Community Advisory Council Members

The Community Advisory Council serves as an external advisory board to review and recommend broad programmatic directions, to evaluate the impact of the Institute within the state and region, to serve as liaison and advocate for the Institute's involvement in community-based activities, and to advise on critical areas of need that the Institute should address in future planning efforts.

Members of the Institute's Community Advisory Council include the following individuals, as of April 2012 –

Rick Cardenas
Advocating Change Together
Self-Advocate

Barbara Case
Minnesota Department of Education, Special Education Programs

Shelly Christensen
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis
Parent

Pattianne Demaray
Parent

Antonietta Giovanni
Advocate, Parent

Marge Goldberg
Consultant, Parent

Brenda Goral
Opportunity Partners

Sherry Gray
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Sibling

Richard Grimm III
Self-Advocate

Heidi Hamilton
Minnesota Department of Human Services, Disability Services

David Hancox
Metropolitan Center for Independent Living, Inc.