Who We Are – Disability Equity Center

Nuestro equipo

Photo of Allison Hobgood, a 40-something white woman with short, dark curly hair. She is wearing spiral earrings and a dark t-shirt. She is smiling at the camera. Behind her is a partially-visible bookcase with some books peaking out. — Allison Hobgood, a 40-something white woman with short, dark curly hair. She is wearing spiral earrings and a dark t-shirt. She is smiling at the camera. Behind her is a partially-visible bookcase with some books peaking out.

Allison P. Hobgood se desempeña como directora ejecutiva del Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center, un centro comunitario y de recursos diurnos para las personas que viven en la pobreza crónica. Anteriormente fue profesora de inglés y estudios de mujeres y género en la Universidad de Willamette y ahora se centra en la organización comunitaria de base para la justicia de las personas sin hogar y la discapacidad.

Photo of Abby Mulcahy, a white person with cropped brown hair and dark-rimmed square glasses. They are wearing a black blazer in a brightly lit room with a picture frame slightly visible behind them. — Abby Mulcahy, a white person with cropped brown hair and dark-rimmed square glasses. They are wearing a black blazer in a brightly lit room with a picture frame slightly visible behind them.

Abby Mulcahy is a co-founder of the Disability Equity Center. Abby completed their PhD in public health at Oregon State University and is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care at the VA Portland Healthcare System, as well as a Delivery Systems Science Fellow through AcademyHealth.

Kate Williams is a white woman with dark brown hair and bangs and pink glasses smiling in front of a wall of pink roses. She is wearing a black and white sleeveless dress.

Kate Williams (she/her) serves as the Director of Advocacy Supports at the Disability Equity Center. Kate has supported the disability community professionally for twelve years, with experience serving folks across the lifespan and in both the private and non-profit sector. She is especially passionate about cross-disability community organizing and holistic health and wellness programming. She loves cats, yoga, and radical social justice!

Zina Allen organiza el grupo de apoyo de los miércoles de bienestar todos los miércoles por la noche de 5:00 a 6:00 p. M., Hora del Pacífico.

Laura Estreich, a white woman with long, straight, brown hair, wearing a pink floral sleeveless top. She is smiling and wearing pink lipstick. Behind her is an archway of red roses and green leaves, and a green lawn with a picnic table.

Laura Estreich es pasante de DEC. Nació con síndrome de Down con discapacidad del desarrollo. Es miembro del consejo OCCD de la asociación de síndrome de down del noroeste, autodefensa y estudiante del programa de transición Wings.

Skyler is a white person with short, curly brown hair. They are wearing a white collared shirt under a black jacket and have a dark blue background behind them.

Skyler Scott is a DEC intern. They are a student at Western Oregon University. Their major is Interdisciplinary Studies with focus areas in American Sign Language and Writing.

Nuestro Patronato

Rebecca is a white woman with shoulder-length dark brown hair. She is wearing a green sweater under a black rain jacket. Behind her is a green field with trees under a bright blue sky.

Rebecca Olson es profesora asociada de inglés en la Oregon State University. Le apasiona mejorar el acceso a la educación a través de una pedagogía crítica e informada sobre el trauma, programas diseñados para apoyar a los estudiantes de la clase trabajadora y recursos educativos abiertos más inclusivos.

Our Community

Lzz is a white person with short light brown hair and square glasses. They are wearing a blue jacket over a collared shirt, and are smiling and standing in front of green bushes.

Lzz Johnk is serving as a media and website volunteer for the DEC. They are currently a visiting professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Grand Valley State University. They previously worked as an Archival Assistant for the OSU Disability Archives.

This picture shows Mike as a white person with short gray hair, sitting in a chair with a black headrest. He is wearing a blue collared shirt with a red and blue shirt underneath and is in front of a green plant on a sunny day. He is smiling kindly.

Mike Volpe cheerfully and relentlessly pushed us to do better in serving people in Oregon and brought a perspective to our work that was both personal and deeply considered. We credit him for helping shape programs in Oregon that redefined how long-term services and supports should be delivered.