David Ervin, MA

David is CEO of Makom, a community provider organization supporting people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) in Maryland and Virginia. With nearly 40 years in this space, David has extensive professional experience working in and/or consulting to organizations and governments in the US and abroad. He is a recognized subject matter expert in the field, is a published author with over 50 peer-reviewed and other journal articles, book chapters, and policy briefs primarily on health for people with IDD, and speaks and consults internationally on health and healthcare systems, organization development and transformation, and other areas of expertise. David is a graduate of the 2007 Leadership Institute.
David is a Fellow of The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, is Conscience of the Field Editor for Helen: The Journal on Human Exceptionality, is a consulting editor for three scientific/professional journals, and serves on a number of local, regional and national policy and practice committees, including the American Academy on Developmental Medicine and Dentistry Policy & Advocacy Committee and The Arc of the US Policy and Positions Committee. He is Chair of the Board of Directors for The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL), is an appointee to the Board of Advisors to Project DIME (Disability in Medical Education) and was recently elected Vice President of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) Board of Directors. (Contact David at dervin@makomlife.org)