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CCDC Staff
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Much of CCDC's work is done by volunteers. We do have several people on staff at CCDC, some paid, some volunteer, and some a combination. Learn more about our staff below.
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Julie Reiskin
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Executive Director
Contact: jreiskin@ccdconline.org
- Julie Reiskin is the Executive Director of CCDC. Under Julie's leadership CCDC has taken a leadership role within Colorado on publicly funded long-term health care. Julie has proposed and helped to implement many solutions to create a sustainable and client friendly Medicaid program, acted as a respected advocate for individuals and has trained many others in health advocacy and health policy. Prior to becoming the Executive Director for CCDC in 1996, she served as the organizations’ policy analyst. Julie moved to Colorado from Connecticut in 1994. In Connecticut, she was a partner in a consulting firm, specializing in diversity issues throughout Southern New England. She also had a private psychotherapy practice. Previous work includes, but is not limited to, several positions working with “hard to serve” youth and positive youth development, AIDS/HIV Education, and grassroots community organizing. Julie has taught extensively in the areas of disability rights, disability culture and disability policy, along with other areas related to diversity in human services. Julie got her Masters in Social Work from the University of CT, with a major in community organizing in 1989. She obtained a BS. in Women’s Studies from the University of CT in 1985.
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Kevin Williams
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Legal Program Director
Contact: kwilliams@ccdconline.org
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Kevin Williams is the Legal Program Director for CCDC. In May of 1997, Kevin joined CCDC as counsel and, with the help of CCDC's members and a very small staff, began building the Legal Program. Kevin litigates in most areas of law protecting the civil rights of people with disabilities, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Air Carriers Access Act, and Colorado law. Kevin has presented at conferences and seminars and has published on the topic of disability rights. Kevin chaired the Colorado Bar Association Disability Law Forum Committee for three years and hosts the Denver Disability Rights Roundtable, a group of Plaintiffs' attorneys who meet monthly to consult about pressing issues in the area of disability rights. Kevin graduated with honors from the University of Denver College of Law in 1996.
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Dick Lodmell
- Rural Organizer
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Dick has a bachelor’s degree and has close to fifty years experience with grassroots community organizing. He has worked throughout this part of the country in a variety of capacities, but always in positions to promote social justice by shifting the balance of power. He garners amazing results, organizing events in small rural communities that turn out hundreds. His duties are to act as the statewide organizer providing support to our affiliate groups. He teaches leadership development, change process, and basic organizing to individuals and groups. He provides each affiliate group the level of support requested by that group. He supervises local organizers.
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Carrie Ann Lucas
- Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities Director
Contact: clucas@ccdconline.org
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Carrie Ann Lucas is the director of the Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities. Carrie also coordinates CCDC's involvement with Not Dead Yet. Carrie was awarded an Equal Justice Works fellowship to begin the CRPD. Carrie graduated from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2005. She also has a M Div degree from the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. .She is also the parent of seventeen year old Heather, twelve year old Asiza, and nine year old Adrianne.
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Jaime Lewis
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Office Manager
Contact: jlewis@ccdconline.org
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Jaime was a pioneer sportsman in the early 1980's. He completed and won a 62 mile ultra marathon before people recognized the new sport.
Between 1998-2001 Jaime served as a city council person and Mayor for the City of Salida, Colorado.
Jaime is currently the Vice President of Very Special Arts (VSA of Colorado), a non-profit that promotes and displays art for disabled artists.
Jaime recently was certified as a Lay Speaker for the United Methodist Church. He serves at churches in the Denver Metro area.
Jaime gained notoriety by showing up to run a relay leg in the Colfax Marathon in Summer, 2006. When his teammates did not show, Jaime ran the entire 26 miles himself (without any training)!
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Alexis St. Juliana
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Legal Assistant/ Access Testing Coordinator
Contact: astjuliana@ccdconline.org -
Alexis is CCDC's legal assistant and access testing coordinator. Alexis coordinates all CCDC's access testing and monitoring. Prior to working for CCDC, Alexis was an Americorps volunteer. She remains active in community organizations around Denver, and plans to pursue a masters degree in public policy.
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Kristin Castor
- Local Coordinator -- Southern Colorado
- Contact: kcastor@ccdconline.org
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Kristin has a background as an ESL teacher and is the local organizer for Southern Colorado. She uses her teaching skills to promote development of groups in Southern Colorado and has succeeded in developing several new affiliate groups, while providing ongoing support to the existing groups. Besides her ability to teach people with a wide variety of abilities, she is strong on policy analysis, often bringing the rural perspective into the discussion. She has held numerous appointments at the statewide level and has affiliations with disability organizations throughout the country.
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Rochelle Larson
- Local Coordinator Western Slope
- Contact: rlarson@ccdconline.org
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Rochelle claims that her most relevant experience is being a grandmother of special needs children. One of the many grandparents raising children, Rochelle was thrown into an unfriendly mental health and social services world. In hopes of preventing more family tragedies she uses her own experience and knowledge gained to assist others. Rochelle is our Western Slope Coordinator and provides leadership, mentoring and support to our affiliates in the vicinity of Mesa County.
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Tom Carter
- Volunteer
- Contact: tcarter@ccdconline.org
- Tom Carter volunteers in the CCDC office several mornings a week. When not working at CCDC, Tom enjoys spending time with his dog and new kitten.
Jerry Caron
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Receptionist
- Contact: jcaron@ccdconline.org
- Jerry Caron volunteers in the CCDC office in the afternoons when she is not spending time with her many children and grandchildren.
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Rob Sirowitz
- Volunteer
- Contact: rsirowitz@ccdconline.org
- Rob Sirowitz volunteers in the CCDC office several days a week.
