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Leadership Administrative Staff: | Executive Director, National Center for START Services | ||||||||||||||||||
Specialty Resource Contacts: | National Center for START Services | ||||||||||||||||||
Discipline(s): |
Psychology Disability Studies Education: Administration Education: General Mental and Behavioral Health Person with a disability or special health care need Public Administration |
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AUCD Council Membership: |
No Council Membership |
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Education: | IDD/MH, Emergency preparedness, transition k-12 to college, system change |
Vita/Bio
For the past 26 years, Flaherty served in various roles at Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts, most recently as the associate vice president for student affairs since 2012. She has experience overseeing support services and transition programs for students with disabilities.
Her early professional roots were with the Charles River Center, Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled (CORD), and the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Institute for Community Inclusion. Flaherty holds a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a bachelor’s degree in communications with a specialization in psychology from Fitchburg State College.