My Bio
Connection is more than a human need; it is part of the infrastructure of healthy communities.
This idea sits at the center of Dr. Jeremy Holloway’s work. Across healthy aging, public service, research, education, and community-based programming, he has spent his career exploring how stronger relationships between people, generations, organizations, and systems can improve the way communities support health and well-being.
Dr. Holloway, PhD, MBA, is a North Dakota-based community-health leader, researcher, educator, and keynote speaker whose work brings together intergenerational healthy aging, Social Determinants of Health, workforce development, and community-centered systems of care.
As Founder and Director of Tellegacy, he leads an intergenerational program connecting older adults with students, healthcare professionals, universities, senior-serving organizations, and community partners. Rooted in North Dakota and serving and collaborating with organizations across the United States and Canada, Tellegacy allows communities to learn from one another while developing practical approaches to social connection, age-friendly care, workforce preparation, and healthy aging.
Intergenerational Healthy Aging and Community Impact
A central focus of Dr. Holloway’s work is addressing social isolation and loneliness among older adults while strengthening the preparation of students and professionals who will serve aging communities.
Through Tellegacy, trained students and volunteers, known as Legacy Builders, engage older adults in structured conversations centered on life stories, meaningful goals, connection, reflection, and what matters most. These relationships provide opportunities for older adults to share their experiences and wisdom while helping emerging professionals develop stronger communication, empathy, age-friendly practice, and understanding of the human side of healthcare.
Many participants also receive personalized Legacy Books that preserve stories from their conversations and reinforce a central principle of the program: their story matters.
Tellegacy has developed partnerships with more than 50 universities and 40 senior-serving organizations across the United States and Canada. Its community implementations and research collaborations have contributed to a growing body of scholarship focused on intergenerational engagement, loneliness, social connection, healthy aging, dementia education, ageism, and community-based health promotion.
Dr. Holloway believes durable change is built with communities, not simply delivered to them. His leadership approach emphasizes listening, shared ownership, inclusive collaboration, measurable learning, and respect for lived experience. He works across healthcare, higher education, public service, aging services, and community organizations to identify practical ways that systems can better support older adults, families, caregivers, students, and professionals.
His long-term focus is helping communities strengthen the infrastructure around aging in place, social connection, workforce readiness, and equitable access, particularly in rural and underserved settings. His broader collaborations across the United States and Canada provide opportunities to learn from different communities while bringing new ideas, relationships, and implementation insights back to North Dakota.
Dr. Holloway’s work has been recognized through honors including the Generations United Tellegacy Program of Merit distinction, the Gerontological Society of America Multicultural Mentoring and Career Development Fellowship, the Advancing Gerontology through Exceptional Scholarship Award, and Leadership Toledo’s Top 20 Under 40 recognition.
At the center of his work is a simple belief: healthcare and community systems become stronger when people are treated as people first—when they are seen, heard, valued, and given meaningful opportunities to remain connected across generations.
Outside of his professional work, Dr. Holloway enjoys running, reading, playing guitar, and spending time with his wife, Kayla, and their four children in Fargo, North Dakota.
Testimonials
“Dr. Holloway was very informative”
Your insights and experience were invaluable and provided a much-needed perspective on this important topic. Your expertise and experience in the field are evident, and your ability to connect with the audience was truly inspiring. Your examples and anecdotes helped to make complex concepts more relatable and understandable. Your presentation leaves an impact on our whole state and will benefit the communities we serve for many years to come!
“I had expected a discussion on becoming more aware of the social care in others. Instead, your model comes from a point where it includes and binds us together as human beings and I have believed for a long time that we forget this in today’s society.”
“Dr. Holloway did a tremendous job presenting to our faculty, and we have invited him back to help facilitate a Social Care-focused activity!”
“We loved the presentation! Dr. Holloway is so fun to listen to and the passion that he has is palpable. We are very excited to have him again!”
“Dr. Holloway did a fantastic job in his presentation on generational programs and topics for older adults. It covered several of the 4Ms and the competencies that providers should be aware of in working with caregivers.”
“It was a new perspective in looking at social care and I really liked it. [It] forces you to really look at yourself and your identities and puts it back on you to make the changes personally so you can help make external changes.”
“Well received. Loved the way you presented this in a politically neutral fashion .”
“You are fresh air! Thought provoking vs. instructional. I hope to have access to the power point you used today, and hope that you may have a book published! Now I am going to see if I can find your art work online.”
“We truly appreciate Dr. Holloway joining and presenting for Nebraska GWEP’s Geriatrics Case Conference ECHO!! Attendees were truly appreciative for his presentation and engaging attendees to identify opportunities to reduce loneliness and social isolation for patients. Thank you!.”