[NYAPRS Enews] JFA: Disability Leader Imperato Tapped for Key Senate Role

[Harvey Rosenthal]

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AAPD President/CEO to Become Senior Counsel and Disability Policy
Director for 
Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, Chaired by Senator
Tom Harkin (D-IA)

 

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased
to announce today that AAPD's President and CEO, Andrew Imparato, has
accepted the position of Senior Counsel and Disability Policy Director
for the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee
after 11 years of service with AAPD.

"I am excited for this tremendous opportunity to work with Senator
Harkin and a great policy team at the HELP Committee," said Imparato. "I
am sad to leave AAPD, but I am confident that the organization will
continue to grow and thrive under the leadership of our Board Chair Tony
Coelho and the talented Board and staff." 

Since joining AAPD as its first full-time President and CEO in 1999,
Imparato has led the organization to become the nation's largest
cross-disability membership group with more than 100,000 members.
Imparato has led AAPD's efforts to create opportunities for youth and
young adults with disabilities and personally invested time and energy
in cultivating emerging leaders throughout the country. He has also
applied his strong policy background to a number of bipartisan
legislative and administrative initiatives in the last 11 years. 

He has testified numerous times in the House and the Senate and been
instrumental in the passage of significant pieces of legislation and
policy initiatives focused on the disability community, including the
ADA Amendments Act of 2008, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination
Act, the Community Living Attendant Services and Supports (CLASS) Act
that was passed as part of the health reform legislation earlier this
year, and the most recent passage of the 21st Century Communications and
Video Accessibility Act. Imparato has also worked closely with the Obama
administration to fulfill the President's commitment to federal
employment of people with all kinds of disabilities through federal
hiring initiatives. Imparato also served for four years on the
bipartisan Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel to the
Social Security Administration.

Imparato's work at AAPD has been recognized by the Secretaries of
Transportation and Health and Human Services, the U.S. Junior Chamber of
Commerce, the National Association of the Deaf, the National Association
of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers, the Osteogenesis
Imperfecta Foundation, and many others. He has appeared on national
television multiple times, most recently being interviewed by Judy
Woodruff on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer to discuss the significance of
the 20th anniversary of the ADA.

"AAPD is deeply indebted to Andy for helping to make AAPD the great
organization that it is," said Tony Coelho, AAPD's Board Chair. "We
congratulate Senator Harkin on his excellent choice and are confident
that Andy will continue to make significant policy contributions that
will improve the quality of life of people with disabilities in the U.S.
and around the world. At the same time, AAPD is eager to begin our
search for a President and CEO who is deeply connected to the disability
community and seeks to continue the work and mission of AAPD.  We are
confident that Andy's successor will help AAPD continue to grow and
thrive in the coming years," Coelho concluded.

In light of his impending government position, Imparato has resigned,
effective immediately, from his position on the Patient-Centered
Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors, an independent
body to which he was appointed in September by the Acting Comptroller
General of the United States. For more information about the PCORI
Board, please visit
http://www.gao.gov/hcac/patientcentered_outcomes.html
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The Board of Directors of AAPD will begin a national search for its next
President and CEO immediately. In the interim, AAPD's current Chief
Operating Officer, Helena Berger, will be the acting President and CEO.
For more information, please visit www.aapd.com
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