Should the Alzheimer's Association Be Run by Women?
Posted Oct 29 2010 5:21am
Would the scope of operation or concern for Alzheimer's caregivers be different....
By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading Room
The recently released report by Maria Shriver -- The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's indicates that 65 percent of those suffering from Alzheimer's disease are women; and that, 60 percent of Alzheimer's disease caregivers are women.
This made me think, why is the CEO of the Alzheimer's Association a man?
As a result of my background on Wall Street, I have a natural instinct to look at management teams and the financial structure of companies. This along with the findings in the Shriver report were the catalyst of my curiosity.
In any organization or corporation the important decision makers are the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Executive Committee -- in the case of the Alzheimer's Association -- 8 men and 2 women.
President and CEO -- Harry Johns
Robert J. Egge, Vice President, Public Policy and Advocacy
Scott Gardner, Vice President, Chapter Relations
Angela Geiger, Chief Strategy Officer
Richard Hovland, Chief Operations Officer
William H. Thies, Ph.D., Chief Medical and Scientific Officer
Chair -- Edward Berube
Vice Chair -- Gerry Sampson
Secretary -- Mary Guerriero Austrom, Ph.D.
Treasurer -- Heather Burns
R. Thomas Bodkin
Randolph D. Brock III
Cathy Edge
Debbie Jones
Lam Viet Nguyen, M.D.
John Osher
Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D.
Stewart Putnam
John Sabl
Ronald Schilling, Ph.D.
Electa Anderson
Christopher Binkley
Lane Bowen
Bill Buechele
Robert K. Burke
Meryl Comer
Steven DeKosky, M.D.
Richard Della Penna, M.D.
Jack Faer
Marlana Geha, Ph.D.
Marshall Gelfand, CPA
Colleen Goldhammer Benzin
Louis Holland, Jr.
Rita Hortenstine
Stephen Hume, Psy.D
Karen Kauffman, Ph.D., C.R.N.P., B.C.
Jacqueline Kouri
John E. Maggio, Ph.D.
Bonnie H. Marcus
Linda Mendelson
David Moscow
Ron Profili
Deborah A. Randall, Esq.
Kimberly Reed
Darlene Shiley
Alan Silverglat
Suzanne B. Swift
Carl E. Tuerk, Jr.
Debra Wesley-Freeman, MSW
Herb Williams
Shellie N. Williams, M.D.
Thomas J. Winkel
Thomas Yoshikawa, M.D.
Karen Zimmerman
Source of information Alz.org.
Did you know? Of every dollar raised by the Alzheimer's Association
28 percent goes to General Management, general administration, and fund raising.
72 percent goes to Alzheimer's care, research, support, awareness, and advocacy.
I did take a good hard look at the financials statements. We'll leave that for a separate discussion.
Should the Alzheimer's Association be run by women? If a women were running the AA and the Executive Committee were 65 percent women instead of 80 percent men, would the Association be run differently?
Would the scope of operation or concern for Alzheimer's caregivers be different if more women were involved in the decision making?
Bob DeMarco is the Founder of the Alzheimer's Reading Room and an Alzheimer's caregiver. Bob has written more than 1,950 articles with more than 95,100 links on the Internet. Bob resides in Delray Beach, FL.
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The recently released report by Maria Shriver -- The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's indicates that 65 percent of those suffering from Alzheimer's disease are women; and that, 60 percent of Alzheimer's disease caregivers are women.
This made me think, why is the CEO of the Alzheimer's Association a man?
As a result of my background on Wall Street, I have a natural instinct to look at management teams and the financial structure of companies. This along with the findings in the Shriver report were the catalyst of my curiosity.
In any organization or corporation the important decision makers are the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Executive Committee -- in the case of the Alzheimer's Association -- 8 men and 2 women.
Source of information Alz.org.
Did you know? Of every dollar raised by the Alzheimer's Association
- 28 percent goes to General Management, general administration, and fund raising.
- 72 percent goes to Alzheimer's care, research, support, awareness, and advocacy.
I did take a good hard look at the financials statements. We'll leave that for a separate discussion.Should the Alzheimer's Association be run by women? If a women were running the AA and the Executive Committee were 65 percent women instead of 80 percent men, would the Association be run differently?
Would the scope of operation or concern for Alzheimer's caregivers be different if more women were involved in the decision making?
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Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading Room