Annual Reports Annual Reports Menu Steering Committee Membership 2002 Ms. Elaina Goldstein Steering Committee Chairperson Interim Director of University of RI Center for Public Policy, Executive Director, Rhodes to Independence Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Ms. Susan L. Babin Administrator, Office of Quality Assurance/Special Projects, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), BHDDH Ms. Mary Lou Buonaccorsi Human Resource Consultant, Employer Representative Mr. Leo Canuel Executive Director, PARI Mr. Donald Churnick Principal Resource Specialist, Disability and Health Program, Department of Health Ms. Diane Cook Policy Specialist Dept of Human Services, Project Co-Director, Work on the Rhodes to Indepndence Work Incentives Grant Mr. Donald D. Deignan Chairperson Governor's Advisory Council for the Blind, Consumer Representative Mr. Jon Dupre Mental Health Consumer Advocate Ms. Carol Ferraioli State Rehabilitation Council   Mr. Steven A. Florio Executive Director, RI Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ms. Dianne Kayala Chief of Family Health Systems, Dept of Human Services, Project Mr. Richard King Consumer Representative Mr. Steve Kitchin Vice President, Corporate Education & Training, New England Institute of Technology, Chairman of the Board, Workforce Partnership of Greater RI Mr. Tony Lucca Director of Operations, Providence/Cranston Workforce Development Office WIB Mr. Damon Mahan Consumer Representative Mr. John Martinelli Consumer Representative   Mr. Thomas Martin The Division of Behavioral Healthcare of BHDDH Ms. Doreen McConaghy Executive Drector, PAL, Chairperson, Governor's Comission on Disabilities Mr. Alfred J. Moscola Interim General Manager, RI Public Transit Authority Ms. Kathleen Partington Chief, Workforce Development Services, Dept. of Labor & Training and Project Co-Director, Work on the Rhodes to Indepndence Work Incentives Grant Ms. Lorna C. Ricci Executive Director, OSCIL Mr. Thomas J. Rossi President T.J. Rossi Associates, Employer Representative Ms. Susan Shapiro RI Department of Human Services, Office of Rehabilitation Services, Executive Director of Benefits Planning on Rhodes to Independence Grant Mr. J. David Sienko Education Specialist, RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Special Needs Acknowledgements The Rhodes to Independence Steering Committee wishes to express appreciation to all of the individuals who served on the four Steering Committee Workgroups this year, and especially the Chairs; Donald Deignan, Jon Dupre, Steve Kitchin, Tom Rossi, and Mark Therrien. Without their generosity of time and expertise this first year report would not have been possible. Employer Workgroup Steve Kitchin, Mary Lou Buonaccorsi, Lauren Slocum, Ernie Vergano, Thomas J. Rossi, Richard Westlake, Lorna Ricci, Tony Lucca, Jim Glover, Ken Renaud, Christine Grieco, Vicki Ferrara, Lynette Lopes, Anne LeClerc, Elaina Goldstein, Diane Cook, Susan Shapiro Information and Outreach Workgroup Donald Deignan, Susan Shapiro, Lorna Ricci, Vicki Ferrara, Frank DePetrillo, Kim Bose, Linda Dziobek, Janet Breckenridge, Jeanne Panarace, Diane Kayala, Ann LeClerq, John Dupre, Robert Cooper Medicaid Buy-In Workgroup Tony Bagaglia, Carolyn Aspinwall, Leo Canuel, Jeannine Dery, Peter D'Orsi, Roberta Green, Danielle Hetu, Denise Holmes, Jeanne Hunter, Anne LeClerc, Mary Madden, John Martinelli, Doreen McConaghy, Annie Murphy, Susan Olson, Al Quattromani, Sally Ribeiro, Lorna Ricci, Ralph Rodriguez, Maura Silvia, Mark Susa, Mark Therrien, Dale Williams, Alice Woods, Charles Zawacki Transportation Workgroup Jon Dupre, Thomas J. Rossi, Sue Babin, Mike Braet, Leo Canuel, Bob Cooper, Carol Ferraioli, Elaina Goldstein, Dianne Kayala, John Martinelli, June McLain, Nancy M. Slater The Steering Committee is grateful to Diane Cook, Elaina Goldstein, Anne LeClerc and Susan Shapiro for providing their expertise, skill, and tenacity in staffing the Workgroups and drafting the reports. Special thanks to the following individuals for providing additional expertise, feedback, editing, and overall support Kim Bose, Rochel Karp, and June McLain at the University of Rhode Island Public Policy Center, Debra Hurwitz, at the Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School and Andrea Castanata at the Governor's Commission on Disabilities. We would like to express thanks to the staff of the two technical assistance centers for the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant: (1) the Center for Workers with Disabilities at the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) especially, Mike Cheek, Gail Stefl, and Doug Stone, and (2) the National Consortium for Health Systems Development (NCHSD), especially Melissa Whitman and Pam Haines. for getting us started and responding to any and all questions. Without the ability to discuss challenges and accomplishments with our many "state partners" we wouldn't be so far down the Rhode to Independence for people with disabilities in Rhode Island. Last, but certainly not least, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, especially Joe Razes, Rhode Island's Project Officer for the Rhodes to Independence Medicaid Infrastructure Grant for providing the funding for this very significant project. 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