New Spring 2011 GOVERNING BOARD F E D Let’s Keep the … · 2018. 2. 22. · Let’s keep the momentum going! One of the people most responsible for the momentum at the Association

Let’s Keep the Momentum Going!

Spring 2011

What do you get when you combine a paralyzing coldfront, dancing stars and 700 advocates marching onWashington? You get momentum. In February we held ourannual Alzheimer’s Day at the Legislature and, despite theparalyzing ice storm that hit Santa Fe, we had a fantastic day.Our speakers that day included Representatives JeanetteWallace and Conrad James, Senators Richard Martinez andJerry Ortiz y Pino, family advocates Lisa Vigil and LizAlarid, and our State Ombudsman, Sondra Everhart, who allspoke so movingly about the impact of Alzheimer’s disease.

The Day at the Legislature was followed by our first annual Gala, held atEmbassy Suites on April 1. I would like to thank Enchantment Dancing Studioowner Chip Hindi and his professional dancers for working so hard to get ourDancing Stars prepared for a highly competitive and hugely entertaining event.While I knew that the event would be successful, I had no idea it would be over-the-top fantastic. Not only did the event help us raise needed revenue, moreimportantly it helped us raise awareness of the Association and the services weprovide. The excitement and enthusiasm from the event remains palpable in ouroffice and in the Albuquerque community.

In May, Melissa Spiers and I joined more than 700 advocates from around thecountry at this year’s Advocacy Summit. In meeting with our federal representa-tives we learned that indeed Alzheimer’s is beginning to be seen as the publichealth concern we know it to be. It is because of the advocacy of the Alzheimer’sAssociation that President Obama signed into law the National Alzheimer’sProject Act. This law will create a national plan to overcome the Alzheimer crisisand will ensure the coordination and evaluation of all national efforts inAlzheimer research, clinical care, institutional, and home- and community-basedprograms and their outcomes. We invite you to join us in that advocacy.

One way to get involved is to join us on 9.10.11 as we Walk to End Alzheimer’s.As many of you know we entered this year with a rebrand of Memory Walk. Inorder to really gain momentum we will have all of our Walks across the state onthe same day. So anywhere you are in NM you can walk with us on September10 because we will be walking in Farmington, Raton, Los Alamos, Santa Fe,Albuquerque, Roswell and Las Cruces—from one end of the state to the other.Let’s keep the momentum going!

One of the people most responsible for the momentum at the Association isJohn Attwood whose term as Board President is ending. While he remains on theboard as Past President, I thank him for his leadership and strategic thinking. Hehas truly made a difference.

This spring the Association lost a terrific champion in Representative JeanetteWallace of Los Alamos. We so appreciate her support over the years for our causeand for the passion she brought to issues affecting seniors in the state. She wasone of the speakers at this year’s Alzheimer’s day at the Legislature and I wouldlike to share a quote from that day: “We tend to forget that our neighbors whoare caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients need our support all the time. When wetalk about the cost of Alzheimer’s we usually think financial cost, but the cost ofAlzheimer’s is a cost to us all on the inside.”

GOVERNING BOARD

Dan Monte, PresidentJohn Attwood, Past PresidentTori Chouinard, Vice PresidentLeo LaBarge, Vice PresidentBrad Cates, TreasurerPaul Shank, SecretaryMyles Copeland, DirectorCharlie Blanco, DirectorMarcy Baysinger, DirectorToby Kessler, DirectorLisa Lachmann, DirectorBarbara Michels, DirectorMary Galvez, Member at Large

CHAPTER STAFFAgnes Vallejos, Executive DirectorSiobhan Mitchell, Operations DirectorGeorge Miles, Finance DirectorChris McCaffrey, Greater Albuquerque

Regional ManagerMelissa Spiers, Outreach DirectorMegan McCormick, Development

DirectorVacant, Program DirectorMelissa Muniz,

Special Programs CoordinatorTheresa Burch,

Special Projects CoordinatorChristina Boothe,

Events CoordinatorBJ Davis,

Northeastern Regional ManagerVacant,

Southeastern Regional ManagerNicky Phillips,

Southwestern Regional ManagerTammy Austin,

Northwestern Regional Manager

CONTACT INFORMATION9500 Montgomery Blvd. NE Suite 121Albuquerque, NM 87111505-266-4473 or 1-800-272-3900 www.alz.org/newmexico

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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In the immortal words of thatfamous NY Yankees catcher, YogiBerra: “When you come to a fork inthe road…take it.”

About six months ago, I facedthe reality that my tenure asPresident of the Board would beover in May 2011. We needed tofind someone that would “take thefork in the road,” and not just takethe fork but determine the correctfork to take. I can’t think of a betterway to communicate my deepappreciation to Dan Monte, SeniorVice President and Trust Managerfor Los Alamos National Bank.Dan has accepted the opportunityto serve as President of the Boardof Directors of the Alzheimer’sAssociation, New Mexico Chapter.Dan has expertise, wisdom and

compassion, three qualities thatwill serve our Board and our Statewell. Dan understands the effectsof the disease.

Let’s reminisce for just amoment…

Much has been accomplished inthe last few years. Special thanks tomy two previous predecessors,Mike Lord and Greg Gillogly.They were a constant support andresource for me. I can’t expresshow many times they were therewhen I needed their wisdom andguidance.

It has been a pleasure to workwith our Executive Director, Agnesand her very capable staff. We haveseen tremendous growth in termsof the size of the Association butalso in the reach of the Association.

We have a long way to go tomeet the needs of every person inNew Mexico with Alzheimer’s andthe caregiver’s and families ofthose touched by the disease.

Please continue to stay involvedand if you aren’t currently involved,join us.It has been my pleasure to serve.

Time to Take a Fork in the Road with a New PresidentFrom the President of the Board

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Thank You to Our Gold Sponsor

Thank You to Our In-Kind Sponsor

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World Alzheimer’s DayWednesday, September 21

UnFOREgettable Golf Classic

Monday, October 10

Open HouseWednesday, November 16

Caregiver ConferenceSaturday, November 5

Walk to End Alzheimer’s Saturday, September 10World Alzheimer’s Day Wednesday, September 21UnFOREgettable Golf Classic Monday, October 10

November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness MonthCaregiver Conference Saturday, November 5Open House Wednesday, November 16

About 400 elegantlydressed people had a greattime on April Fool’s Day atour 1st Annual “DancingStars” Gala. After an equallyelegant dinner, the 10 localcelebrities were paired withprofessional dancers fromEnchant-ment Dancing toperform in front of a panelof “celebrity” judges.

Money was raisedthrough online voting beforethe event, voting at the Galaand at the silent auction.

Annabel Roberts, owner ofVida Pharmacy won the “You’re OurStar: Top Fundraiser” award. Thejudges choice for best dance perform-ance went to movie critic Sara Voorheeswith Chip Hindi, owner ofEnchantment Dancing. Madison Tabettook home the “Fan Favorite: Most-votes-at-the Gala” award.

After the competition, everyonewas invited to dance to “SoulKitchen,”a great blues band featuringHillary Smith and Chris Dracup.

Our Gala Committee was sohelpful and a huge part of the event’ssuccess: Jason and Kelli Baca,Christina Boothe, Ryan DeBlois,Mary Galvez, Annie Jaques, Janet

Laswell, Anne McKinney,David Romero, RobertaSimoni, and Peter Tras.

Judges: Dr. Ricardo Ortega,Roberta Simoni, MaryMartinez and Shelly Ribando

Emcees: Myles Copelandand Deanna Sauceda

Celebrity Dancers: AmyBailey and Bruce Puma,Carmelina Hart, AntonioReyna, Annabel Roberts,David Romero, Eric Strauss,Madison Tabet, Kristen VanDyke and Sara Voorhees

We couldn’t have had “DancingStars” without the generosity andexpertise of Chip Hindi, owner ofEnchantment Dancing who donat-ed all the dance lessons — we givehim our deepest thanks.

For information on participating in any (or all!) of these activities, please call us at 505-266-4473

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Special Programs Coordinator Works with the Gamut of ProjectsWhen she joined the Alzheimer’s

Association last December, TheresaBurch had no idea that her firstevent as Special ProgramsCoordinator would involve herdressing up in a purple lizard cos-tume to make an impression onNew Mexico state legislators. Butbeing a “sure-why-not” person, shedressed up in our “Lizzy” suit forAlzheimer’s Day at the Roundhousein Santa Fe on February 1. “it wasfun!” she said, adding that she’s looking forward to doing itagain in 2012.

Theresa loves working with people and thoroughlyenjoyed a 10-year career as a medical assistant. Like mostof our staff members, she has a personal connection thatled her to want to work with an organization focused ondementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Working with volunteers, committee members and staff,Theresa coordinates many of the various elements of fund-raising events. She helps set up and maintain the onlinedatabases that are used by Memory Walk and Golf

Tournament teams, and she makes sure teams get all theinformation, materials and support they need to be success-ful. Theresa will be helping with the details of other eventssuch as the Caregiver Conference and annual Gala. She iscurrently working on four fundraising events to help sup-port the New Mexico Alzheimer’s Association team, thePurple Paddlefoots, for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s.One event is a Dine and Donate at Nothing ButNoodles, 5011 Montgomery Blvd NE, Albuquerque,Tuesday, July 12, 11 am-9 pm with 15% of all sales thatday going the Alzheimer’s Association. The other threeevents take place at the Association’s Albuquerque office:

Garage Sale Saturday, June 25, 8-11 amPampered Chef Party Thursday, July 21, 4-6 pm Enchilada Cook-Off Friday, August 5, 3-6 pm

A native of Boston, Theresa has been in Albuquerque for12 years. She is the mother of a four-year-old daughter andthe wife of a Bernalillo sheriff’s deputy.

For questions about events, or to participate in any ofour fundraising activities, call Theresa at 505-266-4473.

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Thank You to Our Bronze Sponsor

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Thank You to Our Silver Sponsor

Thank You to Our In-Kind Sponsor

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Development Director Hits the Ground RunningMany activities and events

were already underway on manylevels when Megan McCormickstarted as our new DevelopmentDirector in February. But being a seasoned marketing and publicrelations professional, as well as a longtime marathon runner, she took everything in stride andgot busy doing what needed to be done.

Her job consists of many different roles, but theessence of Megan’s work is bringing in funds. To dothis, she works in tandem with Melissa Spiers inOutreach (to help develop donor relationships with bothbusinesses and individuals) and with Theresa Burch inEvent Planning (Memory Walk, Golf Tournament,Gala). She oversees the logistical elements of variousevents to make sure everything goes smoothly (such ascoordinating volunteers, helping committee chairs, get-ting permits, hiring vendors, etc.). She works with agrant writer to make sure applications are correct andon time. She recruits volunteers.

This Albuquerque native has lived in several cities

across the country from Detroit to Denver and, whilepursuing a career in marketing and sales, has also beena very active mom. She has a daughter age 13 and twosons ages six and three. She was delighted to comehome to Albuquerque and thoroughly enjoys a busyschedule with her family that includes bike riding, ath-letics and church.

Even with a home life that is constantly in motion,Megan maintains a high level of energy and enthusiasmbecause, she said, she sees her job as “a labor of love.”She learned about the Alzheimer’s Association whenshe first moved back to New Mexico and was workingat a local assisted living facility. She “fell in love with thepeople and the process” and volunteered for anAssociation fundraiser last year.

One of the pleasures of her position is coming upwith new ideas for fundraising events such a“Spinathon” or a motorcycle bikers “ride.” She hasbeen talking with a local theater company that is pro-ducing “On Golden Pond” this fall about a special pre-view of the show for donors. A portion of ticket saleswould go to the Association. Stay tuned to see whichideas are used, and feel free to share your fundraisingideas with Megan — when she’s not on the run.

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A grant from the federal government, matched byour state government, is helping New Mexico veteranswho have Alzheimer’s disease and giving their care-givers get much-need informationand support.

The Alzheimer’s Association ofNew Mexico is administering therural component of this grantthrough a new Special ProjectsCoordinator, Melissa Muniz.

Melissa is a fourth-generationSanta Fean who has 14 years ofexperience in the hospitalityindustry in group sales. Whileworking with associations and nonprofits she noticedhow focused, happy and well-rounded these clientswere. She realized wanted to get more involved withthe community and be able to go home at the end of theday with a feeling of gratification and accomplishment.

The Alzheimer’s Association’s need for the right per-son to coordinate the Veteran’s Project fit perfectly withMelissa’s ability to disseminate information and coordi-nate services while fulfilling her desire to “do some-thing worthwhile.”

Melissa drives to rural areas — recent trips includedArtesia and Roswell — to visit places where senior vet-erans are likely to be found, including VFW halls,Veteran’s Administration hospitals and senior centers.She takes informational brochures and arranges forAlzheimer’s Association staff to conduct “SavvyCaregivers” training courses.

There are about 180,000 veterans of all ages in NewMexico, and about half of them are over age 60. Themajory of veteran services are concentrated inAlbuquerque, which leaves rural areas underserved.The Veteran’s Project specifically targets those veter-ans who either have Alzheimer’s disease or who arecaring for a loved one with the disease. Providing prac-tical tools and teaching caregiving skills, the program isto help them develop a sense of control.

The Savvy Caregivers training covers dealing withways to cope with the daily life of dementia care, under-standing and responding to Alzheimer’s behaviors, howto use friends, family, health care providers and theAlzheimer’s Association for advice and help. It alsostresses self care for the caregiver.

A single mother of an active four-year-old daughter,Melissa enjoys “outdoorsy” activities such as trips tothe zoo and parks.

For more information, or to ask for assistance pro-vided by the Veteran’s Project, call 1-800-272-3900.

Special Projects Coordinator Focuses on Veteran’s Project

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General Donations

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Alumbra Women’s Health & Maternity, LLC

Avery, StephenyeBaltz, Brian and DanielleBarbara J. Buck LLC Attorney at LawBarnett, NatalieBaron, JaclynBBVA Compass BankBell, Floyd and CarmenBelville, HeidiBergeron, JoanBergsohn, HaroldBlanco, CindyBojen, Uffe and StephanieBPOE # 408 Las VegasBroglie, RachelBrookdale Place ValenciaBrown, BelleBrown, Robert and MargaretBurch, TheresaCampbell, PatriciaCardinal Health FoundationCarlson, Harry, Alger and MaryCasa San Pablo LLCCates, BillCates, DavidChakerian, ArtemisChanin, Abe and MildredChaparro, LydiaChavez, KatherineChew, WayneClement, J. H.Clifton Gunderson LLPCochran, JCCockrell, BettyCompanion CareConeybeer, MaryCooper, KarenCounty of SandovalCox, Bonnie

Daley, DianeDimperio, Thomas and RhondaDisque, FrederickDougherty, BeckiDrickson, EDDu Four, BrianEasley-Small, WandaEncompass Home HealthFinlayson, DavidFor Your Care Assisted Living ServicesFraternal Order of Eagles Auxilary #2811Freedman Trust,Frontier Medical Homecare Inc.Frost, SharonGallegos, RubenGasser, DaveGentiva Health Services, Inc.Graham, ThomasGunter, Jane and JohnGuerrero, CandaceGutierrez, YolandaHanrahan, DorothyHart-York, R.Hennia, RoxanneHenry, Jr., Robert and Henry, LynetteHess, EmmaHinkle Family Fun CenterHME SpecialistsHofer, Carolyn and JohnHoltman, Norma and DirkiGive.com Holdings LLCIpach, CynthiaJarwin, BenJohnson, ReginaKahn, WilburKaufman, AprilKelly, AnitaKinney, ThereseLaBarge, Leo and TerriLange, Dale

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General Donations


Platinum SponsorsMattress FirmAmerigroup

Gold SponsorsAmbercare Homecare &Hospice

The Retreat Alzheimer’s Specialty Care

The Woodmark at Uptown

Silver SponsorsBrookdale Senior LivingFootprints HomecareHaven Care AlzheimerCare

Heritage Home Health &Hospice

Home Instead Senior CareRBC Wealth Management

The Roswell Sertoma ClubWells Fargo-Santa Fe

Bronze SponsorsAddus HealthcareDecadesDecisions in CareG & S EnterprisesThe Montebello

Vida PharmacyElderCare SolutionsHospice de la LuzVista Care HospiceThe CottagesVida Pharmacy Vista Care Hospice

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Thank You to Our Sponsors

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Advantage Audio & Visual

Signature Sweets

Southern Wine & Spirits

Thank You to Our Gala In-Kind Sponsors


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New Spring 2011 GOVERNING BOARD F E D Let’s Keep the … · 2018. 2. 22. · Let’s keep the momentum going! One of the people most responsible for the momentum at the Association