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The Clerc Center's National Mission Advisory Panel provides input and guidance for teachers, staff, and parents in their efforts to research and disseminate initiatives on literacy for all children, education of families with deaf and hard of hearing students, and transition to the world of work and postsecondary study. The N-MAP consists of 15 members who are representative of educators and administrators of programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in different educational settings, including public and center schools; parents; members of the deaf community; and alumni of the elementary and secondary demonstration schools.

See also:
News: Clerc Center Welcomes New Members to its National Mission Advisory Panel (May 2006)
Odyssey (Spring/Summer 2005): Meet the New Members... (PDF)

Current Panel Members

Updated September 2006

Administrator/Educator from a Residential School for the Deaf 
Vacant

Administrator/Educator from a Mainstream Program for Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Ms. Nancy Mosher
Supervisor Deaf & Hard of Hearing Program
Bloomfield Hills Schools
Bloomfield Hills, MI 

Ms. Cathy Corrado
Teacher of the Deaf
Tacoma Public Schools/Birney Elementary School
Kent, WA 

Dr. Cheryl DeConde Johnson Lecturer University of Colorado Program Consultant, Boulder, CO and Program Consultant Marion Downs Hearing Center, Denver, CO

Administrator/Educator from Special Education
Vacant

Administrator/Educator from Day Schools for the Deaf
Two Vacancies

Administrator/Educator from Regular Elementary/Secondary Education
Ms. Tina Tingler
Assistant Principal Total Communications Program, Mantua Elementary School
Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax, VA

University Programs
Vacant

Members of the Deaf Community
Ms. Sheryl Emery
Director, Deaf Access Center
Southfield, MI

Ms. Claudia Gordon, J.D.
Washington, DC

Alumni - KDES
Dr. Mei Kennedy
Austin, TX

Alumni - MSSD
Ms. Lauren Ridloff 
PS347 NY

Parents
Mr. DaeWon “Kim” Corwin
Mental Health Liaison for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Albuquerque, NM

Dr. Debra Zand
Research Assistant Professor
Missouri Institute of Mental Health
Saint Louis, MO

Ex Officio
Ms. Annette Reichman
Director/Liaison Office of Special Institutions
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
Washington, DC