2025 Fall-Winter NADSP Graduation Program

NADSP PILOT GRADUATION

WELCOME

Marco Damiani, Chief Executive Officer, AHRC NYC

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Rick Guidotti, Founder and Director, Positive Exposure

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

John Barbuto, Executive Deputy Commissioner of New York State, OPWDD

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROGRAM TO AHRC NYC

AND THE NEURODIVERSE FIELD

Kathy Brown, Regional Manager of E-Badge Academy Operations, NADSP

Kembelyn Diaz, Community Support Professional, DSP-3, AHRC NYC Brooklyn Transitions Edwin Rodriguez, Jr., Director of Brooklyn Transitions, AHRC NYC, Front Line Supervisor and Team Lead for NADSP

Matthew Halder, Community Support Supervisor and Front Line Supervisor, AHRC NYC Fisher Adult Day Services

RECOGNITION OF GRADUATING CLASS AND PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATIONS

Adrienne Mazeau, Deputy Commissioner for the Division of Administration, NYS of OPWDD

Lindsay Murry, NADSP E-Badge Academy Project Manager, AHRC NYC Bernadette Balane, Staff Training Director, Adult Day Services, AHRC NYC and Team Lead for NADSP