Chair

Eda Holt

CEO (Retired, Foundation for Rehabilitation Education Research)

Beverly Hills, FL

Chair-Elect

Julie Fidler Dixon, MS, CRC, CCM, CBIS

Executive Director

On With Life, Inc.

Ankeny, IA

Secretary

Lowell Brandt, MA

Warden

Iowa Medical &  Classification Center

Department of Corrections

Oakdale, IA

Members

Jack Hackett, MA, CRC

Veterans Benefits Administration

Des Moines, IA 

Allen C. Harris

Director

(Alternate:  Shan Sasser)

Iowa Department for the Blind

Des Moines, IA

Steve Wooderson, MS

Administrator

(Alternate:  Mike Maher, MA)

Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Des Moines, IA

Chris O'Hanlon, MA

Director

Evert Connor Rights and Resource Center

for Independent Living

Iowa City, IA            

Orville Townsend, MA

Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS)    

Iowa City,  IA            

Mike Townsend, MA 

(Alternate:  Carmen Heck, MA)

Goodwill Industries

Iowa City, IA

Nancy Williams, MD

UIHC, Dept. of Psychiatry

Medical Director, IMPACT

The University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Peter Blanck, PhD, JD

University Professor

Chairman

Burton Blatt Institute

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Rich Webster, JD

Hanson, Burek,& Russell

Des Moines, IA

Dau-Shen Ju, PhD

Iowa City, IA

Gillian Fox, MA

Director

LIFESkills, Inc.

Iowa City, IA

Peter Teahen, MA

National Media Spokesperson and Volunteer

American Red Cross

President and Funeral Director

Teahen Funeral Home

President and Founder

International Mass Fatalities Center

Stephanie Beier

Shared Resources Officer

Specialty Benefits - Life & Disability

Principal Life Insurance Company

Des Moines, IA

Jean Rommes

Student Members

Quiteya Speights, MA

Doctoral Program

Frederick Staten, MA

UI-ARCA Doctoral Representative

Sara P. Johnston, MS, CRC

Doctoral Program

Alanna Boyd, BA

Master's Program

Christine Drum , BA

Master's Program

Program Faculty (Ex Officio)

Dennis R. Maki, PhD, LMHC, CRC, NCC

Full Professor

Vilia Tarvydas, PhD, LMHC, CRC

Full Professor

Jodi Saunders, PhD, CRC

Associate Professor

John S. Wadsworth, PhD, CRC

Associate Professor

Noel Estrada-Hernandez, PhD, CRC

Assistant Professor

Dennis Harper, PhD

Full Professor

Adjunct Faculty (Ex Officio)

Leanne M. Eichinger, MA

Psychologist II

Iowa Department of Corrections

Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility

Women’s Unit, Special Needs

Mount Pleasant, IA

Bobbie O'Rourke, PhD, RN, LP, LMHC

Psychiatric Associates, Inc.

Iowa City, IA

Orville Townsend, MA

Supervisor

Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Iowa City, IA