Ian Kremer
Executive Director

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Ian N. Kremer, JD, has worked on federal, state and local dementia policy since 1996. Since 2012, Kremer has served as Executive Director of the LEAD Coalition (Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease: http://www.leadcoalition.org) the uniting voice of over 200 member and allied organizations. The LEAD Coalition accelerates transformational progress in care and support to enrich the quality of life of those with dementia and their caregivers, detection and diagnosis, and research leading to prevention, effective treatment, and cures. The LEAD Coalition has helped to secure historic funding increases for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), expand Medicare services for people with dementia and protect dementia-relevant components of Medicaid and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, expand the role of people with dementia and their care partners in medical product development, build a nation-wide network of dementia-friendly communities, and worked with a dozen federal agencies to overcome health disparities, clarify regulatory pathways, combat elder abuse, and improve cognitive impairment detection and diagnosis, clinical care, and access to home and community-based services.

Kremer serves or has served on the following steering committees, boards, or advisory committees:

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC)
• National Institute on Aging (NIA) National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers (2017 Summit and 2020 Summit)
• NIA-funded: 
• • • IMbedded Pragmatic AD/ADRD Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory
    • Hopkins’ Economics of Alzheimer’s Disease and Services (HEADS) Center (Johns Hopkins University)
    • Dementia Care Study (UCLA)
    • WeCareAdvisor Study (Drexel University)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded:
  • BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Early Detection of Dementia (New York University School of Medicine)
  • BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving (University of Minnesota)
  • American Indian and Alaska Native Resource Center for Brain Health (International Association for Indigenous Aging)
• CDC Healthy Brain Initiative Roadmap (2018-2023 and 2023-2027)
• International Collaboration for Real-World Evidence in Alzheimer’s Disease in the US (ICARE-AD-US) Study
• Public Policy & Aging Report editorial board
• Adira Foundation Board of Directors
• Alzheimer’s Disease Patient and Caregiver Engagement (AD PACE) initiative
• Dementia Friendly America initiative
• Gerontological Society of America Workgroup on Cognitive Impairment Detection and Earlier Diagnosis
• Dementia Alliance International
• PCORI Dementia Research Methods project
• Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative Champion’s Cabinet
• Brain Health Partnership
• Alzheimer’s Disease Partnership for Evidence and Value (AD EVAL)

Kremer was an external reviewer for the 2021 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine report, “Meeting the Challenge of Caring for Persons Living with Dementia and Their Care Partners and Caregivers: A Way Forward.” He holds degrees from Washington University in Saint Louis and the University of Michigan School of Law.