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)
Marilyn J. Smith, Executive Director

American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA)
David Tout, President

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

Bay Area Coalition of Deaf Senior Citizens (BACDSC)
Ronald Hirano, President

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

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

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

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

Cleary School for the Deaf
Ken Morseon, Superintendent

Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Joe Benedetto, State Relay Administrator

Commission of Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans (CDDHH)
Mary Hartnett, Executive Director

Communication Access Center, Michigan (CAC)
Julie Miron, President and Chief Executive Officer

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

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

CSDVRS
Sean Belanger, Chief Executive Officer

DawnSignPress
Joe Dannis, President

Deaf Action Center of Louisiana (The Betty and Leonard Phillips Center)
David W. Hylan, Executive Director

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

Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Government (DHHIG)
John Olumoya, Executive Chair

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Katie Prins, Executive Director

Deaf Boomers
Bert Sutcliffe, Founder

Deaf Counseling, Advocacy & Referral Agency (DCARA)
James Brune, Interim Chief Executive Officer

Deaf Seniors of America (DSA)
Jim Potter, President

Deaf Service Center of Southwest Florida
Lori Timson, Executive Director

Deaf-Blind Contact Center
Susan Sjoholm, Program Director

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

Department of ASL and Interpreter Training Program
San Antonio College Laura E. Metcalf, Department Chairperson

Department of ASL and Interpreting Education
National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Rico Peterson, Chairperson

Detroit Day School for the Deaf
Jan Goike, Assistant Principal

Family Services Woodfield Deaf Outreach Services
Rachel Spillane, Director

Four Seasons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Caroline Rich, Administrator

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

Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired (GACHI)
Thomas Galey, Executive Director

Global Reach Out Initiative (GRO)
Alim Chandani, Executive Director

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

GTI Holdings, Inc.
Michael Garr, President

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

Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC)
Josephine Black, Executive Director

Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD)
Robert Kovatch, Principal

Jacksonville Community Center for the Deaf (JCCD)
Mary M. Anderson, President

JCIL Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Gerrilynn Caudill, Director

Kansas Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH)
Rebecca Rosenthal, Executive Director

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

Program for Deaf Adults, LaGuardia Community College
Tony Allicino, Director

Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living
Christine Godleski, Program Coordinator/Sign Language Interpreter Referral Services

LiNKS Sign Language Interpreting Services
Chuck Scarpaci, Director

Lions Camp Merrick
Greg Floberg, Executive Director

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

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

Mill Neck Services for Deaf Adults

Minnesota Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (MRID)
Pamela Wellumson, Treasurer

Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)
Barry Critchfield, Executive Director

Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind (MSDB)
Diane Moog, Principal

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

National Deaf Academy (NDA)
Deana Goldstein, Chief Executive Officer

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

National Interpreter Education Center (NIEC)
Dennis Cokely, Associate Director

National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
T. Alan Hurwitz, President and Dean

New Mexico Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NMCDHH)-Albuquerque
Lisa Dignan, Executive Director

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

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Program
New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped Christine Olsen, Coordinator

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

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

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advocacy Resource Center (DHHARC)
Nevada Association of the Deaf Edina Jambor, Executive Director

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

Orange County Deaf Equal Access Foundation (OCDEAF)
Ed Kelly, Director

PTCO at the Indiana School for the Deaf

Project HIRED
Marie Bernard, Chief Executive Officer

Purple Commnications
Dan Luis, Chief Executive Officer

Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf
David O'Toole, Treasurer

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

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

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
Clay Nettles, Executive Director

Relay New Mexico
Romy V. Pierce, Executive 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

Safe Living Incorporated
Doroshuk Barth, Executive Director

Scranton State School for the Deaf (SSSD)

Sign Shares
Deborah Gunter, Chief Executive Officer

Sorenson Communications
Ronald Burdett, Vice President, Community Relations

Southern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (SCRID)
Marlene Shanker, Member at Large

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

Support Services for the Deaf
Edward Kwoh, Case Manager

Sycamore Services
Lee All, Resource Facilitator for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

The Arc of Anchorage
Michael Scott, Staff Interpreter

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service
Lauren Esposito, Team Leader

The Learning Center for the Deaf (TLC)
Mike Bello, President/Chief Executive Officer

Tri-County GLAD
Julianna Fjeld, Regional Director

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

Ultratec
Pamela Holmes, Director Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

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

Valley Center of the Deaf (VCD)
Cindy Walsh, Agency Director

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

Viable
John Yeh, President

Vis a Vis Livetalk
Gary A. Wyche, President

Visual Language Interpreting (VLI)

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

Department of Interpreting and ASL
William Woods University Carrie McCray, Assistant Professor

Willie Ross School for the Deaf
Louis Abbate, Executive Director