Sustaining Supporter Members Have Options
Becoming a Sustaining Supporter Member at PWSA (USA) has never been easier or more convenient. You choose the type of membership you want, and you decide how and when to pay your dues! For your convenience, monthly contributions are automatically deducted from the account of your choice and continue until you say otherwise.
Sustaining Supporter Membership is simple, convenient, and powerful way to support the important work done by PWSA (USA).
Membership Has Its Benefits
- Satisfaction
Know your contribution has a real and meaningful impact in the lives of individuals with PWS and their families - Convenience
Safe, secure annual or monthly contributions with the flexibility of making changes at any time - Efficiency
Automatic monthly payments mean no postage or paper, and reduced administrative costs putting more of your contribution into PWSA (USA)’s Five Pillars of Support - Information
Monthly sustainers receive free issues of PWSA (USA)’s newsletter, “The Quarterly Pulse” and access to free webinars - Savings
Members receive a 20% discount on publications and other merchandise from PWSA (USA)’s online store, as well as discounted admission to the semi-annual national conference
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Jennifer Bolander has been serving as a Special Education Specialist for PWSA (USA) since October of 2015. She is a graduate of John Carroll University and lives in Ohio with her husband Brad and daughters Kate (17), and Sophia (13) who was born with PWS.
Perry A. Zirkel has written more than 1,500 publications on various aspects of school law, with an emphasis on legal issues in special education. He writes a regular column for NAESP’s Principal magazine and NASP’s Communiqué newsletter, and he did so previously for Phi Delta Kappan and Teaching Exceptional Children.
Evan has worked with the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) since 2007 primarily as a Crisis Intervention and Family Support Counselor. Evans works with parents and schools to foster strong collaborative relationships and appropriate educational environments for students with PWS.
Dr. Amy McTighe is the PWS Program Manager and Inpatient Teacher at the Center for Prader-Willi Syndrome at the Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh. She graduated from Duquesne University receiving her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education with a focus on elementary education, special education, and language arts.
Staci Zimmerman works for Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Colorado as an Individualized Education Program (IEP) consultant. Staci collaborates with the PWS multi-disciplinary clinic at the Children’s Hospital in Denver supporting families and school districts around the United States with their child’s Individual Educational Plan.
Founded in 2001, SDLC is a non-profit legal services organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the legal rights of people with disabilities throughout the South. It partners with the Southern Poverty Law Center, Protection and Advocacy (P&A) programs, Legal Services Corporations (LSC) and disability organizations on major, systemic disability rights issues involving the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the federal Medicaid Act. Recently in November 2014, Jim retired.