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Blue Ribbon Panel Members


Mike Auberger, Executive Director
Atlantis Community, Inc.

Ian Basnett
University of California, San Francisco

Phillip Beatty, Research Associate
National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center

Diane Coleman, Executive Director
The Progress Center for Independent Living

Pamela J. Dautel, Research Coordinator
Independent Living Research Utilization

Gerben DeJong, Director
National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center

James Firman, President and Chief Executive Officer
The National Council on the Aging, Inc.

Dennis Fitzgibbons
Alpha One

Marty Ford, Assistant Director
The Arc of the United States

Lex Frieden, Sr. Vice President
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research

Mary Harahan, Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Disability, Aging, & Long-Term Care Policy
Department of Health and Human Services

Charlene Harrington, Professor
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
University of California - San Francisco

Judith E. Heumann, Assistant Secretary
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

Andy Imparato, General Counsel and Director of Policy
National Council on Disability

Dan Johnson, Director
Office for Persons with Physical Disabilities

Mark Johnson, Advocacy Coordinator
The Shepherd Center

Bob Kafka, Director
ADAPT of Texas

Rosalie Kane, Professor of Social Work and Public Health
University of Minnesota

Ruth Katz, Director
Division of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy
Department of Health and Human Services

Mitchell LaPlante, Director
Disability Statistics Center
Institute for Health & Aging

Simi Litvak, Director
RRTC on Independent Living and Disability Policy

John Nelson, Independent Living Branch Chief
Rehabilitation Services Administration

Janet O'Keeffe, Senior Policy Analyst
American Association of Retired Persons

Mike Oxford, Executive Director
Topeka Independent Living Resource Center

Lee Page, Associate Advocacy Director
Paralyzed Veterans of America

Trish Riley, Executive Director
National Academy of State Health Policy

Debra Robinson
National Council on Disability

Helen Coburn Roth
OPTIONS for Independent

Marilyn Saviola, Director of Advocacy
Independence Care System

Bobby Silverstein, Director
The Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy

Robyn Stone, Executive Director
Institute for Policy Research

Jane Tilly, Senior Research Associate
The Urban Institute

Linda Velgouse, Director
National Council on the Aging, Inc.

Colleen Wieck, Executive Director
The Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities

Jody Wildy, Executive Director
DC Center for Independent Living

Bob Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy
Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation

Jay Wussow, Deputy Director
Building Health Systems Program
Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.

Tony Young, Senior Policy Associate
United Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc.

Hale Zukas, Policy Analyst
World Institute on Disability

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