Regional Coodinators

Anne Hurst, Central Region
I never thought my life would take the path that it has until I attended the MFOFC Family Leadership Series (FLS) in 1999. I was inspired and life changed; I changed.

The following year I joined the MFOFC Central region Leadership team as a parent mentor and soon after served as the Area Coordinator for the North Central area. I was elected to the MFOFC Board of Directors in 2002 and served for seven (7) years before taking a hiatus from 2009 to 2011 while working as a Family Support Partner. In 2011 I became the Regional Coordinator for the Central region and re-elected to the MFOFC Board of Directors.

I am a co-founder Parents Empowering Parents, a non-specific disability support group for parents of children with special needs and health concerns. I attended conferences as the Parent Liaison for the Department of Public Health, and was a Recertification Team Member for Early Intervention Programs throughout North Central MA. I have also been an active member of the DDS North Central Citizens Advisory board for the past several years and the Chair of the Gardner Special Education Parent Advisory Council.

Advocating for my two children and for other children with disabilities and their families can be challenging but truly worth the rewards. I continue to be inspired by the families I meet and what they continue to do after graduating from the MFOFC Family Leadership Series. A quote that I aspire to: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ~ Martin Luther King

Lauri Medeiros, Metro Boston Region
I began my journey as an education, family and systems change advocate for children with disabilities and their families after attending the MFOFC Family Leadership Series in 1998. My real life journey continues to this day advocating for children with disabilities and their families to embrace, navigate, improve and integrate all systems including the educational, health care delivery and agency provider systems so that we can all work collaboratively toward a common goal. Equally important, I believe that the family's voice should be heard and that the family's expertise be valued and fully integrated in decision making at all levels including the level of care as well as in local, state and federal policy decisions. I believe that every child and their family should be able to live, play and easily access community, health care, family supports, a meaningful education and independent life options.

Sue Nadworny, Northeast Region
I have been the Northeast coordinator for the past 12 years. I am the parent of three active teenagers, Alexandria, Bennett and James. My husband John specializes in financial planning for families with members with special needs. In the Northeast we offer a variety of informational workshops and trainings to help parents become the best advocates for their children. MFOFC is an organization that asks people to come together - organizing for better communities and lives for people with disabilities. Click here to read the Diary of a Dream blog by Susan and John Nadworny

Emily Murgo Nisenbaum, Southeast Region
I am a founding member of MFOFC. I am particularly proud of the organization for several reasons: its longevity; its sense of mission and purpose; the diversity of it's membership and its focus on education, training and information sharing for families and individuals who are living with disability. My involvement with MFOFC has afforded me the opportunity to meet many individuals with disabilities and families and has taught me so much about perseverance, courage, love and hope for the future.

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