Kim Zoeller Joins ANCOR's National Board of Directors
Kim Zoeller brings more than three decades of disability services experience to the national association that represents community providers across the country.
Kim Zoeller has spent 32 years at Ray Graham Association (RGA), 16 of them as our President & CEO. Now her peers across the country have asked her to help lead the field nationally.
RGA is proud to share that Kim has been elected to the Board of Directors of ANCOR, the American Network of Community Options and Resources. For more than 50 years, ANCOR has represented community-based providers that support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) before Congress and federal agencies.
RGA is one of ANCOR's 2,500 member organizations that serve people in nearly every corner of the country. A seat on its board means Kim will help set the direction for that work, and she brings three decades of hands-on experience with her.
Three decades of knowing the work
Kim joined RGA in 1994 and became President & CEO in 2010. Few leaders in disability services have seen the work from as many sides.
Kim also spent more than 15 years as a Quality Enhancement Specialist with The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL), helping organizations measure and improve the quality of the supports they provide. For years, she chaired the statewide Quality Committee for the Illinois Department of Human Services' Division of Developmental Disabilities.
That focus on quality shows at RGA. Under Kim's leadership, RGA has grown to support nearly 2,000 people with disabilities and their families. In 2023, RGA earned CQL's Person-Centered Excellence Accreditation, with Distinction, placing it among an elite group of providers.
That longevity matters. Kim has watched policies change, funding rise and stall, and the people RGA supports move into new homes, new jobs and new goals. RGA is better because she brings that long view to every decision she makes.
A trusted voice in Illinois
Kim's leadership has long reached beyond RGA. She is past Chair of the Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities, a statewide association of Illinois providers. She also serves as managing board member for Life's Plan, Inc., a pooled trust for people with disabilities.
Kim is a founding member of They Deserve More, the coalition that united Illinois advocates around the direct support workforce crisis and the need for fair pay. She has spoken publicly about how years of stagnant funding left providers short-staffed and families waiting for services.
She has spent her career making the case that people with disabilities deserve stable, high-quality support. Now she will make that case on a national stage.
What this means for RGA families
Many decisions that shape daily life at RGA are made far from DuPage County. Federal Medicaid policy shapes how services are funded, how direct support professionals are paid, and whether new programs can open.
Those decisions carry real weight right now. ANCOR's 2026 national survey found that 85% of providers faced moderate or severe staffing challenges, and more than half were turning away new referrals.
With Kim on ANCOR's board, the people RGA supports and the families who love them have a voice where those decisions take shape. She knows what a staffing shortage means inside a home where people count on support every day. She knows what families need when services feel uncertain.
“Kim has given more than 30 years to RGA and to this field,” said Teri Litavsky, Chair of RGA's Board of Directors. “No one understands better what families need or what it takes to deliver it. Our board is proud to see her bring that experience to the national conversation, and we know she will keep the people we support at the center of it.”
“Over three decades, the people we support and their families have taught me what quality really looks like,” Kim said. “I'm bringing those lessons to ANCOR so that what we've learned here can empower people with disabilities across the country.”