Phil Gutis is a Senior Reporter at Being Patient, a communications specialist, and a civil liberties, environmental, and Alzheimer’s disease advocate. Gutis was formerly a reporter at the New York Times. He served as the Media Relations Director and then the Federal Communications Director at the ACLU. Gutis was additionally the Director of Communications at Natural Resources Defense Council. He served on the National Early Stage Advisory Group for the Alzheimer’s Association and currently serves on the Board of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.