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Connections - 11.16.24

Comings & Goings: November 2024

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André Floyd

Comings & Goings is an occasional feature of Connections in which we highlight promotions, retirements, transitions and more from ANCOR’s provider agency and state association members.

We are delighted to welcome these new members:

  • Care Design in Albany, NY
  • Compass, Inc. in Beltsville, MD
  • Developmental Services, Inc. in Columbus, IN
  • IABA Research & Education Foundation in Irvine, CA
  • Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled in Cincinnati, OH
  • Noble in Indianapolis, IN
  • NowCAP Services in Casper, WY
  • Reach for Resources in Minnetonka, MN
  • Rock Creek Foundation in Silver Spring, MD
  • ShiftAbility in Cincinnati, OH
  • Tarrytown Expocare Pharmacy in Austin, TX

ANCOR welcomes three new members to the association’s Board of Directors, who began their terms October 1:

  • Maghan Bowman, Exceptional Persons, Inc. (Iowa)
  • Robert Budd, Family Residences & Essential Enterprises (New York)
  • Kathy Carmody, Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities (Illinois)

Congratulations to Lynne Megan , TSE, Inc. (Minnesota), on her reelection to serve another term on the Leadership Development Committee.

On October 1, ANCOR welcomed several new members to the association’s Board of Representatives:

  • Kit Brewer, Challenge Unlimited (Missouri)
  • Jennifer Enderson, Emory Valley Center (Tennessee)
  • Thomas Ess, People, Inc. (New York)
  • Brad Hagan, Easterseals (Arkansas)
  • Pam Fields, MidState Arc (Connecticut)
  • Brandi Foreman, INARF (Indiana)
  • Julie Johnson, MSS (Minnesota)
  • Julie Josephitis, Dungarvin, Inc. (Kentucky)
  • Terry Rogers, Chesco Services (South Carolina)
  • Allison Stark, Albertina Kerr (Oregon)
  • Dorothy Walker, St. John’s Community Services (Washington, DC)
  • Lisa Walkiewicz, Via of the Lehigh Valley (Pennsylvania)
  • Karen Williams, Advocates, Inc. (Massachusetts)

Finally, we congratulate Teddi Hernandez who became the new President & CEO of Lakemary Center in Paola, Kansas, on November 1.

André Floyd is ANCOR’s Communications Manager. Have something you’d like to see included in an upcoming edition of Comings & Goings? Reach out to André by email.