Jenny Stonemeier
Jenny has spent her career working alongside and on behalf of people with disabilities, their families, and communities. After 12 years as a music therapist, and increasing frustrations with systemic barriers to inclusion that her clients faced, she received a master’s degree in child and family law from Loyola University Chicago—School of Law and found her professional home in the advocacy world. Jenny has worked as a private advocate for families, a project director at the Wisconsin Parent Training and Information Center, and director of education policy at TASH and the SWIFT Center. In 2016, Jenny’s policy work with the SWIFT Center was honored by the Zero Project—an International NGO monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Jenny brings her skills as a writer, speaker, facilitator, trainer, and leader to her role at APSE. Jenny is also the mom of two school-aged kids; her teenage son is on the autism spectrum.