{"id":3080,"date":"2022-08-17T09:13:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/?post_type=staff&#038;p=3080"},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T18:24:51","slug":"michael-werner","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/staff\/michael-werner\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Werner, J.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Werner, J.D. Lead Aging Policy Analyst, oversees the Seniors&#8217; policy division for the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity &amp; Opportunity (CWCSEO). He provides liaison duties with state officials, policymakers and community stakeholders around legislative initiatives that seek to enhance meaningful opportunities for Older Adult residents in our state. Michael\u2019s academic background includes a B.A. in International Studies from American University in Washington, D.C., a Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford, CT, and an appointment as the Public Interest Fellow &amp; Research Scholar at Yale Law School in New Haven, CT. Michael currently serves as the Administrator of the Long-Term Care Advisory Council helping to guide the state&#8217;s plan to address long-term services and supports. Michael is the Lead Preceptor for the CWCSEO Yale School of Public Health policy fellows. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6015,"menu_order":8,"template":"","format":"standard","sub_commission":[34],"class_list":["post-3080","staff","type-staff","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sub_commission-seniors-sub-commission"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/3080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/staff"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"sub_commission","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sub_commission?post=3080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}