Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Through the Years
The Community Advisory Committee (CAC), formerly the Consumer Advisory Committee, partners with the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies to advise, plan and implement the activities of the Center. As required by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (PL 106-402), the CAC is comprised of a majority of individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, and includes representatives from Disability Rights Maine, the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council, a self-advocacy organization, and the Parent Training and Information Center. Service providers, relevant state agencies, and other state and community partners also serve on the CAC. With deep appreciation, we thank these committee members, past and present, for their service.
Kathryn Adams, Director, Maine CITE Coordinating Center*
Paige Barton, Individual Member, Augusta
Jane Bell, Family Member, Edmunds
Jesse Bell, Individual Member, Edmunds
Julia Bell, Director, Maine Developmental Disabilities Council
Cindy Brown, Director, Child Development Services Director, MDOE
Lisa Burgess, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS)
Clare Collins, Family Member, Council On Consumer Advocacy Representative
Eugene Crockett, Individual Member, Biddeford
Nancy Cronin, Executive Director, Maine Developmental Disabilities Council *
Claire DeVries, Rumford
Sue Donovan, Augusta
Joyce Engelmann, Family Member, Bangor
Richard Estabrook, Office of Advocacy, Maine Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services
Gail Fanjoy, Executive Director, KFI *
Brenda Farrington, Augusta
Tom Field, Disability Rights Center
Dale Finseth, Augusta
Tracie Flagg-Tynes, Family Member, Lewiston *
Moriah Geer, Family Member, Orono *
Ron Hanson, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
Brian Harnish, Individual Member, Hampden *
Jonathan Heeren, Eastern Maine Medical Center
Helen Holmes
Ann Hubbard, Family Member
Bill Hughes, DHHS/Office of Adults with Cognitive and Physical Disability Services
Linda Jariz, Department of Health and Human Services
Mark Kavanaugh, Faculty, Kennebec Valley Community College *
Zsolt Koppanyi, M.D., Department of Human Services
Jan Koppenhofer, Family Member
* denotes a current member
** denotes Co-Chair
Janice LaChance, Maine Parent Federation, Family Member
Dave Lawrence, Individual Member, Portland*
Susan Libby, Family Member, Mount Vernon
Kathryn Markovchick, Maine Support Network
Anna McDougal, Individual Member, Wiscasset
Jonathan McGovern, Individual Member, Bangor *
Kim Moody, Disability Rights Maine (formerly DRC) *
Avery Olmstead, Individual Member, Old Town *
Kile Pelletier, Individual Member, Fort Kent **
Paul Picard, Individual Member, Augusta
Penny Plourde, MDOL, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Kathleen Powers, Director, Maine CITE
Maryann Preble, Individual Member, Augusta **
Kate Quinn Finlay, Family Member, Searsport *
Jane Ross, Houlton
Jeffrey Saucier, Individual Member
Rayma Scofield, Family Member
Joan Smyrski, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS)
Everson Stinson, MDOL, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
David Noble Stockford, MDOE, Division of Special Services
Peter Stowell, Maine Developmental Disabilities Council
Russ Stryker, Disability Rights Center
Paul Tabor, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS)
Elizabeth Thurlow, Family Member, Hampden
Donald Trites, Department of Mental Retardation
Deborah Twomey, Family Member, Cumberland
Toni Wall, DHHS, Division of Family Health
Rebecca Weinstein, Maine Developmental Disabilities Council
Ron Welch, DHHS
Patten Williams, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
Beth Woodbury, Family Member, Millinocket
Carrie Woodcock, Maine Parent Federation (Parent Training and Information Center) *