About
Staff
Each of our staff members has a personal passion for the mission of Memory Cafe. They are here to educate, guide, and connect.
Executive Board of Directors
Our board meets bimonthly, with the following officers currently serving:
Deb Kaul
Co-Founder
Mike Slette
President
Dr. Taylor Mertz
Vice President
Amy Bro
Secretary
Steve Miller
Treasurer
Deb Kaul
Executive Director
Mike Slette
President
Dr. Taylor Mertz
Vice President
Amy Bro
Secretary
Steve Miller
Treasurer
Brian Arett
Paul Finstad
Lonna Whiting
Rock Messerschmidt
Jean Anderson
Brian Arett
Paul Finstad
Lonna Whiting
Rock Messerschmidt
Jean Anderson
Volunteers
Memory Café is VERY grateful for our amazing team of volunteers. Their dedication to our mission and commitment to our participants is inspiring. We could not possibly succeed without their input and assistance.
“Our mission is to recognize the intrinsic beauty and value of those living with memory loss while inspiring in them and their care partners hope, joy, and a sense of empowerment.”
About Memory Cafe
Memory Café of the Red River Valley was founded by Deb Kaul and Beth Ustanko in 2017; it is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. As caregivers for their parents, Deb and Beth recognized the dire needs of families living with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia. Those needs include, but are not limited to: quality dementia education and ongoing caregiver support, new friendships that are sustained throughout the course of the disease, meaningful community engagement/service opportunities, and frequent occasions to laugh and have fun in a safe, warm, welcoming environment with others who are traveling a similar journey. Memory Cafe is passionate about improving the quality of life for individuals living with memory loss and their loved ones while inspiring in them a sense of hope, joy and empowerment.
Vision
Changing the way we think and support memory loss
Values
Flourishing – Thriving with hope, joy, and beauty
Trust – Building respectful relationships
Belonging – Feeling welcomed, understood, and needed by others
Possibilities – Doing more than you thought you could
People who are forgetting should not be forgotten.