Board & Governance

Page last updated: 3/25/08                   

A 17-member Board of Directors elected by the membership governs NDRN. Three Representatives are elected from each of five geographic regions. One person from each region must be a person with a disability consistent with the definition of disability in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). There are also two at-large Board positions. These individuals also must be persons with disabilities and must be affiliated (as a member of their governing board or advisory council) with a member agency. A five-person Executive Committee is elected from among the members of the Board of Directors.

The NDRN Board of Directors has an active committee structure, including such working committees as the Technical Assistance Support Center (TASC) Project Advisory Council; Training; Multicultural; Legal; Resource Advocacy; and Quality Assurance Committees. Its committees also provide advice and coordinate member activities on legal issues, standards, training, quality assurance, and diversity concerns, as well as legislative issues. The Board also has a Strategic Planning Committee, which has developed a five-year strategic plan, and a Finance Committee and Development Committee.

Board of Directors

President:	Margaret Jakobson-Johnson Disability Rights California (Region I)
Past President :	Lynn Breedlove, Executive Director Disability Rights Wisconsin (Region V)
Vice President :	V. Colleen Miller, Executive Director Virginia Office for Protection & Advocacy (Region III)
Secretary:	Gloria Prevost, Executive Director Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc (SC - Region II)
Treasurer:	Michael T. Bailey (OR - Region I)
Region I:	Mary Faithfull Advocacy, Inc. (TX)
	Michael Bailey (OR)
	Margaret Jakobson-Johnson Disability Rights California
	Alternate: Therese Yanan, Executive Director Native American Disability Law Center
Region II:	Amelia Headley LaMont, Executive Director Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands
	Gloria Prevost, Executive Director Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc (SC)
	Ellen Gillespie, Executive Director Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program
Region III:	Marcia Cooper, Information and Resource Specialist The Brain Injury Association of Maine
	Ed Paquin, Executive Director Vermont Protection & Advocacy
	V. Colleen Miller, Executive Director Virginia Office for Protection & Advocacy
	Alternate : Virginia Knowlton, Executive Director Maryland Disability Law Center
Region IV:	Susan Given, Program Director West Virginia Advocates, Inc.
	Shirley Shea Tennessee Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
	Rocky Nichols, Executive Director Disability Rights Center of Kansas
	Alternate : Gerry Gordon-Brown Kentucky Client Assistance Program
Region V:	Jeanne Thobro, Executive Director Wyoming Protection & Advocacy System, Inc.
	Lynn Breedlove, Executive Director Disability Rights Wisconsin
	Teresa Larsen, Executive Director North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project
At-Large:	Stoney Polman (MI ) Eric Treat (AR) Alternate : Joyce Soularie (AR)