Volunteer Career Mentors

Sean Barrett
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Counselor, graduate student
fear1@u.washington.edu

Bill Barry
Research Assistant, Physics, OSU
barryw@ucs.orst.edu

Arthur Blaser
Quadriplegic
Lawyer
blaser@chapman.edu

Linda Bowman
Learning disability
Psychologist, Special education teacher
lkb@sprynet.com

Karen Braitmayer
Mobility impairment
Architect
stupack@aol.com


Len Burns
Sasquatch Computer Services
lburns@sasquatch.com

Rod Chard
Low vision
U.S. West Communications
rchard@pn1.mnet.uswest.com

John Cohen
Learning Disability
Technology Specialist, Puget Sound
Educational District
jcohen@whitecap.psesd.wednet.edu

Kathy Cook
Counselor, UW Disabled Student Services
kathydss@u.washington.edu

Frank Cuta
Blind
Research Engineer, Battelle Pacific
Laboratories
fm_cuta@pnlg.pnl.gov

Gregory Fowler
Blind
Software Engineer, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Fowler@cisco.com

Tony Hand
Teacher, Seattle Public Schools
ahand@u.washington.edu

Jeff Harris
Blind
Software Engineer
jharris@u.washington.edu

Roger Harris
Stroke
Associate Professor, Biological Structure, UW
rogerh@u.washington.edu

Dr. Stephen Hawking
ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease)
Professor, Cambridge University, England
swh1@phx.cam.ac.uk

Michael Herbert
Educator, Children's Hospital and Medical Center
mherbert@u.washington.edu

Dr. Todd Heywood
Hearing impairment
IBM Power Parallel Systems
theywood@kgn.ibm.com

Erich Ho
Cerebral Palsy
Intel
rogerfox@best.com

Michael Hood
Deaf
Purdue University
hood@ecn.purdue.edu

Kevin Hopkins
Mobility impairment
Graphics Technician
hopkev@u.washington.edu

Sharon Jodock-King
Quadriplegic
Advocate
bd168@scn.org

Ed Keller, Jr.
Diabetes, mobility impairment
Professor, Biology Environmental Science
u0072@wvnvm.wvnet.edu

Jarrett Knyal
Mobility impairment
Multimedia interface designer; graduate student
knyal@ils.nwu.edu

Bernice Laden
Computing & Communications, UW
bladen@u.washington.edu

Richard Ladner
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, UW
ladner@cs.washington.edu

Douglas Lefever
Cerebral Palsy
Psychotherapist and life instructor
coloboy@hawking.u.washington.edu

French Leger
Specific learning disability
Mechanical designer
leger@u.washington.edu

Dean Martineau
Blind
Math tutor, Internet resources assistant
deamar@u.washington.edu

Lan Nguyen
Blind
Adaptive Technology Consultant, UW
lann@u.washington.edu

Steve Nourse
Mobility impairment
Center for Change in Transition Services, UW
graduate@wolfenet.com

Katherine Pananen
Cerebral Palsy
Secondary School Teacher, Seattle
pananen@u.washington.edu

Wendy Pava
Blind
Veterans Administration Medical Center
wendyp@u.washington.edu

Gay Lloyd Pinder
Deaf
Children's Therapy Center of Kent
glpin@u.washington.edu

Ed Pottharst
Deaf
Biologist, environmentalist, Seattle City Light
edp@u.washington.edu

Juanita Sloss
ADD, hyperactivity
Special Education Teacher
jsloss@imt.net

John Smith
Associate Professor, Education, UW
jpsmith@u.washington.edu

Patrick Stayton
Assistant Professor, Center for
Bioengineering, UW
stayton@bioeng.washington.edu

Bill Taylor
Software Engineer
WingNut 700@aol.com

Elizabeth Thompson
Professor, Statistics, UW
thompson@stat.washington.edu

Sue Ellen Walbridge
Spina Bifida
Program Specialist, Department of Energy
Sue-Ellen.Walbridge@mailgw.er.doe.gov

Dr. Stephen Wallin
Hearing and visual impairments
Physics Professor, University of Southern Colorado
swallin@uscolo.edu

Bruce Wilson
Post-polio muscular/respiratory impairments
Manager, Human Interactivity Program, Boeing Computer Services
bruce.r.wilson@boeing.com

Jaromir Zak
Camp Counselor
xzakj02@alfa.vse.cz

Dr. Paul Zaveruha
Surgeon
zavy@whidbey.net

William Zoller
Brain injury
Professor, Chemistry, UW
zoller@chem.washington.edu

 

DO-IT Volunteer Postsecondary Student Mentors

Sue Yasuko Abe
Cerebral Palsy
Graduate student, San Francisco State University
hisuechan@aol.com

Bapin Axbhatta
Deaf/Blind
Political Science major, University of
Arkansas
axbhatta@ualr.edu

Kevin Berg
Cerebral Palsy
Computer Science and Communications student, Seattle Pacific University
k_berg@paul.spu.edu

Shem Bingman
Low vision
Comparative Religions/Computer Science student, UW
shem@u.washington.edu

Minda Dentler
Mobility impairment
Student, UW
mdentler@u.washington.edu

Steve Harper
Cerebral Palsy
Student
stevamundo@aol.com

Sungeeta Jain
Paraplegic
Engineering student, UW
geetu@u.washington.edu

Mia Lipner
Blind
Communications student, UW
mjlipner@u.washington.edu

David Orvis
Nuclear Engineering student, UW
dorvis@tip.aa.washington.edu