Members
The Council consists of 28 Governor appointed members that includes persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD), parents, family members, and representatives from public and private agencies. At least 61% (17 members) must be a person with I/DD or a family member of a person with I/DD. The Council currently has eight vacancies, with an additional ten by June 2018. The Governor’s Boards and Commissions Office has received 14 names to fill a portion of the vacancies.
Philip Ana – Executive Office on Aging
Maureen Bates – Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Bathey Fong – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Catherine Sorensen – Title V: Social Security Act
Jacqueline Indreginal – Title IX: Social Security Act
Santo Triolo – Parent, Maui
John Beebe – Parent, O’ahu
Shana Metsch – Parent, Kaua’i
Mary Brogan – Developmental Disabilities Division
Melissa Gibo – Representative from a Local and Non-governmental Agency
Maile Mathews-Perez – Parent, Maui
Amara Coon – Self-Advocate, Kaua’i
Darwin Nagamine – Self-Advocate, Hilo, HI
Robert “Jackson” Whitaker – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Michelle Arakawa – Department of Education
Timothy Renken – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Jane Preece – Hawai’i Disability Rights Center (HDRC), O’ahu
Dr. Kiriko Takahashi – Center on Disability Studies (CDS), UHM
Kevin Bardsley-Marcial – Goodwill Industries of Hawai’i
Michelle Muralt – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Debbie Kobayakawa – Parent, O’ahu
Josh Ige – Self-Adovate, Lana’i
Liza Yogi – Parent, Hilo, HI
Victoria Murray – Self-Advocate, Hilo, HI