Eric Pasternak is the director of service access for the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). He is also the coordinator of OPWDD’s Front Door, which is the process by which people access OPWDD’s services from initial contact to determining eligibility and authorization and delivery of services. Pasternak has a background and education in social work and has been working with people with developmental disabilities for over 28 years.