Gail Godwin

Gail Godwin is the Founder of Shared Support Maryland, Inc. and holds a Training Associate position at the Institute for Community Inclusion UMass (ICI). Gail’s MA is from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Education, Program in Severe Disabilities – educational, employment & community inclusion. For over 30 years, she has been an advocate in collaboration with people with disabilities and has worked in service provider organizations as a direct support staff, middle manager, administrator, and in training and development. She served 10 years as a member of the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council on the Executive and Cross-Cutting Issues Committee. She also served 10 years as a board member of The Maryland Association of Community Services. She is the co-founder of the New York Downstate Person-Centered Consortium and one of many Founders of the Alliance for Citizen Directed Supports. Gail has extensive experience in self-directed service provision, positive supports, training, development, person-directed planning, individualized supports, and organizational development. Gail has co-authored articles and presents testimonies on topics in support of the advancement of disability rights. Gail graduated from the 2009 Leadership Institute and has been a faculty member of the Consortium for over 15 years. (Contact Gail at gail@sharedsupportmd.org)