Maureen Van Stone

Biography

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Ms. van Stone received her bachelor of art’s degree in psychology from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA in 1996, her master of science in developmental psychology from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD in 2002, and her Juris Doctor from Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, CA in 2005. Ms. van Stone began her professional career on the neurobehavioral inpatient unit within the department of behavioral psychology at Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1996. She worked as a clinical assistant, behavioral data specialist, clinical specialist I, II, and III, before leaving to pursue her law degree. Ms. van Stone was admitted into Whittier Law School’s Center for Children’s Rights program as a fellow. She worked as a legal intern for Mental Health Advocacy Services in Los Angeles, CA for the summer of 2003, The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law in Chicago, IL, in the summer of 2004, and she worked for the Law Offices of Maureen Graves, a private law firm specializing in special education law during the academic year from 2003 – 2005. Upon graduation from Whittier Law School, Ms. van Stone received a two-year postgraduate legal fellowship from Equal Justice Works in Washington, D.C. Through the postgraduate legal fellowship, Ms. van Stone founded Project HEAL at Kennedy Krieger Institute. In 2009, Ms. van Stone also accepted the position of associate director of the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities, Maryland’s University Center for Excellence in Disabilities, where she engages in statewide advocacy and policy work on behalf of individuals with disabilities across the lifespan. Since 2011, Ms. van Stone has been a frequent guest lecturer at The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Towson University, the University of Delaware, and the University of Maryland, In 2013, Ms. van Stone also became a core director for the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education as well as adjunct faculty at Towson University. In 2014, Ms. van Stone joined Kennedy Krieger Institute’s ethics committee. In 2016, Ms. van Stone became adjunct faculty at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Ms. van Stone is a graduate of the Leadership Maryland Class of 2012 and received the following awards from Maryland’s business and legal newspaper, The Daily Record: 2016 Innovator of the Year, 2014 Very Important Professionals award, 2013 Maryland’s Top 100 Women award, 2012 Leadership in Law award, and 2011 Leading Women award. Ms. van Stone has served on The Jackson Healthcare Charitable Services Awards advisory committee since 2013 and the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) Board of Directors since 2014. Ms. van Stone is currently on the executive committee of COPAA, as the acting secretary, and the chair of the development committee, as well as COPAA's advisory board for the National Council on Disability IDEA Implementation Series.

Research Interest

Psychology