Consortium Leadership
- Joan B. Beasley, PhD, Consortium Director - Research Professor, UNH Institute on Disability - NH
- Luke Kalb, PhD, Consortium Chair - Assistant Professor, Kennedy Krieger Institute - MD
- Andrea Caoili, LCSW, Director of Research & Quality Assurance, National Center for START Services, UNH Institute on Disability - NH
- Luke Reynard, MBA, Contracts & Finance, National Center for START Services, UNH Institute on Disability - NH
Board
- Roberto Blanco, MD, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Medical School - Chapel Hill, NC
- Katie Curran, MAPP, Chief Wellbeing Officer, Proof Positive - NY
- Tawara Goode, MA, Director, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development - Washington, DC
- Angela Ott, Policy Fellow, Hogg Foundation at the University of Texas at Austin - Austin, TX
- Cheryl Karran, LMSW, Director, YAI START Programs, YAI - New York, NY and San Jose, CA
- Susan Klick, Family Member - Hartford, CT
- Jennifer McLaren, MD - Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine; Chief Medical Advisor, National Center for START Services - NH
- Kelly Nye-Lengerman, PhD, MSW - Director, University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability – NH
- Micah Peace-Urquilla, Self-Advocate, Educator, and Community Organizer - KY
- Dan Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP, Academic Director, Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMB) MA Degree Program, Core Faculty, Department of Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University - NY
- Matthew Wappet, PhD, Executive Director & Research Associate Professor, Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice, Utah State University - Logan, UT
- Patricia Wright, PhD, MPH, Executive Director, Proof Positive - NY
Advisors
- Yona Lunsky, PhD, Director, Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, Senior Scientist, Adult Neurodevelopment and Geriatric Psychiatry Division, and Director, Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities (H-CARDD) Program, CAMH, Canada
- Angela Hassiotis, MRCPsych, MA, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, University College London, UK
Research Partners
- Chithra Adams, PhD - Director of Evaluation, University of Kentucky Human Development Institute - KY
- Jenny Alexander, MA - Director of National Initiatives, The Arc - DC
- Ty Aller, PhD, LMFT - Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice, Utah State University - Logan, UT
- Dan Baker, PhD - Internal Reviewer and Positive Support Lead with the Jensen/Olmstead Quality Assurance and Compliance Office, Department of Human Services - MN
- Jim Bedford, MD - Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Medical School - NC
- Alixe Bonardi, MPA,MS - Director of IDD Services Research, Human Services Research Institute - MA
- Ravi Dahiya, MPA - Chief Program Officer, YAI - NY
- Kristen Dahl, LPCC, CHES - Senior Program Manager, MHDD National Training Center, University of Kentucky - KY
- Nova Evans, MA - Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Mental Health Coordinator, Texas, HHSC - TX
- Brian Freedman, PhD – Director, Swank Autism Center, Nemours Children’s Health - DE
- Calliope Holingue, PhD - Faculty, Kennedy Krieger Institute - MD
- Diane Jacobstein, PhD - Associate Professor, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development - MD
- Jessica Kramer, PhD, OTR/L - Associate Professor, University of Florida Department of Occupational Therapy - FL
- Jessica Monahan, PhD, MSW - Spectrum Scholars Research Manager, Center for Disability Studies, University of Delaware – DE
- Marian E. Ofonedu, PhD, LCSW - Director of Training, Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities - MD
- Brittany Powers, MPH - Early Childhood ASD Projects Coordinator, Center for Disability Studies, University of Delaware – DE
- Katy Schmid, MS - Director of Education and Technology, The Arc - DC
- Ariel Schwartz, PhD, OTR/L – Director, UNH-4U, Research Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability
- Kathleen Shepperd Jones, PhD - Director, University of Kentucky Human Development Institute - KY
- Marc Tasse, PhD - Director, The Ohio State University Nisonger Center - OH
