Mentors encourage DO‑IT Scholars, Ambassadors, and Pals as they pursue academic programs and careers. Most Mentors have disabilities themselves. They share valuable experiences, insights, and resources with younger participants. Mentors communicate with each other by sending messages to . The entire group of Mentors, Pals, Scholars, and Ambassadors are reached by sending messages to .
Joseph Alloway
Outreach Coordinator
Center for Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in Cold Climates
Elita Baldridge
Kevin Berg
Cerebral palsy
Founder and head tech
CompuPane, LLC
Anindya “Bapin” Bhattacharyya
Deaf/blind
Coordinator of National Outreach Technology Development and Training Program
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
CEO of Bapin Group, LLC
Martha Bosma
Associate professor of biology
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Karen L. Braitmayer
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Architect, business owner
Karen Braitmayer, FAIA
Gina Ceylan
Visual impairment
Ph.D. candidate
University of Missouri
Wendy Chisholm
Senior accessibility strategist
Microsoft
Rebecca Cory
Learning disability
Associate dean of instruction
Bellevue College
Imke Durre
Blind
Climatologist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center
Sal Edwards
Kings Floyd
John Gardner
Blind
President and CEO
ViewPlus Technologies
Kajari Ghosh Dastidar
Computer scientist
EdgeVerve
Molly Gilmore
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
John Goettle
Marni Goldman
Spinal muscular atrophy
Educational director
Julie Grant
Paraplegic, L2 spinal cord injury
Occupational therapist
Roger Harris
Stroke, kidney failure
Associate professor emeritus, retired
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Morgan Hiraiwa
Mamoru Iwabuchi
Assistant professor
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Tokyo
Sungeeta Jain
Paraplegic
Director
The Orphan Project, India
Abid Kapadya
Analytics lead
Google
Joshua Lessing
Founder and director
Soft Robotics, Inc.
Karen Liu
Statistician
PRA Health Services
Sara Lopez
Co-director for the Center for Leadership in Athletics and program director for the Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership M.Ed.
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Kevin Lybarger
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Jennifer Mankoff
Professor in Computer Science and Engineering
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Robert F. McKellar
Spina bifida
Author of An Accident of Birth, educator, and counselor
Theresa Mina
Learning disability
Academic advisor
Stephanie Moore
Project scientist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Jennifer Mundl
C1-ventilator dependent, quadriplegia
Assistive technology specialist
Courage Center Rehabilitation Facility
Tuan (Brandon) Nguyen
Graduate student
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Monica Olsson
Cerebral palsy
Manager
Access Services
Tacoma Community College
Ray Parker
Microsoft
Gay Lloyd Pinder
Deaf
Program director and speech language pathologist
Children’s Therapy Center
Tracy Rackensperger
Cerebral palsy
Outreach coordinator
University of Georgia
Michael Richardson
Deaf
Director
Northwest Americans with Disabilities Act Center
Keith Routley
deaf
Museum curator/division chief
Eva-Marie Seeto
Director, Student Life and Learning
University of the Sunshine Coast
Marcia Sipe-Dan
Post traumatic stress disorder and brain damage
Vocational rehabilitation counselor
OSC Vocational Systems
Greg Smith
C-5 quadriplegia
Principle research software development engineer
Microsoft
Carole Snyder
Cerebral palsy
Software developer engineer
Val Sundby-Thorp
Dean for social science and business
South Puget Sound Community College
Aimee Verrall
Research coordinator
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
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Jennifer Weisbart-Moreno
Vasanth Williams
General manager
Amazon
Paul Zaveruha
Surgeon