Membership

Board Members
Public/Private Partners
Non-Profit Service Providers
Consumer Advocacy Groups
Individuals

Founding Funder
Community Investment
United Way of New York City
2 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016

Technical Assistance
Incubator Program

Fund for the City of New York
121 Sixth Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10013-1590

Financial Support
Allene Reuss Memorial Trust

American Express Foundation

Burton Blatt Institute

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Fund for the City of New York
Groundspring

Hon. Rosie Mendez, New York City Council

Hon. David A. Paterson, New York State Senate

New York Community Trust
New York Foundation

New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

North Fork Foundation

NYU Community Fund

Taproot Foundation
United Way of New York City

Board of Directors
Executive Committee

Paul Feuerstein (Barrier Free Living), Chair
Mariette Bates
(Maidstone Foundation), Vice Chair
Sharon Shapiro, (Yad HaChazakah: The Jewish Disability Empowerment Centre), Secretary

Leslie Winter, (Economic Development Consortium), Treasurer
Nancy D. Miller (VISIONS)
, Founding Chair
Christina Curry (Harlem Independent Living Center), Network Member Representative

Members-At-Large

Dennis R. Boyd, Esq. (New York Lawyers for the Public Interest)

Anne M. Davis, Esq. (National Multiple Sclerosis Society, NYC Chapter)
Michele J. Maglione

Edward McGibbon (Hearing Loss Association of America)
Chris O'Donoghue (My9 WWOR-TV News)

And thanks to the Members of the Network...

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Public/Private Partners

Council for the City of New York

CWA Local 1180

Downtown Community Television Center

Escape Rescue Systems

HireDisability

Lois Kaggen (in Memory of Hal and David Burns)

JFK, Jr. Instititute for Worker Education at CUNY
McCaffery & Associates

M. of A. Adele Cohen, A.D. 46, Kings County

Sen. Thomas K. Duane, S.D. 29, part of NY County
Sonic Solutions

Non-Profit Service Providers
Achilles Track Club
The Associated Blind
Barrier Free Living

Big Brothers, Big Sisters of New York City
Bronx Independent Living Services (BILS)

Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled (BCID)

Builders for Family & Youth, Diocese of Brooklyn, Inc.
Center for Independence of the Disabled in NY (CIDNY)

c2 (Caption Coalition) Inc.

Community Access, Inc.

Disability Opportunity Fund

Easter Seals
Eastern Wheelchair Basketball Conference, Inc.

Federation Employment & Guidance Service, Inc. (F·E·G·S)

FEDCAP

Hands On
Harlem Independent Living Center (HILC)
Hospital Audiences, Inc.
Independence Care System (ICS)
ICD-International Center for the Disabled

Just One Break

Korean American Association for Rehabilitation of the Disabled
League for the Hard of Hearing (LHH)
Lexington Vocational & Mental Health Center
Lighthouse International

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, NYC Chapter
New Alternatives for Children (NAC-Inc.)

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest

New York Society for the Deaf
New York State Independent Living Council

Partners for Access, LLC

Premier HealthCare, YAI National Institute for People with Disabilities
Queens College, Office of Special Services

Queens Independent Living Center (QILC)

Staten Island Center for Independent Living
VISIONS Services for the Blind
United Cerebral Palsy of NYC (UCP-NYC)

United Spinal Association

Workforce Professionals Training Institute

YWCA-NYC, Angela Perez Center for Youth with Disabilities

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Consumer Advocacy Groups
504 Democratic Club
American Council of the Blind, Greater NY Chapter

Disabled in Action of Metropolitan New York (DIA)
Self-Advocacy Association of New York State

Taxis For All Campaign

Individuals
Adele Agin, Lexington Center for the Deaf

Ed Ahern, Suffolk Independent Living Options

Renate Alpert, NYC Civic Association of the Deaf
Richard Altamirano

Joann Anagnost

Dan Anderson, United Spinal Association
Enrique Andino

Marguerite Arnold
Sanda Aronson
Wendy Arzu

Fusun Ateser, Disabled in Action (DIA)

Maryam Ayazi

Trudy K. Balch

Denise Barnes

Meghan Barp, YWCA-NYC, Angela Perez Center for Youth with Disabilities

Al Barrion

Eleanor Batchelder

Mariette Bates, School of Professional Studies, Certificate Program in Disability Studies, The City University of New York (CUNY)

Pamela Bates, 504 North Star Dems
Phil Beder, CripRadioNews/Largest Minority (WBAI)

Andrea Bedford-Rodgers, NYC Housing Preservation & Development
Ruth A. Begun

Greg Bell, Insights for New Housing

Phillip Bennett

Eleanor Bentall
David Berman

Ruth D. Bernstein, advocates for better communication, a.b.c.

Edward Gordon Berroa

Lucy Birbiglia
Amy Bittinger, United Cerebral Palsy-NYC (UCP-NYC)
Linda Black, NYC Department for the Aging

Alicia Blackwell, Disabled in Action (DIA)
Eric Blair

Pamela Block

Naomi Bodo, 504 Dems
Niaz Bokhari, Disabled in Action (DIA)

Dennis R. Boyd, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
Dr. John Brademas, President Emeritus, New York University
Rev. James Bradley

Connie Brady, Disabled in Action (DIA)
Nitza Bravo
Richard Brodie, NY Therapeutic Riding Center
James Broncos
Thomas W. Bruce

Lev Brudnoy

Mathilde Budner

Lawrence Carter-Long, Disabilities Network of New York City
David Castronovo, PhD
James Cesario, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, NYC Chapter
Lois Chaffee

Rockwell J. Chin, Esq.

David Chu, c2 (caption coalition), inc.
Susan Clair

Assemblywoman Adele Cohen, A.D. 46, Kings County

Fern Cohen

Andrea Coleman, FEGS-Education & Youth Services

Denise Coleman
Christopher Connelly

Jean Connelly

Liz & Tim Connelly

Nancy Coplon

Beverly Corbin, Families United for Racial & Economic Equality (FUREE)

Brendan Costello, Largest Minority Radio Show (WBAI)

Mike Costello, Disabled in Action (DIA)

John Coyle

Christina Curry, Harlem Independent Living Center

Angela D'Arezzo
Louise Dankberg
Yoshiko Dart

Anne M. Davis, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, NYC Chapter

James Davis, Disabled in Action (DIA)

Lennard Davis

Gary Delamothe, Coler-Goldwater Self Advocacy & Community Reintegration Group
Lyudmila Demikhovskaya, Disabled in Action (DIA)

David DePew, c2 (caption coalition), inc.

Ken Diamondstone

Barbara DiFiore, Baruch College, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People

William A. Dillard
Jacqueline DiLorenzo

Dorothy Doran

Sen. Thomas K. Duane, 29th State Senate District, part of NY County     
Harjinder Singh Duggal

William Ebenstein, JFK, Jr. Institute for Worker Education at CUNY
Brynna Eill
Nina Edwards

Ayva Sha Engelhardt

Marcie Ellis

Stephen B. Ellis
Anne Emerman, D.I.A.

Sidney Emerman, CUNY, Professional Staff Congress
Robin L. Faine
Julianna Farella

Jessica Feinbloom
Robert Feinstein

Trudy Festinger
Joshua Finkle, Empire State Association of the Deaf

Paul Feuerstein, Barrier Free Living

Susan Fonfa, FEDCAP

Ernesto Franco, Disabilities Network of New York City

Fran Freedman

Sarang Gadkari, Merrill Lynch & Co.

George Gallego
Adriana Garcia

Celia Garcia

Elaine Gerber, American Foundation for the Blind
Sally Gerity

Lisa Gesson

Faye Ginsburg
Paula Brown Glick, a.b.c. - advocates for better communication

Michael Godino, Self Initiated Living Options (SILO)
Judith Goldberg, Hospital for Joint Diseases, Initiative for Women with Disabilities
Sheldon Goldberg

Arlene Goldsmith, New Alternatives for Children
Lewis H. Goldstein, 82 A.D. State Committee
Wanda Gonzalez-Candelaria, CUNY Coalition of Students With Disabilities
James Goode
Richard W. Goodman
Ann Slavit Gordon & Joseph Gordon

Anissa Graham

Maureen A. Green
Vladimir Greenberg
Rae Greene

John Gresham, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI)

Jay Gumbiner
Priscilla Hammer, Ascend Communications

Charles Hammerman, Burton Blatt Institute Centers of Innovation on Disability, Syracuse University

Joanne Harris

Michael A. Harris, Disabled Riders' Coalition
Nancy Hayes

Sandy Hecker

Michael Henderson

Vanessa Henderson
Liz Henry

David G. Herrmann
Judy Heumann, DC Disability Services
Olga Hill, DIA

Rebecca Hinde, Disabilities Network of New York City
Timothy & Margaret Hinde

Yuki Hirayama

Michael Hirsch
Jeff Hoover

Julie Hyman
Dana Ilie-Stout, LMSW

Michael Imperiale, Disabled in Action (DIA)
Catherine James, New York Society for the Deaf

Bernice Jackson

Hermina Jackson
Martha & Robert Jackson

Brooke Jacobs

Lisa Jacobson

Neera Jain

Peter C. Johansen, NY Waterway
Susan Jouard
Martin Kace

Lois Kaggen

Gail Kalmowitz, UCP-NYC

Doris Kampf

Heidi Karst

Janeann Kay

Helen L. Keenan, FEDCAP
Micah Z. Kellner, Office of Comptroller, William C. Thompson
Harvey Kinon

Gloria Korecki, Gray Panthers
Gary Koulish
Rosemary Kreston

Maxwell Lance, Rochester Institute for the Deaf

Lukesha Landers
Stacy LaRoche

Sylvia Lask

Nadina Laspina

Sharon Lauer-Wolf

Joan Serrano Laufer, ACSW, Queensboro Council for Social Welfare
Judith Lauterstein

Janet Lefkowitz
Robert Levine, Disabled in Action (DIA)

Samuel M. Levine
Frank Lettieri
Patricia Lewis

Kristin Lindgren

Bobbi Linn

Simi Linton

Danielle Linzer, Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Shirley Littman, CWA Local 1180
Florence Lunde, His Abundant Love Ministries
Ansel Lurio
Loreen Loonie, ICS-NYC
Kitty Lunn, Infinity Dance Theater

Jennifer Mabus

Michele J. Maglione

Michele Mantione

Eve Rachel Markewich
Neil Maron, M.D.

Carr Massi, Disabled In Action (D.I.A.) of Metro NY
Mary & Peter Max

RoseMarie McCaffery, McCaffery & Associates
Ed McGibbon, Self-Help for the Hard-of-Hearing
Malcolm G. McLaren, McLaren Engineering Group
Denise McQuade, MTA New York City Transit
Teresa Meade
Martha Mendez

Lou Miceli, Workforce Professionals Training Institute

Glenn Miller
Nancy D. Miller, VISIONS
Ruby Sills Miller
Terence Moakley, United Spinal Association
Jeffrey Ben Mohr
Karen Bornstein-Mohr
Jessica Moye
Keith Muller

Samantha Myers

Diana Naftal
Frank Nervo, Esq.
Ellen Nuzzi, Long Island University
Susan Odiseos, Just One Break
Chris O'Donoghue, My9 WWOR-TV News
Roxanne Offner
Chris K. Olander, Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation

Lawrence Olin

Sandra Olitsky
Toby Oliver
Nicole Orriola

Alberta L. Orr, Disabilities Network of New York City

Alejandra Ospina, Disabilties Network of New York City

Linda Ostreicher

Billie June Ox, Wheels as Wings

Irma Jacqueline Ozer, Ph.D.

Joseph Pancari, Builders for Family & Youth, Diocese of Brooklyn, Inc.

Miyilyn Parra

Pratik Patel, Queens College, Office of Disability Services
Jose R. Perez
Barbara Peterson

Meredith Peruzzi

Nico Phillips

John Phillips

Phyllis Popel

Daniel Porro III
Justin Powell

Edith Prentiss, 504 Democratic Club

Rosalind Pretzfelder, a.b.c. - advocates for better communication
Beth Prevor, Hands On!

Michael Pricoli, HRA-NYC, Ryder Center
John Prince, Federal Transportation Administration, Office of Civil Rights
Carolyn Pulis

Joseph G. Rappaport, Taxis For All Campaign (TFAC)

Ronnie E. Raymond

Anita Richichi

Raphael Rivas, National Youth Leadership Network

Taria Rogers

Chris Rosa, CUNY Central
John A. Rose
Dan Rosen, PhD
Ed Ross, ICD
Lee Rottenberg, ASPIRE
Martin Rowe

Charlotte Rubin, Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, Inc. (BCID)
Ellen Rubin
Margie Rubin, Mobility Impaired Artists of Westbeth
Barry Rubinstein
Maggie Russell-Ciardi

Jean Meyers Ryan, DIA

Tony Saccente
Lorraine Samuels, Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, Inc. (BCID)

Barbara Sandusky

Rafael Sandusky

Matthew Sapolin, Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
Gordon Sasaki

Lisa Rachel Schachner

Joseph Schleifer
Susan Schwartz
Michael Schweinsburg

Dr. Anne C. Scott, Long Island University, Occupational Therapy
Doris Seligman
Richard Seltzer

Marty Sesmer

Jamin Sewell

Jennifer Shaoul, YAI
Sharon Shapiro, Yad HaChazakah - The Jewish Disability Empowerment Coalition (JDEC)
Elly Sharpe

Maureen & John Sheehan

Helen Shen
Alice Sheppard

Irma Shore, DIA

Carol & John Shottes

Matthew Shotkin
Jody Silver
Robert Silver
Ruth-Ellen Simmonds
Jo Anne Simon, Democratic District Leader

Chi Yim Siu
Yolanda Slaughter

Thomas K. Small, Esq.

Thomas Smith, RN; Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn

David Snowden, Madison Square Garden, Radio City
Joan C. Sobel
Alba Somoza

Anastasia Somoza

Mary Somoza, Sinergia, Parent Training Information Center

Oliver Somoza
Kim Spence

Michael Jon Spencer, Hospital Audiences, Inc.
Patricia Sprofera, UCP-NYC

Susan Stetzer, Community Board 3, Manhattan
Kenneth L. Stewart, Citizens Council of Low-Vision Individuals
John Stockman, Jr.

Vuka Stricevic, Community Access

J. David Sweeny

Eleanor H. Sypher

Lou Tally

Jane Thompson, Helen Keller Services for the Blind
Richard Traum, Achilles Track Club

Elizabeth Treston, MissLiz.org
Anthony Trocchia, DIA

Mary Ann Tsourounakis
Edwin Tubens
Catherine Unsino, MSW
Rodney Van Deusen, NY Waterway
Laurel Van Horn

Jane Van Ingen, Just One Break (JOB)

Laura Vann-LaRusso, Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled (BCID)
Lisa Virgona

Patricia Walls, 504 North Star
Marvin Wasserman, 504 Democratic Club
John Watson

Kipp Watson, Esq.

Robert Weber
Oneika Webster

Jack Weiss

Brenda Wheeler

Harry Wieder, Community Board 3, Manhattan

Antoinette-Marie Williams

Dorothy Williams-Pereira, DIA

Sterlie Wilson, Coler-Goldwater Self Advocacy & Community Reintegration Group
R. Elaine Winslow, Long Island University
D. Leslie Winter

Katharine B. Wolpe, Village Independent Dems
Sophia Wong, PhD

Alexander Wood
Willard Wood
Carol A. Woolverton

Amy C. Worsley
Brenda Wynn

Joel D. Ziev, EdD
Thomas Yingling

Tony Zorovich

Dalia Zwick

In Memoriam:

Ray Bonilla

Margaret Gallagher

Claudia A. Morgan

Gerald Nuzzi

Paul Reiss

Evelyn Weiner

Frieda Zames

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