Board Members

DDI VANTAGE would like to recognize our Board of Trustees for it’s commitment to the families we serve: (Click each name for a photo and biography)

Adam Condie
Ben Thomas
Jackie Swan
Joan McNeely
Kathleen McElligott
Susan Loving

Adam Condie

Adam Condie is the Vice President and has been a board member since November 2003. He is the Vice President of Finance for Working Rx, Inc. He holds an MBA and Master of Professional Accounting.

Ben Thomas

Ben Thomas has been a member of the board since February 2005.

Ben received a Bachelors of Science in Psychology from the University of Utah in 1998 and a Juris Doctorate (law degree) from Willamette University in 2001.

Ben worked as a tracker for disabled youth teaching job skills and daily living skills at the Jones Center, Granite School District, from 1992-1994. He is a volunteer fund raiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. He currently provides Pro Bono legal services for low income individuals through Utah Legal Service.

Jackie Swan

Jackie Swan is the President of the Board.

Jackie is an Occupational Therapist and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy. She has taught Pediatric Evaluation at the University of Utah for 3 years, she is a volunteer at the University of Utah Autism Program with grad students and a volunteer at Camp Kudos.

Joan McNeely

Joan McNeely has been a member of the board for approximately 26 years.

Joan is a retired school teacher. She taught school for 4 years and pre-school for 20 years. She attended Ricks, BYU and Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She has also worked with Special Needs Mutual.

Kathleen McElligott

Kathleen is the Secretary for the board.

Susan Loving

Susan Loving has been a member of the board since May 2003.

Susan is the Education Specialist for Transition at the Utah State Office of Education. She has a B.S. in Education of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped and a M.S. in Speech Pathology and Audiology. She has a Utah Educator's License in Communication Disorders with endorsements in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology.

Susan has worked at the Utah State Office of Education since January, 2001. Prior to that, she was employed as a Communication Disorders Specialist and Transition Specialist in a Utah school district. She has worked as a Speech Language Pathologist in Iowa and Hawaii with students ranging from infancy to adulthood.