Alzheimer’s Los Angeles
Alzheimer’s Los Angeles is the leading local community-based organization nationally and internationally recognized for providing high-impact support and education programs to people living with the disease and their families. The impact of our programs has been recognized through more than a dozen national awards. We are also engaged in healthcare policy advocacy on the local, state, and federal levels.
We are proud of our legacy as a leader in innovative programming for people living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia and for their families.
Until there’s a cure, we’ll provide the care. Free programs & services include:
• Social Work Dementia Care Specialists
• Caregiver education and skills training
• Support programs for people in the early stages of memory loss and their care partners
• In-person, online, and telephone-based support groups in multiple languages
TOP EXECUTIVE Heather Cooper Ortner, President & CEO
YEAR ESTABLISHED 1981
SERVICE AREA
Greater Los Angeles
MISSION STATEMENT
Dedicated to improving the lives of families affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia by increasing awareness, delivering effective programs and services, providing compassionate support, and advocating for quality care and a cure.
GET INVOLVED
EVENTS: Visionary Women’s Afternoon Tea March 2024
OTHER WAYS TO GIVE: Monthly Giving, Peer-to-Peer events, Tribute Gifts, Bequests and Planned Gifts, Appreciated Stock, etc. For more information, visit: alzheimersla.org/donate
VOLUNTEER: alzheimersla.org/volunteer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susan Disney Lord Board Co-Chair, Investor
Jeffrey Glassman | Board Co-Chair, CEO, Covington Capital Management
Lisa Chalfin | Treasurer, Warner Pacific Insurance Services Inc., Senior Financial Analyst
Randi Jones | Secretary, Retired
Jacqueline Macias | Immediate Past Chair, Consultant/Business Advisor
Niloo Bedrood | Deloitte Advisory, Managing Director
Kenneth Chiate | Quin Emanuel, Partner
Helena Chui, M.D. | University of Southern California, Professor & Chair, Dept of Neurology
Winston Greene | Caregiver
Alan Hartley | McCormick Construction, President
Hon. Barbara R. Johnson | Retired, ADR Services, INC, Mediator & Arbitrator
Susie Levin vRetired
Mark S. Liberman | Retired
Deborah Lindberg & Sydnee Singer | Early-Stage Liaison
Kirk Moody | Retired
Karl J. Schulze | Schulze Haynes Loevenguth & Co., LLC, President
Zaldy Tan, M.D. | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Carmen and Louis Warschaw Endowed Chair in Neurology; Director,
Bernard & Maxine Platzer | Lynn Family Memory and Aging Program; Medical Director, Jona Goldrich Center for Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders
Dung Trinh, M.D. | Healthy Brain Clinic, Chief Medical Officer
Susan Wohl | The Hirsch Family Foundation, Director
Emeritus Members:
Robert Hirsch
Matthew Reid
Elliot Sainer
CONTACT
ADDRESS 4221 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 290-5 Los Angeles, CA 90010
PHONE 323.938.3379
EMAIL [email protected]
WEBSITE alzheimersla.org
FACEBOOK @AlzheimersLA
INSTAGRAM @AlzheimersLA
LINKEDIN Alzheimer’s Los Angeles