Check out What's Happening at ORS! Ponaganset High School Students celebrate their successful completion of the Pre-Ets Tri-Employment Program. https://ors.ri.gov/press-releases
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ATEL Committee Members Please go to https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/OpenMeetings to view Open Meetings and Minutes on the Secretary of State's web site. § 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 CommunityRI Arthritis Foundation AmbassadorUS Pain AmbassadorEllen.smith2@gmail.com Christine Brown - Hard of Hearing/Deaf Communityhoneypepermax@gmail.com Deba Pietsch - Hard of Hearing/Deaf Communitydebapietsch@gmail.com Niki Kyrou - Hard of Hearing/Deaf Communitynkyrou2008@hotmail.com One professional member (an audiologist, physician or speech pathologist): Rachel Smith - Audiologist/Professional Memberrachelsmith@uri.edu Three members of the general public: Melissa Rosenberg -General Public/OSCILMelissa.Rosenberg@oscil.org Alicia Moore - General Publicalicia.moore.ctr@ors.ri.gov Harlan Hersey - General Publichhersey@gmail.com Four Other Appointees: One from the House of Representatives (appointed by the speaker): Representative Arthur HandyRhode Island House or Representatives, District 18, CranstonRoom 07B StatehouseProvidence, Rhode Island 02903rep-handy@rilin.state.ri.us One from the Senate (appointed by the president of the senate): Senator Hanna GalloCare of Senate ChamberRhode Island State Senate82 Smith StreetProvidence, RI 02903sen-gallo@rilin.state.ri.us One representative of the telephone company (appointed by its chief executive officer): Damian Eannarino, Field Service SupervisorCox Communications9 J.P. Murphy HighwayWest Warwick, RI 02893Damian.eannarino@cox.com One representative of the public utilities commission (appointed by the chairperson of the public utilities commission): Alan Nault - Public Utilities AnalystPUC89 Jefferson BoulevardWarwick, RI 02888 alan.nault@puc.ri.gov Non-members (but informed of all activities): Denise Corson - ATEL Program CoordinatorDHS40 Fountain St.Providence, RI 02903-1828denise.corson@ors.ri.gov Jennifer Fiske - Assistant Administrator - SBVIDHS40 Fountain StreetProvidence, RI 02903-1828jennifer.fiske@ors.ri.gov Elisabeth Hubbard / Crystal Martin - Governor’s Commission on DisabilityPastore Center13 Cherrydale CourtCranston, RI 02920elisabeth.hubbard@gcd.ri.govcrystal.m.martin@gcd.ri.gov Michelle Cline - Executive Director CDHHPamela Zellner - Program ManagerOne Capitol Hill, Ground LevelProvidence, RI 02908 pamela.zellner@cdhh.ri.gov michelle.cline@cdhh.ri.gov