Mentors encourage DO-IT Scholars, Ambassadors, and Pals as they pursue academic programs and careers. Most Mentors have disabilities themselves. They share valuable experiences, insights, and resources with younger participants. Mentors communicate with each other by sending messages to mentors@uw.edu. The entire group of Mentors, Pals, Scholars, and Ambassadors are reached by sending messages to doitchat@uw.edu.
Adanna Abakporo
Senior employment consultant AtWork!
Joseph Alloway
Outreach Coordinator
Center for Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in Cold Climates
Elita Baldridge
Kevin Berg
Cerebral palsy
Founder and head tech
CompuPane, LLC
www.compupane.net
Anindya “Bapin” Bhattacharyya
Deaf/blind
Coordinator of National Outreach Technology Development and Training Program
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
CEO of Bapin Group, LLC
Karen L. Braitmayer
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Architect, business owner
Karen Braitmayer, FAIA
Gina Ceylan
Visual impairment
PhD candidate
University of Missouri
Maryland Chang
Research professor and director
Chemistry-Biochemistry-Biology Interface Program
University of Notre Dame
Wendy Chisholm
Senior accessibility strategist
Microsoft
Rebecca Cory
Learning disability
Associate dean of instruction
Bellevue College
Donald Daughtry
Professor of Psychology, Graduate coordinator
Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Imke Durre
Blind
Climatologist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center
Sal Edwards
Samantha Estrada
Kings Floyd
John Gardner
Blind
President and CEO
ViewPlus Technologies
Kajari Ghosh Dastidar
Computer scientist
EdgeVerve
Molly Gilmore
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
John Goettle
Marni Goldman
Spinal muscular atrophy
Educational director
Julie Grant
Paraplegic, L2 spinal cord injury
Occupational therapist
Karen Hare
Adjunct professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Roger Harris
Stroke, kidney failure
Associate professor emeritus, retired
University of Washington, School of Medicine
Steve Harper
Cerebral palsy
Student
Paul Helquist
Associate chair
University of Notre Dame
Morgan Hiraiwa
Mamoru Iwabuchi
Assistant professor
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Tokyo
Sungeeta Jain
Paraplegic
Director
The Orphan Project, India
Abid Kapadya
Analytics lead
Google
Joshua Lessing
Founder and director
Soft Robotics, Inc.
Mike Lewis
Karen Liu
Statistician
PRA Health Services
Sara Lopez
Co-director for the Center for Leadership in Athletics and program director for the Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership M.Ed.
University of Washington
Kevin Lybarger
University of Washington
Jennifer Mankoff
Professor in computer science and engineering
University of Washington
Mary Ann McDowell
Associate professor
University of Notre Dame
Theresa Mina
Learning disability
Academic advisor
Shahriar Mobashery
Stephanie Moore
Project scientist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Tuan (Brandon) Nguyen
Graduate student
University of Washington
Monica Olsson
Cerebral palsy
Manager
Access Services
Tacoma Community College
Ray Parker
Microsoft
Gay Lloyd Pinder
Deaf
Program director and speech language pathologist
Children’s Therapy Center
Ed Pottharst
Deaf
Community organizer; neighborhood center coordinator
City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
Tracy Rackensperger
Cerebral palsy
Outreach coordinator
University of Georgia
Michael Richardson
Deaf
Director
Northwest Americans with Disabilities Act Center
Keith Routley
deaf
Museum curator/division chief
Eva-Marie Seeto
Director, Student Life and Learning
University of the Sunshine Coast
Marcia Sipe-Dan
Post traumatic stress disorder and brain damage
Vocational rehabilitation counselor
OSC Vocational Systems
Bradley Smith
Professor
University of Notre Dame
Greg Smith
C-5 quadriplegia
Principle research software development engineer
Microsoft
Nancy Smith
Carole Snyder
Cerebral palsy
Software developer engineer
Jennifer Steger
Attention deficit disorder
Graduate student
University of Washington
Val Sundby-Thorp
Dean for social science and business
South Puget Sound Community College
Doug Van Hoewyk
Associate professor
Coastal Carolina University
Aimee Verrall
Research coordinator
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Washington
Jennifer Weisbart-Moreno
Vasanth Williams
General manager
Amazon
Kyla E. Wright
University of Washington