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Joshua Carrigg

Stephanie Waterhouse

Joshua Carrigg

Board Chair

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Morna Murray

Stephanie Waterhouse

Joshua Carrigg

Vice Chair

Morna A. Murray, J.D. is an expert in state and federal policy and programs for people with disabilities. She is a senior level executive who has successfully led strategic and innovative organizational change in the non-profit and governmental sectors. 


Morna is currently the Executive Director of Disability Rights Rhode Island 

Vice Chair

Morna A. Murray, J.D. is an expert in state and federal policy and programs for people with disabilities. She is a senior level executive who has successfully led strategic and innovative organizational change in the non-profit and governmental sectors. 


Morna is currently the Executive Director of Disability Rights Rhode Island (DRRI), the federally mandated Protection & Advocacy (P&A) agency for the state of Rhode Island, dedicated to protecting and advocating for the legal rights of individuals with disabilities. She has more than 25 years experience working in public policy and advocacy in the private sector, state government, and the U.S. Senate. Prior to DRRI, Morna served as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services, and a member of Governor Dan Malloy’s cabinet. In that position, she oversaw state services for children and adults with disabilities throughout Connecticut. Prior to that, she was President and CEO of the Connecticut Community Providers Association, advocating and lobbying for disabilities and behavioral health non-profit providers at the state level. 


From 2007-2010, Morna served as Senior Counsel to Senator Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA), leading all healthcare and children’s issues. She was Senator Casey’s lead staff during the development and passage of the Affordable Care Act. She worked with key national and state stakeholders in drafting legislation in the areas of autism, disabilities, early childhood, child care, mental health parity, and multiple other issues. Morna previously served as Director of Youth Development for the Children’s Defense Fund, Washington, D.C. 


Morna currently serves as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Autism Transitions Research Project (ATRP), a research program funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, AJ Drexel Autism Institute’s Life Course Outcomes Research Program.  


A graduate of the George Washington University Law School, she is a member of the Connecticut, District of Columbia, and Florida Bars. She has two adult children and three grandchildren. She resides in the Washington, DC area.

Stephanie Waterhouse

Stephanie Waterhouse

Stephanie Waterhouse

Board Secretary

Stephanie has been an  Army Active Guard Reserve (AGR) spouse for the last 6 years. She has one child who was prenatally diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Stephanie has advocated for changes in policy regarding diagnosis delivery at a major hospital chain. She has mentored mothers who have a prenatal diagnosis of Down Syndrome 

Board Secretary

Stephanie has been an  Army Active Guard Reserve (AGR) spouse for the last 6 years. She has one child who was prenatally diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Stephanie has advocated for changes in policy regarding diagnosis delivery at a major hospital chain. She has mentored mothers who have a prenatal diagnosis of Down Syndrome and is very active within the Down Syndrome community. Her son has been a part of a longitudinal study regarding early intervention and she is actively engaged in advocacy regarding inclusion in special education setting. Professionally, she is a Psychology Associate and conducts psychological evaluations within private practice. She hopes to use both her professional and personal experience to help military families and to engage in advocacy work

Peggy Haun

Marguerite Ales

Stephanie Waterhouse

Peggy is a Coast Guard spouse, has been married for 16 years. She is a mother to two boys 11 and 7 and is a full-time college student pursuing a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Peggy joined Military Special Needs Network seven years ago gain more understanding of EFMP and to assist Coast Guard families. Since then Pe

Peggy is a Coast Guard spouse, has been married for 16 years. She is a mother to two boys 11 and 7 and is a full-time college student pursuing a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Peggy joined Military Special Needs Network seven years ago gain more understanding of EFMP and to assist Coast Guard families. Since then Peggy has sat on the Tricare for Kids board, Military Family Advisory Network to help fight for our families and wants what is not only fair but right for them.

Marguerite Ales

Marguerite Ales

Marguerite Ales

 Marguerite is an Air Force spouse and the daughter of a retired Navy doctor and a former Navy nurse.  She is a Creditors’ Rights, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy attorney and is a partner at Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP.  Marguerite got involved with EMFP because her good friend’s child has Down Syndrome and she wanted to find ways to support her friend and her friend’s family.  

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Marguerite Ales

Marguerite Ales

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