Ian N. Kremer, JD, has worked on federal, state, and local dementia for over 27 years. Since 2012, Kremer has served as Executive Director of the LEAD Coalition (Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease Coalition), the uniting voice of over 260 member and allied organizations, along with hundreds of university-based researchers. The LEAD Coalition works collaboratively through federal public policy to improve quality of life for all people facing dementia while advancing the social and biomedical sciences to prevent, treat, and ultimately cure all forms of dementia.
Currently, Kremer serves on the CMS Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee, the Public Policy & Aging Report editorial board, and on steering and advisory committees for eight NIA and CDC-supported projects, the Alzheimer’s Disease Patient and Caregiver Engagement initiative, the Digital Medicine Society’s ADRD Core Digital Clinical Measures project, the Dementia Friendly America initiative, and the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative Champions Cabinet. Previously, Kremer served on the steering committees for the NIH’s 2017 and 2020 National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers, the CDC-Alzheimer’s Association Healthy Brain Initiative’s Leadership Committee developing the 2018-2023 and the 2023-2027 Public Health Roadmaps, and the FDA Stakeholders Working Groups for PDUFA VI and PDUFA VII. Kremer holds degrees from Washington University in Saint Louis and the University of Michigan School of Law.