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
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
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...
Council for the City of New York
Downtown Community Television Center
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.
Easter Seals
Eastern Wheelchair Basketball Conference, Inc.
Federation Employment & Guidance Service, Inc. (F·E·G·S)
Hands On
Harlem Independent Living Center (HILC)
Hospital Audiences, Inc.
Independence Care System (ICS)
ICD-International Center for the Disabled
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
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)
Workforce Professionals Training Institute
YWCA-NYC, Angela Perez Center for Youth with Disabilities
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
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
