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Carol Meredith

Executive Director

Carol Meredith, our Executive Director, started working for The Arc of Arapahoe & Douglas in 1998. She works primarily to achieve equal rights and social justice for people with disabilities through systems advocacy at state and federal legislatures, county departments, and statewide public policy efforts. Most of this work is done in collaboration with other chapters of The Arc in Colorado, Parent to Parent of CO, Family Voices, CO Cross Disability Coalition and many others.

Her passion for this work comes from her experiences as the parent of son affected by autism. She works to make systems work so that people with disabilities can get the services and supports they need to live rich, full lives in their communities.

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Cg La Scala

Director of Advocacy

Cg La Scala is our Director of Advocacy. She works primarily with families who have school-aged children with disabilities. A former teacher, she spent several years with Developmental Pathways serving adults with developmental disabilities and mental illness in program management before coming to The Arc Arapahoe & Douglas Counties in 1984. Cg has a great sense of the practical application of state and federal laws in advocating for people with disabilities, from her experience.

Cg and her husband reared four children in Colorado schools, two with IEPs. Three of her now adult children have children of their own. Of her five grandchildren, two have had IEPs. All have lived "happily ever after"! 

Cg also acts as guardian agent for two men with intellectual disabilities, one of whom she has known for more than 30 years. 

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Lee Ray

Adult Advocate

Lee specializes in assisting adults with developmental disabilities and their families. Adult advocacy services can include any or all of the following: information about housing, jobs, social security, guardianship, respite, friendships, and community connections. 

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Veronica Crowell

Family/Individual Advocate

Veronica Crowell is a Family and Individual advocate with the Arc of Arapahoe & Douglas working with both children and adults. Veronica joined our staff January 2010. She has over 20 years of experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities. She began working with individuals with disabilities while still in high school in Wichita, Ks in 1977. 

Veronica is able to assist adults with a variety of resources including, employment, housing, day and residential programs, navigating the Social Security and Medicaid/Medicare system. She can also advise individuals with developmental disabilities and their families on their rights and responsibilities. 

Veronica assists families with children by offering support and information, counseling and guidance, training and education regarding public school special education for Individual Education Plans. Also with therapies, transportation, transitions, support and guidance regarding Social Security benefits, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, Waiver Programs and appeals. She is also able to educate families on Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Colorado education laws, 504, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), functional behavior analysis, Positive Behavior Support Plans, disability categories under IDEA and applicability to laws beyond school, and also eligibility criteria for adults and students. 

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Pam Bailey

Office Manager

Pam Bailey is the Office Manager and began her work with The Arc Arapahoe & Douglas Counties in 2000. She is responsible for providing information and referral to new families who contact us, bookkeeping, supporting volunteers, staff members and the board of directors. She also assists with membership recruitment and grant writing. 

Pam has an Associate Degree in Office Administration and in 1985 she began working at The Arc Aurora and continued with the Arapahoe Early Childhood Network. Her commitment to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities is an important part of her life. Pam is the mother of two young adults and has a cousin with Down syndrome. 

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Jeanette Cordova

Community Outreach Coordinator (Hablo Español)

Jeanette Cordova is the Community Outreach Coordinator responsible for public relations development through community education, involvement and support for all marketing and publications; special event planning/fundraising, coordination, organization and promotion. 

Jeanette joined The Arc Arapahoe & Douglas Counties in March 2011. Formerly she was the Bilingual Outreach Coordinator and Parent Advisor for the Denver Community Parent Resource Center and prior to that the Parent Visitation Coordinator at Mile High Down Syndrome Association. 

In addition to working for The Arc, Jeanette is currently working on her Bachelors in Art Spanish Language, Minor in Psychology and Bachelors in Science in Human Services with a Non-Profit Focus. Jeanette is the proud parent of a ten year old boy, Tait, whom she describes as being chromosomally enhanced and has a lot of charm to spread around. She is Puerto Rican-American and has developed and maintained relationships with Spanish speaking organizations and support groups in the area of disabilities.