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Lunch & Learn: Estate Planning and Cognitive Decline
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Tue, Apr 28, 2026
11:30 AM – 2 PM MDT (GMT-6)
Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging
2155 E Wesley Ave Room 510, Denver 80210, United States
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Join the Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging for a Lunch & Learn conversation with Jon Kraus, Director of Development, Gift Planning in University Advancement at DU, focused on the questions we should be asking ourselves early as we think about estate planning and aging well. Drawing from his experience helping individuals approach philanthropy in thoughtful and transformative ways, Jon will explore how proactive conversations can help families avoid crisis-driven decisions later in life.
Jon will also be joined by DU alumni Peter and Jenna Merlin, who will share their personal journey of beginning these conversations around their own dinner table, shaped by experiences with their parents’ cognitive decline and a desire to communicate clearly with each other and their children. This session will emphasize where to start, how to talk about difficult topics, and why open communication is one of the most powerful tools we have for healthy aging.
This event is proudly sponsored by Aging at 5280.
This lunch is sponsored by Aging at 5280.
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Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging
2155 E Wesley Ave Room 510, Denver 80210, United States
Speakers
Jon Kraus
Director of Development, Gift Planning
University of Denver
Jon Kraus joined University Advancement in March 2015. Jon is Director of Development — Gift Planning and works with donors, advisors and university partners to explore options for making tax-wise gifts that can have the most impact possible on the university and our students.
Prior to joining Gift Planning, Jon was Director of Development for the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver from 2013 to 2015. Jon has 15 years' experience in financial planning and nonprofit development at various for-profit, non-profit and educational institutions in Denver and Boston.
Jon earned a Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration from the University of Denver and a Master's of Nonprofit Management from Regis University.
Jon enjoys reading, going to movies, hiking, biking, homebrewing, playing with kids Joseph, Samuel and Magdealene and spending time with his wife Kristen.
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