Leadership Institute Lead Faculty

Nancy Aronson has been bringing practical, collaborative methods to organizations and communities facing complex issues since 1980. Nancy has extensive experience in designing and facilitating large group, task-focused, strategic meetings, and has applied this expertise to cases related to strategic planning, organization redesign, critical cross-boundary meetings and leadership development. 

She is a clinical assistant professor and associate program director for the Organization Development Leadership Programs at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Organizational partnerships and guest lecturing venues include Drexel University; University of Chicago; Aramark; Inova Health System; PA Governor’s Institute on P-3 Collaboration; National Staff Development Council; Women’s Educational Leadership Caucus of PA; American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging and Georgetown University School of Nursing.

Nancy co-developed the System Coherence Framework for Change Leadership, based on intervention and action research at the University of Southern California. She is certified in The Organization Workshop based on the work of Barry Oshry, and received her Ph.D. in Applied Learning Theory from Temple University.

Jane Mack served as the President and CEO of FSA beginning in 2008 through her retirement in 2025. With more than 30 years of experience in the field of healthcare, she brings a diverse range of expertise to her roles, including program development, board and staff education, quality assurance and management.

Jane’s passion for working with others to develop their strengths began early in her career, when she was working on a dialysis unit. She had the opportunity to teach, develop training programs and serve as a mentor, and quickly realized the fulfillment she found in coaching and helping people succeed.

Collaboration among internal staff and industry peers is central to her philosophy of success. This approach, she says, is only natural, as she has a twin sister with whom she has "collaborated for all of her life."

This theme carried out through her work with FSA's membership, which includes CCRCs/life plan communities, home care groups, foundations and others. Through FSA, Jane has supported the best practices, progress and success of senior care staff and boards nationwide, helping them maintain a unique, values-based approach to their work with the aging population. Read more.