Artificial Intelligence and Assistive Technology Subcommittee

Since 1972, Thomas Cook has worked in direct support, operational, policy/design, and consulting roles in services for people with disabilities.  He completed his graduate degrees in psychology in 1988.  From 1991 to 1995, he was a policy analyst with the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities; from 1995 to 2002, he worked for Dungarvin, a long-term care company serving people with developmental disabilities; from 2003 to 2007, he was a consultant to state and local governments on Medicaid-related projects, as well as a general consultant to private agencies; from 2007 to 2008, he was the Executive Director for Children’s Mental Health Services in Itasca County, Minnesota; and from 2008 to 2014, he was the Executive Director of Rehabilitation for Wisconsin in Action, and merged with the Residential Services Association to become the Disability Services Provider Network.  In 2014 Thomas began working as the Executive Director of the Delaware Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, which is doing business as the Ability Network of Delaware (A.N.D.), an association that represents most developmental disabilities and behavioral health providers in the state.  Thomas previously served on the ACCSES Board of Directors.