Dissemination Committee
About the Dissemination Committee
The COABA Dissemination Committee works under the direction of the COABA Executive Board. The Dissemination Committee’s function is to support COABA’s mission of advancing the awareness of and access to applied behavior analysis (ABA) services in the state of Colorado.
Committee Chair

Diane Carballo Allen
Diane Carballo Allen
Diane Carballo Allen, M.S., BCBA, IBA, is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst with over 18 years of experience in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). She is also an International Behavior Analyst (IBA) and a certified Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) Specialist. Diane’s work spans clinical, educational, and systems-level domains, with a consistent focus on ethical practice, compassionate care, and meaningful outcomes.</p><p>Diane has provided behavior analytic services in diverse settings including schools, clinics, hospitals, group homes, community programs, and psychiatric inpatient facilities. While working on the Behavior Support Team at a hospital in NYC, Diane served individuals across the lifespan under the direction of the U.S. Department of Justice. She also has extensive experience supporting professional development in the field, having worked with organizations providing continuing education and mentoring.</p><p>From 2019 to 2022, Diane was a Subject Matter Expert for the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB), contributing to the BCaBA Standard Setting Committee and Ethics Item Writing Task Force. She was also appointed to her local county’s Behavioral Health Technical Advisory Committee, where she supported funding and policy recommendations to improve behavioral health services.</p><p>Currently, Diane provides consultation and supervision services to various school districts and is an adjunct professor in ABA at Purdue Global. She is also an active member of the Colorado Association for Behavior Analysis (COABA), where she serves on the Board of Directors and chairs the Dissemination Committee and webinar subcommittee.</p><p>Diane is passionate about advancing ethical, inclusive, and sustainable practices within the field and wwis committed to mentoring, disseminating best practices, and supporting professional growth in behavior analysis
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Committee Members
- Amy Crye (Secretary: Dissemination Committee)
- Samantha “Sam” Smalley (Co-Chair Newsletter Committee)
- Katherine Donahoe
- Michaela Harris
- Laura Wilhelm
- Jennifer Blankenship (Co-Chair: Dissemination Committee)
- Joy Chavers (Treasurer)
- Payge Wyman (Co-Chair: DEIA Subcommittee)
- Sophie Steele
- Taemy Kim-Mander (Chair: DEIA Subcommittee
- Jennifer “JJ” Gross
- Matthew Bond (Co-Chair Newsletter)
- Katelyn Kendrick
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