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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.