Committee Members
The President's Commission on Disability Issues and PCDI Student Advisory Committee members are a dedicated group of faculty, staff, and students representing a wide range of campus units, including but not limited to the Accessibility & Disability Service, Resident Life, Division of Information Technology, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Facilities Management, University Career Center & The President’s Promise, Department of Transportation Services and University Libraries, University Recreation and Wellness, colleges and schools across campus.
2019-20 Members Pictured From Left to Right: (Top) Peter Leone, Shakia Asamoah, Nancy Forsythe, Christine Hottel, Ana Palla-Kane, Melanie Kill, Deborah Mateik, Nedelina Tchangalova, Ron Padron, Kris Phillips, Alex Peterson, Teressa Ferraro, Paul Jaeger, Marie Harvey, Michelle Appel, (Bottom) JoEllen Barnhart, Will Shawhan, Amanda Preperato
2020 Members
| Co-chairs | Position and Department/Unit | |
| Ana Palla-Kane (she/her) | Senior IT Accessibility and UX Specialist, Division of IT | anapalla@umd.edu |
| Paul Jaeger | Professor, College of Information Studies | pjaeger@umd.edu |
| Graduate Assistant | ||
| Alex Peterson (she/her) | Graduate Student, Dept. of Hearing and Speech Sciences | asp12@umd.edu |
| PCDI Members | ||
| Michelle Appel | Director, Office of Inst. Research, Planning & Assessment | mappel@umd.edu |
| Kosi Asabere | Web Accessibility Specialist, Division of IT | kasabere@umd.edu |
| Leonard Azonobi | Capital Project Planner, Design and Construction, FM | lazonobi@umd.edu |
| JoEllen Barnhart | Lecturer, Institute of Applied Agriculture | jbarnha1@umd.edu |
| Courtney Brown | Senior Project Manager, Vice President for Admin and Finance | chbrown@umd.edu |
| Amarja Desai | Assistive Technology Associate, Trace Center | amdesai@umd.edu |
| Nancy Forsythe | Career Development Specialist, University Career Center | nforsyt2@umd.edu |
| Cara Fleck (she/her) | Assistant Director for Marketing & Communications, DOTS | fleckc@umd.edu |
| Jocelyn Fleming | Sr. Program Manager, Planning & Construction, FM | jflemin2@umd.edu |
| Meredith Gramlich (she/her) | Senior Faculty Specialist, CTCI, College of Education | mgramlic@umd.edu |
| Marie Parker Harvey | Training Development Coordinator, CTCI, College of Education | mpharvey@umd.edu |
| Ashley Hawkins | SGA - Student Government Association Representative | ahawkin6@umd.edu |
| Cassidy Rae Henry | PhD Candidate, Department of Linguistics | crhenry@umd.edu |
| Christine Hottel | Leave Coordinator, University Human Resources | chottel@umd.edu |
| Jo Ann Hutchinson (she/her) | Director, Accessibility and Disability Service | jahutch@umd.edu |
| Bria Jackson (she/her) | Resident Director, North Hill Community | bjacks@umd.edu |
| Susan Johnston | Instructional Designer, Division of IT | sbj@umd.edu |
| Grace Karmiol | Director & Title IX Officer, Office of Civil Rights & Sexual Misconduct | gkarmiol@umd.edu |
| Melanie Kill (she/her) | Assistant Professor, Dept. of English | mkill@umd.edu |
| (Roberto) Patricio Korzeniewicz | Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, BSOS | korzen@umd.edu |
| Peter Leone | Professor, College of Education | leonep@umd.edu |
| Deborah Mateik | Director, Learning Technology Design, Division of IT | zdeb@umd.edu |
| Bonnie Miranda (she/her) | Manager, Office of Faculty Affairs | mirandab@umd.edu |
| Christopher Moore | Assistant Director, Facilities-Administrative Services | cmoore@umd.edu |
| Raymond J. Nardella | Manager, Department of Resident Life | rnardell@umd.edu |
| Dan Newsome | Coordinator, Adaptive Tech Lab, Accessibility and Disability Service | wdn@umd.edu |
| Daune O'Brien | Lecturer, Department of English | dmobrien@umd.edu |
| Taylor Oshan | Assistant Professor, Department of Geographical Sciences | toshan@umd.edu |
| Sara Olsen | PhD Candidate, School of Public Health | solsen@umd.edu |
| Ron Padrón (he/him) | Interim Director for UG. Operations, College of Information Studies | rapadron@umd.edu |
| Kris Phillips | Director, Dept. of Facilities Planning | kphilli5@umd.edu |
| Amanda Preperato (she/her) | Assistant Director, University Recreation & Wellness | aprep@umd.edu |
| Tamara Saunders | Assistant to Director & Training Manager, Office of Civil Rights & Sexual Misconduct | tmsaunde@umd.edu |
| Amanda Strausser | Assistant to the Dean, The Graduate School | astraus3@umd.edu |
| Nedelina Tchangalova (she/her) | Public Health Librarian, UMD Libraries | nedelina@umd.edu |
| Adith Thummalapalli | Alumni, UMD School of Engineering | aditht@gmail.com |
| Misti Yang | GSG - Graduate Student Government Representative | gsg-vpdi@umd.edu |
| Student Advisory Committee Members | Affiliation and Program | |
| Deanna Barath | Graduate Student | dbarath@terpmail.umd.edu |
| Katherine Grady | Graduate Student | Kgrady1@terpmail.umd.edu |
| Ira Kraemer (they/she) | Graduate Student, NACS, Biology | ikraemer@terpmail.umd.edu |
| Ashley Hawkins | Undergraduate Student | ahawkin6@umd.edu |
| Cassidy Henry | Graduate Student | crhenry@umd.edu |
| Jonathan Paul Katz | Graduate Student | Jpkatz@umd.edu |
| Alex Peterson | Graduate Student, Hearing and Speech Sciences | asp12@umd.edu |
| Jillian McGuffey | Undergraduate Student | jillianmcguffey@gmail.com |
| Juhi Narula | Undergraduate Student | jnarula@terpmail.umd.edu |
| William Shawhan | Undergraduate Student, Agricultural and Resource Economics | wshawhan@terpmail.umd.edu |
| Leah Simmon | Undergraduate Student | lsimmon6@terpmail.umd.edu |
| Adith Thummalapalli | Alumni | aditht@gmail.com |
| Zachary Tumlin | Alumni | zachary.tumlin@gmail.com |
| Brett Wilcom | Undergraduate Student | brettwilcom@comcast.net |
| Audrey Wilke | Alumni | awilke@terpmail.umd.edu |