Marcie Roth

Executive Director

National Spinal Cord Injury Association

Marcie Roth is the National Spinal Cord Injury Association’s (NSCIA) Executive Director and CEO. She assumed this role in January, 2002 after spending several years as the Director of Advocacy and Public Policy for the National Council on Independent Living, and prior to that, as the Director of Governmental Affairs for TASH, an international disability rights organization.

Ms. Roth’s background in disability services, rights, grassroots organizing, coalition building and public policy work began in the early 1970’s. She has been active as a local, state and national leader, and has been involved in senior management activities for several national and international non-profit disability organizations over the past twenty years, managing multiple projects and leading public policy initiatives simultaneously.

Currently leading national public/private efforts to address the additional needs of people with disabilities before, during and after disasters, she co-chairs the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Emergency Management and International Task Forces and also serves on the National Citizen Corps Subcommittee on Individuals with Disabilities in Emergency Preparedness. Ms. Roth was commended by the White House for her efforts on behalf of New Yorkers with disabilities in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks, served as a private sector incident manager in addressing the additional needs of hurricane Katrina and Rita survivors and has served as a disability expert for Congress, the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Department of Health and Human Services, US Department of Justice and other national and federal entities regarding emergency preparedness and disaster response and recovery. She has demonstrated her commitment to emergency preparedness and response in her own community, by serving on the Montgomery County Maryland Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Roth is also very involved in global disability efforts, providing assistance to leaders in the Middle East on disability issues and representing the United States in 2006 and 2007 at international forums on the rights and needs of children with disabilities.

Ms. Roth is a recent graduate of Leadership Greater Washington. She is President of the Board of Directors of Access Information, Inc., serves on the Executive Board of Directors of the National Coalition for Disability Rights and is a private sector contributor in the development and implementation of the Surgeon General’s recent “Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities”.

Ms. Roth has personal experience living with a disability and she is the parent of two children with disabilities and challenging support needs. She brings her commitment to advancing the rights and opportunities of people with disabilities to her work in partnering with other disability groups to build local, regional and national strength as a collective grassroots force, united towards a common goal of greater opportunity and independence for all people with disabilities.