Leadership Team

Arizona Department of Child Safety (ADCS)

Beverlee Kroll, Statewide Independent Living Coordinator

Arizona Department of Economic Security

Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)

Kelly Thomas, Employment Services Manager

Arizona Occupational Therapy Association

ArizOTA Postsecondary Transition Special Interest Section 

Christopher Trujillo, Postsecondary Transition SIS Chair

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)

Traci Zweig, Statewide Transition Coordinator

Vince Daliesio, Region 1 Transition Specialist

Nelly Sanchez, Region 2 Transition Specialist

Arizona Department of Education (ADE)

Exceptional Student Services (ESS)

Liz Merkel, Transition Specialist

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

Division of Grants and Innovation

Chy Porter, Children's System of Care Program Administrator

Diverse Ability Incorporated

Susan Voirol, Interim Executive Director

Audra Paletta, Peer-Based Service Professional

Harrison Verma, Youth Associate

Institutes of Higher Education

NAU/Institute for Human Development

Sakenya McDonald, Assistant Director, Academic Programs

UA/Sonoran UCEDD

Mesa Unified School District

Martin Apple, District Transition/TSW Coordinator

Office of Special Education & Rehabilitation (OSERS)

Navajo Nation

Velma Spencer, VR Program Supervisor

Raising Special Kids

Ceci Hartke, Parent Liason

Website developed by the 2017 Arizona Youth Leadership Initiatives (AZYLI) Executive Committee: 

Anya Carrillo, Araceli Garcia, Tyler Haggerty, Justing Mueller, Mica Stuart, Mateo TreeTop, Sally Whelan, and Isaac Zwinger-Nathanson

Website currently maintained by Harrison Verma, AZYLI Class of 2018

For inquiries regarding this website, please email one of the following:

harrison@diverseabilityincorporated.org

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