02/18/2025
I’m incredibly grateful for this opportunity and look forward to working alongside my fellow Council members to amplify disabled voices, break down systemic barriers, and champion accessibility in all areas of life. Let’s build a more inclusive and equitable future together!
I HAVE worked with these people separately but NEVER together.
Council Staff
Jennifer JJennifer Haaker Bertrand Deputy Director
Jackson Crilley, Communications Coordinator
Mary Davis, Self-Advocacy Liaison
Adelia DelTrecco, Member Services Coordinator
Liz Fancher, Program Coordinator
Joshua Gladstone, Disability Policy Specialist
Craig Hall, Executive Director
Tamara Huntley, Self-Advocacy Liaison
Cathy Jackson, HR Manager
Patricia Jackson, Administrative Services Specialist
Christine Joyal, Administrative Coordinator
Lee Larriu, Training Coordinator
Dan Shannon, Advisor
Kaitlin Stober, Disability Policy Assistant
Andre Williams, Self-Advocacy Liaison
DD Suite Project Team Staff
Council Members
Executive Committee
RRaquel Quezada– Chairperson
CCody Rooney– Vice-Chairperson
Alana Russo – Secretary
Sandra Heller – Member-at-Large
Citizen Members
AAsha AbdullahiPriscilla Bessa
GGyasi Burks-AbbottAAndrew CarrAAustin Carr
William Edes
Chelsey Goddard
CCynthia Cicie LaineBridget Levandowski
Paul Lutfy
Dusya Lyubovskaya
Marissa O’Donnell
Amber Pettell
Sara Scrivener
TTatiana ThomasCourtney 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: [email protected]
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
[email protected]
Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston (University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD))
Cindy Thomas, Director
Institute for Community Inclusion
UMass Boston
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https://www.mass.gov/news/massachusetts-developmental-disabilities-council-welcomes-new-member-cristina-cortez
