Kerry Burnight is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and nationally recognized gerontologist whose mission is simple: to make older, better. For nearly two decades, Burnight taught Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. She cofounded the nation’s first Elder Abuse Forensic Center. Known as “America’s Gerontologist,” Burnight translates cutting-edge research into practical, hopeful strategies for living with vitality, purpose, and joy. Her groundbreaking Joyspan Framework has inspired audiences from Fortune 500 leaders to community caregivers to reimagine aging as a time of growth and meaning. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, CBS Mornings, Oprah Daily, NBC News, BBC, and CNN. Through her teaching, media presence, and global speaking, Burnight champions a new vision of longevity, one defined not by years added, but by joy expanded.