The Memory Loss Initiative is guided by a team of nationally recognized leaders in the field of memory loss and life story, including:
Anne Basting
Director of the Center on Age & Community, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
James Birren
Associate Director of the Center on Aging, UCLA
Reverend Henry Edmonds
Director of African American Community Outreach program, Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Duke University
Lisa Gwyther
Director, Family Support Program, Duke Aging Center
Lisa Snyder
Social Worker, UCSD’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center









