Board of Directors and Committees
Board of Directors 2010-2011
Founder and Life Member: Millie Brother
Region 1: Sean Henriques
States: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia Canada: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario.
Region 2: Margaret Collier, Secretary
States & Territories: Alabama, Washington, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Virgin Islands
Region 3: Bobbie Huebner
States: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Region 4: JoAnn Huss
States: Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming
Canada: Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Region 5: Allyne Betancourt, President
States: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington
Canada: British Columbia
Region 6: Manuela Moeller
Europe
Region 7: Liza Clews
Australia
Member at Large: Jo Ann McCann, Vice President
Committees
Professional Standards Committee (Standing)
Investments, finance & accounting.
Chair; Warner Newman; Mark Colonomos
Financial Assistance Committee
Sean Henriques, Chair; Ann Topliff,
Conference Management Committee
Coordinate responsibilities related to annual general meeting & conference planning
Members: Allyne Betancourt, Chair; Pam Snedigar; Mariann Jacobson;
Distinguished Service Award Committee (Standing)
Recruitment and selection of award recipients.
Members: Ann Topliff, Millie Brother
Membership Committee
Maintain the membership database follow up lapsed memberships Liaises with conference registration.
Open, Chair
Millie Brother Scholarship Fund Committee (Standing)
Coordinates the details for the recruitment and selection of scholarship recipients.
Members: Jo Ann McCann Chair, Jennie Pyers
Fundraising Committee(Standing) – open
KODA Committee (Ad hoc)
Outreach and liaison to programs for hearing children (age 18 and younger) with deaf parents and programs for deaf parents with hearing children
Member: Bert Pickell, Mark Colonomos
Web Team (Ad hoc)
Web design and administration (www.coda-international.org)
Members: Sean Henriques, Chair; Jill Sheffield; Darlene Prickett; Lisa Callsen
Publications Committee (Standing)
Editorial oversight of CODA, International publications including: newsletter, CODA Internet Connection (enewsletter), CODA website, anc the conference yearbook
Members: Sean Henriques, Co-Chair; Mark Colonomos, Co-Chair; Allyne Betancourt, Mariann Jacobson
Mother Father Deaf Day Committee (standing)
Coordinate media materials and disseminate information
Members: Amy Amundsen, Tommie Teske
Policy and Procedures committee (Ad hoc)
Reviews and updates policy and procedures
Chair: Liza Clews
By-Laws Committee (Standing)
Members: Alan Marcus, Chair; Jo Ann McCann; Millie Brother
CODA Chapter Committee (ad hoc)
Provide guidance on chapter activation
Members: Mary Ann Hickman, Manuela Mueller
Outreach Committee (Standing)
Oversee programs and promotion of awareness about the organization
Carmel Batson, chair
International contacts:
Australia: Carmel Batson, carmcoda@bigpond.com
Austria: Isabella Rausch, isabella_rausch@yahoo.de
Denmark: Born af Dove (Children of Deaf), c/o Danish Deaf Association, Fensmarkgade 1, Postbox 704, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
Finland: Raili Ojala, Raili.Ojala-signell@kl-deaf.fi
England: Linda Linnett, lil@safeteazone.demon.co.uk
Germany: Manuela Moeller, manu.moeller@gmx.de
Ireland: Catherine White, catherine_white04@hotmail.com
Holland: Gerdinand Wagenaar, gerdinandwagenaar@talkinghands.nl
Japan: Maki Miyamoto, maqui@mvg.biglobe.ne.jp
Sweden: Olga Svensson-Richter, OlgaSvenrichter@hotmail.com
