It’s time for a new chapter, and also a tad late to add this ‘old’ news today, especially as many of you who follow me here may have already seen this news on social media platforms, but in September this year, I tendered my resignation from the Board of Directors, and as the Chief Executive Officer of Dementia Alliance International (DAI). I will continue to serve the board, and the members of DAI in other ways, but felt the time was right to step down to ensure room for new leaders. I have great faith in the new board, and their Chair, Alister Roertson from New Zealand.

“The DAI Board Announces Resignation of CEO Kate Swaffer

It is with a mix of sadness and gratitude that the Board of Directors announces Ms. Kate Swaffer’s resignation as Chief Executive Officer of Dementia Alliance International, effective October 30, 2021.

Kate Swaffer is one of the eight co-founders of Dementia Alliance International (DAI), and our long serving former Chair, current CEO and board member of the organization. She has been instrumental in taking the membership from three to 49 countries.

In her years of dedicated service to the organizational mission of “Nothing about Us, Without Us”, DAI was granted consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the  United Nations, and has worked closely with the World Health Organization, the NCD Alliance, The World Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance, the International Disability Alliance  where she secured Observer Membership for DAI, and she is still a board member of Alzheimer’s Disease International and has been a full member of the World Dementia Council, and worked with many other local, national and global organizations…”

Read more about my resignation here.

Ps. you wont want to miss the next DAI free Webinar on November 24/25, How to Build a Network that supports your Organizational Goals, presented by Alex D. Tremble, who hosts the Alex D. Tremble Show.