About Us

A few years ago, when my seemingly healthy mom was hit by early Alzheimer's, I was unexpectedly thrown into a caregiving role for my parents. Our family was wholly unprepared for this last chapter of my parent’s lives. We had never discussed the important decisions around her end-of-life (Read the story here) and had no plans. I was left to dig through piles of disorganized papers to help manage her care, and to guess her wishes on way too many health and financial decisions. At the same time, I was in the midst of growing my own young family and building my career. It is no joke trying to be there physically and emotionally for aging loved ones. And, while there are a lot of resources out there, I was shocked by how challenging it was to get organized.

I started Chapter to help others get ahead of the challenges they’ll face as their parents go through their final years. I realized that I was not the only child whose parents hadn’t discussed or planned for this phase of life with their children. Yet, so many of us are likely to get thrown into the caretaking role. Americans are living longer, but their final years are all too often plagued with physical and neurological illness. Nobody wants to talk about sickness or death — but I believe sharing wishes can significantly change the experience for the family.

I studied engineering at Stanford University and spent the first few chapters of my career working at fast growth, venture backed software and services businesses. Leveraging my personal experience managing my family’s care, and professional experience in technology — my goal is to build a company to help people get ahead of the heartache and headache that caretakers face. Taking care of your loved ones as they age is challenging in too many ways — I want to help.