February 10, 2015, Washington, DC
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is extremely pleased to announce its 2015–2016 Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2015. The Board of AAIDD is elected by its membership in annual elections.
The members of the 2015–2016 AAIDD Board of Directors are:
President: Susan B. Palmer, PhD, FAAIDD
Research Professor, Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, Lawrence, Kansas
President-Elect: William C. Gaventa, Jr., MDiv, FAAIDD
Coordinator, Summer Institute on Theology and Disability and Adjunct Professor, Center for Disability Studies, University of Texas
Vice President: Susan M. Havercamp, PhD, FAAIDD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Genetic Counseling, The Ohio State University, Nisonger Center UCEDD, Columbus
Secretary-Treasurer: Patti N. Martin, MEd, FAAIDD
DD Case Management Coordinator, Alabama Department of Mental Health, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Montgomery, Alabama
Past President: Amy Hewitt, PhD, FAAIDD
Director, Research and Training Center on Community Living, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
At-Large Members:
Melissa A. DiSipio, MSA, FAAIDD
Assistant Director, Philadelphia Coordinated Health Care, SE Region Health Care Quality Unit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
David T. Helm, PhD, FAAIDD
LEND Director, Institute for Community Inclusion, Boston Children’s Hospital and University of Massachusetts Boston
Susan L. Parish, PhD, MSW, FAAIDD
Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Disability Policy, Director of the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, and Associate Dean for Research, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Elizabeth A. Perkins, PhD, RNMH, FAAIDD
Associate Director and Research Assistant Professor, Florida Center for Inclusive Communities UCEDD, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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Founded in 1876, AAIDD is the oldest professional association concerned with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Learn more about the organization at www.aaidd.org.