Our Team

MEET THE TEAM

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FOUNDER

Butch Charles Grimes CEO

“Butch Charles Grimes” founded “Who’s Going to Take Care of Me” and the Gloria Grimes Alzheimer’s and Dementia Community Resource Center in Inglewood, California in honor of his mother, Gloria Grimes, who is also battling Alzheimer’s. He realized that there was a need to not only acknowledge Alzheimer’s and Dementia’s effects on underprivileged and minority communities, but also inform and support these community members in their battle against these illnesses with no known cure.

Butch is also the Founder and President of Team Equity L.A. Property & Management Inc and has more than 37 years of experience in the probate, conservatorship, trusts, Partition Referee and receiverships business.

He has also received the following awards:

Awarded the Certificate of Recognition and Honors by US Senator Barbara Boxer for Outstanding Achievement and Services in Community Outreach and Education in 2005.
Commended for dedicated Community Service by the County of Los Angeles Supervisors in 2005.
Awarded the Certificate of Recognition and Honors from the L.A. Neighborhood Housing Services (LANHS) for Outstanding Achievement and Services in Community Outreach and Education in 2005.
Awarded California Reinvestment Coalition-CRA Tiger award for Outstanding Community Service and Activism for Homeownership Rights in 2004 and 2005.
Named “Hero of The Week” by Alzheimer’s, Dementia-KNX, CBS.
Named “Caregiver of The Year” by the Grand Park Foundation.

Sherril M. Rieux, M.D.

Dr Rieux, MD leads a successful private practice in Los Angeles, CA and is an active member of Cedar Sinai Medical Center. With over 18 years of experience she has developed passion for preventing, controlling and educating people on cardiovascular disease. She is very knowledgeable in cardiovascular medicine and frequently speaks on issues related to heart health, covering topics including “The Heart and Brain Connection”, cardiovascular evaluation in Women, Hypertension, Obesity, and “The Hearts of Women”. She is well known in the community for speaking on hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol and obesity. Dr Rieux is a promoter of healthy lifestyles. She believes that with small steps everyone can live a life of health—mind, body, and soul in harmony. Dr Rieux thanks God every day for her gift of healing, her energy and the appreciation of joy that comes from living life to the fullest.

Andrea Van Leesten, Esq

ANDREA VAN LEESTEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW VAN LEESTEN LAW CORP. June 1991 to the Present Firm concentrates in the area of Estate Planning, Probate, Conservatorship, Guardianship & Elder Law. Court appointed counsel Panel 1998-2016 Mediator in Estates and Trusts 2004-pRESENi` EDUCATION GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER WASHINGTON, D.C. JUR[S DOCTOR AWARDED FEBRUARY 1979 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA BACIIfLOR 0F ARTS, POLITICAL SCIENCE DEGREE AWARDED MARCH 21,1975 Admitted to the Bar of the State of California, June 1991. Admitted to the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, May 1979 Admitted to the United States District Court for the Central District of California 1996 Admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island 1979 Admitted to the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals,1979 pEppERI]INn uNlvERslTy, SCHOOL OF LAW MEDIATION CERTIFICATE 2004 WOMEN’S NEGOTIATION ACADEMY CERTIFICATE 2018 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEDIATION SEMINAR -2 DAy PROGRAM

Wanda Smith

Wanda L. Smith-Bio coming soon…….