REPLACING RISK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- IntellectAbility in 2019 As Our Director of Information Technology
Brandon Lancaster joined IntellectAbility in 2019 as our Director of Information Technology. Throughout his career he has amassed experience across the field of IT, including Information Security and Platform Development. His primary responsibility here at IntellectAbility is to oversee the continued development, implementation, and support of our tools, such as the HRST.
Ryan Lutz joined IntellectAbility in 2021 as our IT Project Manager. Ryan is a seasoned Information Technology professional with years of experience in the healthcare industry. Skilled in Technical Project Management, Account Management, Customer Service, and Support, he oversees and helps facilitate the successful adoption and implementation of our products, including the HRST, eLearning, and Custom Development.
Job Titles:
- Certified Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
- FAAFP, FAADM, FAAIDD, President IntellectAbility
Dr. Craig Escudé, MD is a Board certified Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American Academy of Developmental Medicine (AADM), and American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). He is the author of "Clinical Pearls in IDD Healthcare" and "The Curriculum in IDD Healthcare". Dr. Escude assumed the role as President of IntellectAbility in 2018.
Dr. Craig Escudé is a board-certified Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American Academy of Developmental Medicine (AADM), and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) with over 20 years of clinical experience providing medical care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical conditions. He graduated from Louisiana State University Medical School in New Orleans in 1992 and completed his residency in family medicine in 1995 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.
He practiced family medicine for four years at a federally qualified health center in Mississippi and began working for Mississippi State Hospital in 1997. At the state hospital, he provided medical care for the several hundred people receiving mental health care and to more than 350 people on the hospital's campus who were supported in nursing homes.
Dr. Escudé began working at Hudspeth Regional Center in 1988, a state residential program for people with severe and profound intellectual and developmental disabilities, until he retired from the state in June of 2018, serving as medical director for most of that time. While at Hudspeth, he founded DETECT, the Developmental Evaluation, Training, and Educational Consultative Team of Mississippi, whose purpose is to educate, train, and support community-based medical and dental providers who provide care for people with IDD.
Continuing in his passion for improving health and educating clinicians and other professionals who support people with IDD, in July 2018, he was named president of IntellectAbility. Dr. Escudé's pursuit of educating clinicians led him to create the Curriculum in IDD Healthcare, the first-of-its-kind eLearn course that teaches the fundamentals of IDD healthcare to physicians, nurses, medical students, and other clinicians. Through this course, his lectures, and his writings, he has taught thousands of clinicians and supporters throughout the United States and beyond.
In addition to being regularly published in Exceptional Parent Magazine, he also co-authors "Unlocking Behaviors" article series in Helen: The Journal of Human Exceptionality which sheds light on how many so-called "adverse behaviors" in people with IDD are actually due to treatable medical, environmental or social causes.
In 2023, Dr. Escude began hosting the podcast "IDD Health Matters with Craig Escudé, MD," where he speaks with a wide range of leaders, self-advocates, agency directors, clinicians, administrators, and others from across the globe involved in designing and facilitating service delivery to people with IDD.
Job Titles:
- Chief Administrative Officer
Gina Kugler has been with IntellectAbility, since 2014 as the Senior Director of Administration. Prior to joining IntellectAbility she was the VP Finance for a multimillion dollar video distribution company and held that position for 14 years.
Viet joined IntellectAbility as its Finance Director in 2022 with 20 years of global experience in corporate finance, compliance, financial planning and analysis, and strategic financial management. In 2024 Viet was promoted to CFO, charged with maintaining the financial health of the organization and ensuring its sustainability to continue helping those who serve in the field of IDD.
Job Titles:
- Director of Instructional Design
Dina has been in the medical field since 1995. Most of her career has been spent working with individuals with Mental Health needs for a local government in Virginia. She successfully managed four ICF's, five Group Homes and the medical component of the Day Program. Dina joined IntellectAbility in January 2019 as Director of Client Services.
Brandon Lancaster joined IntellectAbility in 2019 as our Director of Information Technology. Throughout his career he has amassed experience across the field of IT, including Information Security and Platform Development. His primary responsibility here at IntellectAbility is to oversee the continued development, implementation, and support of our tools, such as the HRST.
Job Titles:
- Director of IT
- IntellectAbility in 2021 As Our IT Project Manager
Ryan Lutz joined IntellectAbility in 2021 as our IT Project Manager. Ryan is a seasoned Information Technology professional with years of experience in the healthcare industry. Skilled in Technical Project Management, Account Management, Customer Service, and Support, he oversees and helps facilitate the successful adoption and implementation of our products, including the HRST, eLearning, and Custom Development.
Gina Kugler has been with IntellectAbility, since 2014 as the Senior Director of Administration. Prior to joining IntellectAbility she was the VP Finance for a multimillion dollar video distribution company and held that position for 14 years.
Job Titles:
- Director of Establishment
Rob Refo has been with IntellectAbility since 2010. Rob's background includes 20 years of training and management consulting of private-practice healthcare professionals. Prior to working with IntellectAbility he was the Senior Director of Operations for one of the fastest growing consulting companies in the United States.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- IntellectAbility As Its Finance Director
Jared joined IntellectAbility in 2024 and brings over 15 years of experience leading learning and development functions, working with companies like Samsung, Apple, Amazon, and Verizon to create trainings for global audiences across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. His primary responsibility is overseeing the creation and implementation of eLearning content for IntellectAbility's Academy.