Longtime CEO of North Dakota Association for the Disabled dies at 80
Ron and Faye Gibbens built the charitable nonprofit North Dakota Association for the Disabled from an informal Grand Forks support group for parents of children with disabilities. 7:11 pm, May 3, 2021 ×
Ron Gibbens
The co-founder, retired CEO and only board president in the nearly 46-year existence of the charitable nonprofit North Dakota Association for the Disabled has died at age 80.
Ron Gibbens died in hospice care Sunday, May 2, at the Grand Forks home of his son, Mike.
Inspired by Mike, who has cerebral palsy, Ron and Faye Gibbens built the charitable nonprofit North Dakota Association for the Disabled from an informal Grand Forks support group for parents of children with disabilities.
By Pat Sweeney
The co-founder of the North Dakota Association for the Disabled (NDAD) has died.
Ron Gibbens died Sunday morning while in hospice care at the Grand Forks home of his son, Mike.
Inspired by Mike, who has cerebral palsy, Ron and his late wife Faye built NDAD from an informal Grand Forks support group for parents of children with disabilities.
Ron Gibbens was the only board president in NDAD’s nearly 46 years of existence.
He was 80 years old.
(Photo: NDAD)
(NDAD release:)
The co-founder, retired chief executive officer and only board president in the nearly 46-year existence of charitable nonprofit NDAD has died.