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Richard Blackmon is the Strategic Giving Consultant for Leading The Way and CEO of The Giving Crowd. With decades of experience in charitable giving and nonprofit development, he helps organizations and individuals maximize their impact through strategic, tax-efficient giving solutions. Richard and his wife Debby have five children and eight grandchildren and reside in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Dr. Jill Bjerke is a chiropractor, an aging-in-place subject matter expert, a Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) and a former Commissioner to the Iowa Department on Aging. Her background is in law and as a healthcare executive. She is the CEO and creator of the online Silver Spaces™ Senior Homes Safety Assessment “SilverSpaces.com.” After 9 years of dedicated research, the Silver Spaces Home Safety Assessment was released in 2015 as an iTunes app. In 2020, it was upgraded to a browser-based version and a highly enhanced version 3 was released in April, 2023 to very positive user reviews. This Assessment is designed to help seniors remain in their own homes as they age and can be used by anyone, anywhere on any device. Although a senior’s health, abilities and lifestyle may have changed, their home may no longer fit those needs and could have hazards. The inspection identifies those risks and provides detailed mitigation suggestions to create a safe and secure environment saving thousands of dollars by keeping them in their own home and avoiding expensive hospitalization or serious injuries.