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Testimonials
ASA-NCOA Conference workshop
"Roger's workshop at the ASA-NCOA conference on helping seniors outwit memory loss was the single best session of the conference. He's truly a genius of an educator."
- Lucie Arbuthnot, Ph.D., LBA Consulting, Maine
"Roger's workshop at the ASA-NCOA conference on helping seniors outwit memory loss was the single best session of the conference. He's truly a genius of an educator."
- Lucie Arbuthnot, Ph.D., LBA Consulting, Maine
Evaluation from Smithsonian Seminar (2010) Attendees
"Exceeded expectations."
"Fascinating & useful for my life."
"Wonderful!"
"Close to perfect."
"Exceeded expectations."
"Fascinating & useful for my life."
"Wonderful!"
"Close to perfect."
2007 pilot at the University of Texas Medical Branch
"I'm so happy that you have given us so many small things that we can do each day to help ourselves. It makes us so much more positive with our aging process"
- Mary Tragus, Galveston, Texas
"I'm so happy that you have given us so many small things that we can do each day to help ourselves. It makes us so much more positive with our aging process"
- Mary Tragus, Galveston, Texas
MemAerobics workshops
"All I could think about was my failing memory and I was sure that there was nothing I could do about it. I immediately noticed a difference and have been improving both my memory and my confidence ever since."
- Ruth Allison, Capital Manor, Salem, Oregon
"All I could think about was my failing memory and I was sure that there was nothing I could do about it. I immediately noticed a difference and have been improving both my memory and my confidence ever since."
- Ruth Allison, Capital Manor, Salem, Oregon
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Who We Are
Michael C. Patterson, MALS, East Coast Principal Michael C. Patterson, a founding principal in mindRAMP & Associates, LLC, is an educator and gerontologist who specializes in the areas of cognition, brain health and creativity. Patterson has produced and presented brain health forums and workshops across the country as Director of the award-winning Staying Sharp program, a joint project of NRTA: AARP's Educator Community and the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.During an early career as a professional actor and director, Patterson led the Creative Outreach Program for the Elderly a theatre program for older adults and founded a Grey Panthers chapter in Santa Cruz, CA. Patterson developed a successful career in public television then returned to gerontology, working with AARP and NRTA: AARP's Educator Community. Patterson is a board member of the National Center for Creative Aging, chairs the NCCA Research Committee and served on the Communications Committee for the CDC/Alzheimer's Association Roadmap for Brain Health. Patterson has a degree in Theatre from Antioch College and a Masters of Liberal Studies (MALS) from Georgetown University and has pursued independent research in neuroscience, cognition and evolutionary psychology. Roger Anunsen, West Coast Principal  Roger Anunsen, a founding principal in mindRAMP & Associates, LLC is a science writer and creator of the MemAerobics cognitive intervention programs. Anunsen is host of the radio pilot program "What's New in Brain Wellness." regularly conducts 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. |
