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Bill Moss, President Executive Director Linwood Center, Inc. 3421 Martha Bush Drive Phone: 410-465-1352 Fax: 410-461-1161 email: bmoss@linwoodcenter.org website: www.linwoodcenter.org Bill is the Executive Director of the Linwood Center in Ellicott City. Linwood offers programs and services to individuals with autism spectrum disorder and related developmental disabilities. Linwood’s school program is approved by the Maryland State Department of Education and licensed by the Maryland Department of Human Resources to provide day and residential special education services. Linwood is also an adult services provider licensed by the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration. The adult services program provides day habilitation and supported employment services as well as community-based residential supports in homes throughout Ellicott City, Columbia and Catonsville. Bill has a Masters Degree in Education and has been an educator and administrator for over 30 years. He has presented at colleges, universities and conferences in the U.S. and Latin America. |
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Ellen Greenberg, Vice President Director of Information Services Jewish Council for the Aging 11820 Parklawn Drive, Suite 200 Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: 301-255-4215 Fax: 301-231-9360 email: egreenberg@jcagw.org Ellen is the Director of Information Services along with the Senior HelpLine of Jewish Council for the Aging (JCA). JCA is a non-profit, non-sectarian agency that serves older persons and their families in the Washington, D.C. Area. Its programs and services include transportation, employment services, computer training, and adult day care as well as information services dedicated to transportation needs and in-home care. All JCA programs help older people to maintain their independence and to remain involved in the world around them. |
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Sharon Doner, Treasurer Director Jewish I&R Service 6101 Montrose Road Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: 301-230-7288 Fax: 301-230-7260 email: sdoner@verizon.net Sharon is in her nineteenth year as the director of the Greater Washington's first community-wide Jewish Information and Referral Service (JIRS). JIRS is a community service program that responds to local, national and international Jewish inquiries, working closely with over 250 Jewish agencies, synagogues and a network of non-Jewish agencies. Her service provides information over the phone, by email, in-person and through a comprehensive web site, www.jirs.org. Sharon has been in the field of information and referral for over 20 years and has served 8 years on the national board of the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems and for sixteen years on the state board of Maryland AIRS. She has been a Past President of Maryland AIRS and currently serves as the Treasurer. Sharon is recognized as an “entertaining” trainer and covers all aspects of information and referral. She has been invited to present workshops at 10 AIRS National Conferences and various affiliate conferences and agency presentations in New York, Virginia, Utah, West Virginia, George, Alabama, Rhode Island and Kansas, Her educational degrees include an M.A. with Honors from Baltimore Hebrew University, a M.S.W. from the University of Maryland at Baltimore and a B.S.W. from Arizona State University. |
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Kathy Edler, Secretary Program Coordinator CCCRC/QAC HELPs, Chesapeake College P. O.Box 8 Wye Mills, MD 21679 Phone: 410-822-5400 Fax: 410-827-7121 email: kedler@chesapeake.edu Kathy has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Salisbury State University and is pursing her Masters Degree in Management from University of Maryland University College. She is currently employed as a Program Coordinator for the QAC Help line, a comprehensive information and referral hotline and Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center/ Chesapeake College. In addition to her current employment, Kathy teaches a variety of courses at Chesapeake College and has been a presenter at several professional conferences. |
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Betty Evans, Immediate Past President Manager, Senior I&A Baltimore County Department of Aging 611 Central Avenue Phone: 410-887-4202 Fax: 410-887-2018 email: bevans@baltimorecountymd.gov Betty is Manager of the Baltimore County Department of Aging Senior Information and Assistance program. The Department of Aging develops and administers programs and activities to assist seniors remain healthy, active, and independent members of the community. It also provides, coordinates, and advocates for services that ensure the highest quality of life for both active and health-impaired seniors, their families and caregivers. Direct services include 19 senior centers, transportation, case management, and health insurance counseling. Its numerous publications include the Senior Digest newspaper and the CD Rom and web site “Taking Care of Mom and Dad,” (www.takingcareofmomanddad.net) which provides essential information to caregivers. |
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Sandra Berkeley Director of I&A Anne Arundel County Department of Aging 2666 Riva Road, Ste. 400 Annapolis, MD 21401 Phone: 410-222-4464 Fax: 410-222-4346 email: sberkeley@yahoo.com Sandy has been the Information and Assistance Program Director for the Anne Arundel County Department of Aging since 1995. She has over 25 years of experience in the provision of services to older adults, including in-home care, adult day care, residential care and discharge planning. She has a Master of Science degree in Family and Community Development and a Master’s level Certificate in Aging from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has been active in Maryland AIRS since 1995 and is a past president of the Board. |
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Saundra Bond Associate Vice President United Way of Central Maryland First Call for Help™ 100 W. Charles St, 5th floor, PO Box 1576 Baltimore, MD 21203-1576 Phone: 410-895-1441 Fax: 410-895-1556 email: saundra.bond@uwcm.org Saundra is the Associate Vice President of the United Way of Central Maryland, and has directed United Way’s First Call for Help™, a statewide, 24-hour, comprehensive information and referral service, since 1993. Prior to her position at First Call, Saundra was employed for 12 years at the Baltimore City Commission on Aging, as Coordinator of the Baltimore City Senior Information program, Administrator of the Ombudsman program and Social Work Case Manager/Assessor in the Channeling/Gateway II program. Saundra served as the founding chair of the 2-1-1 Maryland Task Force and continues to participate in planning efforts to bring 2-1-1—3-digit dialing for community resource information and referral--to Maryland. Saundra has a B.A. in Social and Behavioral Sciences and a M.S. in Education-Counseling from the Johns Hopkins University. |
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Suzi Borg Frederick County Hotline Frederick County Mental Health Association 263 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701 Phone: 301-663-0011 Fax: 301-663-1048 email: sborg@fcmha.org Suzi is Program Director for the Frederick County Hotline, a program of the Mental Health Association of Frederick County. The Frederick County Hotline provides information and referral, support, and suicide prevention and intervention. |
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Dakota Burgess Senior I&A Specialist Maryland Department of Aging 301 W. Preston Street, Ste. 1007 Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: 410-767-1101 Fax: 410-333-7943 email: drb@mail.ooa.state.md.us Dakota works for the Maryland Department of Aging as Program Manager for the Senior Information and Assistance and Senior Care Programs and has worked in the field of aging for over 20 years. As an employee of the Maryland Department of Aging, she has been involved with several programs including: Public Guardianship, Legal Services, and Senior Assisted Housing. In her capacity as program administrator and advocate for the elderly citizens of Maryland, Dakota is currently working with the agency to develop, enhance and streamline access to long-term care services for the growing senior population in Maryland. She is frequently invited to conduct speaking engagements for senior citizens and community groups throughout the state. Dakota has a Bachelor of Science Degree form Morgan State University where she majored in Social Work with a concentration in Aging. She also studied at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Dakota has served on several boards, committees and task forces, including the Ohio Commission on Aging’s Elder Abuse Task Force, Maryland Home Energy Programs Advisory Board, Maryland Gerontology Association, and the Maryland Alliance of Information and Referral Systems. Prior to her work with MdoA Dakota was employed with the Social Security Administration and the Department of Human Resources. |
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Linda Hayes Coordinator Christ Church Link 6800 Oakland Mills Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Phone: 410-309-9695 Fax: 410-381-8492 email: christchurch@comcast.net Linda Hayes is the Coordinator of Christ Church Link in Howard County. She manages their information and referral phone helpline volunteer team, directing low-income families and individuals to sources of assistance with: evictions, utility turn offs, food, shelter, employment and other emergency needs. She oversees the Christ Church Link Outreach Initiative which financially supports the crisis aid work of the Howard County Public School System’s Pupil Personnel Workers, the Vivian Reid Fund, FISH of Howard County and the Grassroots shelter children’s activities. Linda also serves on the: HoCoFood assistance action committee; Maryland Access Point (Office of Aging) advisory board; FISH of Howard County, Inc. steering committee; the Prepare for Success coordinating committee; and other human service action/advocacy groups. She was selected as an Audrey Robbins Humanitarian and a Walter Sondheim mentor. Previously, Linda served as Commercial Credit Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Committee Secretary and Foundation Coordinator, developing social proposals and evaluating grant proposals and scholarship requests. |
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Tim Jansen Executive Director Community Crisis Services, Inc. 4316 Farragut Street Hyattsville, MD 20781 Phone: 301-864-7146 Fax: 301-864-7095 email: tjansen@communitycrisis.org Tim Jansen, LGSW, is the Executive Director of Community Crisis Services, Inc (CCSI) “Home of the Prince George’s County Hotline” where he began his social work career as a hotline volunteer. Under Tim’s direction, CCSI has more than doubled its budget, has earned the Seal of Excellence from the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations (one of only 60 such organizations in Maryland), and has been listed in the 2006 Catalogue of Philanthropy named one of the areas finest small charities. Tim is currently the Crisis Center Division Chair for the American Association of Suicidology and serves on the board of CONTACT USA. |
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Rachel Larkin Hotline Program Director Mental Health Association of Montgomery County 1000 Twinbrook Parkway Rockville, MD 20851 Phone: 301-424-0656 Ext. 117 Fax: 301-738-1030 email: rlarkin@mhamc.org Rachel is the Hotline Program Director for the Mental Health Association of Montgomery County in Rockville. Rachel coordinates four hotline programs and oversees community outreach on suicide prevention and youth violence prevention. |
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Ann Harrison Ryder Information Specialist Howard County Government 3430 Courthouse Dr. Ellicott City, MD 21043 Phone: 410-313-3000 Fax: 410-313-3290 email: aryder@co.ho.md.us Ann is one of the original Maryland AIRS board members. In the early 1970s, when Information and Referral in the state of Maryland was in its infancy, Ann, worked for the Howard County Office on Aging. She, along with a few others, established the Maryland Information and Referral Providers Council (MIRPC), now Maryland AIRS. Ann was involved in many endeavors and helped to establish a number of programs. In addition to counseling and working on the newsletter, she was instrumental in creating programs such as the Discount Program and Telephone Reassurance, where senior citizens were checked on each day. In 1975, when the Office on Aging was absorbed by the Howard County government, Ann became the Information and Referral Specialist for Howard County. In the mid 1980’s, Ann also served as the president of MIRPC. She also took on such roles in Howard County as Special Events Coordinator and, for five years, was the Cable Administrator, overseeing the franchise agreement between the newly established cable system and the county government. As the county grew in leaps and bounds, Information and Referral became virtually a non-stop operation. Ann continued on in her role and to this day is THE Information and Referral Specialist for Howard County. |
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Deborah Yare Program Manager Howard County Office of Children's Services 3300 North Ridge Rd. #380 Ellicott City, MD 21043 Phone: 410-313-1943 Fax 410-313-1430 email: dyare@co.ho.md.us Deborah has worked for Howard County Government (Department of Citizen Services) for 13 years. In her current position as Program Manager for the Office of Children’s Services, she oversees the functions of the Howard County Child Care Resource Center. She plans programs and trainings for parents and child care providers along with overseeing LOCATE: Child Care, a resource and referral program for parents seeking child care. Deborah serves as resource specialist for the Grandparents as Parents program and conducts workshops on community resources for families and children in Howard County. She serves on numerous committees in the County and plans County sponsored resource and recognition events such as Kid’s Fest, It’s a Family Affair, Preschool and Child Care Information Fair and Celebrating Successes for Children. In 2008, Deborah developed the CARE Center, a division of the Office of Children' s Services that provides general resource and referral services to parents with children - infant to 18 years old.
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