Meet Our Board

Meet the current members of the Stanford Disability Initiative.

Cat Sanchez

PhD student in Sociology

Co-Chair, Stanford Disability Initiative
SDI board member since fall quarter of 2019-20 academic year

Dr. Heidi Feldman

Ballinger-Swindells Endowed Professor in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Co-Chair, Stanford Disability Initiative
SDI board member since fall quarter of 2017-8 academic year

Bryce Tuttle

Junior majoring in Political Science, former ASSU Disability Avocacy Co-Lead, and former Power2ACT President

Chair, Academic Scholarship Committee
SDI board member since fall quarter of 2017-8 academic year

Carleigh Kude

Assistant Director of Disability Advising at the Office of Accessible Education and Abilities Hub Staff Advisor

Co-Chair, Community Support Committee
SDI board member since fall quarter of 2017-8 academic year

Cathy Haas

American Sign Langauge Lecturer at Stanford Language Center

SDI board member since summer quarter of 2018-9 academic year (between 2017-8 and 2018-2019)
Academic Scholarship Committee Member
Community Support Committee Member

Dr. Lindsey Felt

Lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric

SDI board member since fall quarter of 2017-8 academic year
Academic Scholarship Committee member

Dr. Nicole Ofiesh

Director of the Schwab Learning Center and UDL Innovation Studio, and Senior Research Scientist at CAST

SDI Co-Chair in 2017-8
SDI board member since fall quarter of 2017-8 academic year

Sheila Sanchez

ADA Program Director at the Diversity & Access Office

Community Support Committee Co-Chair
SDI board member since winter quarter of 2017-8 academic year

Rachel Wallstrom

Undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering with a consentration in product realization and ASSU Executive Director of Disability Advocacy

SDI board member since winter quarter of 2019-20 academic year

Dr. Elizabeth Kozeleski

Graduate School of Education Dean’s Senior Scholar for Teaching and Research

SDI board member since fall quarter of 2017-8 academic year

Frank Mondelli (ex officio)

PhD candidate in Japanese Cultural Studies, Disability Studies, and Media Theory, former ASSU Disability Advocacy Co-Lead, and Abilites Hub Student Director.

SDI board member since fall quarter of 2018-9 academic year
Academic Scholarship Committee member

Richie Sapp (ex officio)

Third-year medical student at Stanford School of Medicine and Former Kids with Dreams President.

SDI board member since fall quarter of 2017-8 academic year
Academic Scholarship Committee Member
Community Support Committee Member