Angela Lindig
Angela Lindig began her work in advocacy shortly after the birth of her first daughter who is diagnosed with an ultra-rare genetic condition – an HNRNPH2 gene mutation. Over the past 25 years, Angela has volunteered most of her time toward efforts to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. She began by serving on her Regional Infant and Toddler Committee in which she gave her first testimony before the Idaho Legislature about the importance of birth to three programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays. She later spearheaded an effort in partnership with the City of Meridian and Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center to create the Adventure Island Playground, Idaho’s First Universally Accessible Playground, located in Meridian’s Settler’s Park and celebrating its 18th anniversary this year! Angela served on the State Independent Living Council from 2004-2010 and as Chair of the Council from 2008-2010. She began working for Idaho Parents Unlimited (IPUL) as a Parent Education Coordinator in 2009. By 2011, IPUL was in a state of ruins and the board of directors approached Angela to assist them in salvaging the organization. Angela accepted the position of Executive Director. Since that time she has worked with her staff and board of directors to not only rebuild the organization but create a thriving, credible, healthy, vibrant, and extremely valuable resource to families who have children with disabilities and special health care needs in Idaho. Today, IPUL provides more than 7,000 instances of assistance to families and professional partners per year through one-to-one assistance and through training workshops and conferences with a focus on education, health, and the arts. Angela and her husband, Darin, live in Boise. Their three young adult children are in the process of completing their education, developing careers, and finding their own independence. Angela went back to college full-time and graduated from the University of Phoenix Magna Cum Laude in 2018 with Bachelors of Science in Human Services with a concentration on family and children’s services. She was recognized as one of the Idaho Business Review’s Business Women of the Year in 2013, and she was honored to receive the Go Lead Idaho Women Citizen Award in 2014. She is the current Chair of the Idaho Infant Toddler Coordinating Council, the Treasure of the Consortium for Idahoans with Disabilities, and the Chair of the Idaho Anti-Trafficking Coalition Board of Directors.