Since 2019, Josh Hodges has led our Impact team and is responsible for ensuring NCOA remains focused on creating the conditions so that all can age well in this country. In this role, Josh leads NCOA's programmatic, research and evaluation, government affairs, and campaigns teams. 

Hodges has been working throughout his career to change aging for the better. Beginning his career as a management consultant, he has since moved to working both in national nonprofits and within the federal government on older adult issues, focusing his work on all aspects of aging well. 

Prior to NCOA, Hodges worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL), where he was Acting Deputy Administrator of the Center for Integrated Programs. In this role, he oversaw 11 aging and disability programs with a total portfolio of over $110 million. 

A graduate of Texas A&M University, Josh holds a Masters in Public Administration and BS in Political Science. Josh lives outside of Washington, D.C., with his wife and four children.