early stage memory loss at the St. Louis chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Meredith loves the field of aging and co-chairs Tomorrow’s Leaders in Aging of Washington, DC.

Suzanne St Peter, MSW, Co-Director
Suzanne comes to the CSWE Gero-Ed Center after three years as Director of the Geriatric Enrichment in Social Work Education (GeroRich) Program, where she worked closely with Nancy Hooyman, PI. She brings extensive project management experience, and a solid understanding of social work and gerontological issues. Suzanne received her MSW from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Hartford-funded Practicum Partnership Program.

Varya Gracheva, MA, Program Coordinator
Varya received her Master of Arts degree in International Studies from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Varya brings to her position extensive experience in client relationships, logistics coordination, and office administration. As a student, she volunteered for several non-profit agencies, including work with the immigrant population at the Operational Emergency Center, a non-profit organization addressing the needs of low-income residents of King County, Washington.

Olga Jones, Program Assistant
Olga comes to the CSWE Gero-Ed Center after spending 2 years as a staffing and training assistant for The Freedom Forum at the Newseum in Washington, DC. She has extensive experience as a communications and public relations practitioner in Europe and served as operations and communications expert for the Bulgarian government. She also worked as a scientific journalist in printed media in Bulgaria and as an anchor at Bulgarian National Television. Olga has master’s degree in physics.

Megan Mills, Program Coordinator
Megan joined the CSWE Gero-Ed Center after spending 2 years as a teacher in both public and charter schools in Washington. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where she also received a minor in Educational Studies. As well as teaching language arts, she interned for the web department of Education Week and has also spent time as a writing tutor, an administrative non-profit intern, and a reporter and editor for her college newspaper, the Daily Gazette.

Karen O'Quinn, Project Assistant, MAC Project
Karen came to CSWE in February 2009 to provide assistance as an Administrative Coordinator. Due to her 10 years in the hotel industry, when assistance was needed to provide meeting support to CSWE, Karen stepped right in. Karen has been a business owner and has experience in marketing and web development. Karen is presently pursuing a degree in Nursing in order to ultimately work in Public Health. In August 2009 Karen joined the the CSWE Gero-Ed Center as the Project Assistant for the Master's Advanced Curriculum (MAC) Project, for which she will provide the day-to-day organization and administration.