Acknowledgements

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We’re grateful to the collaborative work group of the following organizations who created the Your Dream, Your Team website:

We would also like to acknowledge the following people and organizations who helped provide insight, guidance, and content for Your Dream, Your Team:

Alan Gallagher | Workforce Programs Specialist 3, Special Populations Team Supervisor, NYSDOL

Alan Sessions | Disability Resource Coordinator, CDO Workforce

Ali Wittenberg | Senior Consultant, Change Impact

Alice Savino | Executive Director, CDO Workforce Development Board

Bill Przylucki | Director, Collaborative Solutions / Research Associate, NYS Council on Children and Families

Cary Newman | Program Manager, Disability Awareness Training

Cathy Welch | Professor, College of Education, University of Iowa

Cory Schmid | Disability Employment Initiative Project Lead, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

Cynthia M. Wrend | New York State Bonding Coordinator-Federal Bonding Program (or FBP)- Workforce Programs Specialist 1, NYSDOL

Christine Broders | Disability Resource Coordinator, Arapahoe / Douglas Works Workforce Center

Danielle DiMare | Senior Consultant, Change Impact

David Whalen | Founder, Disability Awareness Training

Emily Bosley | Senior Coordinator, College & Career Prep KY Skills U

Jacqueline Hayes, Program Planner | NYS Council on Developmental Disabilities (NYS CDD)

Jen Siaca Curry | Chief Executive Officer, Change Impact

Jenny Hutkowski |Director of Family and Youth Education, Starbridge

Jill Larmett | Disability Resource Coordinator, Capital Workforce, Connecticut

Jodi Delapaz | Communications Coordinator, CDO Workforce Development Board

Juie Deo | Workforce Programs Specialist 3, Youth Team Supervisor, NYSDOL

Joyce Hawk | Mid-Hudson Coordinator, Westchester Institute for Human Development Community Support Network

Karen Quesnel | Operations Coordinator / RETAIN CT Project Lead, CT Department of Labor, Office of Workforce Competitiveness

Kathy DeAngelo | Disability Resource Coordinator, CDO Workforce

Kay Broughton |Program Associate, NYS Council on Developmental Disabilities (NYS CDD)

Kerry Wiley | DEI Round 8 State Lead, Workforce Program Specialist, NYSDOL

Lance Kaldor | Workforce Senior Consultant, Meridian Local Office, Idaho Department of Labor

Leah Hastad | Resource Coordinator, Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council

Maria Lombardi | Disability Resource Coordinator, HempsteadWorks

Marilyn Patterson | Disability Resource Coordinator, Niagara's WorkSourceOne

Martha Mock | Professor, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Director of the Center for Disability and Education, University of Rochester

Mary E. McLaughlin | Workforce Development Specialist, Tompkins County Workforce New York

Pat Dowse | Vice President of Business Development, New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation

Page Eastin | Workforce Program Coordinator, Iowa Department of Human Rights, Workforce Development

Richard Brenna | Disability Resource Coordinator, MassHire Department of Career Services

Robin Miller | IT/GIS Project Coordinator, NYS Council on Children and Families

Sacha Stadhard | Policy and Program Operations, MassHire Department of Career Services

Sarah Loizeaux | Technical Assistance Liaison, Disability Employment Initiative, National Disability Institute

Shannon Alvord | Coordinator of Community Youth Services, Tompkins County Workforce New York

Sonam B Willow, LMSW, CRC | Disability & Housing Specialist for the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley | Family Therapist for Willowworks/Choices Counseling

Susan Hopkins | College & Career Navigator Coordinator, Kentucky Skills U, Kentucky Education & Workforce Development Cabinet

Tera Brooks | Disability Resource Coordinator, Central Minnesota Jobs & Training Services, Inc.

Zach Powell | Senior Planner, City of Albany Department of Planning and Development