Epilepsy Alliance America: Board of Directors Addition for 2024
Epilepsy Alliance America’s Board of Directors met in October 2023 and approved the nomination of a new member of the Board of Directors as well as the officer slate for 2024. The terms for the new Board member and officers are effective on January 1, 2024.
Alex Ramírez Torres
NEW BOARD MEMBER: Alex Ramírez Torres
The Board elected Alex Ramírez Torres to the Epilepsy Alliance America Board of Directors. Alex has been the Executive Vice President of the Puerto Rican Epilepsy Society since 2003. He manages a team of more than 10 employees, in five offices throughout Puerto Rico, that provide direct services to over 7,000 participants annually. He has always demonstrated a high degree of integrity. He offers his support to others with professionalism and sensitivity. He is a person who always treats people with respect and moral values. He has proven to be creative, willing and cooperative. The knowledge he has acquired in his role as Executive Vice President of the Epilepsy Society ensures the positive direction of the center and guarantees a focus on achieving results.
Alex serves as a volunteer member of the Alliance for Access to Treatment which seeks to ensure improvements in health services. He is a Collaborator and Civil committee member of Oxfam America, the Puerto Rican Civil Society that fights for recovery funds. He also serves as a volunteer member of the State Council on Developmental Deficiencies.
Alex has a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Puerto Rico, with a subspecialty in intervention with families and children. He has credits leading to a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the Carlos Albizu University, San Juan. He carried out his professional practice in the Pediatric Oncology Unit of the San Jorge Children’s Hospital. He received an Honorary Doctorate from Sacred Heart University for efforts in service to the Victims of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
While Alex is new to the Board of Directors of Epilepsy Alliance America, he has been an active participant in Epilepsy Alliance America meetings and activities since our inception in 2018.
Michael Rosado and Alex Ramirez Torres at Epilepsy Awareness Day at Disneyland 2022
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Board renominated the following members of the Board to their positions on the Executive Committee: Peggy Beem Jelley serving as Board Chair, Liza Gundell serving as Vice Chair; Karen Egozi serving as Treasurer; Kathy Schrag, serving as Secretary, and Jeff Sinsebox serving as Immediate Past Chair.
RECOGNITION: Amy Challgren
Amy Challgren, North Carolina
The Board of Directors recognized the board service (2018-2023) of Amy Challgren of North Carolina at the October 2023 Board meeting. Amy is a founding board member of Epilepsy Alliance America, a current member of the Board of Epilepsy Alliance North Carolina, and a fierce advocate for the epilepsy community.
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