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style='width:100.0%;background:#294B93;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'>Disability Rights Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'>Welcomes New Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;height:.75pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><img width=5 height=1 style='width:.05in;height:.0083in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#403F42'></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>After a nationwide search, the Board of Directors of DRCT is pleased to announce the hiring of </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010DgfCi2CH-jN_6YVuHn86RV9KJH7W1zgV23tYymhTmp2nuQGQWhEdDsvXsmbAvx9EoSZCv3gNw31J4oA40TbqSNw7DtSWHD8fD83A-AHi1qeka_qz1N89oxxkNxk-9uTiezthgRQU5cBf-7l8DX9krmc_CndfXlU2rqfwEqsyC4=&c=Ui-koGKL0-r4gu3lxMoKB09r7nMFHT1o-CaKd2Y_fhKtw1VbS_Lkdw==&ch=fAzqXGrneWJvrNTEfAn4lk400AJ3-S9fIwvVDWsZAtQSM7OT5Mfkig==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#3661BD'>Deborah S. Dorfman</span></a></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'> as DRCT's new Executive Director. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>Ms. Dorfman is a highly accomplished attorney and advocate, bringing almost thirty years of disability rights legal advocacy to her new role.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top 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style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:#294B93;border-collapse:collapse;width:initial;moz-border-radius: 10px;border-radius: 10px;border-spacing: 0;min-width: initial'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 11.25pt 7.5pt 11.25pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:white'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010DgfCi2CH-jN_6YVuHn86RV9KJH7W1zgV23tYymhTmp2nuQGQWhEdKP-2lIxninbw8cBmOZFjPcGTv1foXjkfRDF-ZIH4DS1adFGTIFoY5DL1Of124YREIr8OcTbI6mQm_CX40THaUHnjSwHO-6bJw==&c=Ui-koGKL0-r4gu3lxMoKB09r7nMFHT1o-CaKd2Y_fhKtw1VbS_Lkdw==&ch=fAzqXGrneWJvrNTEfAn4lk400AJ3-S9fIwvVDWsZAtQSM7OT5Mfkig=="><span style='font-size:15.0pt;color:white;text-decoration:none'>Read the Full </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:white'>Announcement Here<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:#294B93;border-collapse:collapse;width:initial;moz-border-radius: 10px;border-radius: 10px;border-spacing: 0;min-width: initial'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 11.25pt 7.5pt 11.25pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:white'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010DgfCi2CH-jN_6YVuHn86RV9KJH7W1zgV23tYymhTmp2nuQGQWhEdDsvXsmbAvx9EoSZCv3gNw31J4oA40TbqSNw7DtSWHD8fD83A-AHi1qeka_qz1N89oxxkNxk-9uTiezthgRQU5cBf-7l8DX9krmc_CndfXlU2rqfwEqsyC4=&c=Ui-koGKL0-r4gu3lxMoKB09r7nMFHT1o-CaKd2Y_fhKtw1VbS_Lkdw==&ch=fAzqXGrneWJvrNTEfAn4lk400AJ3-S9fIwvVDWsZAtQSM7OT5Mfkig=="><span style='font-size:15.0pt;color:white;text-decoration:none'>Read Ms. Dorfman's </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:white'>Bio Here<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=580 style='width:6.0416in' id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/PT13966/CustomDivider.png"><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>The Board of Directors of Disability Rights Connecticut, Inc. (“DRCT”), is pleased to announce that the search for the organization’s next Executive Director has concluded with the hiring of Deborah S. Dorfman, a highly accomplished disability rights attorney and advocate. Ms. Dorfman is beginning with DRCT on February 1, 2021, initially working remotely from Washington State due to the current pandemic.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>Ms. Dorfman has held leadership positions in organizations with kindred missions to that of DRCT including the Northwest Justice Project, Center for Public Representation, Disability Rights California, Disability Rights Washington, and Disability Law Center (Utah). Her management experience includes supervising and mentoring new attorneys, paralegals, and law students as well as developing, managing, and implementing legal advocacy priorities and programs. As an attorney, she has represented many individuals with disabilities on a wide range of disability rights issues, in complex cases, including class action and other systemic reform litigation, and individual legal advocacy and policy advocacy.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=580 style='width:6.0416in' id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/PT13966/CustomDivider.png"><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#294B93'>“We are very excited that Debbie Dorfman is leading DRCT during this unusual and challenging time for people with disability. 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