Advisory Board
MN Hands & Voices' Parent and Professional Advisory Committee
Purpose:
MN Hands & Voices is a member of Hands & Voices. In order to fulfill chapter requirements, MN Hands & Voices meets quarterly to accomplish the following:
- Provide advice to MN Hands & Voices staff
- Allow stakeholders and organizations to share information
- Forge collaborations among community partners
- Discuss important issues involving our youth who are deaf and hard of hearing
- Create a unified community out of respect for the individual choices families make
Commitments Year-to-Date:
Melissa McNamer, Parent/Co-Chair
Sally Prouty, Parent/Advocate/Co-Chair, DeafBlind Tech. Asst.
Marie Koehler, Metro Manager, DHHS
Judith Cavazos-Beal, Parent/Spanish Spkg Cnslr, Child at 196
Carolyn Anderson, Parent/Parent Advocate, PACER
Janet Figueroa, Parent/Board Member, Cued Speech Assoc. MN
Mary Cashman-Bakken, Deaf/HH Specialist, MN Dept. of Ed.
Kathy Anderson, D/HH Teacher/EHDI Coord., MDE
Melissa Ferrello, Audiologist, U of MN
Open, MN AG Bell
Kelly Ripley, Parent, Child at Northern Voices
Open, Parent of Child at MSAD
Beth Keller, Outreach Coordinator, PEPNet
Kathleen Smith, Adult who is Deaf, MADC
Kelsey Dahl, Youth Coordinator for MADC
Mark Winholtz, Grandparent, Family Member at MDS
Mary Hartnett, Executive Director, MCDHH
Sharon Bass, SLP
Julie Storck, Teacher of the DHH, St. Paul Public Schools
Candace Lindow-Davies, Parent/Coord., MN H & V
Robin Coninx, Metro Parent/Parent Guide, MN H & V
Laura Godfrey, Metro Parent/Parent Guide, MN H & V
Melissa McNamer, Parent/Co-Chair, Parent of Child who is HH
Jennifer Hume, Deaf Parent/Parent Guide, MN H & V
Brenda Hommerding, Central Parent/Parent Guide, MN H & V
Shannon Hohrman, NW Parent/Parent Guide, MN H & V
Marie Pank, NE Parent/Parent Guide, MN H & V
Kris Hemstock, SW Parent/Parent Guide, MN H & V
Leslie Carnegie-Hilde, Upper Parent/Parent Guide, MN H & V
Mary Ellen Bondhus, SE Parent/Parent Guide, MN H & V
Mayra Soltero, Spanish Parent Guide, MN H & V
