Board of Directors
Quinn eARLY
Quinn Early was born on Long Island, New York in 1965. He grew up in the theater where his mother, Ann Early was a playwright. Quinn received an early education in acting and had always known that he wanted a career in the performing arts, but he had a detour along the way. The NFL became his stage in 1988, when Quinn played wide receiver for 12 years. After retiring, Quinn worked in the sports nutrition industry as well as with kids - helping them to achieve their athletic goals. In 2011, Quinn was inspired by his mother to get back into acting and stunt work. Quinn appeared in his first movie in 2012 and has been working in the film industry since. Quinn has now appeared in over 35 films and television shows. In honor of his mother, Quinn founded the Ann Early Intervention Foundation in hopes of helping to end the disease that effects so many and ultimately took his mother’s life.
john moss seelig, md, faans
Dr. Seelig is a board-certified neurological surgeon. His academic career was launched at age seventeen in the research and development of pain management and cancer victims in Cleveland, Ohio. A year later, Seelig assisted in opening a lab at UCLA focusing on head injury and stroke. He focused on minimally invasive neurological procedures and taught himself microscopic neurosurgery in 1968. Upon entering UCSF School of Medicine, he participated in the establishment of the first International Brain Tumor Research Center. Upon completion of medical school, Seelig moved to Richmond, Virginia to complete his neurological surgery residency with a research emphasis on reversible Central Nervous System Disorder. Following his publication in the New England Journal of Medicine (304: 1511-1518, 1981), he participated in the development of the Department of Health and Human Services and Trauma System. In 1982, Seelig was appointed to the faculty of UCSD, helping to establish the Hotline Center there. Thereafter, he was integral in the launch of the first Trauma Coma Data Bank.
Today, Seelig has 22 peer-reviewed and 17 invited lectures around the world. Innovation and development have been at the forefront of his career. He has been on the scientific advisory board of 8 medical device companies. Since 1991, he has been an active consultant for the California Board of Quality Assurance in his specialty. With his continued focus on maintaining Standard of Care practices by colleagues throughout California, he is passionate about maintaining the best practices among physicians in those caring for Alzheimer’s Disease patients and families.
tai seibert
Tai Seibert is the Chief Technology Officer of a defense contracting firm and is an expert in the areas of technology insertion, artificial intelligence and machine learning, cybersecurity, cyber-warfare and security architectures. He has also had a life-long interest in health, specifically in how supplementation can enhance our physical and mental well-being. He has primarily focused on the research and development of new technologies in both military and governmental spaces, as well as in commercial and social media environments. In addition to his work in technological and scientific innovation, Tai has a wealth of experience in the areas of program management, business development and customer relationship management. He has served as a speaker at numerous conferences, seminars and expert panels on a variety of topics relating to security, new technology development and integration and software development for government systems.
Gerry Saline
Gerald W. Saline, Ph.D. is a surgical neurophysiologist and has practiced in San Diego since 1987. He has held privileges at many of the San Diego hospitals, primarily at Scripps Memorial Hospitals in La Jolla and Encinitas. He has participated in neurosurgical procedures involving patients with brain and spinal cord injuries; vascular pathophysiologies, including brain aneurysms and arterial-venous malformations; and various tumor resections and removals. During surgery, he conducts ongoing assessments of motor and sensory pathway function in patients undergoing various procedures while under general anesthesia. Additionally, Dr. Saline has performed brain mapping of neural structures defining the motor and speech cortex areas on awake, partially anesthetized, patients during open craniotomies.
Dr. Saline earned his Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate University with a research emphasis in cognitive neuroscience and developmental brain plasticity. He also earned a Master of Science degree in Audiology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Communicative Disorders from the University of Redlands. After a more than twenty-five-year career, Dr. Saline was inducted into the La Jolla Academy of Medicine. Dr. Saline is currently caring for a loved one with early signs of Alzheimer’s Disease.
hew stone
Hewette J. Stone has been connected with the health-care field for the last 35 years. He majored in Business, Psychology and Education in college, receiving his Masters of Arts in counseling from University of Iowa and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1977 in California. He is a member of the National Honor Society in Psychology.
He has served on the Board of Directors for the San Diego State University Art Council, and the Boys and Girls Mental Health Society. He is a 28 year member and past president of the Lions Club San Diego, serving as President of their Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He was on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Foundation of San Diego serving for 24 years. He has three children, two grandchildren and resides with his wife of 44 years in Rancho Santa Fe, California.
anne stone
Anne has been working in the senior care industry for the past decade with a focus on residential care for seniors with Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia. With a particular emphasis on skill training and the care aspects of this uniquely challenging work, she has also developed a passion for sharing the important keys to prevention of this disease and more recently, innovative research on reversing early to moderate Alzheimer’s Disease symptoms.
With degrees in fine art and psychology, Anne’s professional life has focused on teaching. She shares her senior work with her husband, Hew.