Our Staff

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 40 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 is a highly sought after speaker on the workforce challenges that affect the disability system. He 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 advance their college education through the “Disability Studies Certificate”. He is a guest faculty at the National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities (NLCDD) and currently sits on several boards of directors and The College of Direct Support’s National Advisory Board. In 2016, Macbeth was appointed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as a Member of the Advisory Council for the New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. In 2020, he was he was added as an honoree for the 20th Anniversary Historic Recognition Project sponsored by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) recognizing distinguished leaders in the field. Most recently, he was recognized with the 2022 “Services to the Field Award” from AAIDD for his many contributions to advancing the direct support profession. And in March of 2022, President Biden appointed Macbeth to a two-year term as a member of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID). He lives in North Bennington, Vermont.

Garrett earned a Management and Finance undergraduate degree from Hartwick College and an IT Management graduate certificate from Empire State College. With it, he has split his career between Finance and Information Technology. With over 10 years in finance and financial analyst roles, and over 5 years in data analysis and IT management, he was most recently focused on providing in-person and online learning solutions for adult education through SUNY’s Educational Opportunity Centers which included training and job readiness programs aimed at Direct Support Professionals.  Prior roles include financial analysis and management in banking (Commercial Credit Analyst), manufacturing (Plant Controller), automotive (Regional Fleet Distribution Manager),  and digital marketing (Client Insights and Innovation Analyst). Garrett is excited to be able to support the work of NADSP and assist in elevating the status of Direct Support Professionals.