ATEL Committee Members
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§ 39-23-1 Committee – Composition. – There is hereby created a permanent committee to be known as the adaptive telephone equipment loan program committee. This committee shall advise on the program and shall consist of fifteen (15) members.
Eleven Governor Appointees:
Seven consumers (including one from each of the following communities: the hard of hearing or deaf community, the speech impaired community and the neuromuscular impaired community):
Jeanne Panarace - Hard of Hearing/Deaf Community
Jeannepanarace@cox.net
James Litvack-Hard of Hearing/Deaf Community
james.litvack@t-mobile.com
Ellen Lenox Smith - Neuromuscular Disability Community
RI Arthritis Foundation Ambassador
US Pain Ambassador
Ellen.smith2@gmail.com
Christine Brown - Hard of Hearing/Deaf Community
honeypepermax@gmail.com
Deba Pietsch - Hard of Hearing/Deaf Community
debapietsch@gmail.com
Niki Kyrou - Hard of Hearing/Deaf Community
nkyrou2008@hotmail.com
One professional member (an audiologist, physician or speech pathologist):
Rachel Smith - Audiologist/Professional Member
rachelsmith@uri.edu
Three members of the general public:
Melissa Rosenberg -General Public/OSCIL
Melissa.Rosenberg@oscil.org
Alicia Moore - General Public
alicia.moore.ctr@ors.ri.gov
Harlan Hersey - General Public
hhersey@gmail.com
Four Other Appointees:
One from the House of Representatives (appointed by the speaker):
Representative Arthur Handy
Rhode Island House or Representatives, District 18, Cranston
Room 07B Statehouse
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
rep-handy@rilin.state.ri.us
One from the Senate (appointed by the president of the senate):
Senator Hanna Gallo
Care of Senate Chamber
Rhode Island State Senate
82 Smith Street
Providence, RI 02903
sen-gallo@rilin.state.ri.us
One representative of the telephone company (appointed by its chief executive officer):
Damian Eannarino, Field Service Supervisor
Cox Communications
9 J.P. Murphy Highway
West Warwick, RI 02893
Damian.eannarino@cox.com
One representative of the public utilities commission (appointed by the chairperson of the public utilities commission):
Alan Nault - Public Utilities Analyst
PUC
89 Jefferson Boulevard
Warwick, RI 02888
alan.nault@puc.ri.gov
Non-members (but informed of all activities):
Denise Corson - ATEL Program Coordinator
DHS
40 Fountain St.
Providence, RI 02903-1828
denise.corson@ors.ri.gov
Jennifer Fiske - Assistant Administrator - SBVI
DHS
40 Fountain Street
Providence, RI 02903-1828
jennifer.fiske@ors.ri.gov
Elisabeth Hubbard / Crystal Martin - Governor’s Commission on Disability
Pastore Center
13 Cherrydale Court
Cranston, RI 02920
elisabeth.hubbard@gcd.ri.gov
crystal.m.martin@gcd.ri.gov
Michelle Cline - Executive Director CDHH
Pamela Zellner - Program Manager
One Capitol Hill, Ground Level
Providence, RI 02908
pamela.zellner@cdhh.ri.gov
michelle.cline@cdhh.ri.gov