Steven Eidelman, MBA, MSW

Steven Eidelman is a Co-Founder of and Advisor to the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities. Steven is the H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Human Services Policy and Leadership at the University of Delaware. He is a past President of AAIDD and serves as Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Special Olympics International. Steven also serves as the Executive Director of The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation. His recent efforts have focused on implementing Article 19 of the UN CRPD, with a focus on deinstitutionalization. He was the Pennsylvania state government official in charge when Pennhurst State School and Hospital was closed.

Steve holds an MSW from The University of Maryland, an MBA from Loyola Baltimore, and a post-Master’s Certificate in the Administration of Social Services from Temple University. (Contact Steve Eidelman at sme@udel.edu)