Cory Gilden, Ph.D.
Research and Evaluation Manager (she/her)Cory Gilden is the Research and Evaluation Manager of the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities. Cory manages the NLCDD research team, which works on various organizational, regional, and national research and evaluation projects aligned with the organization’s mission. Cory has worked with NLCDD since 2017. Her recent research projects investigated future financial planning for people with disabilities, self-directed service delivery for people with disabilities, parent participation in special education, and program evaluation research focused on leadership training for professionals in the disabilities field.
Cory holds a Ph.D. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, an M.S. in Human Development and Family Sciences, and an M.Ed. in Education from the University of Delaware and works closely with national and state disability organizations promoting awareness and advocacy efforts for people with disabilities. (Contact Cory Gilden at cgilden@natleadership.org)
A quote that inspires me:
“People with impairments are disabled by their environments; or, to put it differently, impairments aren’t disabling, social and architectural barriers are.” – Alison Kafer, Feminist, Queer, Crip