ECNV’s mission is to empower people with disabilities to live independently.
Our goals are to enable individuals with disabilities to:
Improve the quality of their lives
Participate in all aspects of society
Determine their own lifestyles
Secure their human and civil rights
Exercise self advocacy
Ensure a system for consumer control and policy direction
Our team
Dominique Dunford-Lack
Executive Director
Rosalia Fajardo
Director of Multicultural Families
Hunter Cardwell Jr.
Travel Trainer
Cherie Takemoto
Director of Disability Justice and Strategic Innovcations
Margarita Baquero
Travel Trainer/Independent Living Specialist
Tim Fuchs
Deputy Executive Director
Andrew Shaw
Training & Mobility Manager
Maura Schmidt
Program Facilitator/Independent Living Specialist
Doris Ray
Director of Advocacy and Outreach
Juan Castano
Director of Administration
Salifu Kamara
Independent Living Specialist
Pansy Walker
Senior Expansion and Outreach
Kevina Brown
RAMP Program Coordinator
Carlos Marquez
Peer Mentor
Tracee Garner
Manager of Peer Support
Heather Sailes
Information and Referral
Paul Whitney
Manager of Youth Programs
Emily Kudron
Development and Communications Manager
Hannah Roberts
Director of Programs
Vicente Saavedra
Independent Living Specialist
Our Board
Susan M. Picerno
Acting Chair of the Board
Elizabeth Kumar
Secretary
Lisa Spory
Board Member
Beatrice Schmidt
Board Member
Heidi Bacote
Treasurer
Kelley Brooks Simoneaux
Board Member
Ellen Rickerson
Board Member