Abby Bloom PhD MPH FAICD was one of USAID’s first trained public health and epidemiology experts. After relocating to Australia she worked as an executive in the Australian hospital system, and advised ministers, CEOs and boards of health and hospital systems in Australia and globally. She has been a non-executive director in health and water-related industries for nearly 20 years. An expert on longevity, she is the founder of the platform My Caring Life and author of the forthcoming book about the sandwich generation, “The Cost of Not Caring: Working While Caring in an Era of Longevity.”