Our Team

Meet the Team

The Neurodiversity Alliance is proud to have been founded by, and for, students who learn differently. Today, our team has grown to include professional staff, board members, and advisors that reflect the diversity of perspectives and lived experiences throughout the neurodivergent community, along with the allies and advocates who support them.

Quick Links: National Staff | Board of Directors | Leadership Council

National Staff

AmandaFeliciano

Amanda Feliciano

Partnerships & Outreach Manager

CarlyPriest

Carly Priest

National Program Director

CorinnElliff

Corinn Elliff

Interim Executive Assistant

DavidFlink

David Flink

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

DelilahSteinnman

Delilah Steinmann

Program Manager, Mentoring & Special Programs

EmilyRader

Emily Rader

Digital & Growth Marketing Manager

EmmaCardona

Emma Cardona

Director of People & Operations

JesseSanchez

Jesse Sanchez

President

JoshCruz

Josh Cruz

Director of Partnerships & Growth

KayleWalls

Kayle Walls

Chief Financial & Operating Officer

KellenStory

Kellen Story

Program Manager, Club Leadership & Advising

MathewPashby

Matt Pashby

Assistant Director of Development & Donor Relations

PhilisterLukacevic

Philister Lukacevic

Director of Marketing and Communications

SamanthaBurdorf

Samantha Burdorf

Director of Data & Analytics

Board of Directors

Executive Board

Angela Cobb (Secretary)

FirstGen Partners LLC/CEO | Board Member since 2024

Ed Curtis (Treasurer)

Retired Engineer | Member since 2024

Hillary Mow Cervieri (Chair)

Partner, Chief Operating Officer Global Client Solutions at Ares Management Corporation | Member since 2021

Directors

Amory Donohue

Founder, Language in Action, LLC | Member Since 2019.

Angela Cobb (Secretary)

FirstGen Partners LLC/CEO | Board Member since 2024

Bea O. Awoniyi, Ph.D

Assistant VP, Student Affairs, Santa Fe College | Member since 2022

Caitlin T. Hurley, CFP®

Managing Director, Brown Brothers Harriman | Member since 2025

Daniel Bregman

Legal, Uber Technologies | Member since 2025

David Flink

Founder, The Neurodiversity Alliance

Ed Curtis (Treasurer)

Retired Engineer | Member since 2024

Fumiko Hoeft

Campus Dean & CAO at UConn Waterbury | Board Member since 2024

Hillary Mow Cervieri (Chair)

Partner, Chief Operating Officer Global Client Solutions at Ares Management Corporation | Member since 2021

Jacob Essig

Financial Analyst @ CFPB | Member since 2024

Jim Balfanz

CEO, City Year | Member Since 2014

John Rodin

Glenview Capital, Co-President | Board Member since 2025

Matt Bloom

Assistant Coordinator of Science, Windward School | Member Since 2023

Nancy Gutierrez

President & Lead Executive Officer at The Leadership Academy | Member since 2023

Sarah Entine, MSW

Independent Filmmaker & Neurodiversity Advocate

Sarah F Wilson

Learning Disability Advocate | Member since 2024

Leadership Council

Adam Koplewicz

Managing Director, EJS Group

Alisha Howell

Vice President, Lillian Lincoln Foundation

Anne Schneider

Founder and President, LD Access Foundation

Ben Chesler

Co-Founder, Imperfect Foods

Beth Cogan

Former Partner, Goldman Sachs

Bill Butler

Agent and Manager

Dean Flanagan

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Elizabeth Alda O’Heaney, EdD

Special Educator & Learning Disability Advocate

Gail Propp

Founding Eye to Eye Board Director

Inger Dewey Golob

Co-Owner, PhotoBall, & Learning Disability Advocate | Member Since 2018

Jennifer Wallace

Journalist, Speaker, Advocate

Jenny Krause

Continuous Improvement Supervisor, Professional Development and State Initiatives at Wyoming Dept. of Ed. Division of Individual Learning

Jess Flanagan

Parent Advocate

Jim Cutler

CEO, Cutler Partners LLC

Joanna Burleson

Managing Director at Monitor Institute by Deloitte | Member Since 2018

Kevin Greer

Partner, Chief Administrative Officer for New Profit | Member Since 2018

Laura Giadorou-Koch, JD, LLM

CEO, Dolium Wines

Lester Strong

Former Eye to Eye Board Director

Marc Hoffman

Former Eye to Eye Board Director

Marcus Soutra

Eye to Eye Co-Founder and Ambassador, and Founder at For The Good Consulting

Phil Hanley

Comedian and Storyteller

Rick Lavoie

Special Educator and LD Advocate

Roch Hillenbrand

Founder and Managing Director of Stony Brook Investments

Ross Buffington

Former Eye to Eye Board Director

Shari Crotty

LD Advocate and Former Eye to Eye Board Member

Shawn Jacqueline Bohen

Principal Consultant, Workwonder

Stacy Parker-Fisher

Education Consultant

Stephen Neidich

Artist and Eye to Eye's 2015 Artist-in-Residence

Steve Carnevale

Executive Chairman, Sawgrass Technologies

Susan Donahue

Board Member, Boston Medical Center, Museum of Fine Arts, and Health Leads

Susan Kurz Snyder

Founder, Principal, & Senior Legal Recruiter, Greene-Levin-Snyder Legal Search Group

Susan Segal

Parent Advocate

Tammy Mobley

LD Advocate and Co-Founder, Every Kind of Mind

Vanessa Kirsch

Founder and CEO, New Profit, Inc.

Join the Team!

Named one of the "Best Nonprofits to Work For 2023" by The Nonprofit Times, The Neurodiversity Alliance is committed to improving the educational experience and outcomes for students who learn differently, while growing the neurodiversity movement for a more equitable and inclusive society for all.

If you’re interested in joining our national staff team, check out our current openings here to learn more and apply today!

If you’re interested in joining our Board of Directors or Leadership Council, please contact us here and let us know.