Joan LaBelle is the the Executive Director for the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living. She served on APRIL’s Board of Directors and co-led several of the first APRIL Conferences. Joan has been a part of the APRIL family since its humble beginnings.
Joan brings a wealth of personal and professional Independent Living experience to APRIL. She’s a person living with a disability and has lived rural experience.
She has served as a CIL Executive Director, a CIL Director of Public Policy and Consumer Engagement, a CIL Chief Programs Officer, a SILC member, has provided IL consulting and is a Certified ADA Coordinator.
