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Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
New York State Education Department

Rebecca H. Cort, Ed.D.,
Deputy Commissioner
Richard P. Mills, Commissioner
VESID Consumers

The Commissioner’s Advisory Panel (CAP) for Special Education Services

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP
These individuals are representatives of the groups listed:

Individuals with Disabilities:
Alyse Middendorf Lynn Radicello
Rosemary Tucci  
Parents of Children with Disabilities:
Cynthia Brooks Marlene Taylor
Max Donatelli Margaret Vogt
Vicki Prager Fithian Robin Worobey
   

A total of fifty-one percent of CAP's membership, which includes five individuals frm the categories listed below, are individuals with disabilities and/or parents of children with disabilities.

Teachers:
Jackie Bennett Paul Pecorale
Chrystina Russell Beth St. Claire-Bedell
State/Local Education Officials:
Lois Kessler Brian Pulvino
Kusum Sinha Catherine Savage
Administrators of Programs for Children with Disabilities:
Barbara E. Chapman
Joseph Kelly
State Agencies that are Involved in the Delivery of Related Services:
Alan Metevia Carol Packard
Robin Worobey
Provider of Transition Services and Business/Vocational Representative:
Emily Ellis Ramon Santos
Institutions of Higher Education:
Private and Charter Schools:
James Cultrara Darlene Mengel
Corrections Agencies (Juvenile and Adult):
 Maureen McNamara (juvenile) Ora Perkins (adult)
State/Local Education Official Representing Homeless:
Patricia McGuirk
State Child Welfare Agency:
Maureen McNamara
Ad Hoc Members:
Dee Dwyer Chris Kus
Joseph Frey

Meetings 
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Annual Report

If you would like to express your concerns to the Panel, email us. For more information, please call 518-473-2878.

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