Pamela Mokler is a seasoned gerontologist leader who has worked on integrating healthcare, long-term services and supports (LTSS), social determinants of health and affordable housing for approximately 25 years. Her diverse background spans working as a paralegal, affordable housing business owner, leading a government agency and consulting with Medicaid managed care  and Medicare Advantage plans, providing her with unique insights into how to holistically address the needs of our most vulnerable citizens. She is a fearless advocate for frail older adults, people with disabilities, as well as people of all ages experiencing homelessness.

Pam’s advocacy for older adults began during high school while working at a rest home. As a Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the 1990s, she witnessed systemic biases that often led to premature institutionalization. This inspired her to establish Quality Living Solutions, Inc., where she collaborated with affordable housing developers, property management companies and community-based organizations to create supportive, aging-in-place housing communities.

Pam served as Executive Director of the Orange County Office on Aging, expanding senior transportation options and outreach to ethnic minorities. Later, she worked as a consultant with managed Medicare and Medicaid health plans, building bridges between managed care, the Aging Services Network, and community organizations, launching innovative Pilots like the Integrated Care Management Pilot in Maricopa County, Arizona in 2010, between the Area Agency on Aging and Care1st AZ; the Disabled and Homeless Pilot with the Independent Living Center and Care1st San Diego in 2013, as well as  Pilots leasing National Health Foundation’s recuperative care beds to LA MCPs in 2018.

Pam became Vice President of LTSS at Blue Shield of California PROMISE Plan, formerly Care1st Health Plan, in 2012, where she built a network of LTSS and community-based providers in Los Angeles and San Diego  under California’s Coordinated Care Initiative duals demonstration program. Her work included supporting safe transitions for institutionalized members back into the community and implementing interventions to improve health outcomes for older adults, people with disabilities and people experiencing homelessness while reducing costs.

Since the launch of CA’s CalAIM Medicaid transformation initiative in 2022, Pam has led the LA Recuperative Care Learning Network on behalf of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and its Institute for Medical Respite Care and the Hospital Association of Southern CA, helping facilitate successful partnerships between  MCPs, hospitals and Recuperative Care providers. She holds a master’s degree in Gerontology from California State University, Long Beach, where she was honored as a Distinguished Alumna in 2003.