Marco Damiani

Marco Damiani has served as the Chief Executive Officer of AHRC New York City since 2017, working with its 5,000 mission-driven staff members to build upon the extraordinary 70-plus year legacy of AHRC NYC’s commitment to social justice for children and adults with disabilities. Marco joined AHRC New York City with a varied and progressive career in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), behavioral health, and general healthcare, as a clinician, consultant, and agency executive. His career began at FEGS as a direct support professional and clinician, shortly after the implementation of the landmark Willowbrook Consent Decree and progressed through the years with positions in the New York State government to his position as Executive Vice-President at YAI Network where he led a broad and expansive portfolio of health, dental and behavioral healthcare, and large community-based family support, information and referral programs and research/program evaluation, to Executive Vice President at Cerebral Palsy Associations of NYS, to his most previous position as CEO of Metro Community Health Centers, a network of 6 Federally-Qualified Health Centers in NYC devoted to supporting patients of all abilities.

Marco earned a B.S. in Psychology from Manhattan College, a Master’s Degree in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University, and pursued doctoral studies in Educational Psychology at New York University. He attributes his success to the extraordinary collective work and shared vision of his many colleagues over the years, their enduring commitment to promoting social justice for people with disabilities, and his never-ending quest to be more than just a so-so guitar player.