Kathy Stokes
Director, Fraud Prevention Programs
AARP
Kathy Stokes has worked in and around the financial security arena for most of her career. As Director of Fraud Prevention Programs with AARP’s Fraud Watch Network, she leads AARP’s efforts in helping members and other consumers protect themselves and their families from scams and fraud. In addition, Kathy serves as a subject matter expert on Social Security for AARP’s consumer outreach activities.
Prior to joining AARP in 2016, Kathy worked with the Brookings Institution’s Retirement Security Project, the Employee Benefit Research Institute, the American Savings Education Council and Ernst & Young’s national tax group. She also ran her own communications consulting practice for a decade with clients in the financial education and retirement space.
Kathy holds a bachelor’s degree in Rhetoric and Communication from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in American Government from the Johns Hopkins University.
Troy J. Broussard
Associate State Director-Advocacy & Outreach
AARP
Troy is a Proud Desert Storm Army Veteran. In his current role as Associate State Director of Advocacy & Outreach, he works with staff, volunteers, members and other AARP divisions to achieve AARP’s social impact and member value goals for our nearly 500,000 members and the 600,000+ family caregivers in Louisiana. Troy develops and provides strategic leadership for AARP advocacy activities, including the implementation of national AARP advocacy efforts and campaigns at the local and state level. He works to build greater grassroots and key contacts capacity as well as relationships with Congressional, Legislative and Local elected officials in an effort to advance AARP priorities issues. He develops a presence in communities through strengthening visibility, media presence, volunteer capacity, building community partnerships, delivering programs and activities and outreach to AARP members. He also focused on developing AARP’s Veterans work and outreach throughout the state to enhance our member experience. In addition, he is a Versatile Leader with over 18 years of Telecommunications experience in the industry working in Customer Care, Sales, Legislative Government and External Affairs, Business Operations, Finance with P & L responsibility, Marketing and High Speed Internet Technical Support. Troy graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana, with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and holds a Bachelor’s Degree (BA) in Political Science from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Troy was born and raised in Arnaudville, Louisiana and currently lives in the Greater Baton Rouge area for the past 4 years. Troy and his wife, Erika, have been married 23 years and are the proud parents of Blythe (20) and Brennan (14).
Richard Porter
U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)