Patricia Yeager is the Principal Investigator for the CR4AT project. Formerly the Executive Director of CFILC and director of The Access Center of San Diego, the ILC for that county, she is the visionary behind CFILC and its projects.

Seeking ways to improve the capacity of ILC staff and board to better serve consumers on the local level while "knitting" them together at the state level has been her role since 1997 when CFILC first received funding for statewide advocacy capacity building activities. Patricia holds an MS degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from West Virginia University. She has conducted research identifying the needs of students with disabilities attending colleges in Colorado. This report was used to secure funding for reasonable accommodations in Higher Education through the Colorado State Legislature for about 10 years
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Phyllis Dinse, Project Coordinator

Phyllis Dinse joined CFILC in January 2006 as an Assistive Technology Assistant for the AT Network, while completing her thesis on Assistive Technology in Early Childhood. She recently transitioned into the CR4AT project coordinator position in September. Before coming to CFILC, she taught a preschool inclusion class (children with and without disabilities) at the CSU, Northridge Child and Family Studies Center and worked as an early interventionist for CHIME. Phyllis has a B.A. in Child Development, Level I and Level II credentials in Early Childhood Special Education, a Child Development Site Supervisor Permit, and an M.A. in Early Childhood Special Education.
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Teresa Favuzzi, Executive Director

Teresa Favuzzi was recently appointed as Executive Director of CFILC. Living with an autoimmune disorder since 5 years old, Teresa is a graduate of San Francisco State University. She earned both her graduate and undergraduate degrees in Social Work. Her M.S.W. focus was in Systems Change and Social Development. Before coming to CFILC, Teresa worked for the Independent Living Resource Center of San Franciso; first as an intern, organizing LESBIDIS (Lesbian, Bisexuall Disabled Women's Community Project) and then as Program Manager for two years. Teresa also has 10 years experience working for Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Oakland. In addition, Teresa, has developed curriculum and taught several courses in Disability History, Advoacy, and Middle Manangement for ILC's. As Statewide Community Organizer for CFILC, Teresa has coordinated the Systems Change Network. She also coordiantes activites for the CR4AT Action Teams as part of year 4 activities.

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Dr. Stephen Kaye, Co-Principal Investigator

Dr Kaye s the Co-Principal Investigator for the quantitative Consumer & Assistive Technology survey. He completed his doctoral work in Physics at Stanford University and is a Research Specialist at the Institute for Health & Aging., University of California, San Francisco. As a freelance writer and editor from 1991 through 2001, Dr. Kaye's principle clients included Disability Rights Advocates, Inc. where he authored two volumes of Disabiltiy Watch; The Status of People with Disabilties in the United States and the University of California San Francisco where he was consultijng Statistical Editor at the Disability Statistics Center, Institute for Health & Aging. From 1987 through 1991, Dr. Kaye was Senior Computer Scientist at Advanced Decision Systems and from 1984 to 1987 was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Lawrence Berkeley laboratory

CR4AT Interns: Students at universities are also given the opportunity to intern with the project and gain important skills. Below are the interns we have had so far. If you are interested in interning with the project, please feel free to contact CR4AT by calling (916) 325-1690.

Interns at CR4AT:
Elizabeth Arjun, MSW, University of Washington
Michael Newton, UC Berkeley
Shannon Springmeyer, Stanford University
Janie Kryski, UC Davis
Matthew Markve, MA, University of Northern Colorado
Sonjya Rizzullo, MA, University of Northern Colorado
Scott Sabella, MA, University of Norhern Colorado

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