Jill Morrow-Gorton MD, MBA, is an associate professor in the University of Massachusetts Medical School Departments of Pediatricsand Family and Community Medicine. As a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, she works with people with disabilitiesand mental health disorders. As a State Medical Director in Pennsylvania, she participated in disability disaster planning with theDepartment of Health. She has also served as Medicaid Medical Director and LTSS clinical lead in Massachusetts. She has experiencein clinical teaching and research in disabilities, quality evaluation and improvement activities, development of a toolkit for assessingemergency plans in community health centers, and hospital disaster planning. Susan Wolf-Fordham JD, MPA, has advocated for disability policy and health equity issues for 25+ years, with 14 years’ workon emergencies, disasters, and pandemics. A local board of health member, she also teaches public health law and public healthemergency preparedness graduate courses. As deputy director of a national technical assistance and training center on disabilityinclusion in emergency preparedness, she was lead subject matter expert, course content developer, and consultant to national,state, and local public health and emergency management organizations. While an Instructor, University of Massachusetts MedicalSchool, she directed training, research, and service projects regarding disability inclusive emergency planning. Katherine Snyder JD, is a Public Interest Lawyer and advocate for people with disabilities. Previously a prosecutor in Florida, sherepresented interests of marginalized and disadvantaged victims and families. She worked with community and government entitieson disaster planning for Florida’s hurricane seasons. In law school, she was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law, Economics, andRace, and brought together authors and subject matter experts to represent law and references for articles. She worked directly withpeople with disabilities in residential, community, and therapeutic settings. Presently, she works for the State of Florida’s Children’sLegal Service, advocating for abused, abandoned, and neglected children.
