Organizations Filed Purposes:
The mission of Diverse Ability Incorporated is to promote access, equality, inclusion, and the intersectionality of diversity, through peer based experiential learning, innovative person centered practices, and maximized collaboration efforts, designed to heighten knowledge, enhance skills, and foster individual life path planning and growth.
Arizona Youth Leadership Initiatives (AZYLI) includes Arizona Youth Leadership Forum (AZYLF), Arizona Youth Engagement Academy (AZYEA), and the AZYLI Alumni Association, which provide statewide peer based, person centered, mentoring, training, and support to youth and young adults who have disabilities who are navigating the process of transition to adulthood. In 2020, there were 30 graduates of AZYLF, 15 graduates of AZYEA, and a total of 211 AZYLI Alumni. Diverse Ability Incorporated provided training to countless youth, families, and professionals throughout Arizona and nationally, at a variety of conferences, workshops, and forums, collaborating with a myriad of partners in the process. Diverse Ability Incorporated responded proactively to the pandemic, by swiftly adapting to a virtual platform, and served in mentoring and consultative capacities for other Arizona and national partners who subsequently moved in this direction. In addition, Diverse Ability Incorporated implemented the Weekly Rap on AZYLI Fridays, an ongoing virtual connection opportunity for AZYLI Alumni Association, which features a monthly educational component. Diverse Ability Incorporated was written into the Arizona State Plan for Independent Living, through 2023, with responsibility for five objectives related to the growth and sustainment of Arizona Youth Leadership Initiatives.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Mica Stewart | Secretary | 1 | $5,735 |
Melissa Ann Santora | Visionary Founder | 40 | $0 |
Isaac Zwinger Nathanson | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
Lilia Zacchia | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
Mary Slaughter | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
Suzanne Malson | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
Gabriel Maytorena Jr | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
Kevin Mcgee | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
Bill Lucero | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
Susan Voirol | Vice Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
Brandon Martin | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
James Hinckley | Board Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
Steven Cano Wells | Board Chair | 1 | $0 |
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