Mental Disability Rights International

Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) "is dedicated to promoting the human rights and full participation in society of people with mental disabilities worldwide." []


 * Winner of the 2007 Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights

Staff

 * Eric Rosenthal, Founder and Executive Director
 * Laurie Ahern, Associate Director other staff Kosovo connection
 * Alison A. Hillman de Velasquez, Director of Americas Programs
 * Banu Demiralp, Senior Development Associate
 * Adrienne Jones, Director of Finance and Administration, Dobreva
 * Atanaska Dobreva, Office Associate

Partners

 * Dragana Ciric Milovanovic, Director, Serbia Office
 * Zarmia Hyseni Duraku, Country Director, Kosovo Mental Disability Rights Initiative
 * Mjellma Luma, Program Assistant, Kosovo Mental Disability Rights Initiative
 * Yllka Buzhala, Peer Support/Self Advocates' Group Assistant, Kosovo Mental Disability Rights Initiative
 * Valid Zhubi, Peer Support/Self Advocates' Group Assistant, Kosovo Mental Disability Rights Initiative
 * Orlando Castillo, Litigation Consultant, Paraguay

Directors
Accessed March 2009:


 * Clarence Sundram – Board President, United States District Court
 * Elizabeth W. Bauer, Michigan State Board of Education
 * Kamelia Kameli, Development Consultant
 * Stacy Taylor, Perkins School for the Blind
 * Patricia Wald, US Court of Appeals, ret.
 * Alicia Ely Yamin, Harvard Law School

Former Directors (accessed June 2007)
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 * Clarence Sundram, President - Former Chair, New York State Commission on Quality of Care
 * Elizabeth Bauer, Secretary - Former Director, Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service
 * Holly Burkhalter - International Justice Mission
 * Judi Chamberlin - National Empowerment Center
 * Leah Harris - National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
 * Paul Steven Miller - University of Washington School of Law
 * Leonard Rubenstein, Treasurer - Physicians for Human Rights
 * Robert Schiffer - The Justice Project
 * Cathy Ficker Terrill - President and Chief Executive Officer, Ray Graham Association
 * Patricia M. Wald - Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
 * Alicia Ely Yamin - Physicians for Human Rights

Advisory Board
Accessed March 2009:


 * Gregg M. Bloche, Georgetown University Law Center
 * Richard Bonnie, University of Virginia Law School
 * Reed Brody, Human Rights Watch
 * Ira Burnim, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
 * Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University Law Center
 * Andrew Imperato, American Association of People with Disabilities
 * Rodrigo Jimenez, Ilanud
 * Elizabeth Jones, former Director, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
 * John Heffernan, Genocide Prevention Initiative Director, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
 * Arlene Kanter, Syracuse University Law Center
 * Humberto Martinez, South Bronx Community Mental Health Council, Inc.
 * Karen Green McGowan, McGowan Consultants, Inc.
 * Robert Okin, San Francisco General Hospital
 * Diane Orentlicher, Washington College of Law, American University
 * Michael Perlin, New York Law School
 * Laura Prescott, Sister Witness International
 * Gerald Provencal, Macomb-Oakland Regional Center
 * Edwin Rekosh, Columbia University Public Interest Law Initiative in Transitional Societies
 * Harold Richman, University of Chicago
 * Wendy Rothstein, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
 * Susan Stefan, Center for Public Representation
 * Susan Sygall, Mobility International USA

Former Board of Advisors (accessed June 2007)
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 * Gregg M. Bloche - Georgetown University Law Center
 * Richard Bonnie - University of Virginia Law School
 * Reed Brody - Human Rights Watch
 * Holly Burkhalter - Physicians for Human Rights
 * Ira Burnim - Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
 * Lawrence O. Gostin - Georgetown University Law Center
 * Andrew Imperato - American Association of People with Disabilities
 * Rodrigo Jimenez - Ilanud
 * Elizabeth Jones - former Director, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
 * John Heffernan - Genocide Prevention Initiative Director, US Holocaust Memorial Museum's
 * Arlene Kanter - Associate Professor, Syracuse University Law Center
 * Humberto Martinez - South Bronx Community Mental Health Council, Inc.
 * Karen Green McGowan - McGowan Consultants, Inc.
 * Robert Okin - San Francisco General Hospital
 * Diane Orentlicher - Washington College of Law, American University
 * Michael Perlin - New York Law School
 * Laura Prescott - Sister Witness International
 * Gerald Provencal - Macomb-Oakland Regional Center
 * Edwin Rekosh - Columbia University Public Interest Law Initiative in Transitional Societies
 * Harold Richman - University of Chicago
 * Wendy Rothstein - Association of the Bar of the City of New York
 * Susan Stefan - Center for Public Representation
 * Susan Sygall - Mobility International USA

Funders
"Thank you to the following individuals who have contributed $1,000 or more during 2007-2008.


 * Anonymous (2), Barbara Bergmann, Wayne Bert, Honorarium from Cheri & Yvonne Boublis (In honor of Adele Zagunas), David Cohen, Ellen Goodman, Adam & Sheila Crafton, Alicia Ely Yamin, Judy Geist, Sheila Geist, Robert Goldman, Richard Gray, Elizabeth Jones, Barbara Leyendecker, Amrith Prabhu, Eric Rosenthal, Herman Schwartz, Joe Sigel, Clarence Sundram, Patricia Wald, Marie Wegner, Barclay & Kristen Welch

"Thank you to the following individual donors who have contributed $250 or more during 2007-2008.


 * Anonymous (9), Access Living, Ryan Adamson, George & Elizabeth Bauer, Gloria Blazsik, Deanna Blevins, Corey Bryant, Adam Chrzan, Ilene Cook, Liz Corn, Yoshiko Dart, Ralph Deshetsky, Elizabeth Duquette, Robert Factor, Jonathan Friedman, Sally Gottesman, Barbara Graves, Mort Halperin, Liz Henry, Robert & Beverly Hillman, Michael Hirschhorn, Malini Jadeja, Julie Jaunich, Amy Lai, Mark Lanier, Urban Larson, Sheila Leverone

"Thank you to the following foundations and organizations who have contributed during 2007-2008.


 * Anonymous (2)
 * Anonymous Fund 3 of the Liberty Hill Foundation
 * Ambrose Monell Foundation
 * American University Washington College of Law
 * Combined Federal Campaign
 * FJC
 * Ford Foundation
 * Hilda Mullen Foundation
 * Jacob & Hilda Blaustein Foundation
 * John Merck Fund
 * Lucius Littauer Foundation
 * Mark Krueger Charitable Fund of the Tides Foundation
 * Mesnikoff Foundation
 * Morton & Jane Blaustein Foundation
 * New York Community Trust
 * Open Society Institute
 * Overbrook Foundation
 * T. Rowe Price Program
 * Ruth Turner Fund
 * United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
 * University of Connecticut Foundation
 * Van Ameringen Foundation

Contact

 * Web: http://www.mdri.org

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