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  •    Home :: About Us : Board & Governance

    Board & Governance

    Page last updated: 3/25/08                   

    A 17-member Board of Directors elected by the membership governs NDRN. Three Representatives are elected from each of five geographic regions. One person from each region must be a person with a disability consistent with the definition of disability in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). There are also two at-large Board positions. These individuals also must be persons with disabilities and must be affiliated (as a member of their governing board or advisory council) with a member agency. A five-person Executive Committee is elected from among the members of the Board of Directors.

    The NDRN Board of Directors has an active committee structure, including such working committees as the Technical Assistance Support Center (TASC) Project Advisory Council; Training; Multicultural; Legal; Resource Advocacy; and Quality Assurance Committees. Its committees also provide advice and coordinate member activities on legal issues, standards, training, quality assurance, and diversity concerns, as well as legislative issues. The Board also has a Strategic Planning Committee, which has developed a five-year strategic plan, and a Finance Committee and Development Committee.

    Board of Directors
    President: Margaret Jakobson-Johnson
    Disability Rights California (Region I)
    Past President :

    Lynn Breedlove, Executive Director
    Disability Rights Wisconsin (Region V)

    Vice President : V. Colleen Miller, Executive Director
    Virginia Office for Protection & Advocacy (Region III)
    Secretary: Gloria Prevost, Executive Director
    Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc (SC - Region II)
    Treasurer: Michael T. Bailey (OR - Region I)
    Region I: Mary Faithfull
    Advocacy, Inc. (TX)
    Michael Bailey (OR)
    Margaret Jakobson-Johnson
    Disability Rights California
    Alternate: Therese Yanan, Executive Director
    Native American Disability Law Center
    Region II: Amelia Headley LaMont, Executive Director
    Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands
    Gloria Prevost, Executive Director
    Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc (SC)

    Ellen Gillespie, Executive Director
    Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program

    Region III:

    Marcia Cooper, Information and Resource Specialist
    The Brain Injury Association of Maine

    Ed Paquin, Executive Director
    Vermont Protection & Advocacy
    V. Colleen Miller, Executive Director
    Virginia Office for Protection & Advocacy

    Alternate : Virginia Knowlton, Executive Director
    Maryland Disability Law Center

    Region IV: Susan Given, Program Director
    West Virginia Advocates, Inc.
    Shirley Shea
    Tennessee Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
    Rocky Nichols, Executive Director
    Disability Rights Center of Kansas

    Alternate : Gerry Gordon-Brown
    Kentucky Client Assistance Program

    Region V: Jeanne Thobro, Executive Director
    Wyoming Protection & Advocacy System, Inc.
    Lynn Breedlove, Executive Director
    Disability Rights Wisconsin
    Teresa Larsen, Executive Director
    North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project
    At-Large: Stoney Polman (MI )
    Eric Treat (AR)
    Alternate : Joyce Soularie (AR)

     
     
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