The State Council on Developmental Disabilities is pleased to welcome its newest Council Member Lisa Cooley (individual consumer representative nominated by the Senate)

Council Members

The Governor appoints the Council's 29 members. Some are appointed because they are individual/family consumers, some by virtue of their position in state government, and some as representatives of other organizations involved in this system. The Assembly and Senate each recommend one consumer for appointment by the Governor. Information on applying to serve as a Governor's appointee is available through the Governor's Office. Click here for important additional information about State Council and Area Board appointments.

Under federal law, consumer representatives must comprise at least 60 percent of the Council membership. Federal law also specifies that consumer representation be a combination of individual and family consumer representatives. Since January 1, 2003, California law requires that 13 of the 19 consumer members be from the Area Boards on Developmental Disabilities (one from each "catchment area" served by the 13 Area Boards). The following are current members who have been appointed to three-year terms as individual or family consumer representatives:

• 2007 Council Chair Sascha Bittner
  Individual Consumer Representative from Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo Counties (Area Board 5)
• 2007 Council Vice-Chair Marcia Good
  Family Consumer Representative from Los Angeles County (Area Board 10)
• Lisa Cooley
  Individual Consumer Representative (Nominated by the Senate)
• Eric Gores
  Individual Consumer Representative
• Yvonne Kluttz
  Individual Consumer Representative from Orange County (Area Board 11)
• Randi Knott
  Family Consumer Representative from Alpine, Sacramento, Colusa, El Dorado, Sutter, Nevada, Yolo, Placer, Yuba and Sierra Counties (Area Board 3)
• Claudia Lima
  Consumer Representative from Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake and Mendocino Counties (Area Board 1)
• Susan Luzzaro
  Family Consumer Representative from San Diego and Imperial Counties (Area Board 13)
• Sunny Maden
  Family Consumer Representative (representing relatives/guardians of current or former Developmental Center residents) 
• Theodore Martens
  Family Consumer Representative from San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties (Area Board 9)
• Emily Matlack
  Individual Consumer Representative
• Stacy McQueen
  Family Consumer Representative from Inyo, Mono, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (Area Board 12)
• Brad Putz
  Individual Consumer Representative from Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties (Area Board 6)
• Laura Ramos
  Individual Consumer Representative from Napa, Solano and Sonoma Counties (Area Board 4)
• Cynthia Simon
  Family Consumer Representative (representing relatives of community residents)
• Steve Silvius
  Family Consumer Representative from Mariposa, Madera, Merced, Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Kern Counties (Area Board 8)
• Julie Wilsted
  Individual Consumer Representative from Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties (Area Board 7)
• VACANCY
  Family Consumer Representative from Butte, Shasta, Glenn, Siskiyou, Lassen, Tehama, Plumas, Modoc and Trinity Counties (Area Board 2)
• VACANCY
  Family Consumer Representative (nominated by the Assembly Speaker)

In addition to the Council's 19 "term" appointments, there are 10 representatives of specified agencies and organizations who serve "at the Governor's pleasure" with no fixed length of term. These positions are:

• Lora Connolly
  Acting Director, California Department of Aging
• Terri Delgadillo
  Director, California Department of Developmental Services
• Sandra Shewry
  Director, California Department of Health Services
• Catherine Campisi
  Director, California Department of Rehabilitation
• Eileen Cubanski
  Secretary's designee, California Health and Human Services Agency
• Daniel Boomer, Ph.D.
  State Superintendent's designee, California Department of Education
• Robert Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H.
  University Centers for Excellence (UCE) Representative -- USC
• Olivia Raynor, Ph.D.
  University Centers for Excellence (UCE) Representative -- UCLA
• Shirley Dove
  Representative of non-governmental agencies/private organizations
• VACANCY
  State Protection and Advocacy System (PAI) Board Member

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