Current 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 three vacancies.
Philip Ana – Executive Office on Aging
Michelle Arakawa – Department of Education
Ho’opi’ookalani Balaz – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Kevin Bardsley-Marcial – Goodwill Industries of Hawai’i
Maureen Bates – Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
John Beebe – Parent, O’ahu
Mary Brogan – Developmental Disabilities Division
Amara Coon – Self-Advocate, Kaua’i
Bathey Fong – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Melissa Gibo – Representative from a Local and Non-governmental Agency
Howard Greenberg – Parent, Maui
Josh Ige – Self-Adovate, Lana’i
Debbie Kobayakawa – Parent, O’ahu
Shana Metsch – Parent, Kaua’i
Michelle Muralt – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Victoria Murray – Self-Advocate, Hilo, HI
Darwin Nagamine – Self-Advocate, Hilo, HI
Jane Preece – Hawai’i Disability Rights Center (HDRC), O’ahu
Timothy Renken – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Alana Souza – Title IX: Social Security Act
Dr. Kiriko Takahashi – Center on Disability Studies (CDS), UHM
Reinalyn Terrado – Parent, O’ahu
Santo Triolo – Parent, Maui
Robert “Jackson” Whitaker – Self-Advocate, O’ahu
Mark Vierra – Parent, Kona, HI