Gina Griffiths

Employment First Coordinator

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Gina Griffiths is the Employment First Coordinator for the Sonoran UCEDD. Gina has spent more than 30 years working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She is passionate about civic responsibility and strives to make positive, sustainable change. Her roles have included direct service provider, advocate, volunteer, DDD support coordinator, non-profit program manager, director of programs, and consultant. Gina has a commitment to the principles of Community Inclusion; quality services and supports; advocacy for change; and community equity, working to influence systems to elevate opportunities for individuals with disabilities to be fully included in communities.

Gina currently serves on the Arizona Sexual Violence and Disability Network (ASVDN); as the Chair of the ASVDN Training and Prevention Workgroup; on the Board of Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health (NOAH); on the Board of Scottsdale Training and Rehabilitation Services (STARS); and on the Board of the Arizona Autism Coalition. She has previously served as an officer for the Arizona Association of Providers for People with Disabilities; on the AZ Employment First Core Committee; and on the Governor’s Task Force on Long Term Care Visitation. Gina is also an advocate and activist for LGBTQIA+ human rights, with an emphasis on the rights of transgender people to live authentic lives.

Gina successfully completed the Leading for Change Fellowship and is a graduate of Scottsdale Leadership, Class 29. Gina was named Field Educator of the Year by the ASU School of Social Work in 2021. She was honored to receive the MLK Diversity Champion Award from Scottsdale Communities Celebrating Diversity in 2017 for her advocacy work with individuals with IDD. Gina has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Northern Arizona University and a Master’s degree in Social Work from Arizona State University.  She is the proud mom of three creative and energetic young adults.  She and her husband love to take the family camping and traveling.