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TASH Committees 

Board Committees are comprised of TASH members who are appointed by the TASH Board to serve for a designated period of time. There is an committee for each of the five major functions of the organization. These committees include Executive, Finance, Development, Member Services and Public Affairs. 

Operating Committees are comprised of TASH members that work on the specific operations of the organization.  They include the conference, elections, chapters, publications, journal and student membership and chapter activities.

 
Board Committees Chair(s):
Executive Carol Quirk, President
Development Jean Trainor
Finance  Barbara Loescher
Member Services  Bill Smith
Public Affairs Curtis Richards
Operating Committees
Chapter TBA
Elections Ralph Edwards
Conference David Westling

 

                                                                                            

 

 

 


2009 Committee Chair Contact Information

TASH Issue Committees have a board liaison, who is appointed by the board; a chair or co-chairs, who are selected by the members of each committee; and any number of interested TASH members who comprise the body of the committee. These committees are:

 
Committee: Chair(s):
Communication Anne Marie Orlando
Coordinator, Project SCIPPDoctoral StudentDepartment of Special EducationUniversity of Floridaaorlando@ufl.edu
352-215-2747

Judy C. Bailey
Project Director, Everyone Communicates
ICON Community Services, Inc.
judybailey@aol.com                         703-220-2948

Community Living 

Hope Dittmeier
leetditt@gmail.com

Sandi Cooper
sandicooper@neighbours-inc.com 
Criminal Justice

Barbara Ransom 
Disability Rights California
100 Howe Ave., suite 235N
Sacramento, CA 95825
916-488-8160
916-488-9960
 
barbara.ransom@disabilityrightsca.org

Richard Sobsey 
University of Alberta
Department of Educational Psychology
6-102 Ed North
Edmonton, AB T6G 2G5
Ph 780.492.3755
Fax 780.492.1318
Dick.sobsey@ualberta.ca

Early Childhood 

Maria K. Denney, Ph.D. co-chair
Assistant Professor
College of Education/Special Education
University of Florida
1402 Norman Hall
P.O. Box 117050
Gainesville, FL 32611-7050
Phone: (352) 273-4274
Fax:     (352) 392-2655

denney@coe.ufl.edu

Tara McLaughlin

847-804-5279

taraway@ufl.edu

Education 

Beverley Fields
80 Cynthiana Court
Florissant, MO 63031P
h 314.921.8989
Bev_fields@sbcglobal.net

Mary Fisher
IUPUI
902 W. New York St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Ph 317. 274.0650
Fax 765.496.1228
fisherm@iupui.edu

Mara Sapon-Shevin
Syracuse University
150 Huntington Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-2340
Ph 315.443.5088
Fax 315.443.3289
msaponsh@syr.edu

Employment and Transition

John Butterworth
Institute for Community Inclusion - University of Massachusetts at Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
Ph 617.287.4357
Fax 617.287.4352
John.butterworth@umb.edu

Michael Callahan
4101 Gautier Vancleave Rd.
Suite 102
Gautier, MS 39553
Ph 228.497.6999
Fax 228.497.6966
micallahan@aol.com

Family

Lynda Baumgardner
Wyoming Gov. Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities
Lingle WY 82223
Ph
Fax
Lynda_baumgardner@hotmail.com

Marilyn Skogen
Parent Resource Center
500S. Jefferson Street
Casper, MY 82601
Ph 307.577.0321
Fax
Marilyn_Skogen@ncsd.k12.wy.us

Individuals with Special Health Care Needs

Donna Lehr
Boston University- School of Education
Two Sherborn St.
Boston, MA 02215
Ph 617.353.3240
Fax 617.353.3206
dlehr@bu.edu

International 

Julia White
jwhite@warner.rochester.edu

Ashleigh Molloy
amolloy@transedinstitute.org

 

Allan Spaulding
spaldingalan@yahoo.co.uk

 

Leisure and Recreation

Mark Ohrenberg
Services For Independent Living
401 Hathman Place
Columbia, MO 65201
573-874-1646 x216
mohrenberg@silcolumbia.org www.silcolumbia.org

Multicultural Issues  

Susie Schaeffer
Division of Developmental Disabilities
907 NW Ballard Way
Seattle, WA 98107-2905
Ph: 425-771-8165
Cell: 425478-9383
Fax
susie.schaefer@comcast.net

Sungho Park
323-343-4398
spark6@calstatela.edu

Personnel Preparation 

Rene Wroblewski
St Bonaventure University
Assistant Professor
School of Education
B-6 Plassmann Hall
St. Bonaventure, NY 14778
Ph 716.375.4078
RWROBLEW@sbu.edu

Positive Approaches/ Positive Behavior Support    

Christopher M. Oliva
Special Education
Queens College
City University of New York
Cell 914.522.0525
Ph. 518-392-0707
drcoliva@gmail.com

Post Secondary Education  

Cate Weir 
UMass Boston
Institute for Community Inclusion
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
cathryn.weir@umb.edu

Related Services 

Beverly Rainforth
SUNY Binghamton
SEHD – Division of Education
Academic B Rm 238, Vestal Parkway
Binghamton, NY 13903-6000
Ph 607.777.2277
Fax 607.777.3587
bevrain@binghamton.edu

Sexuality 

Charles Dukes
Florida Atlantic University – Exceptional Student Education
777 Glades Rd.
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Ph 561.297.1081
Fax 561.297.2507
cdukes@fau.edu

Pamela Lamar-Dukes
Florida Atlantic University
Department of Exceptional Student Education
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431
plamard@fau.edu

 
All committees welcome additional energy and interest. TASH members are invited to participate in committee activities.