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 CommunityJeannepanarace@cox.net James Litvack-Hard of Hearing/Deaf Communityjames.litvack@t-mobile.com Ellen Lenox Smith - Neuromuscular Disability Community RI Arthritis Foundation Ambassador US Pain AmbassadorEllen.smith2@gmail.com Christine Constantineau - Hard of Hearing/Deaf Communitychristineconstantineau@gmail.com Elaine Pesce - Hard of Hearing/Deaf Communityelainepesce01@gmail.com One professional member (an audiologist, physician or speech pathologist): Laurie Duffy - Audiologist/Professional Memberlfduffy@cox.net Three members of the general public: Melissa Rosenberg -General Public/OSCILMelissa.Rosenberg@oscil.org Alexander Laferriere - General Publicalexander_laferriere@brown.edu Four Other Appointees: One from the House of Representatives (appointed by the speaker): Eileen Naughton Rhode Island House or Representatives, District 21, Warwick House Finance Committee Room 07B Statehouse Providence, Rhode Island 02903rep-naughton@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 02903sen-gallo@rilin.state.ri.us One representative of the telephone company (appointed by its chief executive officer): Joe Pereira, Field Service Supervisor Cox Communications 9 J.P. Murphy Highway West Warwick, RI 02893Joe.Pereira@cox.com One representative of the public utilities commission (appointed by the chairperson of the public utilities commission): Rudolph Falcone- Chief Financial Commission Alan Nault- Public Utilities Analyst PUC 89 Jefferson Boulevard Warwick, RI 02888 rudolph.s.falcone@puc.ri.govalan.nault@puc.ri.gov Non-members (but informed of all activities): Denise Corson - ATEL Program Coordinator DHS 40 Fountain St. Providence, RI 02903-1828denise.corson@ors.ri.gov Melanie Sbardella - Assistant Administrator - SBVI DHS 40 Fountain Street Providence, RI 02903-1828melanie.sbardella@ors.ri.gov Bob Cooper -Executive Secretary -Governor’s Commission on Disability Pastore Center 13 Cherrydale Court Cranston, RI 02920bob.cooper@gcd.ri.gov Earnest Covington- Executive Director CDHH One Capitol Hill, Ground Level Providence, RI 02908 earnest.covington@cdhh.ri.gov