Press Releases

February 16, 2021; Silver Spring, MD:

The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is extremely pleased to announce its 2021–2022 Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2021. 

The members of the 2020–2021 AAIDD Board of Directors are:

	President: Elisa Velardo, MMHS, FAAIDD North Regional Director, Connecticut Department of Developmental Services, East Hartford, Connecticut
	President-Elect: Karrie Shogren, PhD, FAAIDD Professor and Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, University of Kansas, Lawrence
	Vice President:  Dalun "Dan" Zhang, PhD, FAAIDD Professor and Director, Center on Disability and Development, Texas A&M University, College Station
	Secretary-Treasurer:  Melissa A. DiSipio, MSA, FAAIDD  Director, Philadelphia Coordinated Health Care, SE Region Health Care Quality Unit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	Past President:  Leonard Abbeduto, PhD, FAAIDD Director, UC Davis MIND Institute, Tsakopoulos-Vismara Endowed Chair, and Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, California
	At Large: Alexandra Bonardi, MS, MHA, FAAIDD Senior Policy Specialist, Human Services Research Institute and Clinical Assistant Professor, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
	At Large: Joyce Louden, PhD, FAAIDD Director­ of Education and Training, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, Louisiana Department of Health, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
	At Large: Amie Lulinski, PhD, FAAIDD Project Director, State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
	At Large: Heather Williamson, DrPh, MBA, FAAIDD Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

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Founded in 1876, AAIDD is the oldest professional association concerned with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Learn more about the organization at www.aaidd.org.