Hawai'i State Council on Developmental Disabilities (DD Council)
Current Members
The Council consists of 28 Governor appointed members that includes persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD), parents, family members, and representatives from public and private agencies. At least 61% (17 members) must be a person with I/DD or a family member of a person with I/DD. The Council currently has three vacancies.
Ho’opi’ookalani Balaz – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Kevin Bardsley-Marcial – Goodwill Industries of Hawai’i
Mary Brogan – Developmental Disabilities Division
Anne M. Chipchase –Hawai’i Disability Rights Center
Cynthia D. Fowler – Parent, Kaua’i
Melissa Gibo – Representative from a Local and Non-governmental Agency
Howard Greenberg – Parent, Maui
Josh Ige – Self-Advocate, Lana’i
Debbie Kobayakawa – Parent, O’ahu
Joshua Goetz – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Alysha Kim – Department of Education
Raymond Mamea – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Cristina Valenzuela - DOH Executive Office on Aging
Sierra Whiteside, Chairperson – Self-Advocate, Kona
James Labrie– Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Shana Metsch – Parent, Kaua’i
Alana Souza – Title IX: Social Security Act
Dr. Kiriko Takahashi – Center on Disability Studies (CDS), UHM
Reinalyn Terrado – Parent, O’ahu
Mark Vierra, Secretary – Parent, Kona, HI
Eden Watabayashi – DOH Children with Special Health Care Needs Branch
Brandi-Lynn Makalani Kupau Hyden, ViceChair – Parent, O'ahu
Lea Dias – DHS Department of Vocational Rehabilitation