Our Story
The Memory Kit was created by Jeff Gray and two co-founders: Susan Soper, a longtime journalist, and Jeff's dad, John Gray, a former CBS Television Network executive, who was the primary caregiver to his wife – and Jeff's mother, Molly Gray – for several years.
Motivated and inspired by Molly's death, we realized and acted on the urgent need for a way to keep families, friends, and caregivers engaged in providing the best care for their loved ones.
Motivated and inspired by Molly's death, we realized and acted on the urgent need for a way to keep families, friends, and caregivers engaged in providing the best care for their loved ones.
Meet the Memory Kit Team
Jeff Gray | Founder and CEO
Jeff’s background is an unlikely mix of technology, philanthropy, and entrepreneurship. He sold his first company, Priority Valu-Check Systems, to RealEstate.com, has worked as a consultant to early-stage tech companies and served as an executive and board member of City of Refuge, an Atlanta-based nonprofit. His family’s journey with his mother’s Alzheimer’s disease sparked his desire to help others who find themselves caring for a loved one.
Jeff’s background is an unlikely mix of technology, philanthropy, and entrepreneurship. He sold his first company, Priority Valu-Check Systems, to RealEstate.com, has worked as a consultant to early-stage tech companies and served as an executive and board member of City of Refuge, an Atlanta-based nonprofit. His family’s journey with his mother’s Alzheimer’s disease sparked his desire to help others who find themselves caring for a loved one.
Susan Soper | Co-Founder and Storyteller-in-Chief
Susan’s passion as an award-winning journalist has been telling people’s stories. When her father died suddenly at 73, she realized first-hand the difficulty families face in telling their loved ones’ stories in obituaries and created the fill-in-the-blank workbook, ObitKit: Live. Love. Laugh. Cry. Write it down! Susan was a writer for Newsday and the features editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is excited to bring those skills to The Memory Kit.
Susan’s passion as an award-winning journalist has been telling people’s stories. When her father died suddenly at 73, she realized first-hand the difficulty families face in telling their loved ones’ stories in obituaries and created the fill-in-the-blank workbook, ObitKit: Live. Love. Laugh. Cry. Write it down! Susan was a writer for Newsday and the features editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is excited to bring those skills to The Memory Kit.
John Gray | Co-Founder
John was married to Molly Martin Gray for almost 55 years before losing her to Alzheimer's disease in 2015. He grew up in Iowa, graduated from the University of Iowa and was drafted into the Army. Starting at TV Guide in Minneapolis, he pursued a career in television and worked for CBS Television for 32 years as a network sales executive, retiring as Senior Vice President of Business Development in 2003.
Our advisors and experts
Ayesha Sherzai, MD
Co-director of Brain Health and Alzheimer Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center
Dean Sherzai, MD, MAS, MPH, PhD (c)
Director of Brain Health and Alzheimer Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center
Susan Galeas
CEO at The Family Center Tennessee; Former President and CEO, Alzheimer's Greater Los Angeles
Kenneth Hepburn, PhD
Creator, The Savvy Caregiver Program; Education Core Director of the Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.
Rebecca Axline
Supervisory Clinical Social Worker at Houston Methodist Neurological Institute; The Nantz National Alzheimer Center
Boyd P. Gentry
Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer, Trio Healthcare
Bill Jones
Vice President, TechOperators
Katherine Kennedy, MS Gerontology
Doctoral Student, Miami University; Former memory care manager at The Summer House
Co-director of Brain Health and Alzheimer Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center
Dean Sherzai, MD, MAS, MPH, PhD (c)
Director of Brain Health and Alzheimer Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center
Susan Galeas
CEO at The Family Center Tennessee; Former President and CEO, Alzheimer's Greater Los Angeles
Kenneth Hepburn, PhD
Creator, The Savvy Caregiver Program; Education Core Director of the Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.
Rebecca Axline
Supervisory Clinical Social Worker at Houston Methodist Neurological Institute; The Nantz National Alzheimer Center
Boyd P. Gentry
Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer, Trio Healthcare
Bill Jones
Vice President, TechOperators
Katherine Kennedy, MS Gerontology
Doctoral Student, Miami University; Former memory care manager at The Summer House