Meet Our Team
Our team brings together lived experience, professional expertise, and a shared commitment to supporting the neurodivergent community.
AJ Locashio - Founder & Executive Director
AJ Locashio (any pronouns) is Founder and Executive Director of Umbrella ND. They started the organization because neurodivergent people deserve meaningful work, real support, and a sense of belonging. AJ has over 25 years of professional experience in healthcare, education, and leadership. They're a board-certified coach, sensory strategist, and educator specializing in interpersonal communications. AJ brings lived experience as a multiply neurodivergent person and family member of disabled veterans. Their work challenges individualistic narratives and centers community-supported approaches to self-advocacy. When not working, AJ can be found playing D&D, training her dog, Widget, or gaming with family and friends. AJ knows that taking care of yourself and asking for support from your community is how you keep showing up for others.
Mark Sones - Board Chair
Mark Sones (he/him) is Chairman of Umbrella ND and founder of Neurodivergence at Work. He spent more than 15 years in the technology industry leading teams and building products before turning his focus to coaching, training, and advocacy. Mark holds graduate degrees in law, business, and international relations, and his work is shaped by his lived experience with Autism and ADHD. Today, Mark coaches neurodivergent professionals and trains leaders to create workplaces where different ways of thinking are understood and supported. He believes organizations work best when they are human-centered, flexible, and grounded in kindness and fairness. Through his work, Mark seeks to help people feel seen, valued, and able to thrive.
Kato Lujan Camacho - Board Treasurer
Kato Lujan Camacho (he/him) is a community-centered fundraising professional, focused on disrupting industry narratives around development practices. His work centers on the perspectives and inherent value of QTBIPOC communities, both as donors and front-line fundraisers. He comes to Umbrella ND with more than a decade of experience supporting individual and institutional giving at social equity-focused organizations across the country. He currently serves as the Annual Giving Manager of Tacoma Art Museum, Board Member at Large of AFP South Sound, and Lead Writer of 2024 ENNIE Award recipient Weird Works.
Becca Lory Hector - Board Director
Becca Lory Hector (she/her) is an Autistic author, researcher, and advocate based in Maine. Her work centers on Autistic quality of life—creating tools, courses, and research that help Autistic adults embrace their authentic selves and build fulfilling lives. Her book, Always Bring Your Sunglasses, draws on her own lived experience navigating a world that often misunderstands Autistic people, and her course Self Defined Living offers a practical path to self-empowerment. Through her consulting practice, Truly Inclusive Leadership, she partners with organizations to build cultures where neurodivergent employees genuinely belong. Becca is also a LinkedIn Top Voice and active across platforms where she connects with a broad community of Neurodivergent and disabled advocates. When she's not working, you'll likely find her with her husband Antonio and their many animals, including her ESA, Sir Walter Underfoot.
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