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) *