Christine Woodell

Projects:

• Training Team
• Moderator - Basic ADA Building Blocks Webcourse

Biography

Christine is a person with a significant physical impairment. She received her initial ADA Training as a member of the Department of Justice (DOJ)/Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ADA Training and Implementation Network conducted by the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). She also attended the National Council on Independent Living’s ADA training program. In addition, she attended Fair Housing School to extend her knowledge of laws impacting the lives of people with disabilities. Christine is the former president of the Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities, was chairperson of the Biloxi Mayor’s Awareness Committee where she headed the Site Review Committee and has previously served as the Mississippi ADA Network Administrator for the Southeast ADA Center. She is a founding Board Member of the Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center and currently serving her second year as President of the Board.

Ms. Woodell’s professional expertise and personal experience with post polio makes her an invaluable leader in strengthening the Southeast ADA Center’s regional network. She has continually expanded her expertise by taking advantage of all training opportunities available. She participated in the NIDRR-funded National Access to Public Schools “train-the-trainer” program and is one of ten regional trainers designated to provide ADA Assistance to public school administrators. Ms. Woodell is a member of the Southeast ADA Center’s Technical Assistance and Regional Training Teams and helps moderate the Southeast ADA Center’s moderated version of the online Basic ADA Webcourse. She is routinely called upon to conduct as well as co-conduct training programs both in Mississippi and in other states in order to enhance the training skills of her less experienced colleagues.