Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 10267
Tallahassee, FL 32302
Email:
Executive Director
Telephone:
(850) 942-2569
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Paul Malley, MA
Paul Malley is President of Aging with Dignity, a national non-profit organization based in Tallahassee,
Florida, with a mission to help individuals and their families receive the care they want in case of a
serious illness.
As the director of Aging with Dignity, he coordinates the distribution of America's most popular advance
directive, Five Wishes. Created by Jim Towey, founder of Aging with Dignity and former legal counsel to
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Five Wishes is an easy-to-use legal document that addresses important medical
issues as well as personal, emotional and spiritual matters at the end of life. More than ten million
Americans have turned to Five Wishes (and the Spanish version, Cinco Deseos) as their preferred tool to
make their wishes known and to discuss their preferences with their family and doctor before a health crisis.
Today there is a network of more than 10,000 organizations that distribute Five Wishes in communities across
the country. These distributors include hospitals, hospices, physicians, attorneys, advocacy groups, and
employers, as well as hundreds of churches, synagogues and other places of worship.
Paul Malley and the work of Aging with Dignity have been featured in national media including the CBS, NBC,
and ABC evening news, CNN, MSNBC, NBC Today Show, Good Morning America, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal,
The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, and Consumer Reports.
He has spoken about aging issues and advance care planning to organizations such as the US Departments of
State and Justice, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The National Naval Medical Center at
Bethesda, Florida Department of Education and Executive Office of the Governor, Delta Airlines, 3M, The
National Foundation of Women Legislators, Employee Benefits Management Forum and the Alliance for Work/Life
Progress. He is also a frequent guest lecturer on aging issues at Florida State and Florida A&M Universities.
Malley has also guided the efforts of several aging advocacy groups to improve state policy on advance care
planning. He was appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush to the Florida delegation of the 2005 White House Conference on
Aging, an event held once every decade to shape public policy on issues related to aging.
Paul Malley holds a Master of Arts degree in Communications from Florida State University. Prior to joining
Aging with Dignity, Paul held an internship in the Foreign and Commercial Service Division at the U.S. Embassy
in London, England.
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