Board of Directors
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Curtis L. Decker, JD
Vice Chairman
Degree: J.D., Cornell Law School
Phone: 410-837-3977
Fax: 410-752-4218
Email: info@indrn.org |
Curt
Decker has been affiliated with the
National Disability Rights
Network (NDRN)* since its inception in 1982. As Vice
Chairman of the nation’s largest non-governmental enforcer of
disability rights, Curt oversees all activities related to
training and technical assistance, membership services, and
legislative advocacy.
Before founding NDRN with other P&A Directors, Curt served as
Director of the Maryland P&A – the Maryland Disability Law
Center. Curt also served as Director of the H.E.L.P.
Resource Project for Abused and Neglected Children for four
years, and was a VISTA worker prior to working as a senior
attorney for Baltimore Legal Aid Bureau for five years.
Curt is the past chair of the
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), a coalition of
over 100 national disability groups, and serves on the boards of
Friends of Research and Opera Vivente. In his career, Curt also
served as a legislative consultant for numerous groups,
including the American Association on Mental Retardation, the
National Public Law Training Center, and the Maryland Academy of
Physician’s Assistants. He is a graduate of Hamilton College and
Cornell Law School.
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formerly the National Association of Protection and Advocacy
Systems (NAPAS) |
