Ken Levinson

LOFT Co-creator and Lead Counselor

Ken is a CPA and President of Kornetsky, Levinson & Company, CPA's in San Francisco. Prior to that, he was the Executive Director of The Children’s Hearing Institute in New York and a partner in another CPA practice in Los Angeles. Ken is currently the president of the board of the Weingarten Children's Center, a past president of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and has current and past service on boards of many other organizations. He received the Honors of the Association from AG Bell at the 2006 Biennial Convention in Pittsburgh. His involvements have brought him recognition among his peers as Distinguished Alumni of his high school and as the Public Service Award recipient for the California Society of CPAs. Together with the late Donna Dickman, Ken co-created the LOFT program which debuted in 1996 at AG Bell’s Biennial Convention in Snowbird, Utah. He is past President of the Board of the San Francisco Circus Center. Ken’s interest in the circus stemmed from his taking a clown class at the Clown Conservatory.

Catharine McNally

AG Bell Board Past Chair and Lead Counselor

Catharine is a dedicated advocate for using technology to bridge the accessibility divide – constantly finding new uses for accessibility. Her influential work has been recognized through national leadership awards, honors, and national publications. In 2011, McNally was listed as "People to Watch" in the Washingtonian Magazine's Tech Titans feature, and the recipient of the American Association of People with Disabilities national leadership award. She lost her hearing at eight months old, learned Cued Speech at eighteen months old and received her first cochlear implant at the age of three. After graduating from Wake Forest University, she moved up to Washington, D.C. to begin a career in technology and accessibility leadership. McNally is a product manager for Phase2 Technology, and to fulfill her continuous entrepreneurial spirit, is the owner and operator of a CrossFit affiliate in Alexandria, Virginia. She currently serves as Chair on the Board of Directors of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing .

Danielle Paquin

Lead Counselor

Danielle is a certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist and Teacher of the Deaf at New England Center for Hearing and Rehabilitation in Hampton, Connecticut. After graduating from Roger Williams University with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and Psychology and a minor in Biology, she went to Smith College for a Masters in Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. A native of Connecticut and UCONN Husky/Red Sox fan, Danielle moved to Texas to teach. She taught for 12 years at Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children, teaching PreKindergarten, 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. In 2015, she and her family moved back home to Connecticut. Danielle joined AG Bell/DHHS in 1999 and since then has served on the 2010 Convention Planning Committee, Preschool-Age Financial Aid Scholarship Committee, LEAP Focus Group, and the DHHS board as a Member-at-Large and Advisor to the College Leadership Committee. She is bilaterally implanted and learned Cued Speech while in college. Danielle loves to travel and explore the outdoors with her partner and 5 year old son Oliver.  She has completed triathlons, century rides and marathons having raised more than $16,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through her participation in their Team-in-Training fundraising events.  Danielle enjoys cooking, gardening and relaxing by a fire in her backyard surrounded by family, her dog JellyBean and 5 chickens.