Now on the national board of AARP, her mission will be to use technology to connect 39 million American to critical health care and Social Security programs.
“Geezer tech is my new thing,” said O’Connor. “As we move all of our government services online because cost-cutting, those who are not online are really disenfranchised – primarily low-income seniors, many in California, and immigrants whose primary language isn’t English.” O’Connor has long worked with the California Emerging Technology Fund to close the digital divide.