CPA Lynn Duttlinger is taking her commitment to the fight against Alzheimer’s to the next level.
She recently became chairman of the executive leadership team of the Northwest Indiana Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
Duttlinger has been walking in honor of her mother for the past 10 years, but wanted to do even more. She was the top fundraiser in 2025, raising more than $10,000. Since she started walking, she has raised $70,000 for the cause.
“I support the Alzheimer’s Association because Alzheimer’s changed my family forever,” she said in a press release. “Like so many families, we didn’t understand the disease and the toll it would take on her or the toll it would take on all of us. We thought memory loss was the hardest part. We were wrong. Alzheimer’s slowly took her independence, her confidence, her personality and pieces of the woman who raised me.”
Duttlinger's mom was only 79 when she died in 2017. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2011.
“It’s the next step in helping the organization. I’m elevating my mission,” she said. “I can share my leadership skills and collaborate with business leaders I’ve known throughout my career so that we can walk forward together to raise funds and community awareness.”
Duttlinger is a senior director at CLH, CPAs & Consultants in Michigan City.
This year's walk will take place Oct. 3 in La Porte County. Her team hope already is raising funds.
“You just have to show up,” she said. “This disease is relentless, but so are we. And until there is a cure, I will keep walking.”
