Meet our amazing board of volunteers.
Each board member was asked, “What motivates you to volunteer with the KLD Alzheimer’s Foundation?”
Tyler Dubea
President & Chairman
This started as a way to fight for my mom - a way to do a little bit more to speed up research and provide the best possible care for people like my mom. This has turned into my passion project. After talking with other people in the community and across the country, and hearing their stories, it’s clear that this disease is absolutely brutal. We have to stop it, and we have to be successful sooner, rather than later.
Heather Patterson
Secretary
My husband and I have a history of Alzheimer’s and dementia on both sides of our family and watching someone you love slip away is devastating. I want to end this disease so that one day our own kids won’t have the experiences we have watched our parents go through.
Gerard Benner
Treasurer
I am committed to the mission of helping raise funds for the ongoing care for people experiencing Alzheimer’s related life challenges, as well as their caregivers. In addition, I recognize the practical need to support the ongoing research for a cure.
Chantel Conley
My motivation is to help promote awareness and through that awareness to help get funding for research. Finding a cure for Alzheimer’s is only going to happen through scientific discoveries and a community dedicated for this disease to meet its match. Ending this disease is my main motivation, so no other family has to go through the process of watching a loved one fade away.
Joanna Grama
Alzheimer’s has impacted my family and I wish to devote my time and energy to ending this terrible disease.
Lance Dubea
I do this for my wife Karen Lee Dubea, otherwise known as KLD. She was diagnosed with this horrible disease on Thursday, November 10, 2011. Since that time I have been motivated to do as much as possible for her and others with this disease.
Landon Dubea
My mother, Karen Lee Dubea
Meghann Dubea
So another family can have resources and care for their loved ones.
Cathy Dubea
A bio is coming soon!