DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES

217 East Redwood St., Suite 1300
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 767-3660
1-800-637-4113 (toll free)
e-mail: mdod@mdod.state.md.us
fax: (410) 333-6674
tdd: (410) 333-3098
web: www.mdtap.org/oid.html
www.mdtap.org (Technology Assistance Program)
web: www.md-council.org/resources/news___alerts/mdod/mdod.html

217 East Redwood St., Baltimore, Maryland, January 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY

MARYLAND COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES
Staff: Karen J. Friedman (410) 767-3664
e-mail: kfriedman@mdod.state.md.us

C. David Ward, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2006

Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms: Janice Brathwaite; Edward J. Bynum; Kenneth S. Capone; Marc L. Nicole; Mark J. Schulz; Kenneth R. Wireman. Terms expire 2005.

Sarah E. Basehart; Jamey E. George; Robin A. Krout; Dale T. Otto; Juliette Rizzo. Terms expire 2006.

Susan W. Holland; Van T. Mitchell; Melissa A. Riccobono; Mary Alisa Rock; Robert J. Sweeney; Elizabeth A. Weglein. Terms expire 2007.

Appointed by Senate President: Gwendolyn T. Britt

Appointed by House Speaker: Joanne C. Benson

INTERAGENCY DISABILITIES BOARD
Chair: Kristen Cox, Secretary of Disabilities

Ex officio: Jean W. Roesser, Secretary of Aging; Marc L. Nicole, designee of Secretary of Budget & Management; Aris Melissaratos, Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools; Van T. Mitchell, designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Victor L. Hoskins, Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Christopher J. McCabe, Secretary of Human Resources; James D. Fielder, Jr., Ph.D., Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation; Audrey E. Scott, Secretary of Planning; Robert L. Flanagan, Secretary of Transportation; M. Teresa Garland, Esq., Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families; Yvonne M. Dunkle, Director, Office of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing.

TASK FORCE FOR SELF-DIRECTED CARE
Staff: Lissa Abrams (410) 402-8487
Thomas Merrick (410) 767-3652

Appointed by Secretary of Disabilities & Executive Director, Mental Hygiene Administration, Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene:
Janice Brathwaite, Co-Chair
Michael S. Finkle, Co-Chair
Lynn Albizo, Esq.; Laura Cain; Anshuman Choudhri; Peggy Clark; Pat Fogarty; Eileen Hansen; Emily Hoffman; Craig Knoll; Deana Krizan; Jeanne Medlin; Karen Rever; Shawn Terrell; Robin Travers; Lou Van Hollen; Alexis Zoss.

COMMUNICATIONS
Deidre McCabe, Director (410) 767-3654
e-mail: dmccabe@mdod.state.md.us

COUNSEL
Sherry Lynn Burke, Assistant Attorney General (410) 767-4722

OFFICE OF RESEARCH & EVALUATION
James Reinsel, Director (410) 767-3635
e-mail: jreinsel@mdod.state.md.us

POLICY

CHILDREN'S POLICY
Lynell Otto, Director (410) 767-3649
e-mail: lotto@mdod.state.md.us

EMPLOYMENT POLICY
Jade Ann Gingerich, Director (410) 767-3651
e-mail: jgingerich@mdod.state.md.us

HEALTH CARE FINANCING POLICY
Thomas Merrick, Director (410) 767-3652
e-mail: tmerrick@mdod.state.md.us

PARATRANSIT POLICY
Thomas Curtis, Director (410) 767-3629
e-mail: tcurtis@mdod.state.md.us

PROGRAMS

ACCESS MARYLAND PROGRAM

Cari C. Watrous, Coordinator (410) 767-3616
e-mail: cwatrous@mdod.state.md.us

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM

Tony Rice, Director (410) 554-9233
e-mail: loans@mdtap.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Alan D. Haile, Chair (chosen by Board in July, 1-year term), 2007


Ethelette W. Ennis; Frances E. Kanterman; Regina V. Lee; Misti Ray Lucente; Calvin Mitchell; Angelique A. Pefinis-Newport; Lance Sutton, Sr. Terms expire 2007.

Appointed by Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene: David Baralotto

Appointed by State Superintendent of Schools: Robert A. Burns

Ex officio: Cecilia Januszkiewicz, Secretary of Budget & Management.

CONSTITUENT SERVICES PROGRAM

Nan Brittingham, Coordinator (410) 767-3948
e-mail: nbrittingham@mdod.state.md.us

TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Michael P. Dalto, Executive Director (410) 554-9245
1-800-TECH-TAP (toll free, tty & voice)
e-mail: mdalto@charm.net
web: www.mdtap.org

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Chair: Kristen Cox, Secretary of Disabilities

Appointed by Governor: Dorothy Boone; Robert A. Burns; Edward P. Duggan, Ph.D.; John Hamilton; William C. Lee, Jr.; Kali Mallik; Willis Joel Mann; Lance McAllister; Susan Michau; Jane Navarria; Dale Reid; Susan Russell; John Sutton, Ph.D.

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