Board and Advisors
Board of Directors
Stephen R. Palmer – award-winning restaurateur, co-owner of Palmer Place Restaurant & Biergarten, founding member of The H Foundation, and champion of innumerable charitable causes; La Grange, Illinois
Louise T. Hillegass, R.N., M.S.W.– engaged family member, Pillars Board Director, executive leader and children’s advocate in service on local school and church boards, healthcare professional, philanthropist; Hinsdale, Illinois
Charlene T. Vickery – community visionary and family leader, compassionate holistic healer, tireless supporter of local organizations and events including Pillars, YMCA, La Grange Business Association, West Suburban Chamber of Commerce & Industry Foundation, and more; La Grange, Illinois
Building Betty’s Love
Will YOU help us help 52 more families?
Every month, new families contact Betty’s Love seeking help. In order to serve all the families seeking our practical, proven, positive approach to thriving despite Alzheimer’s, dementia, and cognitive impairment (i.e., as only Betty’s Love is promoting, practicing,and proving), Betty’s Love needs YOUR help:
Serve - share your time and talent on a committee (e.g., executive, marketing, programming, policies, etc.).
Promote - use your voice and contacts to raise awareness and gain notable support for Betty’s Love.
Grow - donate and help raise funds to provide programming for families.
To learn more about Building Betty’s Love, click here or call 708-420-LOVE (-5683).
Why 52 families? Read more….
Supporters and ADvisors™ for 2012 (so far) — include:
Betty’s Ambassadors Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cashman; Chicago – lifelong champions of Chicago charities including 100 Club of Chicago, The Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago, and Old St. Patrick’s Church
Pastor Said Ailabouni — Senior Pastor, Grace Lutheran Church; La Grange, Illinois
Patricia J. Andrise, Ph.D. — Neuropsychologist; Hinsdale, Illinois
John T. Cashman — Financial Specialist, Blackbaud, Inc.; Los Angeles
Charles L. Johnson — Business Entrepreneur; Toronto, Canada
Keith J. Kaplan, M.B.A. — President, The Kaplan Group; Los Angeles
Pastor Michael Strickland — First Baptist Church; La Grange, Illinois
Jay T. Whittle, D.V.M. — Founder, Mill Creek Animal Clinic; Palos Park, Illinois
Thanks to Our Founding Board of Directors!
D. Brendan O’Brien, Ph.D. — President, ThinkSmart Technologies; Dublin, Ireland
Eileen Kerlin Walsh, J.D. — Attorney and Motivational Speaker; Worth, Illinois
Rev. Arlene Butler, L.C.S.W. — Interfaith Minister and ‘The’ Betty’s Chaplain; Illinois and Virginia
We are grateful also to Betty’s Benefactors, Supporters, and Volunteers, including, over the years:
Betty’s Love Families and Embrace Support Group Members, worldwide, whose courage, honesty, and Care-with-Love™ inform and inspire Betty’s Love
Betty’s Benefactors like The Arnold Family, Margaret A. Fossier, The Lea Family, and The Loberg Family
Betty’s Sponsors like La Grange Highlands Women’s Club, TJX Cos. (TJ Maxx, Marshalls), Enterprise Rent-a Car, Trader Joe’s
Betty’s 20/30 Club Leaders and Volunteers
Irene Gavin, Mary Simpkin (featured in Good Hearts: Catholic Sisters in Chicago’s Past by Suellen Hoy) Aloyse Hackett, Anastasia O’Connor, Lucy Romano, M. Alfred Guillard, Rita Rzeppa, Jeannette Shean, Mary Madigan, and all the world-changing Sisters of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary who helped pray us into being and pray for, teach, and inspire us, still
Suzanne Schreiber, O.P.
Kitty Rafferty Giblin
Frances Dale Laufenburg
Elizabeth Josey Johnston,
Linda Dale Laufenburg Kraft
Paula Walsh, C.M.T.
Pastor the Rev. Thomas J. Hurley, Old St. Patrick’s Church
Pastor Emeritus the Rev. John J. Wall of Old St. Patrick’s Church, who named Betty’s (The Residence)
Roger T. Hughes and his colleagues who generously shared their Wisdom and nonprofit experience
Neelum T. Aggarwal, M.D., clinical core leader, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Michael J. Giblin
The Logan T. Johnston Family
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Kane
The Theodore Kraft Family
Deborah A. & Matthew M. Martin
Judy & Michael Mason
Robert J. Otter
James F. Pruyn
The Rogala Family
Denise Quon
The T.J. Walsh Family
The Thomas Walsh Family
… and all you generous and tireless and anonymous Angels!
Personally funded and with a full-time, unpaid staff of one, Betty’s Love is helping local families find support, get information, and take action. Every hour, 52 more American families begin an Alzheimer’s journey. Every week, new families seek Betty’s Love. So, more than ever before: We need YOU! Please contact us today and learn how YOU can help Build Betty’s Love!
If you’re able, thank you for donating today to our grassroots movement to change brains and lives. Thank you!
Working together, we CAN change the world … one Betty’s Love Family like yours at a time.
Betty’s Love: So much we CAN do. So much JOY!™