Christopher Woodfill

Mr. Woodfill was appointed associate executive director at the Helen Keller National Center for DeafBlind Youths and Adults (HKNC) in 2014. In this position, Mr. Woodfill supervises 60 employees in five departments –vocational training, admissions, interpreting, residence life and the community service program– and monitors the budgets of each department. He also facilitates HKNC’s Professional Learning and Leadership Institute, DeafBlind self-advocacy training, the Young Adult Summer Program, and cultural diversity and sensitivity training programs.

Prior to this appointment, Mr. Woodfill, who joined the organization in 2012, served as HKNC regional representative for the Mid-Atlantic Region, where he provided assessment, consultation, training and technical assistance, and information and referral. Before joining HKNC, he spent nearly 20 years as an educator, teaching such subjects as history, social sciences, Spanish and ESL.

Mr. Woodfill earned an M.S. in deaf education from McDaniel College, an M.A. in Latin-American studies from George Washington University and a B.A. in history and Spanish from Gallaudet University. He serves on the boards of the World Federation of the DeafBlind and of the American Association of the DeafBlind.