Vivian Shudde – The Brookwood Community
“This is my life—and your imperfect life too,” says Vivian Shudde, CEO of The Brookwood Community, to the roomful of parents whose children have various intellectual and physical challenges. “Believe me, our sorority sisters and cousins and neighbors and school friends have imperfections in their lives too. But they’re easier to hide.” As a small child, Vivian’s younger sister, Vicki, contracted the mumps. The disease led to meningitis and brain