Members & Leadership
Eric Albers, Ph.D.
Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Michael G. Aman, PhD
The Nisonger Center, UCEDD/LEND
Kimberly Anderson
Institute on Community Integration, UCEDD/LEND
Felicia Arce, M.Ed
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, UCEDD
Julie Armin, PhD
Sonoran UCEDD
David Attao, MA
Pacific Basin UCE/Northern Mariana Islands, UCEDD
Lesli Baughan
Center on Disabilities and Human Development, UCEDD
Diane Behl, MEd
Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice, UCEDD/LEND
Daniel Bier, MSW, MPA, CAE
Waisman Center, UCEDD/LEND
Arnold Birenbaum, Ph.D.
Rose F. Kennedy Center, UCEDD/LEND
Shawn Boles, PhD
Center on Human Development, UCEDD
Jeffrey Brosco, MD, Ph.D.
Mailman Center for Child Development, UCEDD/LEND
Karen Brown, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Virgin Islands UCE, UCEDD
Karen Brown, PhD, CCC-SLP
Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, LEND
Mary Beth Bruder, PhD
A. J. Pappanikou Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Anthony Cahill, Ph.D.
Center for Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Erik Carter, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, UCEDD/LEND
Jennifer-Eilleen Castro, Master of Education
PB- Pacific Basin Program (AS & CNMI), UCEDD
Julie Christensen, MSW, PhD
Center for Disabilities and Development, UCEDD/LEND
Catia Cividini-Motta, PhD
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Alan Cobo-Lewis, Ph.D.
The University of Maine, Center for Community Inclusion, UCEDD
Leslie Cohen, JD
Sonoran UCEDD
Lesley Cottrell, PhD
Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Joyce D'Antonio, PhD
LEND Center of Pittsburgh, LEND
Ethan Dahl, Ph.D.
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, UCEDD
Lee Daly, MSW, MS Ed
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Jennifer De La Rosa , PhD
Sonoran UCEDD
Alexis Deavenport-Saman, DrPH
The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, DBP
Alexis Deavenport-Saman, DrPH
USC, Childrens Hospital, UCEDD/LEND
Elizabeth DePoy, Ph.D., MSW, BS
The University of Maine, Center for Community Inclusion, UCEDD
Deepti Deshpande, MD
The University of Arizona, LEND
Parthenia Dinora, PhD.
Partnership for People with Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Konrad Dobbertin, MPH
Oregon Institute on Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Jenifer Taylor Eaton, MEd
Institute on Disabilities, UCEDD
Jenifer Taylor Eaton, M.Ed.
Institute on Disabilities, UCEDD
Elaine Eisenbaum, PhD
Texas Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Debra Eisert, PhD
Center on Human Development, UCEDD
Cynthia Ellis, MD
Munroe-Meyer Institute of Genetics & Rehabilitation, UCEDD/LEND
Katrina Emerich, M.Ed.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Joseph Evans, PhD
Munroe-Meyer Institute of Genetics & Rehabilitation, UCEDD/LEND
Celia Feinstein, MA
Institute on Disabilities, UCEDD
Kaitlin Fertaly
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Susan Foley, PhD
Institute for Community Inclusion/Boston Children's Hospital, UCEDD/LEND
Matthew Foster
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Lise Fox, Ph.D.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Morgann Frazee, BA
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Rachel Freeman, PhD
Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Valerie Frey-McClung, M.A.
Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Glenn Fujiura, PhD
Institute on Disability & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Michael Gamel-McCormick, PhD
Center for Disabilities Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Andrew Gardner, PhD, BCBA-D
Institute for Human Development, UCEDD
Nicholas Gelbar, PhD
A. J. Pappanikou Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Jennifer Gerdts, Ph.D.
Center on Human Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Patrick Ghezzi, Ph.D.
Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Tawara Goode
Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
George Gotto, Ph.D.
University of Missouri, UCEDD/LEND
George Gotto, Ph.D.
University of Missouri, UCEDD/LEND
Sally Gould-Taylor, PhD
Institute on Disabilities, UCEDD
Joyce Carolyn Graff, PhD, RN
Center on Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Emily Graybill, PhD, NCSP
Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University, UCEDD/LEND
Sara Green, PhD
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Jeff Gutierrez
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Yegin Habtes, Ph.D
Virgin Islands UCE, UCEDD
Taye Hallock, MSW
Institute on Disabilities, UCEDD
Charles Hamad, PhD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, UCEDD/LEND
Gale Hann, MPH
Center for Learning and Leadership, UCEDD/LEND
Robin Hansen, MD
University of California at Davis, DBP
Robin Hansen, MD
UC Davis at the MIND Institute, UCEDD/LEND
Scott Harrington, Ph.D., BCBA
Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Katharine Hayward, Ph.D.
Tarjan Center UCLA, UCEDD
Karen Heath, MS, MSVR, BASW, B.A. Foreign Languages
Center for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Ken Heinlein, PhD
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, UCEDD
Lynnette Henderson, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, UCEDD/LEND
Katherine Herron, Ph.D.
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, UCEDD
Emily Hickey, PhD
Waisman Center, UCEDD/LEND
Robert Hodapp, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, UCEDD/LEND
Carly Holman
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Stephen Hooper, Ph.D.
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Allison Howland, PhD
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, UCEDD
Kelly Hsieh, PhD
Institute on Disability & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Mark Innocenti, PhD
Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice, UCEDD/LEND
Catherine Ipsen
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Margaretha Izzo, PhD
The Nisonger Center, UCEDD/LEND
Suma Jacob, MD, PhD
Institute on Community Integration, UCEDD/LEND
Cristina James, BS
Indiana University School of Medicine, LEND
Rene Jamison, PhD
Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, UCEDD/LEND
McKenzie Javorka
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Ronda Jenson, PhD
Institute for Human Development, UCEDD
Hamida Jinnah, PhD
Institute on Human Development and Disability, UCEDD
John R. Johnson, Ph.D.
Center for Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Tyler Johnson, MPH
Institute for Disability Studies, UCEDD
Caitie Jones
Center for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Tammy Jorgensen-Smith, Ph.D.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Tammy Jorgensen-Smith , Ph.D.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Ruby Joseph, MPA
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Terry Katz, PhD
JFK Partners/University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, UCEDD/LEND
Bruce Keisling, PhD
Center on Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Laura Kern, JD/PhD
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Richard Kiefer-O'Donnell, Ph.D., Special Education
Center for Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Naomi Kimbell, MA
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Anne Kinsman, PhD, JD
Center for Disability Resources, UCEDD/LEND
Harold Kleinert, EdD
Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, UCEDD/LEND
Lisa Knight, MS
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Michael Knox, PhD
The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Steven Koch, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine, LEND
Alice Kuo, MD, PhD
UC-LEND
Roxann Lamar, M.S.
Center for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
David Leake, PhD, MPH
Hawaii Center on Disability Studies UCEDD/JABSOM LEND Program
Jae Chul Lee
Center for Disabilities Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Jae Chul Lee, PhD
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, UCEDD
Ashley Lefeld, BS
The Nisonger Center, UCEDD/LEND
Stephen Leff, Ph.D.
Children's Seashore House/ Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, LEND
James Lemanowicz, MBA
Institute on Disabilities, UCEDD
Mina Li, MD, MS, PhD, CSM
Institute for Disability Studies, UCEDD
Don Lollar, EdD
Oregon Institute on Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Eunice Lopez, M.Ed.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Kathleen Lynch, PhD
Partnership for People with Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Robert Maddalozzo, Ph.D.
Center on Disability and Development, UCEDD
Sandy Magana
Texas Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD/LEND
David Mank, PhD
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, UCEDD
Rebecca Martinez, PhD, HSPP
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, UCEDD
George McKinlay, MS
Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Lanya McKittrick, PhD
Center on Disabilities and Human Development, UCEDD
Tom McVeigh, M.S.
University of Missouri, UCEDD/LEND
Tom McVeigh, M.S.
University of Missouri, UCEDD/LEND
Gary Mears, Ed.D.
Center for Disabilities Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Christy Miller, MA
University of Missouri, UCEDD/LEND
Kimberly Mills, PH.D., BCBA-D
Virgin Islands UCE, UCEDD
Beth Mineo, PhD
Center for Disabilities Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Eric Moody, PhD
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, UCEDD
Eric Moody, PhD
JFK Partners/University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, UCEDD/LEND
Kathryn Moore, PhD
Center for Learning and Leadership, UCEDD/LEND
Jennifer Morrison-Diallo, PhD
SUNY Brooklyn, LEND
Cari Murphy, PhD
Center on Disabilities and Human Development, UCEDD
De Veauuse Brown Natasha , PhD
Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University, UCEDD/LEND
Patricia Navas Macho, PhD
The Nisonger Center, UCEDD/LEND
Derek Nord, Ph.D.
Institute on Community Integration, UCEDD/LEND
Derek Nord, PhD
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, UCEDD
Ruth Northway, PhD, MSc (Econ), RNLD, ENB 805, Cert.Ed (FE)
University of Glamorgan
Kira Norton, MPH
Oregon Institute on Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Kelly Nye-Lengerman, Ph.D., MSW
Institute on Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Sarah O'Kelley, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Civitan International Research Center, UCEDD/LEND
Mirian Ofonedu, PhD, MSW, LCSW-C
Kennedy Krieger Institute, UCEDD/LEND
Randall Owen, Ph.D
Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Caitlin Owens, MSW
Center for Disabilities and Development, UCEDD/LEND
Vicki Pappas, PhD
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, UCEDD
Wendy Parent-Johnson, Ph.D., CRC, CESP
Sonoran UCEDD
Tricia Patrick, DrPH
Westchester Institute for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Tracy Payne Jordan, PhD
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Haley Permar
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Deborah Perry, Ph.D.
Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Seb Prohn, Ph.D.
Partnership for People with Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Emily Quinn, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
Oregon Institute on Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Sheida Raley, Ph.D.
Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Rachel Ray, M.A.
Munroe-Meyer Institute of Genetics & Rehabilitation, UCEDD/LEND
Brian Reichow, PhD, BCBA-D
A. J. Pappanikou Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Shunit Reiter, PhD
MISHAL University Center on Disabilities for Education, Empowerment, and Research
Mindy Renfro, PT, PhD, DPT
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Ilka Riddle, PhD
University of Cincinnati UCE, UCEDD/LEND
Christine Rinck, Ph.D.
University of Missouri, UCEDD/LEND
Kelly Roberts, PhD
PB- Pacific Basin Program (AS & CNMI), UCEDD
Kelly Roberts, PhD
Hawaii Center on Disability Studies UCEDD/JABSOM LEND Program
Stephen Rock, Ph.D.
Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Sandy Root-Elledge, MA
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, UCEDD
David A. Rotholz, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Center for Disability Resources, UCEDD/LEND
Beth Rous, EdD
Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, UCEDD/LEND
Dana Rusher, PhD
Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Preethy Samuel, OTR, PhD
Developmental Disabilities Institute, UCEDD/LEND
Heidi San Nicolas, Ph.D.
Guam Center for Excellence in Disabilities Education, UCEDD
Therese Sandomierski, Ph.D.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Penny Seay, PhD
Texas Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Tom Seekins, PhD
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Patricia Seumanu
PB- Pacific Basin Program (AS & CNMI), UCEDD
Amy Sharp, PhD
Texas Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Allison Shefcyk, B.A.
A. J. Pappanikou Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Yumi Shirai, PhD
Sonoran UCEDD
Horny Shriya
SDHG
Christopher Smith, Ph.D.
Kennedy Krieger Institute, UCEDD/LEND
Sarah Smith, DSc, OTRL
Institute on Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Tristram Smith, Ph.D.
Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Leann Smith DaWalt, PhD
Waisman Center, UCEDD/LEND
Olga Solomon, PhD
USC, Childrens Hospital, UCEDD/LEND
Olga Solomon, PhD
USC, Childrens Hospital, UCEDD/LEND
Mary-Ann Sontag Bowman
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Sandra Sosa, EdD
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Trina Spencer, PhD
Institute for Human Development, UCEDD
Jane Squires, PhD
Center on Human Development, UCEDD
Cache Steinberg, PhD
LoneStar, LEND
Zolinda Stoneman, PhD
Institute on Human Development and Disability, UCEDD
Wayne Stuberg, PhD
Munroe-Meyer Institute of Genetics & Rehabilitation, UCEDD/LEND
Jennifer Sulewski, PhD
Institute for Community Inclusion/Boston Children's Hospital, UCEDD/LEND
Jesse Suter, PhD
Center on Disability & Community Inclusion, UCEDD
Kiriko Takahashi, Ph.D.
Hawaii Center on Disability Studies UCEDD/JABSOM LEND Program
Kiriko Takahashi, PhD
Hawaii Center on Disability Studies UCEDD/JABSOM LEND Program
Kimmie Tang, Ed.D.
LoneStar, LEND
Marc J. Tasse, PhD
The Nisonger Center, UCEDD/LEND
Susan Thomas, M.Ed.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Ilia Torres, MS
Institute on Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD
Meg Traci
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Lauren Turner-Brown, Ph.D.
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Christopher Vatland, PhD
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Myrna Veguilla, M.S., MPH
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Erin Vinoski Thomas, PhD, MPH
Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University, UCEDD/LEND
David Wacker, PhD
Center for Disabilities and Development, UCEDD/LEND
Laura Waldrop
Institute for Disability Studies, UCEDD
Hill Walker, PhD
Center on Human Development, UCEDD
Royal Walker, Jr., JD
Institute for Disability Studies, UCEDD
Katherine Walton, PhD
The Nisonger Center, UCEDD/LEND
Matthew Wappett, Ph.D.
Center on Disabilities and Human Development, UCEDD
Karen Ward, Ed.D.
Center for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Rachel White, Behavioral Psychology, PhD, BCBA-D
Center for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Rob Wild, MS, MPH, CPH
Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University, UCEDD/LEND
Valerie Williams, Ph.D.
Center for Learning and Leadership, UCEDD/LEND
Anna Winneker, Ph.D.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Julie Wolter
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Valerie Wood, Ph D. in Applied Social Psychology
Center on Disability & Community Inclusion, UCEDD
Evan X - Borisinkoff, PhD
North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, UCEDD
Christy Jackson X PAST EMPLOYEE Carroll, PhD
North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, UCEDD
Xinyuan Yang, Ph.D.
Center on Disability and Development, UCEDD
Susan Yuan, Ph.D.
Center on Disability & Community Inclusion, UCEDD
Lucille Zeph, Ed.D.
The University of Maine, Center for Community Inclusion, UCEDD
Dan Zhang, Ph.D.
Center on Disability and Development, UCEDD
Sarah Zlatkovic
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, UCEDD
Nina Zuna, PhD
Texas Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD/LEND
John R. ZZZJohnson, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University Human Development Center - New Orleans, UCEDD/LEND
