08/03/2026
Only 10 days until our FREE community educational event! We still have spots available. Register today to reserve your seat and learn valuable insights and skills.
Our keynote speaker, Gary LeBlanc, CDCS
As a passionate advocate and expert within the Alzheimer’s and dementia space, Gary Joseph LeBlanc brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, serving two decades as the primary caregiver for his father with Alzheimer’s and mother with vascular dementia. In 2009, after a challenging 12-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease, LeBlanc’s father passed away from the disease. To fill the void of losing his parents to dementia-related diseases, and to fulfill a deeply rooted longing for purpose, LeBlanc embraced his need to serve others, accrediting his “once a caregiver, always a caregiver” mentality. After founding several passion projects of his own, LeBlanc joined Dementia Spotlight Foundation (DSF) in 2018.
At DSF, LeBlanc taps his 20-plus year caregiving campaign as the foundation’s Educational Director. LeBlanc hones his expertise to curate educational conferences, host seminars, webinars, and speaking events to reach audiences across the country, training police and health departments on best-case practices for interactions with dementia-related encounters. He also plays a role in fundraising programs, utilizing an intimate and personalized approach to help Alzheimer’s and dementia persons and caregivers cope with the everyday challenges, hardships, and emotional struggles of caring for the memory-impaired.
Previously, LeBlanc has written several books and hundreds of articles on dementia-related caregiving. He is an honored recipient of the 2016 U.S Congressional Coin and Certificate of Excellence in recognition of his invaluable service in raising dementia awareness. He is the founder of Alzheimer’s/Dementia Hospital Wristband Project, and in 2014, LeBlanc founded Dementia Mentors, an online resource that hosts 46 memory cafes a month and features inspirational video testimonies from people living with dementia.
LeBlanc currently resides in Spring Hill, Florida. He has served as a weekly columnist of “Common Sense Caregiving” for over 12 years, which is published in the Tampa Tribune, Hernando Today, Hernando Sun, Feather Sound News, and many other health publications. LeBlanc is a Dementia Communication Specialist Author of “Staying Afloat in a Sea of Forgetfulness,” “The Aftereffects of Caregiving”, “Managing Alzheimer’s and Dementia Behaviors” and the co-author of “While I Still Can”.
