News: AUCD Welcomes 2014 Board of Directors
December 9, 2013
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| Members of the 2013-2014 AUCD Board of Directors at the 2013 AUCD Conference in Washington, DC |
The Association of University Centers on Disabilities welcomed the 2014 Board of Directors during the AUCD 2013 Conference November 18-20 in Washington, DC, "Promoting Inclusion in an Increasingly Diverse World."
The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) is a membership organization that supports and promotes a national network of university-based interdisciplinary programs. Network members are 67 University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), funded by the Administration on Intellectual Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), 43 Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Programs funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), 15 Developmental Disability Research Centers (IDDRC), most of which are funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Development (NICHD), and their faculty, staff, and fellows.
"AUCD is poised to be a national leader in creating meaningful change in the lives of people with developmental and other disabilities, and I am so pleased and honored to be part of its leadership," said Board President Leslie Cohen, JD. "Our strengths and expertise as a network in disability related research, education, model services and supports, and policy continues to grow."
Located in every U.S. state and territory, AUCD members are all part of universities or medical centers. They serve as a bridge between the university and the community, bringing together the resources of both to achieve meaningful change. The Board of Directors is comprised of members of the AUCD network elected by the membership: six individuals in leadership positions, seven individuals who serve as Chairs or Co-chairs of the Councils of AUCD, one individual representing network trainees and fellows, and four members at large. Board members serve a term spanning a minimum of three years.
The AUCD 2014 Board of Directors
Leadership
- Leslie Cohen, JD: Sonoran UCEDD, University of Arizona. Board President.
- Olivia Raynor, PhD: Tarjan Center Semel Institute, University of California Los Angeles. President-Elect.
- Julie Anne Fodor, PhD: Center on Disabilities and Human Development, University of Idaho, Past-President.
- A. Anthony Antosh, EdD: Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, Rhode Island College. Past-Past President.
- Karen Edwards, MD, MPH: Westchester Institute for Human Development, New York Medical College. Secretary.
- Harold Kleinert, EdD: University of Kentucky Human Development Institute. Treasurer.
Council Representatives
- Shannon Caldwell: Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky. COCA
- Dawn Olson, BS: North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, Minot State University. COCA
- Jody Pirtle, PhD: Arizona UCEDD Institute for Human Development, Northern Arizona University. CTIIS
- Kelly Roberts, PhD: Pacific Basin Program, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii. CORE
- Michelle Schladant, PhD: Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- Amy Sharp, PhD: Center on Disability and Development, Texas A&M University. CEDC
- Thomas Uno, EdS: Arizona UCEDD Institute for Human Development, Northern Arizona University. MCC
Trainee Representative
- Stephanie Weber, PsyD: University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Members at Large
- Brent Askvig, PhD: North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, Minot State University
- Cynthia Ellis, MD: Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Celia Feinstein, MA: Institute on Disabilities, Temple University
- Bruce Keisling, PhD: Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- Philip Wilson, PhD: Human Development Center, Louisiana State University Health Science Center