AzDAC Member Organizations

The Arc of Arizona
3839 North 3rd Street, # 105
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Contact: Joe Bonanno
Executive Director
(602) 234-2721
e-mail: Joe@thearcofarizona.org 
website: www.arcarizona.org

Arizona Bridge to Independent Living
2345 E. Thomas Road, # 290
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Contact: Amina Donna Kruck
Director of Advocacy Programs
(602) 443-0722
(602) 433-0721
e-mail: Aminak@abil.org
website: www.abil.org

Arizona Center for Disability Law
100 North Stone Avenue, #305
Tucson, AZ 85701
Contact: Peri Jude Radecic
Director
(520) 327-9547
e-mail: pradecic@acdl.com 
or Ed Myers (602) 274-6287
e-mail: emyers@azdisabilitylaw.org
website: www.azdisabilitylaw.org

Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing
1400 W. Washington, Room # 126
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Contact: Liz Olson
Planner and Public Relations Coordinator
(602) 364-1579
e-mail: l.olson@acdhh.org 
website: www.acdhh.org

Behavioral Health Consumers in Action
15044 N. Cave Creek Rd., #2
Phoenix, AZ 85032
Contact: Donna Feno. CEO: BHCIA
Or Janet Fox
602-404-1555
e-mail: jfox@npvohc.org 
e-mail: dmfeno@npvohc.org
website: www.npvohc.org

Connecting Arizona Advocates, Inc.
P.O. Box 50007
Phoenix, AZ 85076-0007
Contact: Michael Ubowski
President
480-496-8140 (TTY only) To contact me from Voice phone, dial 711 and wait for operator to answer, give them my number for operator to dial and then we can talk to one another as you would on the phone. Emphasize: Do not speak to me as a third party, but rather direct.
e-mail: president@cazad.org
website: www.cazad.org

DIRECT Center for Independence
1023 North Tyndall Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719
Contact: Ann Meyer, Executive Director &
Jenny Goeckel
Peer Counselor
(520) 624-6452
e-mail: jennyg@directilc.org 
website: www.directilc.org

Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities
3839 North 3rd Street, #306
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Contact: Franc Kahn, Director
(602) 277-4986 Ext. 303
e-mail: fkahn@azdes.gov 
or Lacy Cansler, Legislative Liaison
(602) 277-4986 Ext. 304
e-mail: lcansler@azdes.gov 
website: www.azgcdd.org

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, AZ Chapter
315 S. 48th St., Suite 101
Tempe, AZ 85281
Contact: Philip Carll, MSW
Program Director
Tel: 480-968-2488 ext 222
e-mail: pcarll@aza.nmss.org
website: http://aza.nationalmssociety.org

New Horizons Independent Living Center
8085 E. Manley Drive
Prescott Valley, AZ 85314-6158
Contact: Liz Toone
Executive Director
(928) 772-1266
e-mail: LToone@cableone.net

People First of Arizona
1815 W. Colter, # 36
Phoenix, AZ 85015-3062
Contact: Bob Hickman
Representative
(602) 336-3020
e-mail: bobhofaz@msn.com

Self Advocacy Coalition of Arizona
3839 N. Third Street
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Contact: Monica Cooper
Representative
(602) 336-8539
e-mail: monicacooperofaz@yahoo.com
website: www.selfadvocacyofaz.org

SMILE – Independent Living Center
1929 South Arizona Avenue, # 12
Yuma, AZ 85264
Contact: Kathryn Robins
Executive Director
(928) 329-6681
Kathryn@smile-az.org
TTY: (928) 782-7458
website: www.snap211.com/org/1482438.html

Statewide Independent Living Council
2400 North Central Avenue, # 105
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Contact: Tony DiRienzi
Executive Director
(602) 262-2900
e-mail: silctonyd@qwest.net 
website: www.azsilc.org

Arizona Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America
8126 North 23rd Avenue, Suite J
Phoenix, AZ 85021
Contact: Peter Quinn
(480) 632-1128
(602) 244-9168 – PVA
e-mail: quadx2@gmail.com
website: www.azpva.org
 
Arizona Council of the Blind, Inc.
8350 W. Bloomfield Road
Phoenix, AZ 85381
Contact: Kevin Chinn
Chair of Public Relations Committee
(623) 412-8350
e-mail: kmchinn@qwest.net
website: www.acb.org/arizona

Arizona Technology Access Program
IHD/NAU
2400 North Central, # 300
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Contact: Jill S. Pleasant
Project Director AzTAP
(602) 728-9532 Voice
(602) 728-9536 TTY
e-mail: Jill.Pleasant@nau.edu
website: www.nau.edu/ihd/aztap 

NAU/Institute for Human Development
PO Box 5630
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Contact: Diane Lenz
Community Education Coordinator
(928) 523-7040
e-mail: Diane.Lenz@nau.edu
website: www.nau.edu/ihd 

Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona
P.O. Box 25084
Phoenix, AZ 85002
Contact: Mary Macleish
Executive Director
(602) 406-3581
e-mail: mmaclei@chw.edu

Mental Health America of Arizona
6411 East Thomas Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Contact: Ann Marie Berger
480-994-4407
e-mail: aberger@mhaarizona.org 
website: www.mhaarizona.org

Pilot Parents of Southern Arizona
2600 North Wyatt Drive
Tucson, AZ 85712
Contact: Lynn Kallis
Executive Director
(520) 324-3150
e-mail: lynn@pilotparents.org
e-mail: Marianne@pilotparents.org
website: www.pilotparents.org

Raising Special Kids
2400 North Central Avenue, # 200
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Contact: Joyce Millard Hoie
Executive Director
(602) 242-4366
e-mail: joycem@raisingspecialkids.org 

State Rehabilitation Council
DES/RSA
1789 W. Jefferson, 2nd Floor North
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Contact: Valerie Lintz
(602) 955-6756
e-mail: vlintz@davisp.com