Our Team

Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA, FACD
Director of Orthodontics, Boston Children’s Hospital; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, PA

Roberta Carlin, MA, MS, JD
Executive Director, American Association on Health and Disability, Rockville, MD

Renee Dease
Specialist & Coordinator, Healthy Athletes Health Programs at Special Olympics International

Steven M. Eidelman
H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Human Services Policy & Leadership; Faculty Director, The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities, University of Delaware

David Ervin, BSc, MA, FAAIDD
Chief Executive Officer, MAKOM, Rockville, MD

David Fray, DDS, MBA
Professor, Department of General Practice and Dental Public Health, University of Texas School of Dentistry, Houston, TX

Rick Guidotti
Founder and Director of Positive Exposure, New York, NY

Matthew Holder, MD, MBA, FAADM
CEO, Kramer Davis Health; Co-founder, AADMD; Co-founder, ABDM; Co-founder, Lee Specialty Clinic

Emily Johnson, MD
Medical Director, Developmental Disabilities Health Center, Peak Vista Community Health Centers, Colorado Springs, CO

Seth Keller, MD
Neurologist, Co-president, National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices

Gary Liguori, PhD, FACSM
Dean, College of Health Sciences, URI Academic Health Collaborative, Kingston, RI

Joseph M. Macbeth
President/Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals, Inc.

Susan L. Parish, PhD, MSW
Dean and Professor, College of Health Professions, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA

Hoangmai H. Pham, MD, MPH
President and CEO, Institute for Exceptional Care

Hon. Neil Romano
Former Assistant Secretary, United States, Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy, Chairman Emeritus, National Council on Disability, President, TRG-16

Vincent Siasoco, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Director of Community Model Training, RFK UCEDD at Montefiore; Med Director, ADAPT Community Network

JoAnn Simons, MSW
Chief Executive Officer, The Northeast Arc, Danvers, MA

Michael Stein
Co-founder & Executive Director, Harvard Law School Project on Disability, Cambridge, MA

Justin Steinberg
Special Olympics Northern California Athlete Member, AADMD Board of Directors

Stephen B. Sulkes, MD
Pediatrician, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Carl Tyler, MD
Gerontologist, Research Director, Lakewood Family Health Center, Cleveland Clinic, OH

Barbie Vartanian
Parent Advocate; Director, Oral Health Advocacy & Policy Initiatives NYU Executive Committee, Project Accessible Oral Health

H. Barry Waldman, DDS
State University of New York Distinguished Teaching Professor, School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University, NY

Dina Zuckerberg
Director of Family Programs, MyFace, New York, NY