Molly Carpenter is the Director of Workforce Strategy and Development for the office of the LeadingAge LTSS Center at UMass Boston.

She is privileged to work alongside LeadingAge members, state affiliates, the Moving Forward Coalition, and colleagues from LeadingAge’s research, policy, education and communication departments, to advance the workforce strategy designed to improve the recruitment, retention, work experience, and sustainability of a diverse, quality aging services caregiving workforce.

She has a diverse background in direct care as well as leading the workforce strategy for a global home care company. Carpenter became a Gerontologist in 2019 after the completion of her second master’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Omaha in social gerontology. Her personal relationships with her grandmothers have been the inspiration of her career.