Stakeholders Planning Group: 2002-2003

Stakeholders Planning Group

The Connecticut State Department of Education and SERC would like to thank the Summit Stakeholders Planning Group for their diligence, dedication, and enthusiasm.

Hollace Brooks
Vice President of Government Affairs
The Greater Hartford Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc.

Barbara Brown
President
Connecticut Association of Private Special Education Facilities (CAPSEF)

Nancy Cappello
Education Consultant
Bureau of Special Education & Pupil Services – CSDE

Vivian J. Carlson
Assistant Professor
St. Joseph College

Alfred Carter
Dean of Students
Manchester Community College

Marilyn Chalmers
Supervisor of Pupil Services / Special Education
New Haven Public Schools

Marybeth Dean
Education Supervisor
Board of Education and Services for the Blind

George Dowaliby
Chief
Bureau of Special Education & Pupil Services – CSDE

John Driscoll
School Psychologist
Vocational-Technical School System

Anne P. Druzolowski
Education Manager
Office of Priority Schools – CSDE

Paul Flinter
Chief
Bureau of Early Childhood Education & Social Services – CSDE

Margaret Gansecki-Braddon
Superintendent of Schools, USD # 3
Department of Mental Retardation – Central Office

Lauren Gibson-Carter
Social Worker
Village for Families & Children, Inc.

David R. Grice
Consultant
SERC

Margaret Grice
Parent Representative
African & Caribbean American Parents of Children with Disabilities

Elizabeth Horton Sheff
Majority Leader
Hartford City Council

Merva Jackson
Executive Director
African & Caribbean American Families of Children with Disabilities

Yvette Johnson
Disability Policy Specialist
Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities

Ann B. Jones
Director of Special Education
Willington Public Schools

Brenda Key
Secretary
Connecticut Education Association (CEA)

Marianne Kirner
Director
SERC

Michelle LeBrun-Griffin
Consultant
SERC

Patrice McCarthy
Deputy Director and General Counsel
Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE)

Glenn McGrath
Pupil Personnel Director
West Hartford Public Schools

Diane Murphy
Associate Education Consultant
Bureau of Student Assessment & Research – CSDE

Maria Laura Ortner
Representative
Connecticut Association of School Psychologists (CASP)

Nancy Prescott
Director
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)

Marcus E. Rivera
Hartford Monitor
Office of the Commissioner – CSDE

John Russell
Education Coordinator – NAACP & Principal,
Hyde Leadership School of Greater New Haven

Elizabeth M. Schmitt
Project Coordinator, State Improvement Grant
Bureau of Special Education & Pupil Services – CSDE

Santa Serrano
Parent Advocate
Padres Abriendo Puertas (PAP)

Joan Shapiro
Parent Representative

William Spielberg
Former Middle School Principal
Danbury Public Schools

Miriam Taylor
Principal
Hartford Public Schools

Iris White
Professional Development Coordinator
CT Federation of Educational & Professional Employees

Dudley Williams
Assistant to the Commissioner
Connecticut State Department of Education