Stephanie M. Brady
Assistant Executive Director, The Independent Living Center
Stephanie Brady is the assistant executive director with The Independent Living Center in Joplin where she has been employed since 2002. She served on the Missouri Statewide Independent Living Council (and was the Chairperson on the Council from 2005-2007) for ten years.
Stephanie served as the vice-chairperson for the Joplin Long Term Recovery Committee (LTRC), the Chairperson for the LTRC Unmet Needs Committee, was a member of the Joplin Citizen’s Advisory Recovery Team, is a board member for Circles Joplin and a board member for the Community Housing Resource Board. Stephanie became passionate about working with people with disabilities while working with the chronically homeless in New York City. She has had the opportunity to present at many conferences, including the State Area Agency on Aging’s 2010, 2011 and 2014 Conferences; FEMA’s Getting Real II Inclusion Conference; the 2013 Texas SILC Conference; the 2013 Iowa Homeland Security Conference; the Missouri SILC Conference; Missouri Assistive Technology’s Power Up Conference; and the ILRU/NCIL Financial Management Conference.
Stephanie provides grant writing and board development training for nonprofit organizations throughout the state while also providing emergency preparedness and disaster training nationwide.
