About Us

STAFF

Judy M. Barclay
Founder, President Emeritus

Judy is a Founder and President Emeritus of the Board for The Full Life Ahead Foundation, a renowned national trainer on disAbility transition, and co-author of a Full Life Ahead: A Workbook and Guide to Adult Life for Students and Families of Students with disAbilities.

Barclay currently serves as a board member of the Alabama Association for Persons in Supported Employment (AL-APSE), a board member of the Jefferson, Blount, St. Clair Mental Health Authority, Co- Vice Chair of the Human Rights Committee, on the steering committee of the Youth Leadership Forum of AL, the Civitan Consumer Advisory Committee, and the Birmingham Area Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with disabilities. She is also the Alabama Chair for Alabama State Leadership Council for the TACE Center Region IV, a member of the National Association of Professional Women, and has just been recognized in the 2009/2010 Edition of Who’s Who in North America.

Previously she worked as a council member on the Alabama Developmental Disabilities Council, the Family Support Specialist for the Alabama Transition Initiative of the Alabama Department of Education, the Director of Partners in PolicyMaking of Alabama, a family liaison and transition specialist with the Southeast Regional Resource Center (SERRC), and a school teacher. She is a true advocate for individuals with disAbilities and their families helping them live a FULL LIFE in their own communities with the proper supports!

Barclay graduated from The University of Alabama. She is married to Henry Barclay, III and they have three children, one of whom had a seizure disorder and two grandchildren.

Doug Bever
Outreach Coordinator

Doug grew up in Camden, Arkansas where he graduated from Fairview High School.  He received his Bachelors degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Southern Arkansas University.  While his formal education and work experience may be somewhat different  from those of most of the people involved with The Full Life Ahead Foundation, he worked as a counselor during his junior and senior years in high school at a special needs summer camp in Searcy, Ark.  Volunteering with   Full Life Ahead brought back a lot of those memories and made him realize just why he went back to the summer camp for a second year.  This prompted his decision to leave the manufacturing field and join Full Life Ahead as a full time employee and become the Outreach Coordinator. 

Andrea Rose
Administrative & Program Assistant

With over 25 years experience as an executive administrative assistant, Andrea originally came to The Full Life Ahead Foundation as a volunteer.  Her heart and soul were deeply touched by the profound differences being made in the lives of people with disAbilities and she knew she’d found where she belonged.