National Association of the Deaf

Organizational affiliates are independent nonprofit, governmental, and corporate organizations in their own right – the following are organizational affiliate members of the NAD, in good standing. Click here to see a listing of state association affiliates. 

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (ADWAS)
Tiffany Williams, Executive Director

Access Interpreting, Inc.
Brad Leon, Vice-President

Access Interpreting Services, LLC
Golden Dawn Ricketts, Chief Executive Officer

American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB)
Jill Gasus, President

American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA)
Glenna Ashton, President

Arizona Deaf Senior Citizens Coalition
Tom Posedly, Chair Board of Directors

ASL Office, Northeastern University
Dawn Bolduc, Contact Person

Burlington County College ASL/Deaf Studies/Interpreter Education
Program Information

California State University Northridge National Center on Deafness
Roslyn Rosen, Director

Center for Disability Rights, Inc., New York
Dean DeRusso, Deaf Systems Advocate

Center on Deafness Inland Empire (CODIE)
Lisa Price, Regional Director

Central Piedmont Community College Interpreter Education
Martha Ingel,  Co-Chair, Interpreter Education Program

Cleary School for the Deaf
Ken Morseon, Superintendent

Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD)
Benjamin Soukup, Chief Executive Officer

Community Outreach Program for the Deaf (COPD)
Anne Levy, Executive Director

Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD)
Joseph Finnegan, Jr., Executive Director

DawnSignPress
Joe Dannis, President

Dayle McIntosh Center for the Disabled, California
Debbie Carrillo, Deaf Services Supervisor

Deaf Adult Services, Inc., of Western New York
Steve Lovi, Executive Director

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advocacy Resource Center (Nevada)
Executive Director

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center, Texas
Alma Bebee, Deafness Resource Specialist

Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Government
Steven D. Gagnon, President

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Michigan
Katie Prins, Executive Director

Deaf Community Services of San Diego, Inc.
Leslie K. Elion, Executive Director

Deaf Empowerment Awareness
Eric Gjerdingen, Executive Director

Deaf Independent Living Association, Inc. (MD)
Jennifer Whitecomb, Executive Director

Deaf Seniors of America (DSA)
Jim Potter, President

Deaf Service Center of Southwest Florida
Lori Timson, Executive Director

Deaf Women United (DWU)
Alana Beal, President

Deaf Youth USA (DYUSA)
Leah Katz-Hernandez, Executive Director

Deaf-Blind Contact Center
Susan Sjoholm, Program Director

Deaf-Hearing Communication Centre, Pennsylvania (DHCC)
Iris Boshes, Executive Director

Deafhood Foundation, California
Butch Zien, Chair

Department of ASL and Interpreting Education (NTID)
Kim Brown Kurz, Chairperson

Discovering Deaf Worlds
Harold Mowl, President

D/BA Awakenings for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CA)
Hwa Chang, Program Director

Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
Jeanne Prickett, President

Gallaudet Interpreting Service (GIS)
Yoshiko Chino, Director

Gallaudet University Alumni Association (GUAA)
Samuel Sonnenstrahl, Executive Director

Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired (GACHI)
Sondra Rhoades Johnson, Executive Director

Graham Staffing Services, Inc.
Ed Sogolow, Chief Executive Officer

Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness (GLAD)
Patricia Hughes, Chief Executive Officer

Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission (ICDHH)
John Miller, Director

Inclusion Solutions
Patrick Hughes, Executive Director

Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD)
David Geeslin, CEO/Superintendent

Interpreting and Consulting Services
Janessa Price, Executive Director

Jacksonville Community Center for the Deaf (JCCD)
Deloris DeAnn Summers, President

JCIL Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Amy Cone, Deaf Services Coordinator

Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH)
Virginia Moore, Executive Director

LaGuardia Community College Program for Deaf Adults
Tony Allicino, Director

Language Resource Center, Inc.
Abdullahi M. Sheikh

Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living
Kadie Trauger, Program Coordinator

Liberty Resources
Harry Barnum, Deaf Outreach/Advocacy Coordinator

Louisiana Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Darlene Austin, President

Maine Center on Deafness
Elissa Moran, Executive Director

Maryland Relay
Brenda Kelly-Frey, Director

Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)
Heidi Reed, Commissioner

Midlands Association of the Deaf
Jacqueline Correa-Alley, President

Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf
Mark R. Prowatzke, Ph.D.

Mill Neck Services for Deaf Adults

Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans (MCDHH)
Mary Hartnett, Executive Director

Minnesota Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (MRID)
Melissa Meyer, Treasurer

Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (MSAD)
Roxie Mitchell, Director

Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)
Ernest Garrett, Executive Director

Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind (MSDB)
Kim Schwabe, Principal

National Asian Deaf Congress (NADC)
Thuan Hanh Nguyen, President

National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA)
Benro Ogunyipe, President

National Captioning Institute (NCI)
Jay Feinberg, Director Marketing Services

National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers (NCIEC)
Mary Jane Billings-Grein, Program Assistant

National Council of Hispano Deaf and Hard of Hearng (NCHDHH)
Melissa Draganac-Hawk, President

National Deaf Business Institute (NDBI)
Ronald Sutcliffe, Executive Director

National Interpreter Education Center (NIEC)
Cathy Cogan, Director

National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
Gerard J.Buckley, NTID President

New Mexico Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NMCDHH)-Albuquerque
Lori Neubauer, Administrative Assistant

New Mexico Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NMCDHH)-Las Cruces
Sandra Williams, Las Cruces Coordinator

NorCal Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NorCal)
Shei Farinha, Chief Executive Officer

Northeast Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Susan Wolf-Downes, Executive Director

Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH)
Eric Raff, Director

Orange County Deaf Equal Access Foundation (OCDEAF)
Amy Grindrod, Regional Director

Paisley Group Ltd.
Jeffrey M. Rudolph

Paraquad, Inc.
Kirsten Dunham Director Public Policy/Advocacy

Purple Commnications
Dan Luis, Chief Executive Officer

Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf
Larry Pike, President

Rauch, Inc.
Dave Calvert, Director of Interpreting Services

Regional Center for Independent Living, New York
Dean DeRusso, Deaf Systems Advocate

Regional Resource Center on Deafness (RRCD)
Cheryl Davis, Director

Rhode Island Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Steven A. Florio, Executive Director

Rochester School for the Deaf (RSD)
Harold Mowl, Jr., Superintendent

Sacred Circle (IDC)
Teresa Norris, Excutive Director

Sign Language Resources, Inc., New York
Mary Darragh MacLean, President

Signcasts
Brein Mcnamara, Founder

Sorenson Communications
Ronald Burdett, Vice President, Community Relations

Southern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (SCRID)
Beth D'addario, President

Speech Conversion Technologies, Inc.
Gregory Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer

St. Mary's School for the Deaf
Timothy M. Kelly, Superintendent

Support Services for the Deaf (CA)
Edward Kwoh, Case Manager

The Hearing and Speech Agency/CIRS
Marguerite Montgomery, CIRS Director

The Learning Center for the Deaf (TLC)
Judith Vreeland, President/Executive Director

Tri-County GLAD
Julianna Fjeld, Regional Director

Total Source for Hearing Loss and Access (TSHA)
Rene Ryan, Executive Director

Ultratec
Pamela Holmes, Director Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

USA Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF)
D. Cole Zulauf, Home Office Administrator

Vermont Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VCDHH)
Robert Carter, President

Vermont Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (VRID)
Cory Brunner, Treasirer

Villafane Translation Services
Carlos Villafane

West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WVCDHH)
Roy Forman, Deputy Director

Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (WPSD)
Donald E. Rhoten, Superintendent

Willie Ross School for the Deaf
Louis Abbate, Executive Director