Wisconsin Fall Leadership Institute & Development Program
Made Possible by Common Good Philanthropies
Oct 25, 2026
– Oct 30, 2026
Eau Claire, WI
$100
Details
With support from Common Good Philanthropies, the National Leadership Consortium is excited to support Wisconsin disability sector leaders to build their skills, advance organizational and systems practices, and grow their networks.
The multifaceted program will offer an in-person Leadership Institute, targeted quarterly virtual follow-up training and support, and short-term leadership coaching with the field’s top leaders to those accepted.
Dates
October 25-30, 2026
Starting 4:30 pm CT on Sunday, October 25th
Ending 12:30 pm CT on Friday, October 30th
For 6 months after the Institute, participants will be invited to monthly follow-up virtual sessions with their cohort and past cohorts of WI leaders and guest speakers on topics of interest. They will also have access to a coach for individual leadership coaching and organizational support. More information on each of these follow-up support opportunities will be provided to attendees.
Cost
Due to generous funding through Common Good Philanthropies, participation in the program is $100 per person.
Tuition includes all training materials, supplies, most meals, access to monthly follow-up sessions, and a leadership coach.
If costs is a barrier for you to attend, please contact Nicole Jones at njones@natleadership.org
Deadlines
Applications are due October 1st.
Want to attend sooner? Join us in Green Bay in July! Click here for more information on the Wisconsin Summer 2026 Leadership Institute.
Location
Eau Claire, WI
Accommodation and Travel
Participants will be responsible for their travel, hotel reservations, and associated costs. The Institute has a competitively priced room block near the meeting space. Information will be provided to confirmed attendees.
If these costs are a barrier for you to attend, please contact Nicole Jones at njones@natleadership.org
Speakers
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Caitlin Bailey, Ph.D.
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)
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Kristen Loomis, MBA
Kristen Loomis Greenidge, MBA is the Co-Director of the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities. In partnership with Caitlin Bailey, Kristen leads and oversees the strategic development, coordination, and implementation of all NLCDD programs, services, products, and activities.
Kristen has worked with NLCDD since 2012. Her work has focused on developing and coordinating training and technical assistance for leaders across the intellectual and developmental disabilities field.
Kristen received her Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services and her Master’s in Business Administration with a concentration in Strategic Leadership from the University of Delaware. (Contact Kristen Loomis at kloomis@natleadership.org)
Coaches
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Derrick F. Dufresne
Derrick F. Dufresne, is the President of CRA. Over the course of his career, he has delivered conference presentations, training, strategic board planning retreats, workshops, and management consultation to over eighty thousand people in forty-nine states regarding issues related to people with disabilities. Since entering the field in 1974, Derrick’s dedication to the community has evolved from serving as a unit manager in an institutional setting to running a non-profit that provided housing to individuals with disabilities in the community to managing projects that close institutions and assist in the transition of individuals into the community. From 2003-2009, Derrick served as President/CEO of the Institute on Public Policy For People with Disabilities in Illinois. The Institute is a membership organization that focuses on promoting best practice and quality community supports for people with disabilities throughout Illinois.
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Lynne Seagle, MPA
Lynne Seagle, MPA is the Executive Director of Hope House Foundation in Norfolk, Virginia. Lynne began her career at Hope House Foundation in 1978 as the Director of Residential Services and has been the organization’s Executive Director for more than three decades. Under Lynne’s leadership, Hope House has become internationally known for its innovative, person-centered approach. Lynne is a member of the Arc of Virginia’s Board of Directors and has served on the President’s Commission on Intellectual Disabilities and is on the Advisory Board of the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation. Lynne is one of the country’s leading consultants on supported living services and organizational development, consulting widely throughout the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, and Asia. Lynne consults internationally on the topics of organizational and leadership development, strategic planning, and team building. Lynne is passionate about social justice and equality for all people, particularly those with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
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Nancy Weiss, MSW
Nancy Weiss, MSW is a Co-Founder of and Advisor to the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities. Nancy is the former Director of Disability Initiatives in the College of Health Sciences. Ms. Weiss has more than 35 years’ experience in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. She was the former Executive Director of TASH, an international advocacy association committed to full inclusion for people with disabilities. Ms. Weiss has been an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins University and the Director of the Department for Community Services at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore. She also served as the Executive Director of Community Systems, Inc., an agency providing progressive supports for adults with developmental disabilities across Delaware. Ms. Weiss has worked extensively providing supported living services as well as positive behavioral supports.
(Contact Nancy Weiss at nweiss@udel.edu)
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Shayne Roos
Shayne Roos currently serves as the North Carolina Project Director for the Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) – Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment (SWTCIE), a federal program under the U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration designed to help people with disabilities transition from subminimum wage employment to competitive integrated employment. Prior to relocating to NC, Roos served as Executive Vice President of Achieva, a non-profit human services organization based out of Pittsburgh, PA, and President of Achieva Support, which encompassed the majority of Achieva’s service offerings including early intervention, housing services and employment supports. He had been employed with Achieva since 2002. Roos was vital to Achieva’s vocational transformation, closing all facility-based supports and ending the practice of paying people with disabilities a sub-minimum wage. Prior to his time at Achieva, he worked as a Qualified Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Professional and then as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor. Roos graduated from Westminster College with a B.A. in Sociology in 1996 and in 2009 became a graduate of The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities. (Contact Shayne at roos.shayne@gmail.com)
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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)
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Tina Campanella, MA
Tina M. Campanella has over 45 years of experience working with children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She has worked in both the state government and private non-profit sector during her career. She has extensive experience at multiple levels within systems that support people with disabilities including direct service provision in residential and vocational settings, program development, management and administration as well as quality management activities in Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/ID) and Medicaid Waiver funded services. She was also part of the leadership group that created the Personal Outcomes still used by CQL. Ms. Campanella is currently an independent consultant working with multiple organizations and as an expert witness. (Contact Tina at tina818@aol.com)
