Year 2 Team Members
The Consortium team has members from the following UCEDD and LEND programs:
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD)
is home to the UCEDD of the District of Columbia and the Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC). Since 1995, the NCCC has provided national leadership and contributed to the body of knowledge on CLC within systems and organizations.
Tawara D. Goode, MARead Bio
Director, National Center for Cultural Competence
Deputy Director, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities,
Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Center for Child & Human Development,
Georgetown University Medical Center
Principal Investigator, Embedding Cultural Diversity and Cultural and
Linguistic Competence: A Guide for UCEDD Curricula and Training
Wendy Jones, M.Ed., MSWRead Bio
Senior Policy Associate
Leadership Institute for Cultural Diversity and Cultural and Linguistic Competence
Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence
Georgetown Univercity Center for Child & Human Development- University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)
Research Instructor, Georgetown Univercity Medical Center
Program Manager, Embedding Cultural Diversity and Cultural and Linguistic Competence: A Guide for UCEDD Curricula and Training
Sharonlyn Harrison, PhDRead BioCEO, Public Research and Evaluation Services
Senior Project Consultant, Embedding Cultural Diversity and Cultural and Linguistic Competence: A Guide for UCEDD Curricula and Training
Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD) at Georgia State University
conducts a range of activities related to enhancing cultural competence and diversity, including collaboration with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine on GaLEND and the previously-AIDD-funded Minority Partnership.
Daniel Crimmins, PhDRead Bio
Professor, Georgia State University’s School of Public Health
Director of Georgia State University's Center for Leadership in Disability
Director of the Georgia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program (GaLEND)
Project Partner, Embedding Cultural Diversity and Cultural and Linguistic Competence: A Guide for UCEDD Curricula and Training
Emily Graybill, PhDRead Bio
Clinical Assistant Professor, Georgia State University's School of Public Health
Project Partner, Embedding Cultural Diversity and Cultural and Linguistic Competence: A Guide for UCEDD Curricula and Training
Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, University of Vermont
Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD Read Bio
Director, Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Prorgam
Project Partner, Embedding Cultural Diversity and Cultural and Linguistic Competence: A Guide for UCEDD Curricula and Training
JFK Partners, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Renee Charlifue-Smith, MA, SLPRead Bio
Senior Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Speech-Language Pathology Discipline Director
Project Partner, Embedding Cultural Diversity and Cultural and Linguistic Competence: A Guide for UCEDD Curricula and Training
Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota
Anab Gulaid, BASc, MPARead Bio
Program Coordinator, Research and Training Center on Community Living
Project Partner, Embedding Cultural Diversity and Cultural and Linguistic Competence: A Guide for UCEDD Curricula and Training
Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston
Paula Sotnik, BARead Bio
Project Director, Institute for Community Inclusion, School for Global Inclusion an Social Development
Project Partner, Embedding Cultural Diversity and Cultural and Linguistic Competence: A Guide for UCEDD Curricula and Training