Staff

Alex Truesdell
Executive Director and Founder
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As ADA’s founding director, Alex draws on her tenure as founder and coordinator of the Assistive Device Center at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA—a school recognized internationally as a leader in the education of children who are blind and deaf-blind. Over the last 30 years Alex has taught hundreds of courses in adaptive design to professionals and parents throughout the Northeast, and through the Hilton-Perkins International Program, has trained educators in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, India, and Poland. In 1996, Alex was awarded a fellowship in International Community Development co-sponsored by the Partners of the Americas and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. In addition to her experience in the field, Alex holds a Master's degree in Teaching the Visually Impaired from Boston College, and a Master's degree in Curriculum Development from Lesley University. Alex is co-author of the book Creative Constructions: Technologies that make adaptive design accessible, affordable, inclusive and fun.

As ADA’s Founding Director, Alex draws on her tenure as founder and coordinator of the Assistive Device Center at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA—a school recognized internationally as a leader in the education of children who are blind and deaf-blind. Over the last 20 years Alex has taught hundreds of courses in adaptive design to professionals and parents throughout the Northeast, and through the Hilton-Perkins International Program, has trained educators in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, India, and Poland.

In 1996, Alex was awarded a fellowship in International Community Development
co-sponsored by the Partners of the Americas and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. In
addition to her experience in the field, Alex holds a Master’s degree in Teaching the
Visually Impaired from Boston College, and a Master’s degree in Curriculum
Development from Lesley University. Alex is co-author of the book Creative Constructions: Technologies that make adaptive design accessible, affordable, inclusive and fun.

Antoinette LaSorsa
Managing Director
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Antoinette has been designing and constructing custom-made adaptive equipment and training teachers, therapists, and community volunteers in the principles of adaptive design since ADA’s inception in 1998. She received a BS in Behavioral Sciences from Mercy College in 1992. Antoinette serves on the Board of Directors of Our Journey, a nonprofit organization that offers support groups and retreats to women on a new journey in life.

Lille Troelstrup
Program Coordinator
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Kenia Cornelio
Fabrication Supervisor
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Mark Dahm
Business Development Director
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Advisory Board

Abena Darkeh
Agata Gately
Anita Perr
Calista Hendrickson
Dalia Zwick
Debbie Serrano
Jason Nolan
John Schimmel
Kit Frank
Marianne R. Petit
Molly Campbell
Monika Napoleon
Murray Itzkowitz
Penny Schneier
Rocky Tomascoff
Sheila Porter
Tamara Morgan
Ting Siu

Board of Directors

Kathy Goldman
Co-Chair
Consultant, Children Nutrition Programs

Rita Rochford
Co-Chair
Consultant, Conflict Resolution

Dolores Freidenrich
Vice Chair
Marketing and Events Specialist, Biocompression Systems, Inc.

Russell Farscht
Treasurer
Principal, The Carlyle Group

Alisa Brot
Secretary
Educational Director of Home and Community Services, New York Center for Child Development


Antoinette Emers
Program Director, IPR/HE Bronx River Senior Center
Kayla Freilich
Occupational Therapist In-Training, Barnard College
Carole Gordon
Director of Housing Development, The Bridge
Yuki Okuma
Principal, Roosevelt Children's Center