Community Advisory Council Members

The Institute on Community Integration’s Community Advisory Council (CAC) is a diverse group of community leaders in disability that advises on broad programmatic decisions, evaluates the impact of the Institute’s work within the state and region, and helps guide the Institute's involvement in community engagement activities. CAC members bring policy and advocacy skills, provider and practitioner perspectives, and lived experiences. Over half of the CAC members are persons with IDD or family members. CAC members offer advice and counsel on broader cross-system and related priorities as a group and individually. They also provide feedback on ICI projects and products and ensure we are on target to meet our goals. CAC members meet quarterly.

Members of the Institute's Community Advisory Council include the following individuals:

• Carolyn Allshouse - Family Voices of Minnesota
• Lester Bauer - Parent Advocate
• Kenneth Bence - ARRM, Inc.
• Curtis Buhman – Minnesota Department of Human Services
• Alison Campbell - Inclusion Factor
• Shelly Christensen - Inclusion Innovations - Parent Advocate
• Naveh Eldar - The Arc Minnesota
• Aisha Elmquist - Olmstead Implementation Office
• Jo Erbes - Minnesota Statewide Independent Living Council
• Ruth Evangelista - La Red Latina de Educación Temprana Minnesota
• Paris Gatlin - The Arc Minnesota
• Antonietta Giovanni - Parent Advocate
• David Hancox - Accra - Family Member
• Mary Harding - Parent Advocate
• Cindy Hillyer - Minneapolis Public Schools
• Marissa Lang – Proof Alliance
• Sumbal Mahmud – Minnesota Disability Law Center
• Pat Pulice - Fraser
• Julia Sawyer - Parent Advocate
• Lee Shervheim - Minnesota Governors Council on Developmental Disabilities (MN GCDD)
• Anne Strootman – Wilderness Inquiry
• Petronellah Thomas-Shanobi – Kesma Flame Lily Therapies
• Jesús Villaseñor - PACER - Parent Advocate
• Jennifer Walton - Advocating Change Together
• Mahdi Warsama - Somali Parent Autism Network
• Ellie Wilson - Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM)
• Yasmin Yassin - Minnesota Department of Health
• Andrea Zuber – Community Advocate

Carolyn Allshouse

Family Voices of Minnesota

Lester Bauer

Parent Advocate

Kenneth Bence

ARRM, Inc.

Wendy Berghorst

MN Department of Health

Olga Perez

Pat Pulice

Fraser

Julia Sawyer

Parent Advocate

Anne Strootman

Wilderness Inquiry

Andrea Zuber

Community Advocate