Leadership

Board of Directors

Rick Rader, MD,FAAIDD, DHL (Hon)
President of AAHD
Editor in chief, HELEN, The Journal of
Human Exceptionality
Director, Habilitation Center,
Orange Grove Center, Chattanooga, TN
VP Public Policy, American Academy of
Developmental Medicine and Dentistry

Theo W. Braddy, MSW
Executive Director, National Council on
Independent Living
Member, National Council on Disability
Washington, DC

Matt Holder, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Lee Specialty Clinic
Editorial Advisory Committee, HELEN,
The Journal of Human Exceptionality
Louisville, KY

Amy Houtrow, MD, MPH, Ph.D
Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
and Pediatrics Endowed Chair for Pediatric
Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Matthew P. Janicki, Ph.D
Associate Research Professor
Department of Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Gary Liguori, Ph.D, FACSM
Chancellor and Dean, Penn State Abington
Editorial Advisory Committee, HELEN,
The Journal of Human Exceptionality
Abington, PA

Margaret (Maggie) Nygren, Ed.D., FAAIDD
Executive Director and CEO
American Association of Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
Silver Spring, MD

Devon Anderson, MS – danderson@aahd.us
Engagement Coordinator

Karl Cooper, Esq. – kcooper@aahd.us
Executive Director

Jacob Ditsch, OTD – jditsch@aahd.us
Associate Director of Research and Knowledge Translation

Anjali J. Forber-Pratt, PhD – aforberpratt@aahd.us
Director of Research

Rachel Kaplan, MPH – rkaplan@aahd.us
Project Coordinator

Nuria Piracha, MPH – npiracha@aahd.us 
Project Manager

Allison Poullard – apoullard@aahd.us
Administrative Manager (Grants/Contracts)

E. Clarke Ross, DPA – clarkeross10@comcast.net
Public Policy Director

Michelle Sayles, MA – msayles@aahd.us
Director of Communications

Maria Manolatos – mmanolatos@aahd.us
Administrative Assistant