AUCD Members to be Appointed to President Obama's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
May 15, 2011
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The mission of the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) is to provide advice and assistance to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on a broad range of topics that impact people with intellectual disabilities and the field of Intellectual Disabilities. Undergirding the Committee's mission is the goal to improve the quality of life that is experienced by people with intellectual disabilities, by upholding their full citizenship rights, independence, self-determination, and life-long participation in their respective communities.
Chaired by James T. Brett of the New England Council, AUCD members to be appointed include:
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Deborah M. Spitalnik, Ph.D. is the founding Executive Director of The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities at New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where she is also a Professor of Pediatrics. A co-author of two editions of the classification manual in intellectual disability, Dr. Spitalnik educates a wide range of constituencies including individuals with disabilities and their families, medical students, resident physicians, direct support professionals, and social workers. Dr. Spitalnik chairs the New Jersey Medical Assistance Advisory Council, the National Council on Quality and Leadership, was a previous member and chair of PCPID, and is a past President of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). She was the recipient of the Dybwad Humanitarian Award given by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, the Verice M. Mason Community Service Leader Award, and the Ann Klein Distinguished Advocate in Developmental Disabilities Award given by the Community Health Law Project. Dr. Spitalnik holds a B.A. in Psychology from Brandeis University, an Ed.M. from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Temple University.
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Elizabeth Weintraub currently works for the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). She also serves as a consultant for the National Children's Center, and for the Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL). She represents CQL in a variety of local, state, and national forums regarding quality of life for people with disabilities. She is the past Chair of the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council and is a board member for the Maryland Disability Law Center. She was previously a board member of the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities and Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered. Ms. Weintraub is a former appointee to the President's Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities. She was the recipient of the Elizabeth Monroe Boggs Award for Young Leadership and was recognized by the President of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities with a Presidential Award for significant contributions to the mission of the organization.
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Sheryl White-Scott, MD is currently the Associate Director of Community Health Services for the medically frail at AHRC/New York City and Medical Director for Brooklyn Developmental Disabilities Services. She is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at New York Medical College. Previously, Dr. White-Scott was the Director of the Program for Developmental Disabilities (PFD) at Saint Vincent's/Catholic Medical Center. Prior to her tenure at Saint Vincent's, she was the Director of Adult Health Services at the Westchester Institute of Human Development, a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Dr White-Scott is currently a member of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and former President of the American Association of University Affiliated Programs (now Association of University Centers for Disabilities, AUCD). Dr. White-Scott holds a B.A. in Natural Sciences from Johns Hopkins University and an M.D. from SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine.
Learn more about the complete list of individuals to be appointed at the link above.
