Board of Directors
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 (President)
Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami
Gail Chödrön, PhD (Executive Committee Representative )
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jeiri Flores (Council Co-Chair: COLA)
Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, University of Rochester
Tawara D. Goode, MA (Past-President)
Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University
Eileen McGrath, PhD (Council Chair: NTDC)
University of Arizona LEND
Colleen McLaughlin, MEd (At-Large Member)
The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University
Susanna Miller-Raines, MSW (Council Chair: CEDC)
Institute for Community Inclusion, UMass Boston
Elizabeth Morgan, PhD, (Emerging Leader Member)
Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the UC Davis MIND Institute, UC Davis Health System
Randall Owen, PhD (Representational Seat)
Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities
Ilka Riddle, PhD (At-Large Member)
University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Linda Russo, MAEd (Council Co-Chair: COLA)
Civitan-Sparks Clinics, The University of Alabama
Carol Salas Pagán, PsyD (President-elect)
Puerto Rico UCEDD, University of Puerto Rico
Rodney Samaco, PhD (Council Chair: CORE)
Baylor College of Medicine, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
Michael Thornton (At-Large Member)
Arkansas LEND
Derrick Willis, MPA (Secretary/Treasurer)
Center for Disabilities and Development, University of Iowa
