Position:
founding member, Disability Advocates Advancing Healthcare Rights at DAAHR, Interim Coordinator, "ER Rights" Issue at M*POWER Inc., Member, Policy Committee at MASSPRA, Member at Transcom Committee, Member, Restraint and Seclusion Elimination Sub-Committee at Massachusetts DMH, "In Our Own Voice" Presenter at NAMI MASS (National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts), Member of the Board at The Transformation Center, Consultant, MA DMH Restraint and Seclusion Recuction Subcomittee at Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Mental Health, Consultant at Massachusetts DMH
Work:
DAAHR
- Greater Boston Area since Mar 2010
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founding member, Disability Advocates Advancing Healthcare Rights
M*POWER Inc.
since 2009
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Interim Coordinator, "ER Rights" Issue
MASSPRA
since 2009
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Member, Policy Committee
Transcom Committee
since 2008
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Member
Massachusetts DMH
since Sep 2007
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Member, Restraint and Seclusion Elimination Sub-Committee
NAMI MASS (National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts)
since Apr 2007
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"In Our Own Voice" Presenter
The Transformation Center
- Roxbury, MA since 2005
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Member of the Board
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Mental Health
since Aug 2005
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Consultant, MA DMH Restraint and Seclusion Recuction Subcomittee
Massachusetts DMH
since 2004
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Consultant
The Edinburg Center
Jul 2010 - Aug 2011
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ROC Committee member
DMH Human Rights Advisory Committee
2005 - 2011
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Member
Advocates, Inc.
- Framingham, MA and Braintree, MA Sep 2008 - Feb 2010
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Certified Peer Specialist
Riverside Community Care
1999 - 2001
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Program Coordinator - CRS/Supported Housing
Vinfen Corporation
Apr 1994 - Sep 1999
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Senior Residential Counselor
Education:
Northeastern University 2004 - 2013
Certificate in Deaf studies, Deaf studies, American Sign Language
University of Colorado School of Medicine 1990 - 1992
Completed 2 years of MD and PhD program, MD/PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1984 - 1989
B.S., Course 7
Languages:
English, American Sign Language