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he National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) has hired a new Executive Director. The Executive Director is the person hired to lead the organization. The Board of Directors for NCIL hires the Executive Director. The Board of Directors are a group of people who oversee how the organization operates.
The person who will be the Executive Director at NCIL is Reyma McCoy McDeid. Reyma is the first disabled Black woman to lead a national disability organization in the United States.
Reyma McCoy McDeid has worked as a leader for disability organizations before. Reyma has a passion for disability justice. Disability Justice is about how discrimination against people for any reason hurts everyone. Disability Justice is about more than fighting for rights to be given to people.
