Marianne Barbera

Ms. Barbera is the sibling of an adult sister with Down syndrome diagnosed with dementia. She is a retired educator and advocate for the Down syndrome and intellectually and developmentally disabled community. Ms. Barbera is a member of a variety of intellectual disability organizations including AHRC Nassau (a local chapter of The Arc), Board member of the Charles Evans Center (a medical group for persons with intellectual disability), and Partners Health Plan (a managed Medicare organization for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities).