DAI is very pleased to introduce the 2020 Board of Directors, and to inform you of DAI's updated Governance structure.
This year, we have included two positions for people who are not DAI members, which is not different to other organisations who have staff, except that ours are not yet able to be paid. One day, we aspire to have paid roles, for staff, including members.
2020 Board of Directors:
Chair/CEO, Kate Swaffer, Australia
Vice Chair, Alister Robertson, New Zealand
Treasurer, John Sandblom, USA
Eileen Taylor, Australia
Wally Cox, USA
Christine Thelker, Canada
James McKillop, Scotland, UK
Bobby Redman, Australia
Bill Turner, Australia
Two new non member (volunteer) positions:
Secretary, Sarah Yeates, Australia
Finance Officer, Tamara Claunch, USA
Most other organisations usually have many staff in paid roles, but due to a lack of funding, DAI is still not in a position to do so. We remain indebted to both Sarah and Tamara for their willingness to give of their time freely, for the benefit of members and supporters of DAI.
Three Working Committees:
Internal Affairs
External Affairs
Governance
Within these committees, there is a permanent Finance and Fundraising Sub committee, an Action group, a Membership sub committee, and other teams (or committees) as required.
Professional Advisory Council:
This new group consists of a number of global dementia experts, researchers, medical doctors, an attorney, a CPA and others, to be announced soon.
Please note, our updated By Laws will be added to our website as soon as they have been finalised.
Finally, our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is to be moved to June each year, and the new board positions elected at this meeting will be effective in the next fiscal year. All of these changes have been approved in ine with our By Laws, and to improve our governance.
Listen to Alister Robertson in our first VodCast on why he believes in the work and vision of Dementia Alliance International…
About our new Vice Chair: Alister is from Napier in New Zealand was diagnosed with younger onset Alzheimer’s in 2014. Soon after his diagnosis he was fortunate enough to attend a day programme run by Dementia Hawkes Bay, which he now attends three days a week. Alister has become an active member of DAI, having been involved in our Action Group and Board. This week, at our AGM, he accepted the nomination as Vice Chair in 2020. He is also a very active advocate for raising awareness of dementia in NZ and globally.
DAI members also wish to thank our strategic partners and sponsors, and every single person who so generously makes a donation to DAI. Without your donations and sponsorship, we could not continue to provide free membership and services to our members and supporters.
Thank you.
