In this episode, Gary Bisbee, Ph.D., Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Think Medium, interviewed Brian Wallach, J.D., Co-founder and Board Co-chair of Synapticure and and Co-founder of I AM ALS, and Sandra Abrevaya, J.D., Co-founder and CEO of Synapticure, and Co-founder of I AM ALS. They spoke about Brian’s diagnosis of ALS, and about Brian and Sandra’s efforts to improve ALS patient outcomes.

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Brian Wallach was diagnosed with ALS in November 2017. At the time of his diagnosis, he was 37, with two daughters under three. Since then he has become an outspoken, well known and impactful patient advocate. He is married to co-founder, Sandra Abrevaya, whom he met on the 2008 Obama campaign. Brian was an avid skier who ran the 400 at Yale. His favorite movie is Big Fish and his favorite band is the National.

In addition to co-founding the nonprofit I AM ALS, Brian was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois from August 2014 to April 2018 and from July 2011 to April 2013, Brian served as Senior Vetting Counsel at the White House in the Obama Administration. Brian received his BA from Yale University and his JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.

Sandra is the mom of spunky 4 and 6 year old girls. She is a former founding CEO in the nonprofit sector and has served in senior roles for the City of Chicago, the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Department of Education and the White House.

Sandra is married to and a caregiver for Brian Wallach who was diagnosed with ALS, a currently terminal illness, in 2017 when they were 37 years old and had their whole lives before them. After the diagnosis, Sandra co-founded I AM ALS with her husband to drive an impactful advocacy agenda based on community organizing principles.

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