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CONNIE LEE KEITER BREAKING BOUNDARIES AWARD
KIRK MOODY
Kirk Moody grew up primarily in Colorado Nancy developed young onset Alzheimer’s
as one of 4 children. He attended the disease, first diagnosed in early 2015. In
University of Colorado, Boulder receiving a Oct. 2016, the Alzheimer’s had become
BS in Applied Math in 1981. quite advanced and Nancy
went missing from a family
Moody moved to Southern outing. Moody spearheaded
California in the summer a large community effort to
of 1981 where he took a job locate her and continued to
at TRW Inc. as a software do so until her remains were
and systems engineer. He identified over 2 years later.
met Nancy Paulikas on his
first day of work. During this time, Moody
participated in the Bringing
Moody continued to work Our Loved Ones Home
at TRW until 2001 when he Task Force instigated by
retired. He married Nancy Supervisor Janice Hahn,
in 2002 after dating her providing some real world
for only 13 years. Kirk Moody experiences in the search for
at-risk adults.
Although he did return as a part time
consultant, the majority of Moody’s time in Moody continues to participate in the
retirement was spent with Nancy, traveling resulting LA Found effort and is a board
to Europe, other states in the US, and member of Alzheimer’s Los Angeles.
participating in outdoor activities such as
skiing and backpacking.
