Community Advisory Council
The Community Advisory Council (CAC) guides the work of MI-DDI, ensuring the voices of Michigan residents with disabilities, their families, friends, and supporters are heard. The CAC assures that individual, group, and community concerns and needs are addressed by the work of MI-DDI as it executes its five-year strategic plan.
List of CAC members
Name | Organizational Affiliation |
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Leslynn Angel | UCP Detroit - UCP Michigan |
Elizabeth Bauer | Consultant/Family Member |
Sherri Boyd | The Arc Michigan |
Ed Carlson | Peer Mentor/Self-Advocate |
Vendella Collins | Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council |
Alice Frame | Michigan Department of Health and Human Services/Self-Advocate |
Jennifer Hirst | Michigan Rehabilitation Services |
Chris Lerchen | Family Member |
LuAnn Loy | Partners in Policymaking/Family Member |
Mark McWilliams | Michigan Protection and Advocacy Services, Inc. |
Neva Nahan | Wayne State University, School of Social Work/Family Member |
Christopher Samp | City of Detroit, Office of Disability Affairs/Self-Advocate |
Robert Stein | Michigan Assisted Living Association |
Jillian Trumbull | Oakland Community Health Network |
Jane Turner | Pediatrician, MI-LEND Co-Director |
Barbara Valliere | UCP Michigan/Self-Advocate |
Janey Vermeulen | Peer Mentor/Self-Advocate |
Rita Walters | Michigan State University/Family Member |
Janis Weckstein | Michigan Department of Education |
Denise White-Perkins | Henry Ford Health System |