Leadership Team
Tina M. Campanella
Executive Director
Ms. Tina Campanella has been Executive Director of Quality Trust since it was founded in 2002. She has over 35 years of experience working with and on behalf of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She has directed residential and employment services and worked as an expert consultant regarding quality improvement and organizational development strategies for human service agencies throughout the US and abroad. Ms. Campanella is acknowledged as an exceptional thinker and leader in her field with areas of expertise in systems change, quality management and improvement, disability policy and services development, leadership and management, meeting facilitation, advocacy, and staff development. In her current role, she has established Quality Trust as a strong, independent and effective advocacy organization in DC and is leading efforts to improve community systems and supports for DC residents with developmental disabilities and their families. She is a member of the Leadership Greater Washington Class of 2010 and was appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to chair the Developmental Disabilities State Planning Council in 2010.
Vernessa Broddie
Director of Individual and Family Advocacy
Ms. Broddie has over 27 years experience working to
support individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities to live full, healthy and satisfying lives.
She has over 15 years experience working at the District’s
Developmental Disabilities Administration (formerly
MRDDA) in various capacities and collaborated with many
of the community providers in support of individuals
in the service delivery system. She is a graduate of the National Leadership Institute on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Delaware. She hails from South
Carolina where she received her early training and work experiences
advocating for the rights of children and adults with
disabilities.
Jimi Lethbridge
Director of Monitoring
Mr. Lethbridge has over 21 years experience working in the developmental disabilities field. Prior to joining the Quality Trust in March, 2003 as a Lead Advocate, he worked in the Maryland disabilities service system. His direct work experience includes being a service coordinator, program director at a provider agency, and a case manager working with adults with disabilities and their families. He has particular expertise in utilizing Medicaid waiver funding to enable people to access supports and services and live full lives within their communities.
Erin Leveton
Senior Attorney
Ms. Leveton has over 20 years experience working with people with disabilities. She has been a legal services lawyer - in Florida, Maryland, Virginia and DC - for 15 years. Prior to joining Quality Trust in 2008, she worked as a Senior Managing Attorney at Whitman-Walker Clinic Legal Services. She has experience handling a range of disability-related legal issues such as public benefits, discrimination, capacity and decision-making, and individual rights in institutional and community settings, including the right to be free from seclusion, restraint, and forced medications. Before attending law school, Ms. Leveton worked throughout college as a paraprofessional in special education.
Jenise S. Ross
Director of Administrative Operations
Ms. Ross has over 19 years experience in administration
of nonprofit organizations with particular expertise
in financial and human resource management. Before coming
to Quality Trust in September, 2002, she worked as the
administrator for The Council on Quality and Leadership
(CQL), a nonprofit organization that manages a accreditation
and quality enhancement program. Ms. Ross is also a
parent advocate for her son and enjoys managing internal
staff supports to enable staff to focus on achieving
the outcomes of its members; people with disabilities.
Christine Foster
Monitoring Coordinator
Ms. Foster joined the Quality Trust in March 2003 as a lead advocate and assumed responsibility for overseeing QT’s Monitoring program in November 2004. Christine has over 22 years of experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities in New York and in the District. Her experience includes responsibility for direct support and coordination of both residential and community based day programs. She spent many years with a local service provider organization in the District in different roles including Direct Support, Program Monitor and QMRP and is a strong advocate for the people she supports.
Phyllis Holton
Executive Liaison for Program and Outreach
Ms. Holton has over 21 years experience working with people who have developmental disabilities. Prior to joining the Quality Trust in January, 2003, as a Lead Advocate, she worked at a local service provider organization in the District as an advocacy services coordinator, media specialist, and communications manager. She worked on an initiative, Home of Your Own which supported people with disabilities to purchase their own home. She is a long time co-advisor and volunteer with the local self-advocacy coalition, Project ACTION!, and assists members to plan local conferences and workshops, solicit funds to attend national conferences, and increase their presence as self-advocacy leaders.
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