DO-IT Mentors

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