Alzheimer's Orange County

MANAGEMENT

CEO/Executive Director

Mr. Jim McAleer

CEO/Executive Director Experience

Jim McAleer began his career in the nonprofit world at age eighteen while pursing an undergraduate degree in Savannah, Georgia. For the next ten years, McAleer worked with individuals with intellectual and other disabilities. He used those years to hone his leadership and senior management skills culminating in an opportunity to serve as the Interim Executive Director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association in 1994. The next seven years took McAleer on a journey where he was able to serve as the CEO and President for several agencies serving at risk populations and individuals with varying types of disabilities in Boston, Massachusetts. Simultaneously, McAleer earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration at Northeastern University. McAleer relocated to Southern California, where he began a comprehensive nonprofit consulting business specializing in organizational leadership and change, management transitions, strategic planning, and fundraising. McAleer & Associates, Inc. served dozens of clients over the next six years including Friends of El Faro, Street Poets, Crystal Cove Alliance, and more. For the past ten years, McAleer has served as President and CEO of Alzheimer’s Orange County, assisting the more than 86,000 people living in Orange County with, or at risk of, dementia. He manages over 5 million dollars in income and a staff of 45. In addition to his work at the Alzheimer’s Orange County, McAleer has given more than 50 professional presentations, has served as President of the local PTA, has participated in various nonprofit boards supporting at risk children’s causes, and currently serves on the state Olmstead Commission.

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