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Massachusetts SILC Members
Updated November 2008
Governor Appointed Members
Name Representative of/or Title Region
Karen Bureau, Chairperson NILP Northeast
Nancy Rumbolt-Trzcinski , Vice Chair AdLib Western
Bernard Bonsra , Secretary Consumer Advocate Central
Coreen Bricknerhoff, Treasurer CORD Cape
Anita Amy Ashdon Consumer Advocate MetroWest
Joe Bellil Consumer Advocate Central
Eileen Brewster Consumer Advocate Metro Boston
Leo Canuel Consumer Advocate Southeast
Dawn Clark CLW Central
Sybil Feldman Consumer Advocate Metro Boston
Merle Ferber Consumer Advocate Western
Becca Gutman SEIU 1199 Metro Boston
Carol Hilbinger Consumer Advocate Northeast
Mike Kennedy, Chair Nominations & Development MWCIL MetroWest
Betty J. King Consumer Advocate Metro Boston
Sharon M. Liberty Consumer Advocate Metro Boston
Shawn McDuff ILCNSCA Northeast
Judi Rodger Consumer Advocate Metro Boston
Brian Smith Consumer Advocate Southeast
James Patrick Tierney BCIL Metro Boston
Joe Tringali STAVROS Western
Filomena Tripp SCIL Southeast
Ex-Officio Members
Vacant Dept. of Mental Retardation  
Myra Berloff Mass. Office on Disability  
Steve Holochuck Dept. of Mental Health  
Ann Shor Mass. Rehab Commission  
Jonathan O'Dell Mass. Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing  
Marilyn Howe Mass. Developmental Disabilities Council  
Lorraine Teehan Mass. Commission for the Blind  
Anita Allbright Department of Public Health  
Nominees
Keith Jones Consumer Advocate Metro Boston
Janet Shaw STAVROS Western
Don Summerfield Consumer Advocate Metro Boston
Tony Williams MILCB Metro Boston
Participants
Bill Allan Disability Policy Consortium Metro Boston
Mary Margaret Moore, Chair SPIL Committee ILCNSCA Northeast
Paul W. Spooner, Co-Chair Advocacy Committee, Chairperson Special Events M.W.C.I.L MetroWest
Janet Shaw, Co-Chair Advocacy Committee STAVROS Western