President & CEO

President & CEO
Kandi Pickard
Board of Directors

Board Chairwoman | Government Affairs Director
Tiffany Barfield
yes. every kid.

Board Vice Chairman | Talent Leadership Executive Coach
Carlo P. Frappolli
FRAPPSTRONG LLC

Board Secretary | Retired
Janet Slaughter Eissenstat

Board Treasurer | Executive Vice President
Anthony (Tony) J. Gostkowski
Engelhard Hanovia, Inc.

Founder
Elizabeth F. Goodwin

Retired / Board Member of the ARC of Chester County
Bob Siegel
DuPont Company / Past President of the Board of Directors of the ARC of Chester County

Model / Entrepreneur
Brandon Gruber

Entrepreneur
Candace Whiting
Great Life Unlimited (This board seat is held by a self-advocate with Down syndrome in honor of Mia Peterson.)

Senior Advisor, Government Affairs Lobbyist
C. Mitch Taylor
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Senior Vice President
Debbie Morris
Verisk

Medical Director / Assistant Professor
Dr. Lauren Wang
Timothy Freeman, MD, Center for Intellectual Developmental Disabilities, UC Health / University of Cincinnati
President and CEO
Heather Lavallee
Voya Financial

Chief Happiness Officer
John Cronin
John's Crazy Socks

Partner
John Short
EY

Occupational Therapist/Mother/Advocate
Lisa L. Pelham, OTR, MA

SVP, Stores (West US Group)
Mark Johnson
Michaels Stores

Assistant Director of Programs and Communications
Michael Kulma
International House at the University of Chicago

Executive Director, Strategic Strike Programs
Misty Holmes
Raytheon Missiles Defense

Assistant Vice President, Federal Affairs
Tom Santos
Zurich North America

Vice President, Undersea Warfare Programs General Manager, Manassas Operations
Tom Warner
Lockheed Martin
Scientific & Clinical Advisory Board

Chair
Dr. William Mobley
UC San Diego

Vice-Chair
Ms. Romney Croft
Private Practice Therapist

Dr. George Capone
Kennedy Krieger

Dr. Jamie Edgin
University of Arizona

Dr. Elizabeth Head
University of Kentucky

Mr. Hampus Hillerstrom
LuMind IDSC

Dr. Paul Moore
Vanderbilt

Dr. David Patterson
University of Denver

Dr. Sonja Rasmussen
University of Florida

Dr. Roger Reeves
Johns Hopkins

Dr. Stephanie Sherman
Emory

Dr. Amy Lewanda
Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC

Dr. Priya Chandan
University of Louisville

Dr. Laura Mattie
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Brian Chicoine
Advocate Medical Group, Park Ridge, IL

Dr. Robert Siegel
Volunteer advocate and DSMIG member

Dr. Heather Anderson
Ohio State University