Research and Training Center on Community Living

Community Living

Scientific and Consumer Advisory Panel (SCAP)


These external advisors contribute their expertise and experience to help keep the Center's research both rigorous and relevant to the lives of people with disabilities.

Please click on each name to see a short bio.

Scientific Representatives


  • Tony Cahill, Ph.D. - Director, Division of Disability and Health Policy, Center for Development and Disability, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

  • Al Condeluci, PhD - CEO, United Cerebral Palsy, Pittsburg, PA

  • Catherine Graham, MEBME - Rehabilitation Engineer, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

  • Margaret (Peg) Nosek, PhD - Executive Director, Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

  • Phil Rumrill, PhD - Professor, Rehabilitation Counseling, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Consumer Representatives


  • Gwen Gillenwater- Executive Director, disAbility Resource Center, North Charleston, SC

  • Linda Gonzales - Consultant, San Diego, CA

  • Stan Holbrook - Executive Director, Three Rivers Center for Independent Living, Pittsburg, PA

  • Bob Michaels - Consultant, Tempe, AZ

  • Jamie Simpson- Director of Accessibility and ADA Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS



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