CDCI Org Chart
FY25 CDCI Org Chart
This organization chart shows CDCI’s leadership team, core function coordinators, and project directors by Area of Emphasis.
CDCI Leadership, Core Function Coordinators, and Project Directors
- Jesse Suter, Executive Director | jesse.suter@uvm.edu
- Rachel Cronin, MA. Assistant Director | rachel.cronin@uvm.edu
CDCI Core Function Coordinators
- ACADEMICS: Winnie Looby, PhD
- SERVICES: Maureen Nevers, MS
- COMMUNICATIONS: Audrey Homan, MA CPACC
- RESEARCH: [open]
The CDCI Community Advisory Council (CAC) are a group of self-advocates and family members of self-advocates. They are joined by representative members from the other organizations in the Vermont Developmental Disabilities network. The CAC advises the CDCI Leadership Team on their work.
CAC Co-Chairs
- Michael Shor
- Ocean Streeter
CAC Members
- David Frye
- Melissa Merotta Houser
- Matthew LeFluer
- Kristofor Medina
- Skye Peebles
- Persephone Ringgenberg
- Summer Stelter
Other Organization Representatives on the CAC
- Kirsten Murphy
- Lindsey Owen
- Vermont Assistive Technology Project (VATP) – Darren McIntyre
- CDCI Accessibility Resources & Services – Audrey Homan
- CDCI Accessible Events Guide – Audrey Homan
- Changing Institutional Attitudes to Accessibility
- Green Mountain Disability Stories – Audrey Homan
- Supported Employment – Bryan Dague, PhD
- Vermont Pathways to Partnership (VTP2P) – Jesse Suter
Early Childhood
- Children’s Integrated Services Personnel Development – Julia Wayne
- I-Team Early Intervention – Pamela Cummings
- Early MTSS @ CDCI – Meg Baker
K-12 Education
- The Building Effective Supports for Teaching (BEST) Project – Cassandra Townshend & Amy Wheeler-Sutton
- The CARES Team (Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind School Services) – Pamela Hoover & Darren McIntyre
- EVOLVE Plus – Michael F. Giangreco, PhD
- Project AWARE @ CDCI Cassandra Townshend & Amy Wheeler-Sutton
- Vermont I-Team – Darren McIntyre
- Vermont Positive Interventions & Supports (PBIS) – Cassandra Townshend & Amy Wheeler-Sutton
Higher Education
- Think College Vermont – Bryan Dague, EdD
- UVM Disability Studies – Winnie Looby, PhD
- University of Cape Coast in Ghana – Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie, PhD
- 24-Hour Postural Care – Pamela Cummings
- Green Mountain Emergency Preparedness Toolkit – Jesse Suter
- Pediatric Professionals Collaborative of Vermont – Catherine Armani-Munn
- UVM Autism Collaborative – Liliane Savard
- Vermont Community Needs Assessment – Jesse Suter
- Vermont Leadership Series for Self-Advocates and Families – Jesse Suter
- The Vermonter Poll – Jesse Suter
- Attitudes to Accessibility in Vermont’s Natural Outdoor Recreation Spaces – Audrey Homan MA CPACC
CDCI @ UVM and Beyond
The CDCI is a University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at the University of Vermont.
Within UVM, we’re part of the College of Education and Social Services (CESS), and exist in community with the UVM Disabled Students Union (DSU).
We’re also part of the Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council, and the Vermont Community of Practice.