Greater Illinois Chapter welcomes new board members

Greater Illinois Chapter welcomes new board members

http://www.alzheimers-illinois.org/enewsletter/august2013/board.asp

The Alzheimer’s Association® Greater Illinois Chapter is pleased to announce it has appointed several new members to its Board of Directors. Our board works tirelessly to support and further the mission the Greater Illinois Chapter, which serves 68 counties throughout the state.

The Alzheimer’s Association® Greater Illinois Chapter is pleased to announce it has appointed several new members to its Board of Directors. Our board works tirelessly to support and further the mission the Greater Illinois Chapter, which serves 68 counties throughout the state.
Please join us in welcoming them.

John P. Anderson
John Anderson worked at USG Corporation as Senior Director of Executive Compensation and Vice President of Compensation Strategy from 2006 to 2011 and at McDonald’s Corporation as Vice President of Compensation and Benefits from 1985 to 2006. He has previously served on several boards.
“I was very fortunate in my business career, and have decided that in retirement I want to give back to those that are less fortunate,” Anderson said. “I decided to explore opportunities with the Greater Illinois Chapter because I see a definite need for greater public education, support services, and research with this alarming disease. It is a real ticking time bomb that needs to be addressed. While I have only limited direct family experience with Alzheimer’s, I have known business associates and friends who have been affected by it.”
Matt Brown
Matt Brown currently works for CNO Financial Group, Bankers Life and Casualty Company as Senior Director and Assistant Secretary, Product Approval and Compliance. He has also served as a member of the Chapter’s Finance Committee as a non-board representative.
“I am honored and humbled to be offered this opportunity to support the Greater Illinois Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association,” Brown said. “I am fortunate that Alzheimer’s disease has not touched my family directly, however with the alarming rate of diagnosis in the United States, it is just a matter of time. I have seen its devastating impact through friends and extended family members as they support their loved ones with this disease. And I am not without the empathy to understand and support others. I experienced the emotional loss and caregiving of my mother when she lost her fight to cancer at an early age.”
Brad Moore
Brad Moore worked for many years for the Tribune Company as Vice President, Targeted Media Group and is currently employed by InnerWorkings as Vice President, Corporate Development. He has been a supporter of the Association for many years, both personally and through his work.
“My first encounter with the Association came happened several years ago when I was seeking resources and information to help our family prepare for my mom, who was eventually diagnosed with a rare form of dementia,” Moore said. “The information I received — particularly on how to prepare the primary caregiver for what was ahead — became invaluable. Afterward, I helped to develop partnerships for the Association with the Chicago Tribune to help spread general awareness. My interest in a board position is to become more closely involved in the Association’s mission and evolution.”
Robert Noonan
Robert Noonan has chaired the music organization Chicago Parrot Heads and is currently the chair of the club’s charity committee. He has expressed a primary interest in fundraising for the Alzheimer’s Association so it can continue its mission to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.
Victoria Raymont

Vicki Raymont is owner of Strategic Solutions Group. She has served as the chair of the board for the Center on Halstead and currently serves on the national Board for SAGE, Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders. She has worked on visioning and strategic planning with the senior leadership of the Association’s national office in the past.
“My affiliation with the Association goes back to national, almost 14 years ago, when they were a client of mine,” Raymont said. “I witnessed the Association’s current vision developed with the executive team at the time – it stopped us all in our tracks because it was so right, so compelling. Both my mother’s brothers died of Alzheimer’s – one with early-onset and the other with the more traditionally timed onset. The memories of the immediate, life-changing choices my uncle’s family had to make due to the early-onset version are vivid and clear, not to mention the impact on my aunt. Given Alzheimer’s disease is the only cause of death among the top 10 in America without a way to prevent it, cure it or even slow its progression, we must dedicate our efforts on behalf of advocacy, research and care and support. Its financial and emotional impact to both the country and individuals is without equal.”

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