About

About Us

Special Needs Advocacy is a Pennsylvania-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in [2019]. We serve as an independent trustee for special needs, settlement and special education trusts, helping individuals with disabilities protect their benefits, manage their resources and improve their quality of life.

We are entirely self-funded. Fees from our trust administration work fully fund our scholarships, pro bono services and grants to individuals and nonprofits. See our community impact.

Our mission

To serve individuals with special needs and their families as an independent, ethical trustee and advocate, and to reinvest in the disability community we serve.

Our story

Special Needs Advocacy grew out of a family commitment. Our founder, Robert Radich, spent decades building trust services at global financial institutions, while his wife, Mary, devoted her career to Early Intervention, working with young children with special needs. Together they saw how much families depend on a trustee who understands both the financial details and the human side of disability. Special Needs Advocacy brings those together.

Leadership

Robert Radich MBA, Principal

Robert brings more than 20 years of global banking, investment and administrative experience to Special Needs Advocacy. At HSBC, he was a key member of the team that established the Group’s Corporate Trust Services in over 20 countries across four continents. He then joined Morgan Stanley as a Financial Advisor, focusing on nonprofits and families with a member with special needs.

Robert later managed the Special Needs Trust services at a Delaware County, Pennsylvania agency, where he grew assets under management by more than 400% over four years, ensuring the program’s long-term viability.

Robert holds a BS from Duquesne University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz School of Business, and passed the Uniform CPA Examination on his first attempt. In the community, he served as Vice President of the Lansdowne Borough Council from 2011 to 2017, chairing its Finance and Pension Committees, as Treasurer of the Lansdowne Boys and Girls Club, and as a board member of the Lansdowne Economic Development Committee.

Robert and Mary are the proud parents of Kathleen and Luke

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