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Partnership for People with Disabilities

Virginia University Center for Excellence
Virginia Commonwealth University
PO Box 843020
700 E. Franklin Street, Suite 140
Richmond, VA 23284-3020

Main Phone: 804-828-3876
Main Fax: 804-828-0042
TTY: 800-828-1120
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LEND Program

Va-LEND (Virginia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities)

Virginia Commonwealth University
1000 East Marshall Street, VMI Building, Room 416
Box 980405
Richmond, VA 23298-0405

Main Phone: 804-828-0073
Main Fax: 804-828-0098
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Virginia-LEND-238790012884026/
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Faculty & Staff

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Position Name Primary Discipline Email
Leadership
UCEDD Director Parthenia Dinora, PhD. Public Administration [email protected]
LEND Director Matthew Bogenschutz, MSW, PhD Social Work [email protected]
Associate UCEDD Director Dana Yarbrough, MS; MA Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Associate LEND Director Jackie Robinson Brock, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Lead Administrative Staff
Assistant Director Seb Prohn, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Assistant Director For Disability Leadership Richard Chapman, Ph.D. Other [email protected]
Director of Business Operations Melinda DeBrew, B.S. Other [email protected]
Primary Activity Coordinators
Adult Services Parthenia Dinora, PhD. Public Administration [email protected]
Adult Services Ira Padhye, M.Ed Audiology [email protected]
Community Support Parthenia Dinora, PhD. Public Administration [email protected]
Community Support Dana Yarbrough, MS; MA Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Dana Yarbrough, MS; MA Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Data Coordinator Parthenia Dinora, PhD. Public Administration [email protected]
Data Coordinator Nicole Rada Other [email protected]
Early Intervention Cori Hill, MEd [email protected]
Other Kayla Diggs Brody, Phd, MPH Public Health [email protected]
Parent/Consumer Parthenia Dinora, PhD. Public Administration [email protected]
Parent/Consumer Dana Yarbrough, MS; MA Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Research Parthenia Dinora, PhD. Public Administration [email protected]
Research Seb Prohn, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Discipline Coordinators
Audiology Christine Eubanks Audiology [email protected]
Audiology Ira Padhye, M.Ed Audiology [email protected]
Dentistry/Pediatric Dentistry William Dahlke, DMD Dentistry/Other [email protected]
Disability Studies Richard Chapman, Ph.D. Other [email protected]
Family Kate Flinn, BA Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Family Flip Grey, MSW Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Family Renee Soniat, BSEd Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Family Dana Yarbrough, MS; MA Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Genetics Kayla King, MS, LCGC Genetics/Genetic Counseling [email protected]
Nursing Debra Shockey, DNP, APRN,CPNP Nursing-Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner [email protected]
Nutrition Mary Henck, RD, MS Nutrition [email protected]
Occupational Therapy Lauren Andelin, OTD,OTR/L Occupational Therapy [email protected]
Other Kayla Diggs Brody, Phd, MPH Public Health [email protected]
Physical Therapy Theresa Solano, PT, DPT Physical Therapy [email protected]
Public Health Kayla Diggs Brody, Phd, MPH Public Health [email protected]
Self Advocacy Richard Chapman, Ph.D. Other [email protected]
Social Work Matthew Bogenschutz, MSW, PhD Social Work [email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology Lissa Power-deFur, PhD, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Specialty Resource Contacts
Assistant Director for Disability Leadership Richard Chapman, Ph.D. Other [email protected]
Project/Program/Clinic Contacts
Assistant Director-Administration LEND, Project Director, Program Specialist in Early Childhood and Health Jackie Robinson Brock, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Co-Director, VCU Training and Technical Assistance Center (T-TAC) Sandy Wilberger [email protected]
Integrated Training Collaborative Cori Hill, MEd [email protected]
PI Director, Center for Family Involvement Dana Yarbrough, MS; MA Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Project Director, I-CAN Accessibility Project; Project Coordinator CNI-PBS Project Molly Dellinger-Wray, M.S. Ed. [email protected]
Parthenia Dinora
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