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Council Members and Membership

Council Members

Mari Frederick Chairperson 101 W. Division St. Wautoma, WI 54982 920-787-3341 Maureen Arcand Madison Cynthia Bentley Milwaukee Kristin Berg Eau Claire Gerry Born Madison Daniel Bier Madison Shu-Chuan Cheng Eau Claire John Donnelly Madison

Craig Fiedler Oshkosh Debra Glover Milwaukee Ruth Gullerud Eau Claire Rick Hall Madison Ashley Hesse Oshkosh Barbara Katz Madison Denise Konicki Madison Sue Nutter Janesville Roxanne Price LaCrosse

Deb Ramacher New Richmond Daniel Remick Madison Sinikka Santala Madison Barbara Sorenson Washburn Jeffrey Spitzer-Resnick Madison Carolyn Stanford Taylor Madison Jacquelyn Wenkman Jefferson Cynthia Zellner-Ehlers Sturgeon Bay

Membership:

Members of the Council are appointed by the Governor to serve four-year terms as follows:

At least 60% of the membership shall consist of persons with developmental disabilities or their parents or guardians or of immediate relatives or guardians of persons with mentally impairing developmental disabilities. The remaining 40% of the members must include nine required non-consumer categories. These include:

• One representative from the agency that administers Vocational Rehabilitation services (Department of Workforce Development);
• One representative from the agency that administers Medical Assistance (Department of Health and Family Services-DHFS);
• One representative from the agency that administers the Older Americans Act (DHFS);
• One representative from the Department of Public Instruction;
• One representative from the University Center of Excellence (Waisman Center);
• One representative from the state’s Protection and Advocacy agency (Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy-WCA);

These six categories are all considered “State Agencies”. The Secretary of the Department or the Director of the Waisman Center and WCA appoints the member. Since DHFS administers two of the required programs, one person can represent both categories. The remaining required categories include:

• One public (County) provider;
• One private, not for profit DD service provider;
• One “non-governmental agency” that does advocacy.