Ngozi Iroanyah is the Director of Health Equity and Access with the Alzheimer Society of Ontario. In her role she develops and supports the creation of equity focused programs and resources across 26 local Alzheimer societies in the province to better serve equity deserving populations. She also leads health equity focused initiatives and programs that help reduce stigma and build skills capacity within equity deserving communities experiencing dementia in Ontario, and across Canada. She is also a community health promoter and supports health literacy and understanding as it pertains to dementia education and awareness within marginalized communities. She is a public speaker and advocate for diversity in dementia on national and international stages.  

She is also a PhD candidate at York University in Health Policy and Equity Studies where her research is focuses on experiences of dementia in the Black community using an intersectional lens.

She was the primary caregiver for her father, Felix, who lived with dementia for 17 years. He was the inspiration for her work.