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Association of University Centers on Disabilities

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) is an American nonprofit organization based in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Organization

AUCD is a member or partner organization of:[1]

  • Administration for Community Living (ACL)
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
  • American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
  • The Arc
  • Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
  • Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
  • Autism Society
  • Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
  • Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD)
  • Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Research Network (DBPNet)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  • Friends of NICHD
  • Friends of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities[2]
  • Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)
  • Kessler Foundation
  • Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
  • National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
  • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
  • National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
  • National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)[3]
  • USAging
  • WITH Foundation

Network

Members of the AUCD network include:[4]

  • Alaska LEND Without Walls
  • ArizonaLEND
  • Boggs Center on Disability and Human Development
  • California Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (CA-LEND)
  • Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD)
  • Center for Child Health and Development (CCHD)
  • Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS)
  • Center for Development and Disability (CDD)
  • Center for Disabilities
  • Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD)
  • Center for Disability Resources (CDR)
  • Center for Disability Studies (CDS)
  • Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD)
  • Center for Learning and Leadership
  • Center on Developmental Disabilities (CDD)
  • Center on Disability and Community Inclusion (CDCI)
  • Center on Disability and Development (CDD)
  • Center on Disability Studies (CDS)
  • Center on Human Development (CHD)
  • Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • Children's National Medical Center (CNMC)
  • Children's National Research Institute (CNRI)
  • Children's Seashore House
  • Civitan International Research Center (CIRC)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
  • Florida Center for Inclusive Communities (FCIC)
  • Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
  • Hawaii Maternal and Child Health Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
  • Hawkeye Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (Hawk-IDDRC)
  • Human Development Center (HDC)
  • Human Development Institute (HDI)
  • Idaho Center on Disabilities and Human Development (CDHC)
  • Illinois LEND Program
  • Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
  • Indiana University Department of Pediatrics
  • Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI)
  • Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice (IDRPP)
  • Institute for Disability Studies (IDS)
  • Institute for Human Development (IHD)
  • Institute on Community Integration (ICI)
  • Institute on Development on Disability
  • Institute on Disabilities
  • Institute on Disability (IOD)
  • Instituto de Deficiencios en el Desarrollo (IDD)
  • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine (IDDRC)
  • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at Boston Children's Hospital (IDDRC)
  • JFK Partners
  • Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
  • Kansas Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND)
  • Kansas University Center on Disabilities (KUCD)
  • LEND Center of Pittsburgh
  • LoneStar LEND
  • Mailman Center for Child Development
  • Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities
  • Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities
  • Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute
  • Michigan Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (MI-LEND)
  • Midwest LEND Consortium
  • Minnesota Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (MNLEND)
  • MISHAL
  • Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI)
  • National Institute on Intellectual Disability and Community (NAKU)
  • Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities (NCED)
  • Nisonger Center
  • North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities (NDCPD)
  • Northern Marianas College
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
  • OHSU Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (OHSU LEND)
  • Pacific Center in Human Security (PCHS)
  • Partners for Inclusive Communities
  • Partnership for People with Disabilities
  • Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities
  • Rhode Island Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (RI LEND)
  • Rix Centre for Innovation and Learning Disability
  • Rose F. Kennedy Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center
  • Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (RFK-IDDRC)
  • Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
  • Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities
  • South Carolina Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (SC LEND)
  • Stony Brook University
  • Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities
  • Texas Center for Disability Studies
  • Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopment
  • UAA Center for Human Development
  • UAB Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
  • UC Davis MIND Institute
  • UCLA Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
  • UCLA Tarjan Center
  • UMKC Institute for Human Development (IHD)
  • University Institute for Community Integration (INICO)
  • University of California Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (UC-LEND)
  • University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCCEDD)
  • University of Connecticut Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
  • University of Georgia Institute on Human Development and Disability (IHDD)
  • University of Glamorgan
  • University of Guam Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (Guam CEDDERS)
  • University of Illinois Chicago Department of Disability and Human Development (UIC DHD)
  • University of Rochester Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (UR-IDDRC)
  • University of Washington Institute on Human Development and Disability (IHDD)
  • USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (USCUCEDD)
  • Utah Regional Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
  • Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC)
  • Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
  • Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program (VT LEND)
  • Virgin Islands University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VIUCEDD)
  • Virginia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (VaLEND)
  • Washington University in St. Louis Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
  • Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHO)
  • WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities
  • Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND)

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Jairo Arana Representational Member[5] Mailman Center for Child Development
Beth Boone Community Education and Dissemination Council Chair[5:1] Florida Center for Inclusive Communities (FCIC)
Jenean Castillo National Directors Training Council Chair[5:2] Westchester Institute for Human Development
Tanisha Clarke Principal Investigator, Acting Team Lead, Program Director and Senior Manager (and other roles, January 2013-April 2022)[6] Friends of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, University of South Florida, Tourette Association of America, University of Maryland Global Campus, Georgetown University
Mark Crenshaw Secretary and Treasurer[5:3] Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD)
Melanie Davis Council on Leadership in Advocacy Co-Chair[5:4] Munroe-Meyer Institute
Rhonda Eppelsheimer President-Elect[5:5] Institute on Development and Disability
Wanda Felty Council on Leadership in Advocacy Co-Chair[5:6] Center for Learning and Leadership
Adriane Griffen Senior Director of Public Health and Leadership (former)[7] National Mental Health Association, Kaempfer Management Services, NICHD Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Center for the Advancement of Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Spina Bifida Association, Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service, American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), Milken Institute School of Public Health, American Nurses Foundation, American Public Health Association (APHA), Rotary Club of Downtown Silver Spring, Maryland Public Health Association (MdPHA), Boy Scouts of America, Friends of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Gale Hann Emerging Leader Representative[5:7] Center for Learning and Leadership
George Jesien Executive Director (former)[8] Waisman Center, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, Friends of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Wendy Jones Multicultural Council Chair[5:8] National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC)
Pablo Juárez At-Large Member[5:9] Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC)
Sharon Milberger At-Large Member[5:10] Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute
Eric Moody Council on Research and Evaluation Chair[5:11] Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND)
Marcia Moriarta At-Large Member[5:12] Center for Development and Disability (CDD)
Ilka Riddle President[5:13] University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)
Sandy Root-Elledge Interim Executive Director[5:14] Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND), Wyoming Assistive Technology Resources (WATR), Wyoming Family to Family Health Information Center, Wyoming Accessibility Center (WAC)[9]
Rodney Samaco Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer[10] Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Tafaimamao Tua-Tupuola At-Large Member[5:15] Pacific Center in Human Security
Maureen van Stone At-Large Member[5:16] Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities
E. Troy Washington Chief Financial and Operating Officer[11] Brookings Institution, Whitman-Walker Clinic, Hoboken Housing Authority
Derrick Willis Past President[5:17] Center for Disabilities and Development

  1. Partners. AUCD. Retrieved November 27, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241127044322/https://www.aucd.org/partners ↩︎

  2. Friends of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. (2011). Friends of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. https://web.archive.org/web/20240704013120/https://friendsofncbddd.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/friends-of-ncbddd-fact-sheet.pdf ↩︎

  3. NFID Partner Organizations. (2022, January 6). National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. https://web.archive.org/web/20220716065253/https://www.nfid.org/partners/ ↩︎

  4. Network Members. AUCD. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241125054436/https://www.aucd.org/directory-center-list ↩︎

  5. Board Of Directors. AUCD. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241119190457/https://www.aucd.org/board-of-directors ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  6. Experience | Tanisha Clarke, DBA. LinkedIn. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanisha-clarke/details/experience/ ↩︎

  7. Adriane Griffen. LinkedIn. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianegriffen/ ↩︎

  8. George Jesien. LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gjesien/ ↩︎

  9. Interim Executive Director. AUCD. Retrieved December 13, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241213235840/https://www.aucd.org/staff/sandy-root-elledge ↩︎

  10. Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer. AUCD. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241214000635/https://www.aucd.org/staff/rodney-samaco ↩︎

  11. Chief Financial & Operating Officer. AUCD. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241214001122/https://www.aucd.org/staff/e-troy-washington ↩︎