As the Optimal Aging Initiative’s Administrative Services Coordinator, Violette Bray plans, organizes, and implements OAI events & programs. Violette also serves as the co-chair of the Csomay Caregiver Support Group, which fosters community by connecting caregivers to one another as well as to local resources. Violette is passionate about advocating for the importance of aging within higher education and is collaborating with student employees to establish an Age-Friendly University initiative at UI.