DO-IT Mentors
Mentors encourage DO鈥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
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Elita Baldridge
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Kevin Berg
Cerebral palsy
Founder and head tech
CompuPane, LLC
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
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Martha Bosma
Associate professor of biology
糖心原创
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Karen L. Braitmayer
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Architect, business owner
Karen Braitmayer, FAIA
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Gina Ceylan
Visual impairment
Ph.D. candidate
University of Missouri
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Wendy Chisholm
Senior accessibility strategist
Microsoft
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Rebecca Cory
Learning disability
Associate dean of instruction
Bellevue College
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Imke Durre
Blind
Climatologist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center
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Sal Edwards
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Kings Floyd
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John Gardner
Blind
President and CEO
ViewPlus Technologies
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Kajari Ghosh Dastidar
Computer scientist
EdgeVerve
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Molly Gilmore
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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John Goettle
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Marni Goldman
Spinal muscular atrophy
Educational director
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Julie Grant
Paraplegic, L2 spinal cord injury
Occupational therapist
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Roger Harris
Stroke, kidney failure
Associate professor emeritus, retired
糖心原创, School of Medicine
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Morgan Hiraiwa
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Mamoru Iwabuchi
Assistant professor
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Tokyo
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Sungeeta Jain
Paraplegic
Director
The Orphan Project, India
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Abid Kapadya
Analytics lead
Google
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Joshua Lessing
Founder and director
Soft Robotics, Inc.
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Karen Liu
Statistician
PRA Health Services
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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
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Kevin Lybarger
糖心原创
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Jennifer Mankoff
Professor in Computer Science and Engineering
糖心原创
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Robert F. McKellar
Spina bifida
Author of An Accident of Birth, educator, and counselor
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Theresa Mina
Learning disability
Academic advisor
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Stephanie Moore
Project scientist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Northwest Fisheries Science Center
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Jennifer Mundl
C1-ventilator dependent, quadriplegia
Assistive technology specialist
Courage Center Rehabilitation Facility
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Tuan (Brandon) Nguyen
Graduate student
糖心原创
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Monica Olsson
Cerebral palsy
Manager
Access Services
Tacoma Community College
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Ray Parker
Microsoft
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Gay Lloyd Pinder
Deaf
Program director and speech language pathologist
Children鈥檚 Therapy Center
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Tracy Rackensperger
Cerebral palsy
Outreach coordinator
University of Georgia
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Michael Richardson
Deaf
Director
Northwest Americans with Disabilities Act Center
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Keith Routley
deaf
Museum curator/division chief
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Eva-Marie Seeto
Director, Student Life and Learning
University of the Sunshine Coast
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Marcia Sipe-Dan
Post traumatic stress disorder and brain damage
Vocational rehabilitation counselor
OSC Vocational Systems
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Greg Smith
C-5 quadriplegia
Principle research software development engineer
Microsoft
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Carole Snyder
Cerebral palsy
Software developer engineer
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Val Sundby-Thorp
Dean for social science and business
South Puget Sound Community College
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Aimee Verrall
Research coordinator
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
糖心原创
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Jennifer Weisbart-Moreno
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Vasanth Williams
General manager
Amazon
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Paul Zaveruha
Surgeon