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Elizabeth M. Whitehorn, Director

Members


*Chair

**Vice Chair

  • Amber Smock** - Access Living
  • Andrea Danes - Foster Parent
  • Audrey Pennington* - Aunt Martha's Health & Wellness
  • Brian Cloch - Oak Street Health | Transitional Care Management
  • Howard Peters III - HAP, Inc.
  • Kathy Chan - Cook County Health
  • Kim Mercer-Schleider- Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities
  • Larry McCulley - SIHF Healthcare
  • Dan S. Lustig- Haymarket Center
  • Flavia Lamberghini – UIC Pediatric Dentistry Department | Apple Dental Care         
  • John J. Spears - Foster Parent
  • Kimberly A. Hefner - Riverside School District 96 | Parent
  • Lettie Beatrice Hicks - COFI | Parent
  • Mary Cooley- Aetna Better Health of Illinois 

Ex-Officio Members