Igniting a movement and mobilizing women against Alzheimer’s.

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About Us

Our vision is to ignite a movement and mobilize women to boldly raise their voices against Alzheimer’s.

Together, we will educate women everywhere about the need to stop Alzheimer’s disease before it impacts our daughters and future generations.

We invite organizations and individuals to join our fight.

As a member of UsAgainstAlzheimer’s, WomenAgainstAlzheimer’s unites women across the globe to find a cure for Alzheimer’s. Our growing network of women is impatient with the slow progress being made in the Alzheimer’s fight. Driven by our passion, we are committed to ending current “business-as-usual” approaches to funding, research and advocacy, bringing Alzheimer’s out of the shadows and into the spotlight. Because women won’t wait.

Women’s Leadership Council

The Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) brings together women executives from global organizations to contribute their talent, platform, and resources in order to help influence and activate a movement against Alzheimer’s. The Council has attracted more than 25 women leaders from diverse industries to demand a solution to the Alzheimer’s crisis and catalyze the change needed to make an impact.

Our work focuses on education, prevention, and early intervention, and many of its leaders are at the forefront of this fight for brain health— creating fundamental change to eradicate Alzheimer’s.

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Goals

  • Public Funding: Multiply the amount of public funding for Alzheimer’s research.
  • Sex-Based Research: Demand that sex-based studies are a research priority.
  • Economic Justice: Overhaul social support, medical, and workplace systems to alleviate the economic injustice of Alzheimer’s.
  • Diagnosis and Treatment: Improve families’ access to diagnosis, treatment, and clinical trials.
  • Brain Health: Promote risk reduction strategies and ideas for living well with Alzheimer’s.

Founding Members

Member Organization
Shawn Taylor UsAgainstAlzheimer's
Freda Lewis-Hall Pfzier
Mary Lenard Giving Voice Initiative
Grace Frisone UsAgainstAlzheimer's
Jamie Tyrone Beating Alzheimer's by Embracing Science
Berna Huebner NCCA
Trish Vradenburg UsAgainstAlzheimer's
Laurie Burrows Grad Civic Leader
Janice Wade-Whitehead Alzheimer's Tennessee, Inc.
Jill Lesser WomenAgainstAlzheimer's
Rita Hortenstine Texas Council on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
Alissa Vradenburg WomenAgainstAlzheimer's
Helen Matheny Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute
Sarah Abbott RiALZ/ Blondes vs. Brunettes
Maddy Dychtwald Civic Leader
Bonnie Osher Civic Leader
Lynda Everman WomenAgainstAlzheimer’s, ActivistsAgainstAlzheimer's, ClergyAgainstAlzheimer’s, Alzheimer’s Semipostal Advocate
Alice Watkins Alzheimer's North Carolina
Cecilla Arradaza Brunswick Group
Beth Roberts NBC Universal
Kathy Kendrick DreamWorks
Lesley Solomon Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sandra Chapman University of Texas at Dallas
Sandra Chapman University of Texas at Dallas
Mary O'Connor Civic Leader
Jill Granader Cambridge Information Group
Carol Paris Seay Civic Leader
Kate Zong Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Natalie Disantis Emory University School of Medicine
Sally Rosenfield Cure Alzheimer's Fund
Gail Rosseau NorthShore University HealthSystem
Debbie Hanna Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium
Deborah Dingell D2 Strategies
Phyllis Barkman Ferrell Eli Lilly
Miller Piggott Alzheimer's of Central America
Billie Rippey Civic Leader
Reisa Sperling Brigham and Women's Hospital
Betty Ann Tanner Civic Leader
Ryan Triplette Eli Lilly
Monica Parker Emory University School of Medicine
Anna Fitch Civic Leader
Mary Sundsmo University of California, San Diego
Neelum Aggarwal Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center
Mary Ann Ragona Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center
Patricia Lombreglia Alzheimer's Disease and Geriatric Nursing Consultant
Betsy Broyles Arnold Caregivers United
Maria Freire Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Joan Cronan University of Tennessee
Marietta Anthony Women's Health Expert
Molly Arnold Alzheimer's Playbook
Shelia Humberstone Stone Bridge Consulting
Lynn Wood-Harwell Harvard Medical School
Jill Goldstein Harvard Medical School
Dianna Shineman Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
Olivia Mastry Collective Action Lab; ACT on Alzheimer's
Anna Shadman Johnson and Johnson
Anna Palmer POLITICO
Glenda MacMullin Consumer Electronics Association
Roberta Diaz Brinton University of Southern California
Carol Koby Chorus

Partners

Caring.com Caring.com
Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health NPWH

“We’re at the forefront of catalyzing a culture on brain health.”

Meryl Comer

Co-Chair, Women’s Leadership Council and Co-Founder, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s

Why Women?

 

Women are disproportionately affected by Alzheimer’s disease.

  • 2/3

    of the 5 million seniors in the United States with Alzheimer’s disease are women.

  • 63%

    of all unpaid Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers are women.                     

  • 19%

    of women caring for those with Alzheimer’s have had to quit work owing to caregiving duties.

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