Larry Kellerman Email and Phone Number

I want to work in either capacity - caregiver advocate for someone with a rare neurodegenerative disease or as an educator of energy and environment issues.

I was the science education professor at Bradley University for seven years, followed by five years as coordinator of grants development and ten years as adjunct faculty in the Math, Science and Engineering Department at Illinois Central College. From 2008 through 2016 I was caregiver of my wife who had a rare and terminal disease, multiple system atrophy, retiring in August 2013 to become her primary caregiver. I became the caregiver representative for the Multiple System Atrophy Coalition in 2014 and have continued to serve on the MSA Coalition Board of Directors. I currently work for MadDog Cleaning and host two support groups for MSA and atypical parkinsonism patients, as well as a discussion group for PD patients and caregivers. Since 2014 I've worked with volunteers to hold yearly fundraisers for the MSA Coalition and am now a mentor for a federally funded project initiated by Rush University Medical Center. I also volunteer at the Peoria area Rock Steady Boxing program for PD patients.