DO-IT Mentors

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 .

Adanna Abakporo
Senior employment consultant AtWork!

Joseph Alloway
Outreach Coordinator
Center for Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in Cold Climates鈥

Elita Baldridge

Kevin Berg
Cerebral palsy
Founder and head tech
CompuPane, LLC鈥

Anindya 鈥淏apin鈥 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

Karen L. Braitmayer
Osteogenesis imperfecta鈥
Architect, business owner
Karen Braitmayer, FAIA

Gina Ceylan
Visual impairment
PhD candidate
University of Missouri

Maryland Chang
Research professor and director
Chemistry-Biochemistry-Biology Interface Program
University of Notre Dame

Wendy Chisholm
Senior accessibility strategist
Microsoft

Rebecca Cory
Learning disability
Associate dean of instruction
Bellevue College

Donald Daughtry鈥
Professor of Psychology, Graduate coordinator
Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Imke Durre鈥
Blind
Climatologist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center

Sal Edwards

Samantha Estrada

Kings Floyd

John Gardner
Blind
President and CEO
ViewPlus Technologies

Kajari Ghosh Dastidar鈥
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

Karen Hare
Adjunct professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Roger Harris
Stroke, kidney failure
Associate professor emeritus, retired
糖心原创, School of Medicine

Steve Harper
Cerebral palsy
Student

Paul Helquist鈥
Associate chair
University of Notre Dame

Morgan Hiraiwa

Mamoru Iwabuchi鈥
Assistant professor
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Tokyo

Sungeeta Jain
Paraplegic
Director
The Orphan Project, India

Abid Kapadya鈥
Analytics lead
Google

Joshua Lessing
Founder and director
Soft Robotics, Inc.

Mike Lewis

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.
糖心原创

Kevin Lybarger
糖心原创

Jennifer Mankoff鈥
Professor in computer science and engineering
糖心原创

Mary Ann McDowell
Associate professor
University of Notre Dame

Theresa Mina
Learning disability
Academic advisor

Shahriar Mobashery

Stephanie Moore
Project scientist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Tuan (Brandon) Nguyen
Graduate student
糖心原创

Monica Olsson
Cerebral palsy
Manager
Access Services
Tacoma Community College

Ray Parker
Microsoft

Gay Lloyd Pinder
Deaf
Program director and speech language pathologist
Children鈥檚 Therapy Center

Ed Pottharst
Deaf
Community organizer; neighborhood center coordinator
City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

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

Bradley Smith
Professor
University of Notre Dame

Greg Smith
C-5 quadriplegia
Principle research software development engineer
Microsoft

Nancy Smith鈥

Carole Snyder
Cerebral palsy
Software developer engineer

Jennifer Steger
Attention deficit disorder
Graduate student
糖心原创

Val Sundby-Thorp
Dean for social science and business
South Puget Sound Community College

Doug Van Hoewyk
Associate professor
Coastal Carolina University

Aimee Verrall
Research coordinator
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
糖心原创

Jennifer Weisbart-Moreno

Vasanth Williams
General manager
Amazon

Kyla E. Wright
糖心原创