National Staff

1825 K Street, NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20006
(Phone) 202.534.3700 | (Toll Free) 800.433.5255
(Fax) 202.534.3731
info@thearc.org
www.thearc.org

EXECUTIVE
Peter V. Berns
Chief Executive Officer
 
AUTISM NOW
Karen Wolf-Branigin
Senior Program Officer
Amy Goodman
Co-Director, Autism NOW
Phuong Nguyen
Program Assistant
Kerry Mauger
Training Coordinator
 
 
CHAPTER EXCELLENCE
Laurie Ertz Edson
Director, Chapter Excellence
 
Leigh Ann Davis
Project & Information Specialist
Kate Hull
Project Specialist
   
CHAPTER ORGANIZING & ADVOCACY
 
Dee Dee Eberle
Director, Chapter Organizing & Advocacy
 
Santa Perez
Self-Advocacy Coordinator
Nicole Schomberg
Project Coordinator
   
DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING
 
Trudy R. Jacobson
Chief Development & Marketing Officer
 
Sarah Bal
Communications Associate
Amberley Romo
Brand Coordinator 
Shelly DeButts
Marketing Manager
Laura Schroeder
Development Manager
Sarah Kennedy
Development Assistant
Kevin Wenzel
Senior Web Producer
Kristen McKiernan
Director, Communications
 
   
NATIONAL INITIATIVES
Jonathan Lucus
Managing Director, Employment & Transition Services
Nichole Goble
Senior Program Associate
 
   
OPERATIONS
 
Darcy Littlefield
Chief Operating Officer
 
Cindy Allen
Operations Support Specialist
Rhonda Schaver
Human Resources Manager
Robin Helschien
Membership Assistant
Brenda Walker
Administrative Assistant
Solomon Lissanu
Database Manager
William Washington
Receptionist
Evelyn Powell
Operations Support Manager
Feng Zhang
Finance Manager
 
PUBLIC POLICY
Marty Ford
Chief Public Policy Officer
Annie Acosta
Policy Advocate
TJ Sutcliffe
Policy Advocate
Maureen Fitzgerald
Director, Disability Policy
Julie Ward
Director, Health Policy
 
RESEARCH & INNOVATIONS
Ann Cameron Williams
Chief Research & Innovations Officer
 
Robert Lutz
Research Assistant
Jennifer Sladen
Senior Program Associate
Casey Nitsch
Research Associate

 

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