NTG Board of Directors
National Task Group
The National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices is chartered as a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of the State of Maine. The NTG can be contacted at PO Box 862, Rockport, Maine 04856. The NTG is governed by a Board of Directors and has a subsidiary Advisory Body, made up of NTG associate members, and a Scientific Consultative Panel. Its mission is to advocate for services and supports for people with intellectual disability and their families who are affected by Alzheimer's disease and dementias.
Board Announcements
NTG Board Meeting - January 21, 2021 - 7:00 -- 8:30pm EST
Officers of the Corporation
Officers
Co-President: Matthew P. Janicki
Co-President: Seth M. Keller
Vice President: Kathleen Bishop
Vice President: Kathryn Pears
Treasurer: Helen E. Stepowany
Secretary: Paula Gann
Members of the Board of Directors
Kathleen Bishop, Ph.D. (FL)
Nicole Cadovius, MBA (CT)
Lucille Esralew, Ph.D. (CA)
Paula Gann (CA)
Andrew Griffin, Ph.D. (TX)
Adel Herge, Ph.D. (PA)
Matthew P. Janicki, Ph.D. (ME)
Nancy S. Jokinen, Ph.D. (BC)
Seth M. Keller, MD (NJ)
Christina Marsack-Toplewski, Ph.D. (MI)
Philip McCallion, Ph.D. (PA)
Dawna Torres Mughal, Ph.D. (PA)
Melissa Parnell, Ph.D. (NC)
Kathryn Pears, MPPM (SC)
Rick Rader, MD (TN)
Jadene Ransdell (FL)
Kathryn Service, FNP (MA)
Helen E. Stepowany, MS (NY)
Board Members on Federal Councils
National Council on Disability - Rick Rader, MD
Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Disease Research, Care, and Services - Matthew P. Janicki, Ph.D.
NTG Scientific Consultative Panel
Lucille Esralew, Ph.D. California Department of Developmental Services, Sacramento, California - CHAIR
Matthew P. Janicki, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Julie Moran, D.O., Geriatric Medicine Specialist, Tewksbury Hospital, and Instructor in Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Micheal Rafii, M.D., Ph.D,, Director of Medical Safety, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Other panel appointments are currently in process
From 2011 to 2020, the NTG was managed by a steering committee composed of the following NTG members:
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Kathleen Bishop, Ph.D. (NY/FL)
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Nicole Cadovius, MBA (CT)
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Melissa Disipio, MSW (PA)
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Lucille Esralew, Ph.D. (CA)
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Lawrence T. Force, Ph.D. (NY)
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Paula Gann (CA)
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Andrew Griffin, Ph.D. (TX)
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Rachel Grimm (DC)
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Ashley Helsing (DC)
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Adel Herge, Ph.D. (PA)
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Mary Hogan, MAT (ME)
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Matthew P. Janicki, Ph.D. (Co-Chair) (ME)
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Nancy Jokinen, Ph.D. (BC)
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Seth M. Keller, M.D. (Co-Chair) (NJ)
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Ronald Lucchino, Ph.D. (NM)
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Christina Marsack-Topolewski, Ph.D. (MI)
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Philip McCallion, Ph.D. (PA)
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Julie Moran, D.O. (MA)
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Dawna Torres Mughal, Ph.D. (PA)
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Leone Murphy, M.S.W. (NJ)
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Melissa Parnell, Ph.D. (NC)
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Kathryn Pears, MPPM (SC)
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Rick Rader, M.D. (TN)
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Mike Rafii, M.D. (CA)
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Jadene Ransdell (FL)
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Kathy Service, FNP (MA)
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Baldev Singh, M.D. (NY)
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Kathy Srsic-Stoehr, MSN (VA)
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Helen Stepowany, MS (NY)
National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices - PO Box 862, Rockport, ME 04856 USA - EIN 85-2663072