Our Board - AAIDD

PRESIDENT Nancy Pickett With a passion for experiential learning, and a commitment to inclusion and accessibility, Nancy Pickett has worked in the I/DD field for over 35 years providing creative, challenging experiences that promote growth for everyone. Since 1996 she has worked at the Milwaukee Center for Independence. In that time she contributed to significant expansion and quality improvement projects that created many opportunities for teens and adults to become active members of their communities. In her current role as Senior Director she is focused on utilizing evidence based practices to collaborate with community partners and develop new service models that support people in achieving their dreams. She also provides training on a variety of topics around the region and nationally.	PRESIDENT-ELECT Leah Gutknecht, LPC, CWP Inclusa, Inc. Leah holds a Master of Science Degree in Mental Health Counseling. She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Wellness Practitioner. She has dedicated the last 20 years of her career to serving the needs of the diverse, rural communities of Wisconsin. Leah continues to promote strong relationships and support through connection, empathy, wellness, learning and growing together, innovation, and person-centered, trauma informed support for all. Her role as Director of Behavioral Health with Inclusa offers her the opportunity to advocate for others while promoting positive social and systematic change across our state.
IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT Matthew Velissaris, MA, LPC, CPT ABG Wellness Group Matthew is a psychotherapist trained in Clinical Psychology and an American Council on Exercise Certified Professional Trainer. Matthew diagnosis and treats mental illness in adults coping with co-occurring physical and developmental disabilities. Matthew's clinical focus is on utilizing Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Health Psychology and Motivational Interviewing as both treatment modalities for mental illness and as adjuncts to support client's starting and sustaining healthier exercise and nutritional habits. Matthew uses the American Council on Exercise's Integrated Fitness Training Model which strives for consilience between the above-mentioned psychological modalities, exercise and nutritional modalities.	TREASURER Dan Drury Options for Community Growth, Inc. Dan is an owner and agency President of Options for Community Growth, Inc. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of IDD. He is a board member and past president of AAIDD-WI, past President of Residential Services Association of Wisconsin (RSA-WI), member of Disability Service Provider Network (DSPN) and a board member of Southeast Wisconsin Training Initiative (SEWTI).
SECRETARY Kristin Gremban, MS, LPC-IT Place of Mind, LLC Kristin is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and holds a Master of Science in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Community Counseling and a post-master’s certificate in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Kristin is a solution-focused, innovative and reflective leader that has dedicated nearly two decades of her professional career to improving the quality of care received by neurodivergent minds in diverse settings; including clinical mental health therapy, managed care, residential facilities, domestic abuse shelters, substance abuse treatment, adult day programming and integrated employment. She has spent much of her work fostering climates that investigate and address underlying causes and unmet needs behind surface level behaviors that are causing concern. She currently provides clinical consultation at Place of Mind LLC, a private practice that specializes in psychological assessment and facilitating mental health and wellness with neurodivergent children, adolescents, and adults. In this work, she joins with the person and their supporters to better understand unique brain and body needs and preferences to cultivate happier and healthier lives. She has served on the Wisconsin Board since 2014.	LEGISLATIVE CHAIR Ted Bunck, PhD Psychologist (retired), Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (retired); Member of the American Psychological Association, the American Association on ID/DD and is listed in the National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology. Ted currently serves on the American Association of Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities – WI Board, the Dane County Area Agency on Ageing Board, the AAA Legislative/Advocacy Committee, the State Aging Advisory Council, the Verona Library Auxiliary Board; and volunteers at the Veterans Hospital, the Badger Prairie Needs Network and Heartland Farms. He is a Vietnam Veteran.
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Kristin Gremban, MS, LPC-IT Place of Mind, LLC Bio as above	MEMBER AT LARGE Justin Kuehl, PsyD, FAAIDD Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division Justin has worked at the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division (BHD) since 2006. He initially served as an attending psychologist providing psychiatric crisis services. While in that role, he developed a specialized expertise in the assessment, crisis stabilization, and coordination of outpatient services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. At the present time, Dr. Kuehl is the Chief Psychologist for the BHD. In this administrative capacity, he develops the strategic goals and initiatives of the Psychology Department and supervises all doctorate and masters level psychologists who provide psychiatric crisis services, inpatient services, and outpatient/community services. Dr. Kuehl is a past president of the AAIDD – Wisconsin Chapter and remains actively engaged with the Chapter’s ongoing work.
MEMBER AT LARGE Julie Grieves, PhD, FAAIDD Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatment Facility, Psychological Services Julie is a licensed psychologist who has worked for the State of Wisconsin for a decade, starting at Winnebago Mental Health Institute, then Northern Wisconsin Center, and currently at Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatment Facility (CVCTF). Volunteering for Courage Center with children with disabilities in the Twin Cities (Minnesota) as a teenager with a therapeutic horseback riding program and also teaching martial arts to people of all abilities led to working in the IDD field. She assisted with the development of River Valley Riders, a therapeutic riding program in Stillwater, MN. She completed her BS at UW-River Falls and MA and PhD at the University of North Dakota. She worked at North Dakota Developmental Center which led to an internship at Sonoma Developmental Center in California before earning her doctorate. On the side, she completes Guardianship and Protective Placement evaluations for counties as an intendent evaluator. Dr. Grieves is a past president of AAIDD-WI.	MEMBER AT LARGE David Morstad, M.Ed, FAAIDD David is the author of the book, "Whole Community: Introducing Faith Communities to People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities" and was the 2010 recipient of the AAIDD Religion and Spirituality Division’s Henri J.M. Nouwen Award. For more than 38 years, he served in a variety of roles with Bethesda Lutheran Communities and was the founding Executive Director and Senior Fellow of the Bethesda Institute. As a teacher and consultant, David has worked with professional organizations across the US, Central America, the Baltic nations, and the Middle East. He currently serves on the Wisconsin Governor’s Committee for People with Disabilities.
PUBLICATIONS CHAIR Julie Grieves, PhD, FAAIDD Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatment Facility, Psychological Services Bio as above	RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY CHAIR David Morstad, M.Ed, FAAIDD Bio as above
Representative to Assembly of Geographic Interests Justin Kuehl, PsyD, FAAIDD Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division Bio as above	TRAINING CHAIR Dan Drury Options for Community Growth, Inc. Bio as above
Student Representative Sarah Hoffman, OTS Mount Mary University Doctoral Occupational Therapy Candidate