Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D.

Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D. is Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, Nevada and Cleveland, Ohio. His is the Andrea and Joseph Hahn Professor of Neurotherapeutics of the Neurological Institute of Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Cummings’ research and leadership in the field of Alzheimer’s disease have been recognized through the Henderson Award of the American Geriatrics Society (2006), the Research Award of the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Research Foundation (2008), and the Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Award of the national Alzheimer’s Association (2008). In 2010, he received the Legacy Award from the Ticki Wilkerson-Kassel Movement Therapy Foundation and was honored by the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry with their Distinguished Scientist Award.

Dr. Cummings is the author of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), which is the most commonly used tool for characterizing behavioral disturbances in dementia syndromes and for measuring the effect of therapies on neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Dr. Cummings is an experienced clinical trialist with expertise in clinical trial design and analysis, global trial implementation, and trial outcome measures. He has published over 600 articles and 30 books on Alzheimer’s disease and related topics.

Maureen E. Peckman

Maureen Peckman is the Chief Emerging Business Officer for Cleveland Clinic Nevada. She also leads a community-based organization, the Council for a Better Nevada, an organization comprising Nevada’s leading CEOs and industry leaders whose purpose is to engage private, public and non-profit sector resources to positively impact Nevada issues of critical community interest. Ms. Peckman is a member of the Nevada Commission on Homeland Security, whose mission is to advise the governor on matters pertaining to the prevention, mitigation and response to terrorism-related events. Maureen is an active member of the Chairman’s Council for Conservation International, an international conservation organization with a presence in 150 countries and whose purpose is to pursue global conservation. She also serves as a member of the Harvard Women’s Leadership Board. Locally, Maureen serves on the Agassi Charter Academy school board, Agassi Foundation and the Agassi Graf Holdings board, and is Chairman of the Nevada Community Foundation. Ms. Peckman graduated from the George Washington University in Washington D.C., where she pursued her undergraduate degree (B.S. in Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology) on a soccer scholarship. Past pursuits include competing in the Hawaii Ironman world championships, competitive cycling and ultra distance marathons. Maureen has lived in Las Vegas since 1999 and is married with a daughter.

Lisa Manning

Lisa Manning is the Chief Operations Officer for Keep Memory Alive, and is responsible for all facets of the organization’s daily operations and financial functions. She has over 20 years of experience in business and financial management. Lisa has served the Las Vegas community as a business and financial consultant since 1997 across a variety of industries ranging from construction and real estate to medical and non-profit. She currently serves as a member of the board of the Downtown Las Vegas Alliance. Prior to joining Keep Memory Alive, Lisa was the Chief Financial Officer for a major Las Vegas-based real estate development company.

Lisa has been a licensed CPA since 1992. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington, and has two children. Outside of the office, she has played tennis competitively as part of the Nevada Tennis Association.