who we are The only national partnership of people with disabilities, parents, and family members who work to promote federal policies that support the five principles of Self-Determination - freedom, authority, support, responsibility,  and confirmation --- and the values of the Community Imperative - a declaration asserting the fundamental human right of all people, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, to community living.

 

 

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Our Officers
Co-President: Ray Gerke (Self-advocate Co-President)
Co-President: Donna Szamatowicz (Parent Co-President)
Vice Co-President: Eric Treat (Self-advocate Co-Vice President)
Vice Co-President: Donna Martinez (Parent Co-Vice President)
Secretary Kathy Brill
Treasurer Robert Sneirson

Our Board Members
Michael Allen (Parent NM)
Dayna Davis (Parent OR)
Carolyn Delgado (Self-Advocate NM)
Nicholas Dupree (Self-Advocate AL)
Catherine Ellis (Parent MN)
Marylyn Kuna (Parent NJ)
Rebecca Riggs (Parent AR) *
Stephan Ruppman (Self-Advocate VA)

Our Advisors
Jim Conroy PA
Judy Cerrano MI
Mary Cerreto MA
Shelley Dumas (?)
Elizabeth Priaulx (DC)
Bonnie Shultz (NY)

Our State Contacts

Alabama
Nick Dupree Joe Meadours
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Rebecca Tiggs
California
Colorado
Debby Allen Patty Maskie
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Berthy De La Rosa-Aponte
Georgia
Sheryl Grossman Tracy Rackensperger
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Ray Gerke
Kansas
Kentucky
Glenna Taylor
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
     
Montana
     
Nebraska
     
Nevada
     
New Hampshire
     
New Jersey
     
New Mexico
Karl McKibben Mike Allen  
New York
     
North Carolina
     
North Dakota
     
Ohio
     
Oklahoma
     
Oregon
Cindy Helvington Cynthia Owens   
Pennsylvania
Sarah Holland  Kathy Brill Jim Conroy
Rhode Island
     
South Carolina
     
South Dakota
     
Tennessee
Jim Shannon Betty Henderson Treva Maitland
Texas
Susan Baker Virginia Eernisse  
Utah
Bryon Murray Mandee Buckley  
Vermont
     
Virginia
Washington
Washington, D.C.
West Virginia
Scott Miller
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Beverly Stevens

 

 

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