List of Community Advisory Council Members

2024-2025 CDCI Community Advisory Council (CAC) Members

CAC Co-Chairs

• Michael Shor, self-advocate and psychotherapist with autism
• Ocean Streeter, self-advocate

CAC Members

• Max Barrows, Green Mountain Self-Advocates
• David Frye, self-advocate
• Melissa Merotta Houser, physician with autism and family member of someone with a disability
• Matthew LeFluer, self-advocate
• Kristofor Medina, self-advocate
• Kirsten Murphy, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
• Lindsey Owen, Disability Rights Vermont
• Skye Peebles, family member of a Vermonter with a disability
• Persephone Ringgenberg, self-advocate
• Summer Stelter, self-advocate

CDCI Representatives

• Jesse Suter, CDCI Executive Director
• Rachel Cronin, CDCI Assistant Director
• Winnie Looby, CDCI Academics Coordinator
• Maureen Nevers, CDCI Community Services Coordinator

Past Community Advisory Council Members

• Max Barrows, self-advocate, Green Mountain Self-Advocates
• June Bascom, director, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Services Division
• Mary Alice Favro, VT LEND Clinical Director & Associate Training Director, Speech-Language Pathology Faculty
• Amber Fulcher, former UVM 504 Coordinator
• Sharon Henault
• Françoise Kahindo
• Deborah Lisi-Baker, former associate director, CDCI
• Randy Lizotte, self-advocate, Green Mountain Self-Advocates
• Lisa Maynes, family member of a Vermonter with a disability
• Ed Paquin, former director, Disability Rights Vermont
• Rene Pellerin
• Karen Price, family member of a Vermonter with a disability
• Meagan Roy, family member of a Vermonter with a disability
• Liliane Savard, director, UVM Autism Collaborative
• Olivia Smith-Hammond, Vermont Family Network
• Karen Topper, director, Green-Mountain Self-Advocates
• Nicole Villemaire, self-advocate and disability researcher