City & State’s The 2026 Trailblazers in Health Care list features key figures in New York, including high-ranking elected officials, high-powered health care executives and highly effective advocates, including AHRC NYC’s own Chief Executive Officer, Marco Damiani.
Marco Damiani leads a workforce that supports over 15,000 neurodivergent children and adults across New York City. His accomplishments include working at a nonprofit involved with the dismantling of the infamous Willowbrook State School, an experience that shaped his approach to care. Since taking the helm of AHRC New York City, he has advanced integrated care models for constituents, while tying disability services to workforce equity and employment. Damiani received the NGO Zero Project 2025 Employment Innovation Award at the United Nations’ Vienna offices, where he met with the president of Austria.
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