Board of Directors
Todd Jackson
Executive Director
Joe Jackson Foundation, Inc.
Todd Jackson is currently employed with the Intel Corporation as an Equipment Development Engineer in Lithography. Todd has worked with several companies to gained his experience in organizational development and leadership along with his engineering background. Prior to joining Intel, Todd served in the United States Air Force and was employed by Union Pacific Railroad.
Todd has served as a board member and on executive boards for several non-profit organizations. He has served in the capacity of vice president and president of Desert Dance Theatre for several years and Assistance for Independent Living.
Todd earned an Associate in Applied Science from the Community College of the Air Force in Aerospace and Tarrant County Junior College in Electronics, Bachelor of Science in Business Management and M.B.A in Technology Management from the University of Phoenix. When not working at Intel, Todd enjoys playing sports, presenting a national program called "Choices" to a number of 9th graders throughout the southeast valley, officiating high school basketball, tutoring at a 'at risk school’ and is a motivational speaker to local high schools students and engineering camps for under resourced children.
Eugenia Echols Gardner,PHD
Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Tuskegee University
Eugenia R. Echols, Ph.D. is currently the vice president of marketing and communications for Tuskegee University, in Tuskegee Alabama. Dr. Echols has extensive experience in managing public affairs, marketing, communications and development affairs for public and private organizations. Previously, Dr. Echols worked as an education manager for Intel Corporation and the Intel Foundation and served as the director of public affairs for the city of Colorado Springs, the city of Cincinnati and U.S. Senator John Glenn.
Eugenia holds a Ph.D. in public policy from the Union Institute. Dr. Echols’ research interests include oral histories, multicultural education, and community studies. Dr. Echols is president and CEO of ‘Xpress Yo’Self Multimedia, a nonprofit the produces and preserves oral histories and documentaries.
Jody Paniagua, PT
Wheelchair Seating Clinic
SCI Specialist St. Joseph's/Barrow Neurological Institute
Jody graduated from MacMurray College in 1988 with a BS in Physical Education and in 1992 from St. Louis University with a BS in Physical Therapy. After graduating from PT school, she moved to New Orleans to work for Rehab Institute of New Orleans where she began her training specializing in SCI rehabilitation. Jody devoted her time both to learning in the clinic as well as in wheelchair sports and community reintegration outside the hospital. She became a classifier for the National Wheelchair Basketball Association's Athletes as well as officiating and classifying for the United States Quad Rugby Association. Jody also dedicated her time to teaching PT students as a guest lecturer in SCI Labs and classroom at the Louisiana State University School of Physical Therapy. She was the chief PT for the LSU Reciprogating Gait Orthoses Research Program assisting in the evaluation and treatment of client's chosen to participate in this study.
From New Orleans to Oklahoma City, Jody moved to assist in the development of Jim Thorpes' Rehabilitation Hospital SCI program before moving out to Phoenix in 1998. Working for the Banner Hospitals, Neuro Institute and now St. Joseph's Hospital/Barrow Neurologial Institute, Jody has continued her quest to teach and train those clients with spinal cord injuries to become as independent as possible and teach them how to "live" and be "alive" again.
Currently Jody coordinates the Wheelchair Seating Clinic and is a team member of the new Barrow SCI Wellness Clinic. She continues to donate time to classifying wheelchair athletes and referring wheelchair rugby for the local wheelchair teams as well as guest lecturing at AT Still University in the PT program on the evaluation and clinical progression of treatment of the SCI client. Jody is also the only Handicapped Scuba Association's Buddy Diver trained in Arizona to assist in the safe diving of handicapped divers.
TinaFisk,OT
Advanced NDT Trained
Spinal Cord Specialist
Tina is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Occupational Therapy. She had been an Occupational Therapist for 16 years specializing in brain and spinal cord injuries including advanced training in Neurodevelopment Treatment (NDT). Her work history has been in a variety of settings from acute care to the home and community environment where she treated individuals from pediatrics to older adults. Her experience has been in facilities throughout the United States. She is currently providing therapy at St. Joseph’s Hospital outpatient rehab in addition to the home and community division of Rehab Without Walls. She also assists in providing care as a vendor for the State of Arizona Department of Economic Security Rehabilitation Services Administration. Her experience includes working closely with independent living and vocational rehab counselors to assist others in returning to competitive employment. She is experienced in completing home evaluations to determine modifications and adaptive equipment required for accessibility and independence.
Tina serves on the board of directors for the Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association. She is a member and co-founder of the Activity and Recreation Committee which created the first annual SCI retreat. Tina presents “Symposium for Living with Spinal Cord Injuries” at disability conferences and sports expo booths. She represented Occupational Therapy on the SCI committee at Barrows Neurological Institute for four years, awarded most energetic and dedicated therapist in 2005 and “Star Clinician” in 2006. She has been a guest lecturer on NDT for local colleges and assisted with the development of the first Barrow’s Spinal Cord Injury Wellness Clinic.
Tina is active in the community with several adaptive sports programs such as snow skiing, waterskiing, quad rugby, over the line softball, scuba diving and basketball. She is involved in aquatic therapy programs for brain and spinal cord injuries. She is currently training to become a ‘buddy’ diver for those with disabilities and also a team member on the Phoenix Mercury wheelchair basketball team.
Telephone: (800) 480-0851