Board of Directors

Beth Boone, PhD, BCBA (Council Chair: Council on Community Education and Dissemination (CEDC))
Associate Director of the Division of the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD, LEND

Jenean A. Castillo, PhD (Council Chair: National Directors Training Council (NTDC))
Westchester Institute for Human Development, UCEDD, LEND

Mark Crenshaw, MTS (At-Large Member)
Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University, GA UCEDD, LEND

Melanie Davis (Council on Leadership an Advocacy (COLA))
Munroe Meyer Institute, UCEDD

Rhonda M. Eppelsheimer, MSW (At-Large Member)
Oregon Health and Science University, UCEDD

Vanessa Hiratsuka, PhD MPH (Council Chair: Council on Research and Evaluation (CORE))
UAA Center for Human Development, University of Alaska Anchorage, UCEDD/LEND

Wendy A. Jones, MEd, MSW (Council Chair: Multicultural Council (MCC))
National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University, UCEDD

Pablo Juárez, M.Ed., LBA (TN), BCBA (At-Large Member)
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND

Sharon Milberger, ScD (At-Large Member)
Michigan UCEDD and LEND

Marcia Moriarta, Psy.D. (At-Large Member)
University of New Mexico Center for Development and Disability, UNM CDD/UCEDD

Randall Owen, PhD (Representational Seat)
Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD

Ilka Riddle, PhD (President-Elect)
University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD

Aliana I. Romero, AuD, CCC-A (Emerging Leader)
Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami, UCEDD, LEND

Linda Russo, MAEd (Secretary / Treasurer)
Civitan-Sparks Clinics, The University of Alabama, UCEDD, LEND

Carol Salas Pagán, PsyD (Past President)
Puerto Rico UCEDD, University of Puerto Rico, UCEDD, LEND

Michael Thornton (At-Large Member)
Arkansas, LEND

Derrick Willis, MPA (President)
Center for Disabilities and Development, University of Iowa, UCEDD

Executive Director