Robert B. Blancato, President [rblancato@matzblancato.com]
Robert Blancato is President of Matz, Blancato & Associates, Inc., a firm specializing
in government affairs, association and coalition management, and advocacy services.
Since 1996 Blancato has served as President of Matz, Blancato, and Associates, a
Washington and New York firm which does lobbying, consulting, advocacy services,
association managment and public relations. Among his positions:
PUBLIC SECTOR
•Staff Director, Subcommittee on Human Services, House Select Committee on Aging
(1977-
•Administrator, 19th Congressional District, New York
(August 1988-
•Executive Director, White House Conference on Aging (1994-
•Member of the Policy Committee and the Executive Committee of the 2005 White House Conference on Aging appointed by Rep. Nancy Pelosi
He was a member of the United States delegation to the United Nations World Assembly on Aging in 1982 in Vienna and was selected as a delegate to the 1998 White House Conference on Social Security.
The American Society on Aging (ASA) awarded him the ASA Award in 1999 for outstanding contributions to the field of aging. He has also won numerous awards from national, state and local aging network organizations.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University and a Master of Public Administration from American University.
Kathryn began working for the firm in November 2007 after she graduated from the University of
the South with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science. She previously worked for the Senate HELP
Committee: Office of Investigations and Oversight.
Bob currently serves on the Executive Committee of the National Committee for the
Prevention of Elder Abuse, and served as President 2000-