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Executive Board

2025-2026 CEC-DR Board Members
PresidentMichelle Cumming
micummin@fiu.edu
President ElectJason Chow
jason.chow@vanderbilt.edu 
Vice PresidentAmber Ray
amberray@illinois.edu
Past-PresidentJess Toste
jrtoste@austin.utexas.edu
SecretaryMaria Hugh
mariahugh@ku.edu
TreasurersMary Rose Sallese
msallese@uab.edu
Membership Committee Chair  Nelson Brunsting
brunstnc@wfu.edu
Publications and Media Committee ChairAngelique Aitken
apa6294@psu.edu
Awards Committee Chair

Christy Austin
christy.austin@utah.edu


Michael Hebert
mhebert1@uci.edu

Knowledge Utilization Committee Chair

John Romig
jromig@fsu.edu


Kaitlin Bundock
kaitlin.bundock@usu.edu

Government Relations and Research Advocacy Committee Co-Chairs

Steve Ciullo
ciullo@txstate.edu

Kristabel Stark
Kristabel.Stark@uvm.edu

Diversity Committee ChairAlison Boardman
alison.boardman@colorado.edu
Research and Families of Individuals with Disabilities Committee Co-Chairs

Lydia Ocasio-Stoutenburg
lpo5123@psu.edu


Sally Drew
drews2@sacredheart.edu

Newsletter Editors (Nonvoting)

Pamela Mims
mimspj@etsu.edu

Katie Pelton
katie.lane@uconn.edu

 

Last Updated:  22 September, 2025

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