Ron Eppes
Director of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease Projects
Ron Eppes is the Director of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Projects at the International Association for Indigenous Aging. Previously, Ron was the Director of Advocacy and Education at the Arc of New Mexico and the Director of Programs at the New Mexico chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Ron and his wife Peggy have moved to Guthrie, Oklahoma to be closer to grandchildren.
Ron studied Mathematics at Oklahoma Christian and Information Systems at Friends University. He has experience working in the corporate world and brings a creative and analytical mindset to the work of IA2. Ron’s introduction to the ADRD world was with his mom. She spent the last 20 years of her life with a diagnosis of mixed dementia and Ron learned what it means to be a family member who helps someone who struggles with this disease.
Ron’s life goal is to be a decent human being and hopes that his community considers this to be true.
