FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Barbara Lanz-Mateo
Company Name: Alzheimer’s Association California Central Coast Chapter
805.892.4259 t
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Barbara.Lanz-Mateo@alz.org
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New Members Elected to Alzheimer’s Board of Directors
Kenneth S. Kosik, M.D., William Vasquez and Steve Lew have been elected to serve on the Board of
Directors for the Alzheimer’s Association California Central Coast Chapter.
Kosik is a nationally known leader in the field of Alzheimer’s disease and the Harriman Professor of
Neuroscience Research and co-director of the Neuroscience Research Institute at the University of
California, Santa Barbara. He serves as executive medical director of the Cottage Center for Cognitive
Fitness.. Kosik is the co-author of “The Alzheimer’s Solution: How Today’s Care is Failing Millions and
How We Can Do Better,” published by Prometheus Press, and the winner of numerous research and
science awards.
Vasquez is CEO of Santa Barbara-based Vasquez Media Group, which does business primarily with
Fortune 500 companies and their ad agencies, with a focus on collaborative publishing in national print
and digital media programs. His roster of advertising and marketing clients has included the NFL Players
Association, Sony Music and Universal Music, among many others.
Lew retired from Universal Studios in 2000 after a career with MCA/Universal spanning more than 25
years in executive and senior management positions including EVP Yosemite Park & Curry Company,
president and COO Universal Studios Hollywood, president and CEO Universal Studios Florida (Orlando),
and senior VP, Universal Studios, Inc.
The California Central Coast Chapter is a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, donor-supported organization
serving four counties in California: Santa Barbara, Ventura, Kern and San Luis Obispo. The Alzheimer’s
Association envisions a world without Alzheimer’s and aims to eliminate the disease through the
advancement of research, to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the
risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.
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