Advisory Board

Jan Garrett, Treasurer

Ms. Garrett is the Executive Director for Center for Independent Living (CIL) in Berkeley, CA. Ms. Garrett has served since 1999 in her role as Executive Director of the very first independent living center established in the 1960’s by pioneer Ed Roberts. From 1998 to 1999, she was a disability contract manager for the non-profit Progressive Research and Training for Action, and from 1995 to 1998, Ms. Garrett was a staff attorney for the law and policy non-profit Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund. Prior to that, she served was at the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney specializing in immigration and naturalization services. She is a member of the California State Bar and the Ed Roberts Campus Board of Directors.