National Advisory Council
Heather Ansley, Chief Policy Officer, Paralyzed Veterans of America
Rabia Belt, Legal Historian, Faculty, Stanford Law School
Joyce Bender, CEO, Bender Consulting Services, Inc.
Theo Braddy, Executive Director, National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
Andrew Brown, Treasurer, Independence Associates
Audrey Busch, Executive Director, Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs
Lydia Dawson, Vice President, Government Relations, ANCOR
Steve Higgins, Executive Director, Independence Associates
Jeff Hughes, Executive Director, Progressive Independence, Inc
Dom Kelly, Founder, President & CEO, New Disabled South
John D. Kemp, President & CEO, Lakeshore Foundation
Amy Kenny, Director, Georgetown University-Disability Culture Center
Stephen Lieberman, Co-Chair, Consortium of Constituents with Disabilities (CCD), Director, Advocacy & Policy, United Spinal Association
Kim Musheno, Vice President of Public Policy, Autism Society of America
Katherine (Katy) Neas, CEO, The Arc
Eileen Norman, President, Little People of America
Holly O'Donnell, CEO, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Mike Oxford, ADAPT
Kevin Prindiville, Executive Director, Justice in Aging
Jacqueline Rodriguez, CEO, National Center for Learning Disabilities
Marlene Sallo, Executive Director, National Disability Rights Network
Ariel Simms, President & CEO, RespectAbility
Cindy Smith, Director of Public Policy, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUD)
Claire Stanley, Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs, American Council of the Blind
Karen Tamley, President & CEO, Access Living
Maria Town, President & CEO, American Association of People with Disabilities
Douglas Towne, Chair & CEO, Access Ready, Inc.
Laura Van Tosh, Founder & Convener, Mental Health Policy Roundtable
Maya Wiley, President & CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
Katherine Yoder, Executive Director & Founder, Adult Advocacy Centers
Our Founding National Advisory Council:
Patrisha Wright, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Curtis Decker, National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
Nan Aaron, Alliance For Justice
Michael Allen, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Ron Bassman, National Association for Right Protection and Advocacy (NARPA)
Marca Bristo, Access Living
Bobby Coward, ADAPT
Kyle Glozier, National Disabled Student Union (NDSA)
Claudia Gordon, National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA)
Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
Susan Henderson, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Anne-Marie Hughey, National Council on Independent Living
Bob Kafka, ADAPT
Janine Bertram Kemp, Cedar Media
Jennifer Mathis, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Ralph Neas, People For the American Way
David Oaks, MindFreedom International
Becky Ogle, former Executive Director, Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
Tom Olin, Disability Rights Center
Mike Oxford, National Council on Independent Living (NCIL), ADAPT, TILRC
Lee Page, Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
Michelle Pollak, AARP
Debra Robinson, Speaking for Ourselves
Marcie Roth, National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Jamie Ruppmann, TASH
Pope Simmons, Mental Health Liaison Group
Nancy Starnes, National Organization on Disability (NOD)
Brewster Thackeray, AARP
We gratefully acknowledge this core group of state cross-disability leaders, as we explore the formation of an alliance of state cross-disability coalitions:
Dennis Borel, Executive Director, Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
Molly Cole, Executive Director, Connecticut Disability Lifespan Alliance
Colin Killick, Massachusetts Disability Policy Consortium
Christi Crosby, Co-Convener, Nebraska Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Jeff Hughes, CEO, Progressive Independence, Inc., Oklahoma
Julie Reskin, Co-Executive Director, Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition
Beth Swedeen, Co-Chair, Survival Coalition of Wisconsin
Carol Westlake, Founding Executive Director, Tennessee Disability Coalition
