Leadership

Board of Directors

The 2021 annual board meeting elected a number of new members to the Board of Directors as well as ratified Saul Anuzis as the new President. 

Founded in 1992, the 60 Plus Association, known as the American Association for Senior Citizens, continues its mission to stand up for senior citizens across this country and fight for conservative values to protect our nation for generations to come.

See what others are saying about 60 Plus.

Former President George W. Bush pays tribute to Chairman Jim Martin & The 60 Plus Association. (Click below to watch the video)


Jim Martin, Founder & Chairman of the 60 Plus Association.


Saul Anuzis, President of the 60 Plus Association and former Michigan State Republican Party Chairman.


Ed Lopez, Vice President and the former National Vice Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, served on Our America Initiative’s Defense and Foreign Policy Advisory Council, and was elected to and served three terms on Greenwich, Connecticut’s town legislature. Ranked by Newsmax as one of the country’s 50 most influential Hispanic Republicans, he has been featured on C-SPAN and PBS. He is Vice President of the Hispanic Leadership Fund. He is a member of the California US Army National Guard. 


Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels and supports tax reform that moves towards taxing consumed income one time at one rate.


Gerard Kassar,chairman of the Conservative Party of New York, a role he has served in since February 2019.Kassar held senior staff roles in the state assembly minority and as chief of staff to state senator Marty Golden. He was appointed by Governor Pataki and confirmed by the NYS Senate to be a commissioner of the interstate environmental commission in 1995. He also served as the president of the Dyker Heights civic association in Brooklyn NY and on the board of trustees of the former Victory Memorial Hospital.


Francis Johnson, president of Communications Resources, a public affairs and strategic communications firm based in the Washington DC area.


John Engler, former Governor of the State of Michigan, former Chairman of the Business Roundtable and former President of the National Manufacturer’s Association.


Ray Haynes, former National Chairman of ALEC, and former California State Senator.


Gary Wolfram, Ph.D., William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Director of Economics, Professor of Political Economy at Hillsdale College.


Bob Coakley, Director and Secretary to the Board for the 60 Plus Association. Bob has twenty years experience in Congress working for four separate Committee Chairpersons, two Republicans in the House, and two Democrats in the Senate.


Gary Hoitsma, former aide to Sen. James Inhofe, former Reagan Administration appointee at the Department of Transportation.


Sue Lowden, National Vice Chair of Maggie’s List, former Chairwoman of the Nevada GOP, and former Nevada State Senator.


Pat Boone

Pat Boone, 60 Plus National Spokesman, all around entertainment legend and a great American.