Amanda Lukof joins host Ron Aaron and co-host Carol Zernial to talk about how caregivers juggle the overwhelming amount of information required to care for their patients on this edition of Caregiver SOS.

About Amanda

Amanda Lukof is a special needs advocate and the sister of a brother with autism. A lawyer by training, she spent several years practicing special education law before serving as outside counsel for UBS Financial Services Inc. In 2009 she founded Autism Speaks to Young Professionals, an event series aiming to raise awareness for the next generation of parents. She also served as the Chairperson of Special Events for Newmark Education, helping to raise $12 million for its Destination of Promise campaign, the culmination of which was a state-of-the-art building serving students K-12 in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.

After leaving corporate law in 2020, Amanda has worked tirelessly as an advocate for the special needs community, with a focus on impact investing and early stage innovation. She serves as a Strategic Advisor for the Autism Impact Fund and is on the Board of Directors for the Cooke School, a special needs school in New York City. She also serves as a Board member for Multiple, a nonprofit accelerator for early stage autism innovation. Most recently, she co-founded Eleplan, an AI-driven digital care planning tool to support family caregivers and the professionals who serve them. 

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