Ability Beyond Honors Members for "Going Beyond" at Annual Event

Ability Beyond toasted the monumental contributions of the individuals who lend their time and talents to improve the lives of people with disabilities at its annual appreciation event on December 13th. The nonprofit organization honored more than 50 board and committee members at the cocktail reception held at Maplewood Senior Living headquarters in Westport, CT.

Ability Beyond, based in Bethel, Connecticut and Chappaqua, New York, provides job training and placement, supported living, and recreational and educational opportunities to more than 3,000 people. For over 60 years, Ability Beyond has led the way in providing award-winning initiatives and programs to support optimum well-being and honor the dignity and pride of people with developmental, intellectual, autism spectrum and mental health disabilities.

“It is only through the personal dedication and generous financial support of these amazing people that we are able to offer exceptional services and programs that have benefitted countless families,” said Jane Davis, President and CEO of Ability Beyond. “We are so grateful for their support. We would also like to thank Greg Smith, CEO of Maplewood Senior Living, for hosting this outstanding event.”

Davis would like to acknowledge the following board and committee members for their dedicated service and significant donations:

Board of Directors
Gregory Smith – Chairman
Robert Bedoukian, PhD. - Vice-Chairman
Jim Kennedy - Vice-Chairman
Fred Baker, Esq.
Joseph Clouse
L. Kevin Cox*
Elliot Finkelstein* †
Gerald Garavel
Liz Heitner
Dave Kirshner
Harvey M. Kramer, M.D.
John Loehr
Horace G. McDonell*
George Mulvaney
Sanford C. Proner, DPM
John Richards
Candy Shaughnessy
Carol Steiner
Stephen Tracy, Ed.D.
Roy Young*

*Director Emeritus †Deceased

Ability Beyond is a 501{c} (3) organization headquartered in Bethel, CT and Chappaqua, NY. It provides a wide range of services for over 3,000 people with a disability that inhibits their activities of daily living -- including numerous residential alternatives, employment training, career counseling, job placement services, cognitive and life skills instruction, clinical and therapeutic support, and volunteer and recreational activities. Today, its services extend throughout Connecticut and New York’s lower Hudson Valley. For more information about Ability Beyond go to www.abilitybeyond.org.

PHOTO: From left: Tracy Conte of Briar Cliff Manor, NY, Vice President Development and Community Engagement at Ability Beyond, George Mulvaney of Ridgefield and Sarah Hauser, Grants Manager at Ability Beyond, honored board and committee members at Ability Beyond’s annual appreciation event held on December 13th at Maplewood Senior Living in Westport, CT. Photo courtesy of Ability Beyond.