Derek Fales

President Elect
Co-Chair, Public Policy Committee

Derek Fales is the waiver services director within the Developmental Disabilities and Brain Injury Services Unit for the Office of Aging and Disability Services. He oversees the day to day operations for Home and Community Based Services waiver programs for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, Other Related Conditions and Brain Injury in partnership with the State Medicaid Agency, the Office of MaineCare Services. As the waiver services director he oversees Developmental Disability and Brain Injury Waiver programs in addition to overseeing Maine’s Brain Injury Services and Supports programs. He is an accomplished senior manager, facilitator and an experienced social worker serving in a variety of roles within policy development and implementation, project management, and protective services both in the State of Maine and in the Northern Territory of Australia. His extensive experience in health and human services has been focused on working towards increasing positive social outcomes for children and families affected by violence, poverty, substance abuse while ensuring community inclusion and maximizing opportunities for people with disabilities to live and work in their communities to the same degree as a person without disabilities.