Board of Directors
CQL is governed by a Board of Directors representing
advocates, providers and professionals.
Katie Arnold, Director of Community Education, Institute on Disability
and Human Development, Univ. of IL, Chicago, IL
William Beattie, Associate Executive Director, New Horizons Resources, Inc., Pleasant Valley,
NY
Gayle DiCesare, President and CEO, River Valley
Behavioral Health, Owensboro, KY
Gary Edwards, Executive Director, UCP of Greater
Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Kate Fialkowski,
Executive Director, The Arc of Maryland, Annapolis, MD
Steve Harrington, Executive Director,
National Association of Peer Specialists, Ada, MI
William Kiernan, Executive Director, Institute for
Community Inclusion, Boston, MA
Joseph MacBeth, Executive Director,
National Association of Direct Support Professionals (NADSP), Albany, NY
Ron Manderscheid, Executive Director,
National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Directors, Washington, DC
David Mank,
Director, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Bloomington, IN
Ernest McKenney, Owner, McKenney
& Associates, Austin, TX
Nancy Potter, Vice President of Performance
Services, Mosaic, Greeley, CO
Catherine Raggio, Secretary, Maryland Department of
Disabilities, Baltimore, MD
Jennifer Rapella, Vice President of Programs, Autism Society,
Bethesda, MD
Sally Ritchey, Staff Development Coordinator, Trinity
Services Inc., Joliet, IL
Wanda Seiler, Senior Consultant, The Rushmore Group, Pierre,
SD
Deborah Spitalnik, PhD, Executive Director, The Elizabeth
Boggs Center, New Brunswick, NJ - CQL Board Chair
Peggy Terhune, Executive Director, Monarch, Albemarle, NC
Nancy Thaler, Executive Director, National Association of
State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services, Alexandria, VA
Member Organizations
Member organizations appoint a representative to serve on CQL's Board.
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) (member since 1969)
American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) (member since 1973)
The Arc (member since 1969)
Autism Society of America (member since 1993)
Mosaic (member since 1998)
National Association of QDDPs (NAQ) (member since 2002)
Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) (member since 2006)
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) (member since 1969)