Kathy Roberson Honored with Elizabeth Boggs Family Advocate Award by the NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities

June 18, 2012

Kathy Roberson was recently honored with the Elizabeth Boggs Family Member Advocate Award by the NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities. The award honors a family member of an individual with a developmental disability who has shown outstanding advocacy efforts in the area of developmental disabilities. The award was presented at the NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities Community Building Awards Luncheon on April 18, 2012.

Kathy is Policy and Information Coordinator at The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She has been an active member of numerous committees and task forces throughout New Jersey, including currently serving as president of the Family Support Coalition and chair of the State Special Education Advisory Committee, and is strongly committed to ensuring that families help shape the policies that most effect their lives.