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The Office identifies and evaluates programs and
services for Maryland citizens with disabilities. It
collects information to identify needs and gaps in
services and programs; coordinates and supports
public and private agencies that provide services
and programs to people with disabilities; and
provides an information and referral service.
The Office identifies barriers to the delivery of
adequate services and recommends corrective pro-
cedures. It monitors and encourages Stare govern-
ment compliance with laws and policies that affect
persons with disabilities. The Office also meets with
and provides technical assistance to the Maryland
Advisory Council for Individuals with Disabilities
on at least a quarterly basis and promotes the
designation of local or regional offices to coordinate
services to persons with disabilities.
Within the Office for Individuals with Dis-
abilities are the Maryland Advisory Council for
Individuals with Disabilities, the Maryland Stare
Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities,
the Governor's Committee on Employment of
People with Disabilities, the Technology Assistance
Program, and a staff specialist for the deaf and hard
of hearing.
Authorization for the Office continues until July
1, 1994 (Code State Government Article, sees.
9-1101 through 9-1110).

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS' COUNCIL FOR
EMPLOYMENT OF THE DISABLED

Appointed by Governor: Mathias J. Devito; Col.
Joseph V. DiGiancinto; Jerome W. Geckle; Charles
B. Hofmann; Richard E. Hug; Richard E.
Marriott; D. Bruce McMahan; Olivia H. Phillips;
John A. Picciotto; Thomas S. Saquella; Murray
Weingarten; John T. C. Yeh.

Contact: Diane K. Ebberts
333-2263

The Chief Executive Officers' Council for
Employment of the Disabled was established by the
Governor in September 1988.

MARYLAND ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

Cindy Mease, Chairperson^ 1993

Appointed by Governor: Richard A. Batterton;
Martha J. Fields; Michael S. Finkle; Kenneth P.
Johnson, M.D.; Lois C. Meszaros; Joel D.
Myerberg; Katharine M. Oliver. Terms expire 1991.

Idamae Garroct; Deborah C. Grubb; Thomas H.
Harrery; Patricia L. Johanson; Thomas J. Martin;
Donald L. Santos; Jack R. Seymour; Marion
Shepley Sjodin. Terms expire 1992.

Melissa L. Berge; Elaine Harris Cweiber; Carole S.
Downing; Susan Kadis; two vacancies. Terms expire
1993.

Exofficio: Rebecca F. Burner, designee of Secretary
of Budget 8s: Fiscal Planning; J. Randall Evans,
Secretary of Economic & Employment
Development; Bruce Moore, designee of Secretary
of Human Resources; Ronald J. Hartman,
designee of Secretary of Transportation.

333-3098

The Maryland Advisory Council for Individuals
with Disabilities advises the Office for Individuals
with Disabilities in carrying out its duties; reviews
statewide activities for the handicapped; and fosters
coordination and support for programs for the
handicapped.
The Council consists of twenty-eight members.
Appointed by the Governor, twenty-four members
represent public and private agencies and hand-
icapped individuals. Four members serve ex officio
(Code Stare Government Article, sees. 9-1106
through 9-1109).

MARYLAND STATE PLANNING COUNCIL
ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Alan C. Lovell, Chairperson, 1991

Appointed by Governor: Frank Compitello; Peter S.
Fanning, Ed.D.; Stephen H. Morgan. Terms expire
1990.

Santo A. Grande; Lawrence A. Larsen, Ph.D.;
Mary Jo McGovern; Marcelle L. Meisel; Melvin S.
Stern, M.D. Terms expire 1991.

Diane K. Ebberts; Carole Glowacki; Lauren
Newman; Diane S. Pawlowicz; David R.
Williamson. Terms expire 1992.

Michael M. Brill; John Coe; Lee Ann Kingham;
Michellc V. Marlow; Allen Schepps; Jacqucline C.
Shields. Terms expire 1993.

David R. Buckholtz; William R. Fields; Joseph A.
Liu; Marsha Mazz; Joseph M. Millstone; Joanna L.
Pierson; Richard J. Steinke. Terms expire 1994.

Raphael H. Glower; Elizabeth Jones; Joan Karasik;
Norman Moxley; Jerry 0. Pittman; Constance S.
Reinwald; Kathleen Wolf. Terms expire 1995.

Susanne Eirod, Executive Director
333-3688

By Executive Order, the Governor created the
Maryland State Planning Council on Developmen-
tal Disabilities in 1971 to carry our provisions of the
federal Developmental Disabilities Services and
Facilities Construction Act (PL. 91-517), now the
Developmental Disabilities Act (PL. 98-537). In
1973, the Council was reconstituted to enable the