Henry Cisneros FTLDA Chairman of the Board

The Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Association is pleased to announce that Mr. Henry Cisneros will serve as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Cisneros embodies the spirit of community and brings a personal interest in expanding the mission of  raising awareness, education of medical professionals and advancing research of frontal lobe disorders.

Henry Cisneros co-founded CityView in 2000 and currently serves as the firm’s chairman. He also sits on each of CityView’s Investment Committees. In 1981, Cisneros became the first Hispanic-American mayor of a major U.S. city, San Antonio, Texas, where he was subsequently elected to four terms. In 1992, President Clinton appointed Cisneros to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”). After leaving HUD in 1997, Cisneros became president and chief operating officer of Univision Communications, the Spanish-language broadcaster. Cisneros currently serves on Univision’s board of directors. He has served as president of the National League of Cities and as deputy chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He is currently a member of the advisory boards of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Broad Foundation, and was honored by the National Housing Conference as the “Housing Person of the Year”. Cisneros is a graduate of Texas A&M and holds a Masters degree from the Kennedy School at Harvard and a Doctorate from George Washington University.

Paul E. Schulz, M.D.

I have had the privilege of working with Dr. Schulz, at UTHealth, Neurocognitive Disorders Center and his outstanding team for more than 20 years. He is both a gifted clinician and an accomplished researcher—a rare combination that allows him to care for patients while advancing groundbreaking science. His dedication to families affected by dementia is truly inspiring.

Dr. Schulz, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained behavioral neurologist and neuropsychiatrist. He’s also a professor, Rick McCord Professor in Neurology, and Umphrey Family Professor in Neurodegenerative Diseases at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. In 2010, Schulz moved to the Mischer Neuroscience Institute at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, where he sees patients who have cognitive, behavioral, or mood disorders. His group is investigating risk factors for dementia in order to understand why it develops, including both environmental and genetic factors. They use imaging, epidemiologic, and genetic approaches and have identified several risk factors. They are also investigating ways to diagnose dementia earlier, perhaps before symptoms develop, to determine whether interventions in the presymptomatic stage might delay or prevent the development of dementia. His group has early data suggesting that the treatment of some risk factors may reduce the probability of developing dementia.

John A. Bertelson, MD, FAAN

Dr. Bertelson, is a leading behavioral neurologist in the UT Medicine Comprehensive Memory Center. He specializs in cognitive disorders and directs research uncovering why dementia develops, how to detect and prevent dementia earlier, and directs many trials exploring new treatments for dementia. Additionally, Dr. Bertelson is an assistant professor in both the Dell Medical School Department of Neurology and the Dell Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Bertelson is also an associate professor of Neurology at the Texas Tech School of Medicine and the co-medical director of the Comprehensive Memory Clinic at the Garrison Institute of Aging.

Bruce Miller, M.D.

Dr. Miller is Professor of Neurology at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) where he holds the A.W. & Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Chair. Dr. Miller is the clinical director of the Memory and Aging Center (MAC) at UCSF, which is funded through the State of California, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation, amongst others. Dr. Miller has received many awards including the Potamkin Award from the American Academy of Neurology, the Raymond Adams Lecture at the American Neurological Association, and the Elliot Royer Award from the San Francisco Neurological community.

Bill Seeley, M.D.

Dr. Seeley received his MD from the UCSF School of Medicine. He then completed an Internal Medicine internship at UCSF and Neurology residency at the Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals. He is currently an Associate Professor of Neurology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, where he participates in patient evaluation and management. He is also Director of the UCSF Neurodegenerative Disease Brain Bank.

Terri Bratton – FTLDA Founder

tbratton@ftlda.org

I started this nonprofit because FTD (frontotemporal dementia) has devastated my family. I lost both a brother and a sister to this horrific disease and my mother to Alzheimer’s.

Experiencing their struggles firsthand showed me how little awareness and research exist. I couldn’t stand by and do nothing. This organization is my way of turning loss into action—raising funds, spreading awareness, and fighting for a future where FTD is understood, treatable, and, one day, curable.

Through this nonprofit, I have produced impactful fundraisers and awareness events, including the Michael Bratton Annual Golf Tournament, the South Texas Brain Bee for high school students, a National Conference for Physicians and Medical Professionals, and the Dementia Series Seminar. These events not only raise critical funds for research but also educate communities and bring people together in the fight against FTD

Othón Welsh

Grupo Dominion S.A. de C.V. General Manager (Partner). D Club LLC General Manager (Partner). Conwel S.A. de C.V. Partner. Proyectos Villas Dominion S.A. de C.V. Dominion Development Properties LLC Dominion Village Rentals LLC Ricchi-Agora Developments LLC DBA The Dominion Hills.
General Manager (Partner)Bachelor Degree in Business Administration – Monterrey, N.L. Universidad Regiomontana.