Council Composition
Individuals are appointed to the Council by the New York State Board of Regents. Potential nominees are identified by soliciting recommendations statewide from organizations and individuals representing a broad range of people with disabilities. Members should be knowledgeable about services that ensure access to employment for individuals with disabilities. Also, the majority of members should be individuals with disabilities and represent a diverse population.
Specifically the Council must include:
- at least one representative of the Statewide Independent Living Council;
- at least one representative of a parent training and information center;
- at least one representative of the Client Assistance Program;
- at least one vocational rehabilitation counselor;
- at least one representative of community rehabilitation program services providers;
- four representatives of business, industry, and labor;
- representatives of disability advocacy groups representing a cross-section of individuals with physical, cognitive, sensory, and mental disabilities; and representatives of individuals with disabilities who have difficulty representing themselves or are unable due to their disabilities to represent themselves;
- current or former applicants for, or recipients of, vocational rehabilitation services;
- at least one representative of the directors of projects providing services to American Indians under Section 121 of the Rehabilitation Act;
- at least one representative of the State Education Department (agency serving students with disabilities); and
- at least one representative of the State Workforce Investment Board.
SRC Members, effective January 1, 2011
Susan Barlow representing Parent Training and Information Center
Lisa Bayer representing Community Rehabilitation Program Service Providers
Gregory Bell representing Disability Advocacy Group
Tina Conneely representing Community Rehabilitation Program Service Providers
John James DeCamilla representing Business, Industry, and Labor
Susan Dooha representing Disability Advocacy Group
Pat Dowse representing Disability Advocacy Group
Scott Ebner representing Disability Advocacy Group
Bret Eisenberg representing former applicant, and recipient of, vocational rehabilitation services
Kyle Goodridge representing Business, Industry, and Labor
Kathy Hoffman representing Disability Advocacy Group
Kevin Kennedy representing Disability Advocacy Group
Jason McDonald representing Native American Projects (Section 121)
Ernestine McElvene representing Disability Advocacy Group
Joan McGovern representing Business, Industry, and Labor
Patricia McKay representing Service Provider
Marianne Murphy representing Business, Industry, and Labor
Cynthia Printup-Harms representing Disability Advocacy Group
Jeanne Ricigliano representing Disability Advocacy Group
Lisa Rosano representing Client Assistance Program
Tamar Sherman representing Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
Francine Tishman representing Community Rehabilitation Program Service Providers
Wendy Strobel representing Statewide Independent Living Council
Ex-Officio Members
Joanne Bushart representing Office for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Kevin Smith, Deputy Commissioner representing Adult Career and Continuing Education Services - Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR; formerly VESID)
Elaine Kost representing Department of Labor
Rosemary Lamb representing Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with
Disabilities
Sophie McDermott representing State Education Department/Special Education
Robert Noble representing Office for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Nick Rose representing Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
Doug Ruderman representing Office of Mental Health
Maryann Van Alstyne representing Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
vacant, State Workforce Investment Board representation
ACCES-VR staff serving as Committee Liaisons
Dennis Barlow
Tobi Bickweat
Patricia Mazzariello
Michael Peluso