OUR TEAM

New Disabled South, along with our 501(c)(4) arm New Disabled South Rising, has a team of 27 full time staff—incredible disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill folks based and rooted in the South who are fighting for disability justice. We are proud that our team represents our community’s mandate:

Nothing about us without us.

Board

  • An Asian American woman with short black hair wearing blue jeans, a black blazer, and a purple shirt, sitting in her wheelchair with her arms crossed and smiling.

    Mia Ives-Rublee (she/her) - Chair

    Center For American Progress

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  • A Black woman wearing a red top, dark glasses, and colorful wrap on her head standing against a faded brick background and light wall.

    Keri Gray (she/her) - Vice Chair

    National Alliance of Melanin Disabled Advocates

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  • A white woman with short hair wearing a light grey jacket and dark shirt sitting at a microphone with a name plate that reads "Ms Lilly"

    Bethany Lilly (she/her) - Secretary

    Disability policy advocate

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  • A Black man with medium length hair wearing a dark suit, red shirt, and striped red tie.

    Elijah Armstrong (he/him)

    Disability advocate

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  • A white man with brown curly hair, dark glasses, and a light blue button up shirt with yellow tie.

    Mark Crenshaw (he/him)

    Georgia State University

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  • A Black woman with shoulder length hair wearing a dark blazer and red top.

    Tameeka Hunter (she/her)

    Palo Alto University

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  • A Black man with light locs wearing thin framed glasses and a dark sweater.

    D'Arcee Charington Neal (he/him)

    The Ohio State University

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  • A nonbinary person with dark brown skin and black hair wearing glasses, a dangling earring, and turning his face to the side with his hand beneath his chin.

    Noor Pervez (he/him)

    Autistic Self Advocacy Network

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  • A Black woman with pink locs, wearing sunglasses, a white sweater, and a black shirt standing in front of trees.

    Kailey Wise (she/her)

    Valdosta State University

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  • A white woman with long light brown hair wearing a blue sweater.

    Carden Wyckoff (she/her)

    Salesforce

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Advisory Council

  • A white woman with shoulder length brown hair wearing a patterned purple shirt standing in front of a building with trees

    Emily Blum

    Disability Lead

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  • A Black woman wearing glasses with locs pulled back into a pony tail

    Lisa Simms Booth

    Smith Center for Healing and Arts

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  • A Black man with locs wearing a grey suit, white shirt, and blue tie standing in front of a wall with words written on it.

    Patrick Cokley

    RWJF

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  • A white woman with long dark brain wearing a yellow top standing in front of trees.

    Micaela Connery

    The Kelsey

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  • A Black woman with red wavy hair wearing a white sweatshirt in front of a blue background.

    Brittany Packnett Cunningham

    Activist, educator, writer

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  • A white woman with short brown hair wearing glasses, a black blazer, and a white top.

    Dahna Goldstein

    Halcyon

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  • An asian woman with dark shoulder length hair wearing a grey jacket with red top standing in front of a wood wall.

    Elena Hung

    Little Lobbyists

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  • An asian woman with long dark hair wearing glasses and a red top.

    Ai-jen Poo

    National Domestic Workers Alliance

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  • An elderly man wearing glasses and a gray polo shirt standing outdoors near a wooden railing with trees and palm trees in the background.

    Paul Timmons

    Kelly’s Kitchen

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  • A white woman with red lipstick, hoop earrings, a black top, and shoulder length curly brown hair.

    Sara Totonchi

    Lunoor Consulting

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  • A white woman with shoulder length brown hair with red lipstick in front of trees.

    Maria Town

    American Association of People with Disabilities

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