The Illinois Department of Human Services and the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission recognizes the following individuals and committees who shared their time, expertise and commitment to the implementation of HB3299.
Co-Chairs:
Teresa Parks, Deputy Director and Human Rights Authority Director, Il. Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
Kathy Ward, Assistant Director/Chief of Staff, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Il. Department of Human Services
Members:
Tara Ahern, Project Director, Self-Advocacy Alliance, Illinois Imagines Co-Chair
Krescene Beck, QUIDP, LNHA, Co-Director, Blue Tower Solutions, Inc.
Sean Black, Assistant Director, Il. Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Chris Bourn, Quality Enhancement Section Manager, BQM, Div. of DD, IDHS
Diana Braun, Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities, Self-Advocate
Kathy Carmody, CEO, Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities
Meg Cooch, Executive Director, The Arc of Illinois
Josh Evans, President & CEO, IARF
T.J. Gordan, University of IL., Chicago
Katherine Hamann, the Arc of Illinois
Mariel R. Hamer, Associate Director of Program and Policy, Il. Council on Developmental Disabilities
Kimberly Mercer-Schleider, Director, Il. Council on Developmental Disabilities
Ron Messner, Executive Director, Apostolic Christian LifePoints
Beth Owens, Vice President of I/DD Policy, IARF
Jae Jin Pak, Community Education and Training Coordinator, University of IL. At Chicago Institute of Disability and Human Development; Project Specialist, Il. Self Advocacy Alliance
Bob Peterson, Self-Advocate, ARC Member
Dawn Ravine, Sexuality Education Program Coordinator, The Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
Amanda M. Ruff, Training Coordinator, LTC Support Services, L.L.C.
Linda Sandman, MSW, LCSW, Co-Director, Blue Tower Solutions, Inc.
Teresa Tudor, Program Manager, IDHS, Bureau of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking
Tavarus Wesley, Self-Advocate
Curriculum Committee
Co-Chairs:
Sean Black, Assistant Director, Il. Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Linda Sandman, MSW, LCSW, Co-Director, Blue Tower Solutions, Inc.
Members:
Tara Ahern, Illinois Self-Advocacy Alliance
Krescene Beck, QUIDP, LNHA, Co-Director, Blue Tower Solutions, Inc.
Carlette Corriah-Wynter, Misericordia
Jae Jin Pak, Community Education and Training Coordinator, University of IL. At Chicago Institute of Disability and Human Development; Project Specialist, Il. Self Advocacy Alliance
Teresa Parks, Deputy Director and Human Rights Authority Director, Il. Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
Bob Peterson, Self-Advocate, ARC Member
Amanda M. Ruff, Training Coordinator, LTC Support Services, L.L.C.
Process Committee
Chair:
Kathy Carmody, CEO, Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities
Members:
Tiffany Bailey, Deputy Director, SODC Operations, IDHS
Cynthia SchierlSpreen, BQM Bureau Chief, Div. of DD, IDHS
Meg Cooch, Executive Director, The Arc of Illinois
Cynthia Durnbaugh, QA/QIDP Coordinator, IDHS, Shapiro Developmental Center
Katherine Hamann, the Arc of Illinois
Casi Mertes, RGA
Ron Messner, Executive Director, Apostolic Christian LifePoints
Teresa Parks, Deputy Director and Human Rights Authority Director, Il. Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
Amanda M. Ruff, Training Coordinator, LTC Support Services, L.L.C.
Kathy Ward, Assistant Director/Chief of Staff, Division of DD, Il. Department of Human Services
Train the Trainer Committee
Chair:
Cynthia SchierlSpreen, BQM Bureau Chief, Div. of DD, IDHS
Members:
Tara Ahern, Project Director, Self-Advocacy Alliance, Illinois Imagines Co-Chair
Krescene Beck, QUIDP, LNHA, Co-Director, Blue Tower Solutions, Inc.
Sean Black, Assistant Director, Il. Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Meg Cooch, Executive Director, The Arc of Illinois
Katherine Hamann, the Arc of Illinois
Kimberly Mercer-Schleider, Director, Il. Council on Developmental Disabilities
Bob Peterson, Self-Advocate, ARC Member
Kathy Ward, Assistant Director/Chief of Staff, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Il. Department of Human Services
