Unified Community Connections, a nonprofit agency serving children and adults with disabilities throughout Maryland, named Ellen Milles chair of the board of directors. Milles joined the board in 2011 and chaired the audit and finance committee.

Professionally, Milles is vice president of finance for the Kennedy Krieger Institute, where she oversees finance, budgeting, reimbursement, revenue cycle, patient accounting and patient financial services. She is a certified public accountant and earned her Bachelor of Science in accounting from Drexel University.

In addition, Unified Community Connections named two new board members:

• Jane Schlegel is the executive vice dean of finance and administration for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Schlegel first joined the board in 2008. She stepped down when her term ended in 2014 but continued to serve on the audit and finance committee, which she now chairs. She specializes in nonprofit organizations, budgeting, data analysis, program evaluation and strategic planning and earned an MBA from the University of Baltimore.

• Dr. Edward Zimmerman practiced gastroenterology for 27 years as a partner at Woodholme Gastroenterology Associates. Now retired, he maintains his board certifications in gastroenterology and internal medicine. He completed his fellowship at the University of Maryland and Baltimore VA Medical Center, his residency at Sinai Hospital and his medical degree at St. George’s University School of Medicine.

Unified Community Connections is a nonprofit agency that serves children and adults with a range of disabilities throughout Maryland. Unified Community Connections seeks to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities through residential, transportation, employment and adult day services as well as assistive technology, in-home supports and the Delrey School in Arbutus, Md. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Unified Community Connections operates agency centers in Middle River, Cumberland, Frederick and Hagerstown. (www.unified.org)