BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Laura Weidner, Chair
Epilepsy Foundation
301-918-3766 (phone)
lweidner@efa.org (email)
Carol Tyson, Vice-Chair
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF)
202-878-9186 (phone)
ctyson@dredf.org (email)
Claire Stanley, Treasurer
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
202-408-9514 x 101 (phone)
claire.stanley@ndrn.org (email)
Tracey Gronniger, Secretary
202-683-1993 (phone)
tgronniger@justiceinaging.org (email)
Heather Ansley, Immediate Past CCD Chair
Paralyzed Veterans of America
202-416-7794 (phone)
heathera@pva.org (email)
At Large Directors:
- Julia Bascom, Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Dan Berland, National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)
- Vania Leveille, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Bethany Lilly, The Arc of the United States
- Erin Prangley, National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
- Rebecca Preddie, American Music Therapy Association
ANTI-RACISM COMMITTEE
Co-chairs: Vania Leveille, ACLU & Carol Tyson, DREDF
Members:
Heather Ansley, PVA
Dan Berland, NASDDDS
Laura Weidner, Epilepsy Foundation
Valerie Williams, NASDSE
Aaron Kaufman, Jewish Federations of North America
Angela Lello, Autism Speaks
Rita Martin, The Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR)
Kim Musheno, Autism Society
Raquel Rosa, NDRN
Gelila Selassie, Justice in Aging
FINANCE COMMITEE
Chair: Dan Berland, NASDDDS
Members:
Angela Lello, Autism Speaks
Rebecca Preddie, American Music Therapy Association
Dahlia Shaewitz, Institute for Educational Leadership
Claire Stanley, NDRN
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Membership Committee member contact information is provided in order to support questions related to new membership and questions/concerns related to member organizations.
Chair: Tracey Gronniger, Justice in Aging, 202-683-1993 (phone), tgronniger@justiceinaging.org (email)
Members:
Kim Beer, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, 202-557-9146 (phone), kbeer@christopherreeve.org (email)
Stacy Cloyd, NOSSCR, 202-457-7775 (phone), stacy.cloyd@nosscr.org (email)
Rita Martin, CSAVR, 301-519-8023 (phone), Rmartin@csavr.org (email)
Erin Prangley, NACDD, 202-506-5813 x104 (phone), EPrangley@nacdd.org (email)
Clark Rachfal, American Council of the Blind, crachfal@acb.org (email)
NOMINATIONS AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE
Chair: Heather Ansley, PVA
Members:
Germán Parodi, The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
Rachel Patterson, Epilepsy Foundation
Robin Troutman, NACDD
Laura Weidner, Epilepsy Foundation
ACTIVITIES
Statement from the CCD Board of Directors on the Passing of Julie Beckett
CCD joins others in the disability community in mourning the passing of Julie Beckett. Julie’s advocacy on behalf of her daughter Katie led to the first Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waiver.
(May 23, 2022) - Download [ PDF ]
CCD Board Statement on the Deadly Shootings in Buffalo, New York and Laguna Woods, California
The Consortium of Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) mourns the loss of eleven precious lives—ten Black Americans in Buffalo, New York and one Asian American in Laguna Woods, California, and the wounding of many others. We join the nation in grief over these racially motivated murders that reflect the continued proliferation of targeted hate in our country.
(May 18, 2022) - Download [ PDF ]
Statement from Members of the Board of Directors
Some members of the CCD Board of Directors issued a statement in response to recent remarks made by the CDC Director that even if unintentional, fuel inaccurate and harmful misconceptions that the lives of people with disabilities are of lesser value. These Board members call on CDC to address the impact of these comments, ensure that disabled people and those most impacted are front and center in identifying solutions and redouble its efforts to ameliorate the impact of the pandemic on people with disabilities. CCD looks forward to continuing to work with the CDC on these shared goals to effectively safeguard the health and lives of people with disabilities through the pandemic and beyond.
(January 18, 2022) - Download [ PDF ]
CCD Board Statement on Anti-Asian Violence and Discrimination and the March 16th Shootings
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) decries the March 16th murders of eight individuals including six Asian American women in Atlanta, Georgia and all violence and discrimination against Asians and Asian Americans. We mourn the eight people killed on the 16th: Soon Chung Park, Suncha Kim, Xiaojie Tan, Yong Ae Yue, Hyun Jung Grant, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Daoyou Feng, and Paul Andre Michels. We stand in solidarity with those demanding justice and who reject systemic and structural oppression, misogyny, and racism; call on government and elected officials to reform policies and practices that allow racism and misogyny to flourish; and call on CCD members to listen to and learn from Asian American Pacific Islander communities and advocates.
(March 22, 2021) - Download [ PDF ]
Resolution to Establish Anti-Racism Committee
The CCD Board of Directors approved a resolution to decommission CCD’s Anti-Racism Work Group in order to establish a permanent, standing committee of the Board of Directors charged with maintaining and improving CCD’s commitment, policies, and practices to anti-racism within the organization, among disability advocacy organizations, and throughout the disability community and American society at large.
(January 11, 2021) - Download [ PDF ]
CCD Board Statement on Capitol Hill Riot
We are deeply dismayed by Wednesday’s violent takeover of the United States Capitol by white supremacist rioters in an attempt to disenfranchise voters’ selection of President-Elect Biden and Vice-President Elect Harris to lead our nation. As a coalition focused on protecting and promoting the civil rights of all people with disabilities, we advocate in those very halls to ensure that people with disabilities have the freedom and opportunity to exercise individual decisions concerning their own lives, welfare, and personal dignity, including the right to cast their ballots and have those ballots counted.
(January 8, 2021) - Download [ PDF ]
Request for Proposals / Proposals for Anti-Racism Consultant for CCD
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is initiating a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit proposals from firms to lend professional expertise in the area of anti-racism, racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Proposals are due on December 2, 2020. Please share this proposal with any consultants you think would be a good fit for CCD's efforts.
(November 2, 2020) - Download [ PDF ]
CCD Board of Director's Statement on George Floyd
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities decries the murders at the hands of law enforcement of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Malik Williams, and the countless other Black Americans who have lost their lives through similar circumstances but their names do not make the media. We are in solidarity with those demanding justice, who reject hate and racism, across the nation.
(June 3, 2020) - Download [ PDF ]
