Staff

Alex Truesdell
Executive Director and Founder
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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.

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
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Kenia Cornelio
Fabrication Supervisor
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Kristine Rogers
Grant Writer
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Kulwant Kaur
Assistant Fabricator
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Anna Hernandez
Assistant Fabricator
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Greg Westphal
Operations & Outreach Associate
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)


Advisory Board

Agata Gately
Anita Perr
Calista Hendrickson
Courtney Bess Nurell
Debbie Serrano
Jason Nolan
John Schimmel
Leslie Brittman
Marianne R. Petit
Molly Campbell
Monika Napoleon
Penny Schneier
Sheila Porter
Tamara Morgan
Ting Siu

Board of Directors

Kathy Goldman
Board Chair

Consultant, Children Nutrition Programs

Murray Itzkowitz
Vice Chair
The Bridge

Founder and Executive Director (retired)

Russell Farscht
Treasurer
Carlyle Group

Private Equity in Media and Telecommunications

Alisa Brot
Secretary
New York Center for Child Development

Educational Director of Home and Community Services


Hera Alvarado

Interior Designer

Abena Darkeh

Attorney, New York State Unified Court System

Antoinette Emers

Institute of the Puerto Rican and Hispanic Elderly

Peter Ferenz
Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP

Business Development

Dolores Freidenrich
Biocompression Systems, Inc.

Marketing and Events Specialist

Mary O’Melveny
Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO

General Council

Rita Rochford
Bollinger and Rochford Associates

Consultant, Social and Emotional Skills