Missouri Disability Empowerment Foundation

Tracey Bloch is the new Director of Legislative Advocacy for MoDE. She will be spending time in the state capitol pushing for specific bills that focus on disability rights in education settings and empowering Missouri families to do the same. She has been married for 16 years and has three children, two of which benefit…

Michelle Ribaudo is one of the original MoDE Mamas. She is the mother of three; two on the Autism Spectrum, which started her on the journey into special education. Michelle is passionate about helping other families to understand the process, their rights and the rights of their child. She believes in empowering families, so that…

Molly Myers is another original MoDE mama. She regularly took her four children to Jefferson City to advocate for children with disabilities even before the formation of MoDE.

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Lindsey Rendlen Latzke joined the MoDE foundation Board of Directors in 2022. Lindsey is currently in-house counsel for US Foods, one of the country’s largest foodservice distributors. In her role she frequently advises on labor and employment, workplace safety, and commercial matters. Prior to joining US Foods, Lindsey was in private practice with Littler Mendelson,…

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Adam Curtis joined MoDE Foundation board in 2022, and has made a big impact. He became familiar with MoDE Foundation through the families he assists with their real estate needs.

After not being able to access therapy for her son, Robyn Schelp began a grassroots effort to get the Autism Insurance Mandate expanded to include all disabilities. This led to her role in being a co-founder of MoDE Foundation. For four years she represented children with disabilities at the capitol as MoDE’s lobbyist. In 2022, she…

Dr. Sandra Hamar, Ed.D. is a tenured, Associate Professor at Columbia College. She has a Doctorate in Higher Education; Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in Effective Schools from Grand Canyon University and a Masters of Arts in Teaching with an emphasis in Science Instruction from the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Dr. Hamar is a…

Christina Ingoglia, one of the MoDE Founders, and is passionate about advocacy at the individual- and systems-levels. She and her husband created MoDE Foundation’s prototype for RestroomApp, which locates and supports advocacy for more gender-neutral restrooms with universal changing tables. Christina lives in the St. Louis area with her husband Dave and daughter Lilly. She is the Assistant Director…