Connie Rogers LeeMauk is the Program Director for the Dallas /Ft. Worth region. Although a fairly new employee to Community Access, Inc., Connie has history working along side Laura Redman (Owner) and Jo Vaughan (Director of Regional Operations) on a number of State issues, advocating for the rights of the Developmentally Disabled as well as promoting Educational Training for Staff throughout the State of Texas.

Connie has great respect for the services provided by Community Access, Inc., and believes that their long association and common goals will make the Dallas/Ft.Worth area the premier agency for services to the Developmentally Disabled.

Her experience working with the Developmentally Disabled spans a lifetime. Growing up with a family member with a Developmental Disability, Connie understands the pressures, the problems, as well as the joy and the unconditional love.

Professionally, she has approximately 25 years experience. She graduated from Texas Tech University in 1984 with a degree in Social Welfare and worked as a Social Worker in a large ICF-MR facility as well as Lubbock State School for a number of years. From there she went on to work with the Texas Department of Health as an ICF-MR surveyor for the State of Texas. In that capacity, she worked with a team who insured that state and federal guidelines were followed in small group homes as well as State Schools in the immediate area.

In 1992, Connie opened her own 6 bed ICF-MR home in Mansfield, Texas, which she continus to own and operate. She proudly reflects that the first 3 ladies who moved into the home continue to reside there. In 1996, Connie went to work at Lancaster Residential Center a 56 bed ICF-MR facility as the Program Director, later as the Administrator and then as a Partner.