Dale Dangremond BS ’81 has over 30 years of experience working in the disability field as an advocate, administrator, consultant, systems change agent, and parent of children with neurological disorders. Since 1990, she has worked nationally as an expert consultant on the topics of abuse and neglect, critical incident investigations, and incident/quality management in the disability, eldercare, and juvenile justice fields with federal, state, and local governments, as well as with private organizations through her company, Dangremond Consulting.  
 
Her areas of expertise include design and implementation of processes to prevent harm in human service organizations, and competency-based assessment tools for investigation and incident management process. She also serves as an expert witness and monitor of incident management and critical incident investigation systems in connection with court orders and litigation settlements. She has extensive experience in the field of deafness, including: developing and managing specialized support programs; working as a professional sign language interpreter and faculty in interpreter training programs; and developing and implementing regulation and policy involving protection from harm/incident management, and accessibility/rights issues for individuals with hearing loss. 
 
Dangremond has consulted for the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services on protection from harm issues in the Medicaid Waiver Program and on the "look behind" contract assessing ICF/MRs; as an expert with the US Department of Justice, Special Litigation Section/Civil Rights Division on CRIPA investigations; and she has worked for community-based organizations supporting children and adults with disabilities in New York, Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Prior to forming Dangremond Consulting, she served in a variety of executive management positions at organizations including Labor Relations Alternatives, Inc., the District of Columbia Department of Human Services, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Administration (MRDDA), National Children's Center (NCC) and Seneca ARC. 
 
Dangremond speaks highly of the impact that both faculty and RIT's unique program structure had on her career: The Social Work program at RIT provided me the challenges and opportunities that helped form the framework for my personal and professional philosophies and values related to advocacy and systems change work in the disability and human service fields. Professors like Marshall Smith, Barbara Kasper, Helen Irving, and Burt Caswell instilled a sense of responsibility of service to others through their teaching and advising. They not only challenged students to think, but to act as well. The relationship between the Social Work Program and NTID, unlike any other at the time, provided a unique opportunity for me to explore and develop my interests and professional skills in deaf culture and sign language. The RIT experience created the foundation of knowledge that opened the doors for my professional endeavors and led me to this stage of my career. For that, I am especially grateful. In addition to earning her bachelor’s degree in Social Work from RIT's College of Liberal Arts, she also holds a Certificate from NTID's Interpreter Training Program, and earned her master's in Business Administration from University of Phoenix. Dangremond lives in Wellington, FL, with her husband, Bill, and sons Zack and Will.