NCCDD Council Members
Today, the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities is a 40-member, governor-appointed body and 60 percent of its members are people with developmental disabilities or family members of people with disabilities.
If you are interested in applying for membership on the Council, two application forms need to be completed. Application Form 1 is available online / pdf / doc format.
Additionally, the North Carolina Governor has issued an executive order for “Enhanced Disclosures from Applicants to Boards and Commissions” pdf / doc and an application form 2 pdf must be completed and sent to the Office of the Governor.
Caroline "Carrie" Ambrose, Wake County, NCCDD Committee Chair, Self-Advocate James Bodfish, Ph.D., Orange County, Center for Development and Learning, Carolina Institute on Developmental Disabilities, UNC-Chapel Hill, Representative of University Center on Excellence Crystal Bowe, M.D., Forsyth County, Parent-Advocate Sherry Bradsher, Wake County, NC Division of Social Services, Representative of DHHS Robert "Rusty" Bradstock, Guilford County, Self-Advocate Adonis Brown, Durham County, Self-Advocate Lisa Byrd, Durham County, Self-Advocate John Carbone, M.D., J.D., Wake County, NC Department of Corrections, Representative of State Government Authority Eric Chavis, Guilford County, Self-Advocate Senator Katie Dorsett, Guilford County, past State Senator Jonathan Ellis, New Hanover County, NCCDD Vice Chair, Self-Advocate Lourdes M. Fernandez, J.D., Wake County, Parent-Advocate Wilson Finks, Orange County, Self-Advocate Crystal Lee Foreman, Wake County, NCCDD Vice Chair, Self-Advocate Mike Groves, Harnett County, Representative of Harnett County Indian Association, Coharie Intra-Tribal Council Elizabeth Ann Harpootlian, Mecklenburg County, Self-Advocate Linda Harrington, Wake County, Representative of Vocational Rehabilitation Rep. Verla C. Insko, Orange County,
Representative of the NC House of Representatives
Steve Jordan, Wake County, Chief of Developmental Disabilities Section (MH/DD/SAS), Representative of DHHS Tara Larson, Wake County, Representative of NC Division of Medical Assistance Renate Macchirole, Dare County, Monarch, a human services organization, direct support professional Michael McNeill, Moore County, Self-Advocate Samuel Miller, Ph.D., Forsyth County, Parent-Advocate Desiree Peterson, Wake County, Self-Advocate Randy Powell, Nash County, Self-Advocate I. Azell Reeves, Guilford County, NCCDD Committee Chair, Parent-Advocate Robert J. "Bob" Rickelman, Ph.D., Mecklenburg County, Chairman, NCCDD Parent-Advocate Walter L. Ruff III, Jackson County, NCCDD Secretary/Treasurer, Parent-Advocate Kevin Ryan, Wake County, Chief of Women's and Children's Division of Public Health, Representative of Woman's and Children's Health Paul Sagerman, M.D., Forsyth County, NCCDD Committee Chair, Parent-Advocate Vicki Smith, Wake County, Disability Rights North Carolina, Representative of State Protection and Advocacy Agency Dennis Streets, Wake County, Director of Aging, Representative of the NC Division of Aging, DHHS David I. Taylor, Jr., Iredell County, Self-Advocate Amanda Wagoner, Wilkes County, Parent-Advocate Mary Watson, Wake County, Execeptional Children Program, Representative of NC Department of Public Instruction Mike Whitley, Mecklenburg County, NCCDD Committee Chair, Representative of Local Non Governmental Agency Tracy Parker Willets, New Hanover County, Parent-Advocate Vacant Position 39- Person with a Developmental Disability or Parent of an Adult with a Develelopmental Disability or Immediate Relative/Guardian of individual with an Intellectual Disability. Vacant Position 40- Nongovernmental, nonprofit
