Board of Directors

President of the Board of Directors

JENNIFER ROMOFF

Chief Executive Officer / Founder, Jennifer Romoff’s passion has always been to ensure that those with intellectual disability disorders (IDD) have the support and access to resources needed to live as independently as possible. As the mother of two disabled children, Jennifer knows first-hand the challenges young adults experience in an ever-changing society. This desire led her to a career move in 2016 from health care administration to working as a Habitation Specialist for a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit assisting individuals with a variety of IDD diagnoses with daily living skills and social outings to enrich their quality of life. From there, Jennifer spent the next three years providing direct care assistance to individuals with IDD as a Community Support Specialist. Through Jennifer’s direct care experiences, she became aware of the incredibly positive impact of interacting with individuals with IDD on an individualized basis and that this one-on-one, personal interaction and support resulted in improved independent living and social skills among those with IDD. This passion led Jennifer to establish Allegiant Human Services in 2019 as a nonprofit organization dedicated to the individualized, personal care and support of individuals with IDD. Jennifer serves as the Chief Executive Officer responsible for overall organizational direction and accreditation, oversight of program operations, and staff supervision, but she’s also out there in the field every day working alongside AHS clients providing direct care support and modeling for staff a commitment to the effective delivery of services. 

Jennifer is Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators (ACRE) Employment Services Certified and was a 2018 Dr. Carolyn Hoffman Leadership Nominee.

Secretary

CONNOR STEWART

Connor Stewart is a member of the Orrick Analytics group. The group specializes in using technology and project management discipline to assist firm attorneys with litigation and transactional tasks, particularly tasks that involve large volumes of data and documents.

Connor works with litigation attorneys and third party vendors to manage the review and production of documents relevant to investigations and litigation. This work includes using early case assessment technology to analyze, categorize and cull data. He also manages teams of specialists performing document review, redaction, analysis, production and drafting privilege logs. Connor assists the litigation team to prepare for trial, including drafting deposition summaries, factual memoranda and exhibit charts. He also works with practice office attorneys on transactional tasks, including contract review and due diligence.

Prior to joining Orrick, Connor practiced estate planning and administration in Pennsylvania.

REBECCA KAUL

Rebecca Kaul is vice president and chief innovation officer at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she works with innovators across the institution to develop new strategies and leverage novel technologies to drive transformational change.

Ms. Kaul has more than 18 years of experience driving transformational change in health care through the intersection of strategy, business and digital innovation. Prior to joining MD Anderson, she served as chief innovation officer and president of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s (UPMC) Technology Development Center, where she built their Innovation Center from a conceptual idea to a center nationally recognized for developing an extensive portfolio of partnerships, investments and new companies. Before starting the UPMC Innovation Center, she led their joint venture with A-Life Medical to develop an AI-enabled medical coding product suite, which yielded a 100 percent return on investment in 18 months.

She earned a master’s degree in information systems management from Carnegie Mellon University and also has a master’s in business administration from New York University Stern School of Business.

In 2018, Ms. Kaul was selected as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT by Health Data Management.