Council Staff
Telephone: (617) 770-7676 (Voice)
- Jennifer Bertrand, Deputy Director - ext. 103
- Jackson Crilley, Communications Coordinator - ext. 104
- Adelia DelTrecco, Member Services Coordinator - ext. 101
- Liz Fancher, Program Coordinator - ext. 105
- Joshua Gladstone, Disability Policy Specialist - ext. 115
- Craig Hall, Executive Director - ext. 106
- Tamara Huntley, Self-Advocacy Liaison - ext. 122
- Cathy Jackson, HR Manager - ext. 120
- Patricia Jackson, Administrative Services Specialist - ext. 107
- Christine Joyal, Administrative Coordinator - ext. 109
- Lee Larriu, Training Coordinator - ext. 118
- Dan Shannon, Advisor - ext. 108
- Kaitlin Stober, Policy Research Associate - ext. 121
- Andre Williams, Self-Advocacy Liaison - ext. 110
DD Suite Project Team Staff
Telephone: (617) 770-7676 (Voice)
- Stephen Vicino, Digital and Technology Coordinator
Council Members
Executive Committee
- Raquel Quezada – Chairperson - ext. 130
- Cody Rooney – Vice-Chairperson
- Alana Russo – Secretary
- Sandra Heller – Member-at-Large
Citizen Members
- Asha Abdullahi
- Priscilla Bessa
- Gyasi Burks-Abbott
- Andrew Carr
- Austin Carr
- William Edes
- Chelsey Goddard
- Cynthia Laine
- Bridget Levandowski
- Paul Lutfy
- Dusya Lyubovskaya
- Marissa O’Donnell
- Amber Pettell
- Sara Scrivener
- Tatiana Thomas
- Courtney Waters
State Agency Representatives
- Kathleen Biebel, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
- Elaine Gabovitch - Department of Public Health
- Mary Mahon McCauley, Massachusetts Office on Disability
- Timothy Cahill, Department of Developmental Services
- Ann Lynch, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division & Disability Rights Coordinator
- Sarah Kelleher-Machak, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Public School Monitoring Team Supervisor
- Carolyn Kain, Office of Medicaid, EOHHS
- Annette Peele, Executive Office of Elder Affairs
State DD Network Representatives
Disability Law Center (Protection & Advocacy Agency)
- Barbara L'Italien, Executive Director
The Disability Law Center
11 Beacon Street, Suite 925
Boston, Massachusetts, 02108
Voice:(617) 723-8455
Fax: (617) 723-9125
TTY: (617) 227-9464
Email: mail@dlc-ma.org
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMass Chan Med School (University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD))
- Emily Lauer, PhD, MPH
Center for Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Research (CDDER)
E.K. Shriver Center
UMass Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North, S3-301
Worcester, MA 01655
Voice: (774) 455-6527
emily.lauer@umassmed.edu
Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston (University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD))
- Cindy Thomas, Director
Institute for Community Inclusion
UMass Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
Voice:(617) 287-4300
Fax: (617) 287-4352
TTY: (617) 287-4350
Cindy.Thomas@umb.edu