NCCDD Council Members
Today, the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities is a 34-member, governor-appointed body and 60 percent of its members are people with developmental disabilities or family members of people with disabilities.
If you are interested in applying for membership on the Council, an application form is available online / pdf / doc format.
Caroline (Carrie) Ambrose, Raleigh – NCCDD Vice Chair, Self-Advocate Sadie Brewington Barbour, Clinton – Parent-Advocate Lanier Cansler – NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (Secretary) Rosemary Bernauer, St. Giliad – Parent-Advocate James Bodfish – University Center on Excellence (UCE) Sherry Bradsher – NC Division of Social Services DHHS, ex-officio Robert "Rusty" Bradstock, Greenboro – NCCDD Vice Chair, Self-Advocate Adonis Brown, Durham – Chairman, Advocacy and Leadership Committee, Self-Advocate Lisa Byrd, Durham – Self-Advocate Dan Coughlin, Concord – NC Council of Community Programs Senator Katie Dorsett, Greensboro – Representative of the NC Senate Jonathan Ellis, Wilmington –
NCCDD Chairman, Community Capacity Building Committee, Self-AdvocateLourdes M. Fernandez, Raleigh – Parent-Advocate Wilson Finks, Chapel Hill – Self-Advocate Crystal Lee Foreman, Raleigh – Self-Advocate Linda Harrington – NC Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, DHHS David A. Horowitz, M.D., Cary – Parent-Advocate Rep. Verla C. Insko, Chapel Hill –
Representative of the NC House of RepresentativesTara Larson – Rep. Division of Medical Assistance Michael McNeill, Aberdeen – Self-Advocate Desiree Peterson, Raleigh – Self-Advocate Randy Powell, Rocky Mount – Self-Advocate I. Azell Reeves, Greensboro – Parent-Advocate Robert J. (Bob) Rickelman, Ph.D., Charlotte – NCCDD Chairman, Parent-Advocate Walter L. Ruff III, Sylva – Parent-Advocate Kevin Ryan – NC Division of Public Health, DHHS Paul Sagerman, M.D., Winston-Salem – Parent-Advocate Vicki Smith – Disability Rights North Carolina Dennis Streets – NC Division of Aging and Adult Services David I. Taylor, Jr., Statesville – Self-Advocate Amanda Wagoner, McGrady – Parent-Advocate Leza Wainwright – NC Division of Mental Health,
Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse, DHHSMary Watson – NC Department of Public Instruction Mike Whitley, Charlotte –
NCCDD Chairman – Disability Systems Change Committee, Provider RepresentativeTracy Parker Willets, Wilmington – NCCDD Secretary / Treasurer, Parent-Advocate Laura Yates – NC Department of Corrections, Ex-Officio
