Board Roster

Darrell Brown

I retired from education (Math Teacher, Principal, and District Director) in 2017 after 37 years to care for my wife with Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. It was our dream to move to our Alaska property full-time after we retired, so I built my wife an off-grid home with an indoor toilet for the last several years of her life. Alzheimer’s Resources of Alaska was a stabilizing force during those final years as they helped us find a private care assistant, put us in contact with legal services when needed, awarded us grants to make it easier for my wife to live at home and were there when I was having difficulty and needed to talk. My wife, Laura, died in January of 2023, and that following summer I joined the ARA Board of Directors so I could use my administrative and non-profit background to help ensure ARA was able to continue providing the services that benefit those with Alzheimer’s. I use my time teaching bible studies, working with my church, being on the board of ARA, and assisting one other Alaska non-profit, plus I garden and tend to my 20 acres, love to always have a building or mechanical project in process and stay in contact with my three children and nine grandchildren. It is hard being single after 45 years of marriage, but the Lord is with me.

Dr. Tim Kocher

I am a physician specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive disorders like Alzheimer’s Disease, frontotemporal dementia, Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease, vascular dementia, Huntington’s Disease, and mild cognitive impairment. I also specialize in the management of psychiatric conditions and dementia with behavioral disturbances. I completed my residency in adult psychiatry and fellowship training in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. I’m a board-certified physician by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. I joined the Board of Directors for the Alzheimer’s Resource of Alaska because I’m passionate about caring for patients with dementia and helping their families who might be struggling to navigate care resources, education, and information.