Lisamarie La Vallee, DNP, is a registered nurse with over 13 years of experience in nursing case management. She is currently serving as the Memory Program Manager RN for the Sutter Health Neuroscience Service Line working on initiatives to improve memory care across the system, including running the Advanced Therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease Review Board to help facilitate safe and equitable access to novel therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease. In 2022, she completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree and partnered with the Alzheimer’s Association to implement a quality improvement project to increase resources, support, and referrals for patients with dementia in the acute care setting.  She has published her work and contributed to numerous posters for national and international conferences in this area. Prior to her role at Sutter she was an Assistant Professor at Samuel Merritt University in the College of Nursing and worked for various health care systems as an acute care nurse case manager. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau, and the American Case Management Association of which she is a current board member for the local chapter.