Gregg Howard

Board Member at NEIGHBOURS INC

Gregg is Vice President of Reimbursement and Disability Association Relations. He is a Board member with Independence Technology, a Johnson & Johnson company, whose mission is to develop products and services for people with disabilities.

In Gregg’s current position, he has been spending considerable time in Washington D.C. working on all the complex reimbursement issues related to the INDEPENDENCE™iBOT™Mobility System.

Gregg has has testified on Capitol Hill before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Veteran’s Affairs. Through his work there he has developed relationships with many leading thinkers on disability issues, and major disability associations throughout the country.

Gregg is the father of Gregory Jr., a young man with multiple disabilities. He has networked extensively in the area of disability on behalf of his son. He believes much of who he is, and how he thinks today, is a result of what Gregory Jr. has taught him. His son is the catalyst for his memberships with disability groups. He is a former winner of the Paralyzed Veteran’s of America Corporate Patriot Award and also was a member of a work group with the CDC initiative “Healthy People 2010”.

Gregg is a member of The Arc, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the Epilepsy Foundation of America, the National Council on Independent Living, and the American Association Of People With Disabilities (AAPD) 2004 Leadership Gala Steering Committee.