Dorene M Giacopini - Board Member

Dorene has served on the board since 2008, and she was president of the board from 2010 to 2023. Dorene has a strong commitment to the advancement of people with disabilities and she has served on the boards of many organizations that are equally dedicated. She currently is also a board member for Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund and was a founding board member of Disability Rights Advocates. She’s also a commissioner on the MTC, representing the U.S. DOT, having been appointed by in 1995, as the first person with disabilities to serve on the Commission. Giacopini is a cum laude graduate of Harvard University, and she received her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.