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Camp Sweeney
A community-building center dedicated to children with type 1 diabetes
gainesville, tx
Sarah Friar
CEO of Nextdoor
MEET SARAH
David Brooks
Op-Ed columnist for
The New York Times and Executive Director
at the Aspen Institute
MEET DAVID
Geri Weis-Corbley
Founder of
Good News Network
MEET GERI
Gary Dixon
President of Random Acts of Kindness Foundation (RAK) and the Foundation for a Better Life
MEET GARY
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
CEO of Feeding America
MEET CLAIRE
Madeline Rogero
Mayor of Knoxville, TN, home of Yassin's Falafel House, the 2018 Nicest Place in America
MEET MADELINE
Steven Petrow
Award-winning journalist and book author
MEET STEVEN
50 Finalists
Nicest Places are big and small, stories of all different kinds, about people just like you—and people like nobody you've ever met. Read on to
feel the love and check back in October to see which one we put on the cover of Reader’s Digest magazine as the Nicest Place in America!
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Living in the Nicest Place in America means you live in communities that are committed to kindness, trust and health. Life Extension is the
health solutions expert that is translating scientific research into everyday insights for people wanting to live their healthiest lives. Together,
we’re looking for the Community Health Heroes who are committed to supporting and inspiring communities to live a happier, healthier life.
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Nicest Places are big and small, stories of all different kinds, of people just like you—and people like nobody you've
ever met. Read on to feel the love of the Nicest Places
in America and then vote on your favorite. One place and its inspiring story will be on the cover of Reader's Digest.
alabama
Drexell & Honeybees
Donations Only Restaurant
North Pole
Alaska
Kingman
Arizona
North Pole
Alaska
Kingman
Arizona
Drexell & honeybees donations only restaurant
Alabama
Texarkana
Arkansas
Kingman
Arizona
North Pole
Alaska
Drexell & honeybees donations only restaurant
Alabama
Texarkana
Arkansas
pueblo west
women's league
Colorado
Clintonville elementary school
Connecticut
City of Anaheim
California
Estates at Saint Anne's
Delaware
Hidden springs
Idaho
Ahuimanu hills
Hawaii
Fugees family in clarkston
Georgia
The Villages
Florida
Cedar House, Abilene
Kansas
Lansing Iowa Food Trust (L.i.f.t.)
Iowa
Lafayette transitional housing center
Indiana
Fox Point, barrington
Illinois
whitehurst community, severna park
Maryland
bristol
Maine
houma
Louisiana
Colonial valley subdivision
Kentucky
Jourdan River Estates
Mississippi
Fertile
Minnesota
Armada
Michigan
Chiltonville, Plymouth
Massachusetts
Dayton
Nevada
McCook; Sehnert's Bakery
Nebraska
Ovando
Montana
Columbia
Missouri
Harding Park
New York
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Hunterdon County YMCA, Flemington
New Jersey
Pembroke
New Hampshire
country aire estates, broken arrow
Oklahoma
columbiana
Ohio
Watford city
North Dakota
Columbia
North Carolina
Lake Trollingwood
South Carolina
Maury Loontjens Memorial library
Rhode Island
Delta Pizza
Pennsylvania
Molalla Oregon High school
Oregon
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Sarah Friar
CEO of Nextdoor
MEET SARAH
Bruce Kelley
Editor-in-chief
of Reader's Digest
MEET BRUCE
Geri Weis-Corbley
Founder of
Good News Network
MEET GERI
David Brooks
Op-Ed columnist for
The New York Times and Executive Director
at the Aspen Institute
MEET DAVID
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
CEO of Feeding America
MEET CLAIRE
Gary Dixon
President of Random Acts of Kindness Foundation (RAK) and the Foundation for a Better Life
MEET GARY
Steven Petrow
Award-winning journalist and book author
MEET STEVEN
Madeline Rogero
Mayor of Knoxville, TN, home of Yassin's Falafel House, the 2018 Nicest Place in America
MEET MADELINE
Nicest Places are big and small, stories of all different kinds,
of people just like you—and people like nobody you've
ever met. Read on to feel the love of the Nicest Places in America and then vote on your favorite. One place and
its inspiring story will be on the cover of Reader's Digest.
Nicest Places
in America
50
Nicest Places are big and small, stories of all different kinds,
of people just like you—and people like nobody you've
ever met. Read on to feel the love of the Nicest Places in America and then vote on your favorite. One place and
its inspiring story will be on the cover of Reader's Digest.
Nicest Places
in America
50
Health Heroes
Living in the Nicest Place in America means you live in communities that
are committed to kindness, trust and health. Life Extension is the
health solutions expert that is translating scientific research into everyday
insights for people wanting to live their healthiest lives. Together,
we’ve spotlighted the Community Health Heroes who are committed to supporting and inspiring communities to live happier, healthier lives.
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Hon rees
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A cancer survivor who created a unique charity
to help fight the disease
okeechobee, fl
Mariano
"Nano" Corona
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A zero-cost health-care destination servicing
the uninsured
park city, ut
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Oversees medical
and scientific initiatives
for Life Extension.
chief medical officer
Steven V. Joyal, M.D.
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Oversees the research and development of every article
in Life Extension Magazine®.
editor-in-chief
Philip Smith
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15+ years of experience in
the fields of nutrition, fitness
and dietary supplements.
Board-certified
nutrition specialist
Crystal M. Gossard
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Hosts "Live FOREVERish",
a podcast and Facebook live show for Life Extension.
Director of education
and spokesperson
Michael A. Smith, M.D.
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Specializes in
gastrointestinal disorders
and hormone balance.
Manager of
clinical information
Shanti Albani, N.D.
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Steven V. Joyal, M.D., is the Chief Medical Officer for Life Extension® and oversees medical and scientific initiatives. Prior to joining Life Extension®, Dr. Joyal worked in
the pharmaceutical industry,
most recently at Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute as the group director
in global clinical metabolic drug development and prior to that
at Abbott Laboratories/Knoll Pharmaceutical Company. Preceding his entry into the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Joyal was in a clinical practice
affiliated with Brown University
and Women & Infants Hospital.
Dr. Joyal is a graduate of the Dartmouth/Brown program in medicine and was board-certified
in Internal Medicine in 1997.
Philip Smith oversees the
research and development of every
article that appears in Life Extension Magazine®. Mr. Smith has been the editor in chief of Life Extension Magazine® for 16 years. His background in national monthly magazines, graphic design
and nutritional research along
with a hand-picked staff of MDs, designers and editors helps produce the most innovative and advanced magazine on life extension in the world. Prior to
Life Extension®, Mr. Smith was managing editor at GQ Magazine.
Dr. Crystal M. Gossard is a board-certified nutrition specialist, licensed dietitian-nutritionist, researcher, educator, lecturer, spokesperson and author. She
has more than 15 years of experience in the fields of nutrition, fitness, dietary supplements
and integrative and functional medicine. Dr. Gossard holds master’s and doctoral degrees in nutrition and has lectured extensively on various health topics. Dr. Gossard is a member of
the American College of Nutrition and American Society of Nutrition. Dr. Gossard is a Clinical Corporate Trainer for Life Extension®, and
in this role, she educates health
care professionals on the latest scientific and medical advances in integrative medicine and longevity.
Dr. Michael A. Smith received his medical doctorate from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Smith practiced internal medicine and radiology in Dallas, Texas in the early 2000s and then transitioned to the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries as an educator and consultant. Dr. Smith currently is the director of education and spokesperson for Life Extension® and is the author of The Supplement Pyramid: How to build your personalized nutritional regimen. Dr. Smith hosts Live FOREVERish, a podcast and Facebook live show for Life Extension®.
Dr. Shanti Albani obtained her medical degree in Naturopathic Medicine in 2003 from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland Oregon.
Dr. Albani practiced medicine for many years in central Mexico specializing in gastrointestinal disorders and hormone balance. During this time, she also owned
a nutrition store and taught courses in Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy for physicians. Dr. Albani has worked at Life Extension® since 2010.
Manager of
clinical information
Shanti Albani, N.D.