Autism Commission Members

Carolyn Kain, Executive Director of the Autism Commission

State Legislative Members

Senator Joan Lovely, Second Essex~Beverly, Peabody, Salem, Danvers and Topsfield

Senator Ryan Fattman, Worcester & Norfolk - Blackstone, Douglas, Dudley, Hopedale, Mendon, Milford, Millville, Northbridge, Oxford, Southbridge, Sutton, Uxbridge, Webster and Bellingham

Representative Christine P. Barber, Medford & Somerville

Representative Joseph D. McKenna, 18th Worcester District

Non-Legislative Members

Mary McGeown, Undersecretary of Health and Human Services, Chairperson 
Designee of Secretary of Health and Human Services

Iraida Alvarez, Acting Executive Director of Special Education
Designee of the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education

Faith Ambrose, Executive Office of Education Policy Manager
Designee of the Secretary of Education

Timothy Cahill, Acting Deputy Commissioner Department of Development Services, Autism Division

Jennifer Chebator, Director of Disability Services
Designee of the Acting Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families

Bronia Clifton, Supportive Housing and Special Projects Manager
Designee of the Undersecretary of the Department of Housing and Community Development

Michelle Harris, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Policy, Planning & Children's Services
Clinical Knowledge of Smith-Magenis Syndrome

Mi-Haita James, Assistant Commissioner for Children, Youth and Family Services
Designee of the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health

Sarah Peterson, Acting Commissioner of Department of Developmental Services

Mary Price, Director MAICEI
Designee of the Commissioner of Higher Education

Lee Robinson, Deputy Chief of the Office of Accountable Care and Behavioral Health
Designee of the Assistant Secretary of MassHealth

Aimee Smith-Zeoli, Special Education Support Specialist
Designee of the Commissioner of Department of Early Education and Care

Sacha Stadhard, Manager, Special Grants and Youth Policy
Designee of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development

James Vander Hooven, President Mount Wachusett Community College
Designee of the Secretary of Education

Emily White, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA, Director, DPH Division of Early Intervention, 
Designee of the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health

Toni Wolf, Commissioner, MassAbility

Karyn Wylie, ADRC Coordinator, Community Care Ombudsman at Executive Office of Elder Affairs
Designee of the Secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs

Laurie R. Anastopoulos, LCSW, Representative of the Arc of Massachusetts

Janet Barbieri, Representative of The Association for Autism and Neurodiversity

Michelle Brait, Parent, At-Large Seat

Joanne Flatley, At-Large Seat

Rita Gardner, M.P.H., LABA, BCBA, CDE, President and CEO of Melmark

Zach Houston, MS, BCBA, LABA, Senior Director for Applied Behavior Analysis, Boston Public Schools, At-Large Seat

Christine Hubbard, AFAM Representative

Julia Landau, Esq., Representative Massachusetts Advocates for Children 

Ann M. Neumeyer, M.D., Representative of the Lurie Center

Jessica Sassi, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA, CEO The New England Center of Children

Jo Ann Simons, Northeast Arc Representative, At-Large Seat

Amy Weinstock, Representative Autism Insurance Resource Center 

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