Team — Memory Care Experience Station

Development Team

The Experience Station was designed and developed by Maria Mortati, an Experience Designer based in San Francisco who has spent the past 25 years creating interactive projects for healthcare institutions and museums. Maria put together a team of technologists, fabricators, and interaction designers to bring the 1st generation Memory Care Experience Station to life. Maria has a master’s in design from Stanford, and has developed experiential projects in the US and the UK.

Scott Minneman, Ph.D, is the technical architect. He is an award-winning and visionary user experience designer, mechatronics engineer, and inventor. His work covers domains such as emerging communication technologies, and ground-breaking forms of public interaction. Scott holds advanced degrees from MIT and Stanford, and over a dozen US patents. Some of his early work is used in all modern cellphones today.

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Foundational Team

San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, Frank Residences

The original Station was designed and developed for the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living. The heart of the team was the Life Enrichment staff, working directly with the loved ones, and residents of the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living.

Illona Root-Chang, manager of Life Enrichment, expert informant

Daphne Valadez, Life Enrichment coordinator, primary client-side tester, and informant

Robert Sarison, initial expert informant and client-side lead

Cindy Kahn, grants and fundraising officer

Michael Skaff, former COO at SFCJL

Daniel Ruth, former CEO at SFCJL

Jan Reicher, formerly the founding executive director, Byer Square at SFCJL