Leadership, Staff, & Members
Leadership
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Sierra Whiteside – Chairperson
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James Labrie – Vice Chairperson
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Raymond Mamea – Secretary
Staff
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Daintry Bartoldus – Executive Administrator
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Che Silvert – Community & Legislative Liaison
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Zosimo Arista – Program Specialist - O'ahu
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Julia Althoff – Program Specialist - Hawai'i Island
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Amelia Kyewich-Kaneholani – Program Specialist - Kaua'i
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Savannah Peskin – Program Specialist - Maui
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Faith Nishimura – Administrative Assistant
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.
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Ho’opi’ookalani Balaz – Self-Advocate [O’ahu]
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Anne M. Chipchase – Hawai’i Disability Rights Center
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Shana Cruz – Parent [Kaua'i]
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Melissa Gibo – Representative from a Local and Non-Governmental Agency
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Karen L. Glasser – United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii
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Joshua Goetz – Self-Advocate [O’ahu]
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Brandi-Lynn Makalani Kupau Hyden – Parent [O'ahu]
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Josh Ige – Self-Advocate [Lāna’i]
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Alysha Kim – Department of Education
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Debbie Kobayakawa – Parent [O’ahu]
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James Labrie, Vice Chairperson – Self-Advocate [O’ahu]
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Pina Lemusu – Department of Human Services: Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
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Amanda Marie Luning – Parent [O’ahu]
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Leona Sa McDermott – Parent [Kaua’i]
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Raymond Mamea, Secretary – Self-Advocate [O’ahu]
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Dr. Meghan Miller – University of Hawai'i at Mānoa - Center on Disability Studies (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa)
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Alana Souza – Title IX: Social Security Act
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Cristina Valenzuela – Department of Health - Executive Office on Aging
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Eden Watabayashi – Department of Health - Children with Special Health Care Needs Branch
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Sierra Whiteside, Chairperson – Self-Advocate [Kona, Hawai'i Island]