The Community Advisory Council serves as an external advisory board to review and recommend broad programmatic directions, to evaluate the impact of the Institute within the state and region, to serve as liaison and advocate for the Institute's involvement in community-based activities, and to advise on critical areas of need that the Institute should address in future planning efforts.
Members of the Institute's Community Advisory Council include the following individuals, as of January 2007–
Carolyn Allshouse
MN Department of Health
Heather Barber
Brain Injury Association of MN (Volunteer)
Consumer
Nancy Barber
Parent
Carolyn Cherry
Department of Special Education
Mike Cohn
Promote Awareness, Inc. (Director)
Consumer
Diane Cross
Fraser Community Services
Aimee Dalton
Opportunity Partners
Pattianne Demaray
Parent
Beth Fondell
Arc Hennepin
Marge Goldberg
PACER Center
Consultant/Coordinator
Parent
Ella Gross
Institute for Minority Development
David Hancox
Metropolitan Center for Independent Living, Inc.
Roberta Juarez
University of Minnesota's Disability Services
Alyssa Klein
Pathways to Employment
MN Department of Human Services
E. Jaynie Leung
Minnesota Disability Law Center
Juli Leerssen
MN Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
Annis Lorenzo-Clark
Parent
Jeffrey Nurick
Parent
Nathan Perry
Institute on Community Integration Consultant/Consumer
Cliff Poetz
Institute on Community Integration's Research & Training Center on Residential & Community Living Consultant/Consumer
Hunter Sargent
Consultant/Consumer
Barb Sorum
Parent
Jayne Spain
MN Department of Education
John Thompson
Epilepsy Foundation of MN
Katie Villasenor
Minneapolis Public Schools (Interpreter)
Parent
Jesus Villasenor
PACER Center
Julia Washenberger
Metropolitan Center for Independent Living
