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Advisory Board Chosen

Standing (left to right): Ramon Rodriguez, *Cindie Beaulaurier, *Ann Flannery, *Sheila Hitchen, *Terry Gregersen, Evelyn Cederbaum, *Dian Jenkins, John Freeburg, *Daisy Cartwright Kneeling: *Richard Bear, *Trevor Storrs, Martha Smith, Cheryl Davis, Merri Pearson (* indicates Advisory Board member)

NWOC Chooses Advisory Board

The Northwest Outreach Center is pleased to announce the selection of its first advisory board. Members were chosen to represent not only each state in the four-state region (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington), but also for their ability to provide expertise in and representation of the interests of vocational rehabilitation, postsecondary institutions (including employment settings, community colleges and four-year colleges), secondary programs, urban and rural settings, and deaf and hard-of-hearing consumer organizations.

The resulting advisory members represent the range of institutions and consumers served by NWOC. The members, by state, are:

Alaska:

Daisy Cartwright, currently a vocational rehabilitation counselor with Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (also in Anchorage), and previously a school counselor and residential program coordinator for the Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Trevor Storrs, coordinator of the Student Living Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing located in Anchorage

Idaho

Ann Flannery, Interpreter and Consultant at Boise State University, previously with the the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind
Dian Jenkins, Coordinator of Deaf Services and Assistant Director of the ADA/Disability Resource Center at Idaho State University in Pocatello

Oregon

Richard Bear, graduate student at the University of Oregon in Eugene, and SHHH member
Sheila Hitchen, vocational rehabilitation counselor specialist with the Oregon Division of Vocational Rehabilitation out of the Portland regional office

Washington

Cindie Beaulaurier, Interpreter/Coordinator for Disabled Student Services at Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, Washington, and parent of a deaf teen
Terry Gregersen, Special Education Program Coordinator, Tacoma Public Schools, Tacoma, Washington

The advisory board met in Seattle, Washington, just prior to the Region X Symposium on Rehabilitation and Deafness biennial conference. Ramon Rodriguez with the US Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Merri Pearson, the new director of the National Center on Deafness, and Evelyn Cederbaum, Associate Project Director with the Western Region Outreach Center & Consortia also provided input and insight into the PEPNet philosophy of service provision and technical assistance.

The advisory board's charge is to provide feedback to NWOC in the products we develop, assist in NWOC outreach and marketing efforts by spreading the word of products and services that are available to programs in their states, and to inform NWOC of training and technical assistance needs in their locale.

Direct suggestions, comments, and questions about this page to:

Cheryl D. Davis, Ph.D., Coordinator Northwest Outreach Center Regional Resource Center on Deafness Western Oregon University Monmouth OR 97361 503-838-8642 (v/tty) 503-838-8228 (fax) http://www.wou.edu/nwoc nwoc@wou.edu

Last modified 21AUG1999.