Thomas B. Elin, JD
| Thomas B. Elin, President and CEO of LightBridge, has been dedicated to developing state-of-the-art care programs for those with Alzheimer’s disease since 1980. He has developed, owned, and operated numerous residential projects with an emphasis on housing for the elderly. In addition, he has developed, owned, and operated research centers, which have been integrated into these Alzheimer care programs. In his quest to develop new and innovative care programs for persons with Alzheimer’s, he has incorporated and integrated research relating primarily to the behavioral issues affecting persons with Alzheimer’s disease through direct affiliations with major university health science centers, with an emphasis on medical and nursing schools. These affiliations with institutions of higher education have led Elin to expand his mission to encompass the development and distribution of educational materials using innovative technologies such as CD-ROM based video, Telemedicine and other distance learning vehicles for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals. Before entering the healthcare field, Elin was a corporate attorney specializing in labor law with United Airlines. He is licensed to practice law in the States of California, Texas, Illinois, the District of Columbia, and Nebraska, as well as the US Federal Courts. He was also a Captain in the United States Air Force from 1963 to 1968. Elin earned his BA in Psychology from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts in 1963. He earned his JD from Creighton University Law School, Omaha, Nebraska in 1971. |