April Reed is Volunteer Program Manager at Ability360 (formerly ABIL) in Phoenix. She coordinates the Ability360 Peer Mentor and General Administrative Volunteer programs, which includes recruiting, training, and matching mentors with consumers working on independent living goals. April has facilitated several IL-NET online classes on volunteer peer mentoring program development. She facilitates disability presentations to schools, the monthly mentoring and discussion group for mentors, mentees, and consumers, and coordinates volunteer activities, including a monthly volunteer group and staffing of community information tables. April started as a Masters level intern at Ability360 and her first staff position was as Ability360’s Information and Referral Specialist. April is a Licensed Masters Social Worker, receiving her Master’s degree in Social Work from Arizona State University in May 2005.
