Alayna Tillman

Areas of expertise: Consumer advocacy, caregiving and support for caregivers, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and memory loss, older adults and aging

Bio: Alayna Tillman is a wife, mother, grandmother, and activist who grew up in Queens, New York. God took Alayna and her family on a 12-year caregiving journey to provide care for her mother, father, and aunt in her home. As a way of saying thank you to the organizations that helped her family navigate this journey, Alayna became an advocate to work alongside them. She also became a support group facilitator for family caregivers as a way to share what she learned with members of the community. She has spent years as a member of the Community Advisory Board for the Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center of USC, a member of the Community Advisory Board and the Speakers Bureau of Alzheimer’s Los Angeles, a member of the Alzheimer’s Congressional Ambassador team, and an advocate for Leeza’s Care Connection in Burbank, California. When she has free time, Alayna enjoys spending time with her family, doing genealogy research, and playing word games.

Experience:

• Community Advisory Board for the Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center of USC, 2012-2015
• Community Advocate and support group facilitator for the Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center of USC and Alzheimer’s Los Angeles, 2015-present
• Member of the Community Advisory Board and the Speakers Bureau of Alzheimer’s Los Angeles, 2018- present
• Member of the Alzheimer’s Congressional Ambassador team, 2016-2018
• Advocate for Leeza’s Care Connection in Burbank California. 2014-present
• National Consumer Scholar, 2017 and 2018
• Presenter on the National Center webinar “Supportive housing from a consumer perspective”, 2019
• Member of National Planning Committee for Putting Care at the Center, 2019-present
• Workshop presenter, “Engaging and empowering consumers’ family caregivers in complex care” at Putting Care at the Center 2019