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Who We Are


The Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) is a program of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation formed through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and assisted by a 40 member Paralysis Task Force.

Team PRC

• Joe Canose, Vice President, Quality of Life
• Sam Maddox, Knowledge Manager
• Sheila Fitzgibbon, Library Manager
• Donna Valente, Director-Quality of Life
• Angela Cantillon, Assoc. Director-Operations  
• Priti Mehta, Assoc. Director-Community Outreach
• Jesse Hagy, Multimedia Developer
• Irene Burns, Office Manager
• Beth Eisenbud, Information Assistant
• Cyndi Gnade, Library Assistant
• Nikia Whindleton, Receptionist

• Bernadette, Information Services Manager
• Harold Aguilar, Assoc. Information Specialist
• Ana Gomez, Information Specialist
• Jennifer Legros, Information Specialist
• Donna Lowich, Information Specialist
• Kathy McArthur, Information Specialist


Paralysis Task Force

In order to gain a broader overall understanding of paralysis with the goal of better meeting the needs of paralyzed individuals, a Paralysis Task Force has been established, whose members include the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and the following organizations:

• ALS Association (ALSA)              
• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)                                     
• American Stroke Association (ASA)                                     
• National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)                                      
• National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)                                     
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS)                                      
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA)                                      
• Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)                                      
• Spina Bifida Association of America (SBAA)                                      
• United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)