ATEL Committee Members

§ 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