UCEDD Consumer Advisory Committee

The UCEDD Consumer Advisory Committee provides advice and assistance to the UCEDD on project development, progress on project and program objectives and suggestions for new initiatives.  The members of the advisory committee have been invited to work with us based on their personal and professional experience that makes them each uniquely expert in the range of issues that impact upon the lives of people with disability.  The committee consists of individuals who have personal life experience as a person with disability, as well as family members of people with developmental disability, representatives of state agencies serving people with disability, and, other organizations funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities.  The UCEDD advisory board members include a former Massachusetts State Legislator, self-advocates, a legal counsel, and people with a range of  technical expertise that has proven invaluable to the success of UCEDD programs. 

Susan Alperen-
Andrea Berkman -
Larry Espling - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
Tom Larkin -
Sidney Rosenthal -
Dee Spinkston - Urban PRIDE
Paul Spooner - Executive Director, Metrowest Center for Independent Living
Deirdra Whelan - Massachusett Developmental Disabilities Council