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BROOKLYN PARKINSON GROUP

Brooklyn Parkinson Group is a 501.(c)(3) non profit organization and a chapter of National Parkinson Foundation. BPG activities are free of charge and open to all families affected by Parkinson's Disease.

BPG is a resource for information and activities available to all families in Brooklyn affected by Parkinson's Disease.

Support Groups

• For persons with PD and family members.

• For spouses and family members.

Activities

• 1. Dance for PD classes are sponsored by BPG in collaboration with Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG), a world renowned modern dance company.

• 2. Movement Lab is an exercise class in which specific movement problems of persons with Parkinson's Disease are addressed.

• 3. In Sing for PD classes participants sing standards and Broadway tunes to live piano accompaniment.

Information

• BPG works to promote awareness of PD in diverse communities of Brooklyn and the health care community.

• BPG provides information on PD and services available in Brooklyn.

Board of Directors

	Olie Westheimer, MA, President, is the founder of Brooklyn Parkinson Group, a chapter of National Parkinson Foundation. She is also Outreach Coordinator of the National Parkinson Disease Clinical Center of Excellence, Kings County Hospital/SUNY Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn. Her lifelong interest in dancing led to the development of the "Dance for PD" classes with Mark Morris Dance Group, and gave BPG its "focus on communal, arts based activities."
	Carroll Neesemann, Vice President, is a New York lawyer and senior counsel in a large international law firm who became a commercial arbitrator after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. He has participated in BPG activities and worked to develop its programs from its inception. Carroll initiated the weekly BPG Exercise Group.
	Jean Reardon, MBA, Secretary, is an accountant for non-profit organizations who volunteered to help develop BPG in any way she could, soon after her mother was diagnosed with PD, in 2004.
	Alicia Shepard, MBA, Board Member is the manager of analytics and market research at Purdue Pharma, she received her MBA from New York University Stern School of Business in 2006.