Joseph Macbeth Email & Phone Number

Joseph M. Macbeth is the Chief Executive Officer and President of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) and has worked in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities for 41 years - beginning as a direct support professional. Macbeth is recognized as an international leader in the advocacy & movement to recognize direct support as a profession and for the past decade, has been a highly sought-after speaker and contributor on the workforce challenges that affected the intellectual and developmental disability service system. Under his leadership, the NADSP has built a robust membership representing nearly 60,000 DSPs and created the first national certification program using a digital badge platform called the E-Badge Academy where thousands of DSPs currently receive recognition for the demonstration and objective review of their skills. Currently, the E-Badge Academy is growing exponentially and being piloted in several states. Macbeth co-authored the Report to the President, “America’s Direct Support Workforce Crisis: Effects on People with Intellectual Disabilities, Families, Communities and the U.S. Economy” for the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID, 2017), he was the Issue Editor for Impact: “The Direct Support Workforce and People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities” (University of Minnesota, 2018). While working in New York, Macbeth partnered with the State University of New York (SUNY) by assisting more than 500 direct support professionals to advance their college education through the "Disability Studies Certificate". He is a guest faculty at the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities and currently sits on the College of Direct Support's National Advisory Board. In 2016, Macbeth was appointed as a Member of the Advisory Council for the New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. In 2019, he was recognized as a National Honoree, (2020 AAIDD) by the National Historic Recognition Project for significant national contributions in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities in the US between 2000 and 2020. In 2021, Macbeth was recognized by AAIDD with their Exceptional Service to the Field Award for his decades-long contributions and accomplishments to I/DD systems. Most recently, Macbeth was appointed by President Joe Biden to the President's Committee for Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) for a two-year term where he co-chairs the sub-committee on workforce shortages.

Listed skills include Public Speaking, Leadership, Leadership Development, Developmental Disabilities, and 15 others.