About the Massachusetts Interagency Coordinating Council

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About the ICC

Our Council is a Family-Provider Partnership.
Parents and providers are brought together through Massachusetts Interagency Coordinating Council to improve services for Massachusetts infants and toddlers and their families. Families with experience receiving early intervention services work together with providers to support program planning and interagency coordination to ensure the early intervention system is effective for all eligible infants and toddlers.

We would love to connect with you.
Council meetings are free and open for anyone to join. There are many ways to get involved with the council, from attending a meeting as a guest to being an appointed member. If you are interested in learning more, please contact the Massachusetts ICC co-chairs below.

Mission & Vision

The Massachusetts ICC will advise and assist DPH through active collaboration and engaged participation of all members to ensure and sustain a comprehensive birth-to-three system. As a result, the Commonwealth will have a community-based system of care that maximizes opportunities for all children and families. To achieve this vision, the ICC is based key principles: family-centered, community-based, quality services, and sustainability. 

• ICC Mission and Vision

Membership

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Part C regulations identify who is required to be part of the of the Massachusetts Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) membership. Parents are important members of the ICC. All ICC general sessions and committee meetings are open to the public. Parents and providers are brought together through the ICC to improve services for Massachusetts infants and toddlers and their families. Families whose children are or have received early intervention services work together with providers and representatives from other state agencies to support program planning and interagency coordination to ensure the early intervention system is effective for all eligible infants and toddlers. Federal and state regulations govern council membership and ICC members are appointed by the Governor.

In addition to appointed members, interested community members are welcome to attend and participate in ICC general sessions and/or committee meetings. To learn more about the roles and membership of the Council, review our ICC Member Handbook (DOCX).

FY27 Appointed Members

Name	Role	Statutory requirement
Asha Abdullahi	EI Champion, Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council	The Governor may appoint one member to represent more than one program or agency listed.
Melisaa Adams	EI Champion, Massachusetts Commission Deaf and Hard of Hearing	The Governor may appoint one member to represent more than one program or agency listed.
Sanya Agrawal	Parent Representative, Northeast Region	At least 20 percent of members must be parents, including minority parents, of infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged 12 years or younger, with knowledge of, or experience with, programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities. At least one parent of an infant or toddler with a disability or a child with a disability aged six years or younger.
Judith Alexandre	Department of Child and Family	At least one member must be a representative from the State child welfare agency responsible for foster care.
Representative Christine Barber	Member of the Legislature	At least one member must be from the State legislature.
Kevin Beagan	Division of Insurance (DOI)	At least one member must be from each of the State agencies involved in the provision of, or payment for, early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families; and have sufficient authority to engage in policy planning and implementation on behalf of these agencies. At least one member must be from the agency responsible for the State regulation of private health insurance.
Katie Brayden-Calias	UMASS, Boston, Personnel Preparation	At least one member must be involved in personnel preparation.
Mallorie Brown	Parent Representative, Northeast Region	At least 20 percent of members must be parents, including minority parents, of infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged 12 years or younger, with knowledge of, or experience with, programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Sandy Brown	Provider Representative from Kennedy-Donovan Center, South Central	At least 20 percent of the members must be public or private providers of early intervention services.
Amber Chaplin	Parent Representative, At-Large	At least 20 percent of members must be parents, including minority parents, of infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged 12 years or younger, with knowledge of, or experience with, programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Jennifer Clark	Parent Representative, Western Region	At least 20 percent of members must be parents, including minority parents, of infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged 12 years or younger, with knowledge of, or experience with, programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Sephanie Coburn	EI Champion, Department of Developmental Services	The Governor may appoint one member to represent more than one program or agency listed.
Nicole Constantino	Provider Representative from Meeting Street Early Intervention	At least 20 percent of the members must be public or private providers of early intervention services.
Martha Daigle	Assistant Director, Special Education Planning and Policy Development, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education	At least one member must be from the SEA responsible for preschool services to children with disabilities; and have sufficient authority to engage in policy planning and implementation on behalf of the SEA.
Kristin Der	Parent Representative, Greater Boston Region	At least 20 percent of members must be parents, including minority parents, of infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged 12 years or younger, with knowledge of, or experience with, programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Kristen Evans	Massachusetts Early Intervention Consortium (MEIC)	The Governor may appoint one member to represent more than one program or agency listed.
Shirley Fan-Chan	Homeless Education State Coordinator	At least one member must be a representative designated by the Office of the Coordination of Education of Homeless Children and Youth.
Scott Geer	Early Intervention Division, Department of Public Health	At least one member must be from each of the State agencies involved in the provision of, or payment for, early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families; and have sufficient authority to engage in policy planning and implementation on behalf of these agencies.
Casandra Greeno	Parent Representative, Central Region	At least 20 percent of members must be parents, including minority parents, of infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged 12 years or younger, with knowledge of, or experience with, programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Michelle Grewal	Parent Representative, At-Large	At least 20 percent of members must be parents, including minority parents, of infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged 12 years or younger, with knowledge of, or experience with, programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Chris Hunt	Provider Representative from Partners in Child Development	At least 20 percent of the members must be public or private providers of early intervention services.
Danielle Lavon	Parent Representative, At-Large	At least 20 percent of members must be parents, including minority parents, of infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged 12 years or younger, with knowledge of, or experience with, programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities. At least one parent of an infant or toddler with a disability or a child with a disability aged six years or younger.
Jessica Leonard	Provider Representative from Criterion Boston EIP	At least 20 percent of the members must be public or private providers of early intervention services.
Amy Muehlberger	Provider Representative from Beacon ABA Services, Inc	At least 20 percent of the members must be public or private providers of early intervention services.
Colleen O'Brien	Provider Representative from BHN Early Intervention	At least 20 percent of the members must be public or private providers of early intervention services.
Charles Palmer	Parent Representative, Southeast Region	At least 20 percent of members must be parents, including minority parents, of infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged 12 years or younger, with knowledge of, or experience with, programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Corinna Rea	EI Champion, Pediatrician	The Governor may appoint one member to represent more than one program or agency listed.
Karen Reyes-Lima	Parent Representative, At-large	At least 20 percent of members must be parents, including minority parents, of infants or toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged 12 years or younger, with knowledge of, or experience with, programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities. At least one parent of an infant or toddler with a disability or a child with a disability aged six years or younger.
Lori Russell	Provider Representative from Aspire Developmental Services	At least 20 percent of the members must be public or private providers of early intervention services.
Sarah Stone	EI Champion, Director, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program and Hearing Aid Program for Infants and Children	The Governor may appoint one member to represent more than one program or agency listed.
Madi Wachman	Director, Parent, Child, and Family Policy, MassHealth, Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	At least one member must be from the agency responsible for the State Medicaid and CHIP program.
Colleen Wellman	Provider Representative from Associates for Human Services, NC.	At least 20 percent of the members must be public or private providers of early intervention services.
Emily White	Director, Division of Early Intervention, DPH	At least one member must be from each of the State agencies involved in the provision of, or payment for, early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families; and have sufficient authority to engage in policy planning and implementation on behalf of these agencies.
Amy Whitehead-Pleaux	Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, Director of Head Start Collaboration Office (HSCO)	At least one member must be from a Head Start or Early Head Start agency or program in the State.

ICC Co-Chairs

Parent Co-Chair: Mallorie Brown
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Provider Co-chair: Nicole Constantino
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Part C Coordinator

Emily White
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