Senior CommUnity Care of Northern Kentucky

Robert McFalls

Executive Director

Robert (Bob) McFalls joined Senior CommUnity Care of Northern Kentucky PACE as Executive Director in December. Bob brings a wealth of more than 30 years of experience with long term services and supports for elders and caregivers. Bob began his career as a senior center director with the Bluegrass Area Agency on Aging where he later served as Homecare Director, followed by his leading the Aging Commission of the Mid-South, Memphis, as executive director for 17+ years before joining the Area Agency on Aging of Palm Beach and Treasure Coast, West Palm Beach (FL’s largest AAA demographically) as CEO. In this role Bob oversaw a budget of $32M in grantmaking and financial stewardship, philanthropic partnerships, advocacy, civic engagement with retirees and volunteerism with 3,800+ elders.

While in south Florida, he led AAA disaster response for elders and adults with disabilities with door-to-door assistance of food, ice and water to more than 185,000 individuals. Additionally, Bob served as the volunteer President of USAging, Washington, DC, where he subsequently served as Chief Operating Officer. His experience includes implementation of multiple Medicaid Waiver programs, Older Americans Act services, senior volunteer initiatives, development of an Aging and Disability Resource Center, successfully competing for a Medicare Alzheimer’s demonstration project, elder justice/guardianship services, and working with the state attorney general and the U.S. Department of Justice to support older victims of crime.

Bob has been recognized for his leadership and service by numerous aging organizations and has served on a myriad of aging-related boards and commissions. He graduated with academic honors with business degrees from the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University and a Master of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary. Bob holds the distinction of being both a Kentucky Colonel and (fun fact alert!) as a Knight having been inducted into the Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights Hospitialler.

Before joining VOANS, Bob managed the Kentucky Department for Public Health’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch. A distinguished and widely recognized leader at the national, regional, state and local levels, Bob is excited to join with you in the development and implementation of OUR NORTHERN KENTUCKY PACE PROGRAM.

Brittany Calico, DO

Medical Director

Brittany Calico, DO, is a board-certified geriatrician who joined SCCNKY as part of a joint partnership with St. Elizabeth Healthcare.  She grew up traveling the country as part of a military family and discovered her love for compassionate service and inclusive care along the way.  She began her career by obtaining her EMT certification in Nevada before moving on to attain her Bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in chemistry at Asbury University here in Kentucky.  She discovered her love of geriatrics while she worked as a physical therapy assistant before attending and graduating from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia. 

She continued her training as a family medicine resident in Dallas, Texas, where she achieved the prestigious distinction of becoming dual board certified through both the ACGME and AOA.  She graduated as the “Resident Teacher of the Year” and was awarded the superlative “Queen of Complex Care.” During this time, she deepened her love for service by providing medical care through mission trips to Appalachia, Guatemala and Honduras.  Dr. Calico concluded her training with a fellowship in geriatrics at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.  While there, she was the primary investigator on internationally presented research on the Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment in an Outpatient Refugee Clinic.  She was honored as a Futures Scholar of the American Geriatric Society, training under multiple past AGS presidents.  Thereafter, she joined St Elizabeth Geriatrics and has worked in short term rehabilitation and long-term care for the past 6 years, achieving recognition as a Cincinnati’s Top Doc.  Dr. Calico joins SCCNKY as their medical director and is ecstatic at the opportunity to serve PACE participants in the northern Kentucky community.