Working Group

Mary Jo Alimena Caruso

Carebreak Coordinator | The Watson Institute

 

Teresa Ankney

Business Development Analyst | The Children’s Institute

 

Josie Badger

Coordinator of Family Health Information | PEAL Center

 

Judith Barricella

Parent

Director | Allegheny County DHS – Disability Connection (LINK)

 

Rick Boyle, M.S.Ed.

Special Projects and Program Director | Epilepsy Foundation of Western/Central PA

 

Tina Calabro

Parent

Disability Issues Writer

 

Sheila Cannon

Parent

Program Coordinator | Children’s Hospital – Down Syndrome Center

 

Aurelia Carter-Scott

Parent

Family Support Specialist | Allegheny County DHS, Office of Behavioral Health

 

Francine Eden

Adult Service Coordinator | Epilepsy Foundation of Western/Central PA

 

Debbie Efkeman

Parent

 

Crystal Evans, M.S., CRC

Transition Facilitator | Pittsburgh Public Schools

 

Richard Fischer

District Administrator | OVR- Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services, PA Department of Labor & Industry

 

Cheryl Fogarty

Chief School Administrator | The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh – Day School

 

Elliot Frank

Parent

President | Autism Housing Development Corporation of Pittsburgh

 

Deborah Friedman

Executive Director | Jewish Residential Services

 

Susan Grant

Supervisor, Career Development Program | Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) 3

 

Mary Jo Guercio

Director of Community Training & Development | Community College of Allegheny County

 

Elisabeth Healey

Executive Director | Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership (PEAL) Center

 

Rachel Kallem

Coordinator of Disability Services | LaRoche College

 

Marci Katona M.Ed., CRC

District Administrator | Pittsburgh Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation Services-PA Department of Labor & Industry

 

Jane Keim

Chief Business Developer Officer | The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh

 

Shani Lasin

Project Coordinator | Young Adults in Transition Initiative, Jewish Residential Services

 

Everett McElveen

President & CEO | Life’sWork of Western PA

 

Mary Ann McGuirk

Parent

UCP Kids

 

Michelle McMurray, MSW, LSW

President and CEO | Mental Health America Allegheny County

 

Ashli M. Molinero, DSC

Assistant Professor | University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology

 

Ms. Nancy Murray

Parent

President | ARC of Greater Allegheny; Achieva

 

James Noschese

Retired – Treasurer | PA Society for the Advancement of the Deaf

 

Holly Opatick

Director of Transition Services | Goodwill of Southwestern PA

 

Karen Power

Parent

 

Lynn Pulkyo

Parent

 

Luciana Randall

Executive Director | Advisory Board on Autism and Related Disorders (ABOARD)

 

Erin Ryan

Senior Program Manager of CIL Services | Three Rivers Center for Independent Living

 

Barbara Sieck Taylor

Parent

Executive Director | Grantmakers of Western PA

 

Mark Sieg

Executive Director | St. Anthony School Programs

 

Venita Smith

Self Advocate

 

Amy Snider

Executive Director | The Shapira Foundation

 

Anne Sourwine

Parent

Attendant Care Service Coordinator | UCP/CLASS

 

Lucy Spruill

Director of Public Policy & Community Relations | UCP/CLASS

 

Terry Steinberg

Director, Special Education Services | Agency for Jewish Learning

 

Michael Stoehr

Educational Consultant | PA Training & Technical Assistance Network (PATTAN)

 

Valerie Strosser

Parent

 

Kathy Testoni

Community Advocate

 

Mahogany Thaxton

Area Director | Best Buddies Pennsylvania

 

Shannon Williams

Parent
Program Director Workforce Development | Center for Inclusion

 

Sharon Wolfe
Director of Development | Spina Bifida Association of Western PA

 

“Parent” denotes a parent of an individual with a disability(ies)