Board of Directors
AUCD Board at the 2019 Conference:
L-R (back row): Derrick Willis, Ronda Jenson, Amy Hewitt, Sheida Raley, Bruce Keisling, Sachin Pavithran, Jacy Farkas, Scott Pomeroy, Tawara D. Goode, Marty Blair, Eileen McGrath, Carol Salas Pagan, Stephan Viehweg
(front row):
Gail Chodron, Marc J. Tasse, Angela Martin, Elizabeth Morgan, Maria Mercedes Avila, Meagan Orsag, Jack Brandt.
AUCD is governed by an elected Board of Directors that includes professionals, individuals with disabilities, and family members. The Board of Directors has established a number of committees and councils made up of experts in the field to help the Board address emerging trends and issues, and to facilitate communication across and beyond the AUCD network.
Daniel Armstrong, PhD (At-Large Member)
Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami
Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD (At-Large Member)
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine LEND Program
Martin "Marty" Blair, PhD (At-Large Member)
The Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities, University of Montana
Gail Chödrön, PhD (At-Large Member)
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jacy Farkas, MA (Council Chair: MCC)
Sonoran University Center for Excellence in Disabilities, University of Arizona
Jeiri Flores (Council Co-Chair: COLA)
Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, University of Rochester
Tawara D. Goode, MA (President-Elect)
Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University
Amy Hewitt, PhD (Past-President)
Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota
Ronda Jenson, PhD (Council Chair: CORE )
Institute for Human Development at Northern Arizona University
Angela Martin, LMSW (Council Co-Chair: COLA)
Developmental Disabilities Institute, Wayne State University
Eileen McGrath, PhD (Council Chair: NTDC)
University of Arizona LEND
Elizabeth Morgan, EdM, (Emerging Leader Member)
Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the UC Davis MIND Institute, UC Davis Health System
Meagan Orsag, PhD (Council Chair: CEDC)
Center on Disability and Development, Texas A&M University
Sachin Pavithran, PhD (President)
Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University
Scott Pomeroy, MD, PhD (At-Large Member)
Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Carol Salas Pagan, PsyD (Secretary / Treasurer)
Puerto Rico UCEDD, University of Puerto Rico
Derrick Willis, MPA (Council Co-Chair: MCC)
Center for Disabilities and Development, University of Iowa
