Roger Anunsen 

As President of MINDRAMP Consulting, Roger heads the REBOUND Division and has responsibility for program development and marketing. He develops and teaches brain health curriculum and distance learning platforms, and presents highly regarded brain health talks for a range of organizations across the country, including universities, senior groups, hospitals and business groups. Roger is director of MINDRAMP’s Brain Health Initiative.

Roger is an award-winning adjunct professor in the Gerontology department at Portland Community College. Two of his popular courses are built around the MINDRAMP text books, Strong Brains, Sharp Minds and Cognitive Activity Design. 

Roger is a science writer and creator of the MemAerobics cognitive intervention programs. Anunsen has hosted the radio program “What’s New in Brain Wellness,” and developed a cable tv series called “This is Your Brain On . . . “ He is in high demand as the presenter of seminars and workshops, and has designed national brain health educational programs.

Anunsen was appointed a voting delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, is a regular presenter and panelist at American Society on Aging conferences and presented at the “First Global Conference on Aging” at the University of Oxford, UK in July of 2009.

Anunsen has degrees in political science, business and economics and, after earning his Juris Doctorate, built a 26-year legal career in which he led litigation efforts on behalf of wildlife, authored articles on family farm law and served as co-chair of the Oregon Medical Association/Oregon State Bar Legal-Medical Committee.  ​

Roger Anunsen  Curriculum Vitae

Portland Community College, Instructor, Gerontology
MINDRAMP Consulting, LLC, President & Co-founder. Brain Health Education programs for individuals, organizations and businesses.
 
Highlights:

• Innovative Brain Health Program Design – Developed MemAerobics, Cognitive Activity Design, Brain Health Ambassadors, The MINDRAMP System (MR//S).
• Brain Health Curriculum Design – Portland Community College online courses on The Mature Mind, Cognitive Activity Design.
• Brain Health & Aging Advocacy – White House Conference on Aging, Oxford University Global Conference on Aging, AARP Staying Sharp program, Age-Friendly Cities (Portland, Newberg)

 
Teaching:

• Adjunct Instructor, Portland Community College, Gerontology (2011 to date) 
• Senior Center Without Walls, phone-based classes, San Francisco, CA, (2007 to present)
• Dorot University Without Walls; Phone brain health classes, New York, NY (2011)
• Oregon State University, Academy of Lifelong Learning (Multiple)
• City of Wilsonville, Wilsonville, OR - Brain Health for the Mature Mind
• Legacy Hospital, Stroke Education Seminars, Tualatin Oregon (2008 to date)
• Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, OR – Brain Health All-Day Seminar
• McMinnville Senior Center, OR - Brain Health for the Mature Mind
• Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC - Brain Health All-Day Seminar
• Aging Services of Michigan, Conference. Marketing Brain Health and Brain Health for Direct Care Workers

 
Consulting:

• National Retired Teacher’s Association (AARP) – Washington, D.C. Brain health program development and marketing. 
• SUNY Retirees Service Corps. - Conference design, planning and facilitation
• Portland Community College – Student recruitment, branding and repositioning of the gerontology department, project design & implementation.
• Leupold & Stevens, Hillsboro, OR – Brain health for Business Climax Portable Tools, Newbury, OR – Integrating brain health into daily operations for a manufacturing company. Retirement readiness.
• White House Conference on Aging: At Large Voting Delegate (2005)
• GenCare Communities, Seattle, WA. “Stay Sharp” brain health project.
• St. Ann’s Home, Grand Rapids Michigan – Brain Health Staff Training.
• Wilsonville Recreation Center, Wilsonville, OR

 
Keynotes, Seminars & Presentations

• Oxford University (2009)
• Smithsonian Institution (2010)
• Bill Thomas’ Second Wind Tour, 2014
• Seattle Presentations
• ABHOW Senior Living
• Gilda’s Club LaughFest (Laughter Rx), Grand Rapids, MI - The Healing Power of Humor and Laughter; Rx Brain Health for Caregivers
• Aquinas College, Grand Rapids MI. The New Age of Aging.
• American Society on Aging (multiple)
• LeadingAge [AAHSA] Conference (multiple)
• McGinty Alzheimer’s Conference (multiple)
• California Assisted Living Association (multiple)
• National Center for Creative Aging, Wash. DC, (multiple)
• Washington State Diabetes Conference Snohomish, WA (2014)
• Senior Solutions Conference, Baltimore, MD (2016)
• Senior Expo, Baltimore Department of Aging (2016)
• Willamette University, Your Brain on Music, (2017)
• Village to Village International Conference Baltimore (Nov. 2017)

 
Writing:

• Better Brains by Design 2016 (text book)
• Strong Brains, Sharp Minds, 2015, updated 2017 (text book)
• Cognitive Activity Design, 2015 (text book)
• 3rd Age Magazine (article)
• Health Habits for Brain Health: The Essential CogWheels 
• MINDRAMP’s “This Is Your Brain On . . .” (DVD Screening Guide)

 
Media Presentations:

• Host of pilot cable TV series “This is Your Brain on,” Capital City TV, Salem, OR
• National Center for Creative Aging Webinar – Why Creativity Matters
• MINDRAMP Webinar - Introduction to Brain Health series
• MINDRAMP Webinar – The CogWheels of Brain Health, series
• Senior Center Without Walls Phone Classes – Brain Health – 2007 to present
• Dorot Phone Classes - What’s New In Brain Health (series) New York