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UsAgainstAlzheimer's Board Members

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    George Vradenburg

    Chairman and Co-Founder; former Executive Vice President for Strategy and Policy, AOL Time Warner
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    John Dwyer

    Founding Board Member; President, Global Alzheimer's Platform Foundation
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    Karin Hellsvik

    Board Member; Chief of Staff to the CEO of Foghorn Therapeutics: Vice President Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations at Foghorn Therapeutics 
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    Paul Hogan

    Board Member; Chairman and Co-Founder, Home Instead
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    Greg O’Brien

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    Karen Segal

    Board Member; Founding Board Member, Children’s Research Fund; North Suburban Board, Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
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    Shawn Taylor

    Founding Board Member; Founder & President, VeteransAgainstAlzheimer’s; Founding Member, WomenAgainstAlzheimer's

UsAgainstAlzheimer's Action Board Members

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    Board Member; Professor of Neurology, Director, Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California, San Francisco
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