Caitlin Bailey

Caitlin Bailey, Ph.D.

Co-Director (she/her)

Caitlin Bailey, PhD is Co-Director of the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities, where she has been a driving force since 2010. She leads research and evaluation efforts, oversees technical assistance, and supports organizations and leaders across the disability sector. Caitlin also co-guides NLCDD’s strategic planning initiatives with Kristen Loomis Greenidge.

With deep expertise in research, facilitation, and leadership development, Caitlin has supported the development of leaders in the disability service sector, federal government, and more. She is constantly exploring the intersection of what it means to be a leader and what it means to be human, and is passionate about supporting leaders to understand what makes them great at both.

Caitlin has had the honor to serve on the boards of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals and the Alliance for Citizen Directed Supports, and currently advises NAQ.

(Contact Caitlin Bailey at cbailey@natleadership.org)

Caitlin Bailey

A quote that inspires my leadership:

“Attention without feeling, I began to learn, is only a report. An openness — an empathy — was necessary if the attention was to matter. ”

Mary Oliver, Our World