Beth and her husband, John, are parents to four children: Jack, Mary Kate, Patrick, and Caroline. Their third child, Patrick, has Down Syndrome. He was fully included K-8 in his local Catholic school and then fully included in a public high school when the Catholic school refused to welcome him. Patrick was able to earn a California high school diploma. Patrick is a recent graduate of a four-year inclusive college program. Beth founded the National Catholic Board on Full Inclusion in 2014 and works to support schools – all schools – to be more inclusive. Beth has been an educator for over thirty years and worked for fifteen years for UC Davis in the School of Education with beginning teachers in their Multiple Subject Credential/Masters Program. In 2020, Beth became the Co-Director of the UC Davis Redwood SEED Scholars Program – the first four-year, residential, inclusive college program in California. She works to build what she calls Continuums of Inclusion: communities that offer preschool through four-year college inclusion so that independent adulthood – inclusive living and inclusive employment – and full belonging are possible. With the launch of the UC Davis Redwood SEED Scholars Program, the City of Davis, California is now one!
