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Donate NowAlzheimer’s Association announces Ken Toren as new regional vice president and executive director for Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter
Toren, who started his new role on November 18, has extensive nonprofit and business leadership experience, most recently serving as CEO for the American Red Cross Silicon Valley.
Toren, who started his new role on November 18, has extensive nonprofit and business leadership experience, most recently serving as CEO for the American Red Cross Silicon Valley.
“I am thrilled to be joining such a noble cause during an extraordinary time of advancement in treatment, care and support for the millions of people living with Alzheimer’s and other dementia and their caregivers,” said Toren. “I hope to help the chapter and region continue to be a pioneer in developing critical support programs and services while exploring and expanding new opportunities for growth that will drive our mission forward.”
In the non-profit sector, Toren has led mission-driven humanitarian nonprofits focused on local, national, and global disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; job development and lifetime services for the developmentally disabled; public television and media; and comprehensive biomedical, scientific research, and caregiver support programs for patients with Parkinson’s disease, dementia, asthma and cancer.
Toren has also led non-profit fund-raising efforts totaling over $600 million through major gifts, employee engagement and workforce giving, social impact programs, capital campaigns, government funding, private foundations, planned giving, online platforms, special events and corporate sponsorships.
In the for-profit sector, Toren has held executive roles as CEO, COO, co-founder, Board Member, advisor, and investor in public and private companies and start-ups providing enterprise software, mobile apps, and consumer applications in healthcare, CRM/marketing automation, cybersecurity, system integration and financial services. He focused on venture investments, business development, marketing and mergers and acquisitions.
Toren holds associates, bachelor, and master’s degrees from the College of Public Health, School of Health and Human Development, and School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management at Pennsylvania State University and Temple University.
Currently, nearly 720,000 people in California are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and there are over 1.37 million unpaid caregivers. In Nevada, nearly 55,000 people live with Alzheimer's with 84,000 unpaid caregivers. There are over 151,000 people 65 and over living with Alzheimer’s in Arizona with 292,000 unpaid caregivers, while Hawaii has over 31,000 people living with Alzheimer’s and 60,000 unpaid caregivers. The number of people living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia is expected to more than double by the year 2040.
For more information about Alzheimer’s and the Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter, visit alz.org/norcal, or call the 24/7 Helpline at 800.272.3900.