Maryland State Rehabilitation Council

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Current Member Roster

  • Katherine L. Jones, Bay Area CIL – Chair
  • Erikk Bonner –DORS Director, ex officio
  • Kristen Patterson, MBA Disability and Youth Services Coordinator, Division of Workforce
  • Development and Adult Learning, Maryland Department of Labor – Vice Chair
  • Michele Hamlin – Business Industry and Labor
  • Marla Friedman – CAP
  • Corey Richo - VR Counselor
  • Penny Reeder - Disability Advocate Blind 
  • Kristina Richards – VR Counselor
  • Hunter Whitt – Current/Former applicant/Recipient of VR Services
  • Rosa Raez, Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, The ARC of Frederick
  • Marlo Lemon, Director of Training, The Parents Place
  • Todd Tolson Executive Director, Blind News Foundation – Business Industry 
  • Sherria Denise Young-Smith – Current/Former Applicant or Recipients of VR Services
  • Jamie Stoner – Community Rehabilitation Program Service Provider
  • Myiah Smith – Current/Former Applicant or Recipients of VR Services
  • Chandra Smith – Statewide Independent Living Council
  • Jeffrey Neil Christopher – Business Industry & Labor
  • L.A Benn – VR Counselor
  • Braden Stinar – Representative of Disability Advocacy Group
  • Labria Shannon – Community Rehabilitation Service Provider
  • Nnamdi Obiako – Business Industry & Labor
DORS Liaisons to the Council
  • Beth Lash, Director, Office of Field Services
  • Toni March, Director, Office for Blindness & Vision Services
  • Wanda Peele, Manager, Business Services
  • Kimberlee Schultz, Director, Communications & Accessibility
  • Patrick Peto, Program Manager Policy, and Planning DORS
  • Tom Liniak, Director Workforce & Technology Services

More Information About MSRC Membership

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​SRC Members can be appointed to the Council by the Governor for two full 3-year terms.
Required Membership on Council

  • 1 SILC member
  • 1 Parent Information and Training Center member
  • 1 CAP representative
  • At least 1 CRP representative
  • 4 Business, Industry, and Labor representatives of Disability Advocacy Groups Current or former applicants of VR Services
  • 1 State Education Agency representative (MSDE) 1 State Workforce Investment Board Member Director of VR Agency, ex-officio