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Council Members

​​People with Developmental Disabilities and Family Members

Shawn Allen, Mercer Co.
Steven Barr, Harrison Co. 
Shannon Blosser, Marshall Co.
​Rachel Brown, Kanawha, Co.
Vanessa Combs, Mercer Co.
Christen Dougherty, Kanawha Co.
​​Jacquelyn Erb, Berkeley Co.
Darla Ervin, Monongalia Co.
​Rose Fair, Hancock Co.
Lynsay Frye, Wetzel Co. - Vice Chair
​JaQue Galloway, Ohio Co.
​Richard Hammons, Webster Co.
​Tracy Hartnett, Lewis Co.
​Kim Hawkins, Kanawha Co.
Samantha Ribeiro Matos, Lewis Co.
Sheri Mills, Jefferson Co.
​​​Cara Price, Barbour Co.
​Charlotte Roth, Preston Co.
Anna Smith, Wood Co.
​Jessica Sykes, Berkeley Co.- Chairperson
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At-Large Members

Lydia Milnes             Mountain State Justice

Paulette Southerly    LiveAbility

Agency Reps.                   Agency                                             Designee
Steve Brady                                       Bureau for Behavioral Health, IDD Division

Cynthia Beane, Commissioner          Bureau for Medical Services                                     Randy Hill, Director, Home & Community-Based Services

Jeffery Pack, Commissioner               Bureau of Senior Services                                         Jacqueline Proctor, Deputy Commissioner
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Lorie Bragg, Interim Co​mmissioner      ​​Bureau for Social Services                                        Amber Moore, Adult Services, Policy Specialist

Susan Given, Executive Director       Disability Rights of WV

James Jeffries, Director                     Office of Maternal, Child, & Family Health                  Mel Woodcock, Interim Director, WV Birth to Three

Sheila Paitsel, Executive Director      WV Dept. of Education, Ofc. of Special Education    Tonya Rutkowski, Coordinator, Secondary Transition Services​

Pisnu Bua-Iam, Director                     WV Division of Rehabilitation Services                      Marsha Spiker

Lesley Cottrell, Ph.D., Dir​ector          WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities

Carissa Davis       ​                             Olmstead Coordinator

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Council Staff Members
Tina Wiseman, Executive Director, (304)558-0418, Tine.E.Wiseman@wv.gov
Katie Arbaugh, Program Operations Coordinator, (304)558-4185, Katie.O.Arbaugh@wv.gov


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