Care for Today. Research for Tomorrow.

Guided by a dedicated Executive Board, turning generosity into breakthroughs, while funding care and compassion that give families across Nevada hope for a better tomorrow. From patient care, social services, caregiving programs, researchers & scientists, education, art programs, and music therapy: every dollar we raise goes towards these efforts, so no family has to walk this path alone.

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Care for today. Research for tomorrow.

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Keep Memory Alive  serves as the philanthropic division of Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Guided by a dedicated Executive Board, turning generosity into breakthroughs, while funding care and compassion that give families hope for a better tomorrow.

Since 2009, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health helped drive the fight against Alzheimer’s and related dementias, Parkinson’s and other movement disorders, and multiple sclerosis through expert care and clinical research studies.

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Our Shared Principles

Beyond our clinical credentials, our staff is united by a profound sense of purpose. We look into the eyes of our patients and see a reflection of our own loved ones.

We are Fighters

Determined to slow the advance of disease whenever possible and guide our patients in improving their quality of life.

We are Believers

Holding unwavering faith in the resilience of our patients and the ultimate discovery of a cure.

We are Explorers

Endlessly curious, advancing the frontiers of science to translate promising discoveries into life-changing therapies.

Guided by Leaders. Driven by an Executive Board

Larry Ruvo

Co-Founder and Chairman

Camille Ruvo

Co-Founder and Vice-Chairwoman, Keep Memory Alive

Bo Bernhard

VP of Economic Development and Professor University of Nevada Las Vegas​

Peter Bernhard

Executive Team Legal Counsel

Mark Davis

Owner, Las Vegas Raiders​

Tommaso Falcone​, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, FRCOG (ad eundem)

Executive Vice President & President, International and Emerging Markets Cleveland Clinic​

Sheryl Goldstein

Member, Keep Memory Alive Board of Directors

Deborah C. Gordon

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Governance Officer, and Secretary of Cleveland Clinic

Dennis Gutwald

Attorney, McDonald Carano

K. Kelly Hancock, DNP, RN, NE-BC, FAAN

Executive Vice President and Chief Caregiver Officer, Rich Family Chief Caregiver Chair Cleveland Clinic

Felicia Horowitz

CEO of the Horowitz Family Foundation

Lara Kalafatis

Chair, Philanthropy Institute Cleveland Clinic

Andre Machado, MD, PhD

Chairman of the Neurological Institute and the Charles and Christine Carroll Family Endowed Chair in Functional Neurosurgery

Thomas Matthews

Retired Chairman/CEO, IGT

Mark T. Melio

Member, Keep Memory Alive Board of Directors

Michael Modic, MD

Member, Keep Memory Alive Board of Directors Senior Vice-President Population Health, and Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Pat Mulroy

Retired General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority

Vinhloc P. Nguyen

Vice President – International & Emerging Markets The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Dan Pettit

Member, Keep Memory Alive Board of Directors

Sigmund “Sig” Rogich

President of The Rogich Communications Group, Former Ambassador to Iceland

Michael Severino

Member, Keep Memory Alive Board of Directors

Paul Steelman

CEO, Steelman Partners

Donald Steiner

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Profit Recovery Partners

Richard Sturm

President, Las Vegas Live Entertainment & Sports

Rollie Sturm

Managing Partner, The Developers of Nevada

Jon Taffer

Member, Keep Memory Alive Board of Directors

Michael F. Tang

Chairman of Tang Industries and Chief Executive Officer of National Material

Dylan Wint, MD

Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic Nevada

Together, we are working to solve the neurological problems of today and tomorrow to make brain disease a distant memory. Be part of the solution and help us keep memories alive.

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