DDHH Advisory Council and Other Advisory Boards
Next Advisory Council Meeting
New Jersey Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Advisory Council Meeting Notice
When: Friday, Apr. 26, 2013
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. * Please note change in meeting time*
Where: Rahway Public Library
2 City Hall Plaza
Rahway, NJ 07065
Phone: Tel: (732)340-1551
Directions: Please see Website: http://www.rahwaylibrary.org/home/
Advisory Council Meeting Description in ASL
Speaker: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity will address issues of enforcement and compliance. The public is invited to attend.
All DDHH Advisory Council meetings are fully accessible with sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices (ALDs) and CART (open captioning).
609-984-7281 V/TTY;
800-792-8339 V/TTY toll free in New Jersey;
609 503-4862 (Video Phone).
Other boards, committees and councils related to the DDHH community...
DAS Advisory Committee to Alcohol & Drug Programs for Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Disabled
DDHH Advisory Council...
The law establishing the New Jersey Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DDHH) states “There shall be within the Divison of the Deaf an Advisory Council on the Deaf which shall consist of 18 members.” The DDHH Advisory Council (DDHH-AC), comprised of New Jersey Citizens with hearing loss, and representatives of state level departments, supports and guides the Division in serving the needs of people with any form of hearing loss. Following is a current list of the 18 member council. The first six are ex-officio, New Jersey state department members. The following twelve are appointed members each of whom serve three year terms, nominated as stipulated in the statute.
Ex-Officio Members of DDHH Advisory Council...
NJ Department of Education - Therese Sheehan
NJ Commission on Higher Education - Tia Gardner
NJ Department of Health - Leslie M. Beres
NJ Department of Human Services - Valerie Larosiliere
NJ Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Nancy Yarosh
The Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf - Dennis Russell
Three-year Term Appointments
One Businessperson (Recommended by the Chamber of Commerce) - Vacant
One Person Born of Deaf Parents - Carol Uckar
Five Citizens who are Deaf
(Recommended by the New Jersey Association of the Deaf)
- Steven Shevlin
- Lauren Lercher
- Ellen Williams*
- Debra Fuller*
- Bryan A. Ross*
Five Citizens who are Hard of Hearing
(Recommended by Hearing Loss Association of America)
- Judy Ginsberg, Chair
- Wayne L. Roorda
- Mary Anne Kowalczyk
- Arlene Romoff
- Mary C. Nordling
* Pending final approval.
Other boards, committees and councils related to the DDHH community...
DAS Advisory Committee to Alcohol & Drug Programs for Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Disabled
For questions, comments or issues you would like to see raised at a DDHH Advisory Council meeting, click "E-mail Us" and fill out the information requested or call DDHH at
609-984-7281 V/TTY;
800-792-8339 V/TTY toll free in New Jersey;
866-771-7947 VP (Video Phone).
