Trish Vrandenburg

Trish Vradenburg (1946 – April 17, 2017) was an American playwright, author, television writer, and advocate of research to cure Alzheimer's disease. Vradenburg was born in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Beatrice and Judge Joseph Lerner. She graduated from Boston University in 1968 and became a speech writer for Senator Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ).She was a writer on three television shows. In addition, she wrote the novel Liberated Lady (1986) as well as the plays The Apple Doesn't Fall… and Surviving Grace.

Both of those plays are accounts of Vradenburg's time as an Alzheimer's caregiver for her mother, who died of the disease in 1991. Vradenburg is survived by her husband, former AOL executive and venture philanthropist George Vradenburg. In 2008, the Vradenburgs founded US Against Alzheimer's, a national advocacy network dedicated to stopping Alzheimer's. In 2012, Capitol File magazine named Trish and George Vradenburg on their list of Washington's top power couples for the philanthropy and advocacy efforts. She was also a member of the board of Theater J and DC Vote.