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Title:	Deaf-Blind Individuals, Advisory Board for Services for
Website:	https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Illinois-Advisory-Board-for-Services-for-Persons-Who-are-Deaf-and-Blind.aspx
Contact Name:	Bob Griffith
Contact Title:	Chair of the Illinois Advisory Board for Persons who are Deaf Blind
Contact Phone:	217 558 0565
Contact E-Mail:	Robert.Griffith@illinois.gov
Function:	The Board advises State Superintendent of Education, Governor, and General Assembly on education and care of deaf/blind individuals; recommends standards and payment rates for facilities serving deaf and blind. The Advisory Board shall meet at least 4 times per year and not more than 12 times per year. (6 members of the Advisory Board shall constitute a quorum).
Term:	3 years.
Senate Confirmation:	No
Qualifications:	Each appointing authority, other than Governor, shall include at least one parent of deaf-blind individual, or a person who is deaf-blind. One person designated by each agency may be an employee of such agency. Board is to meet between 4 and 12 times year.
Compensation:	Non-State Employees are reimbursed for Expenses and can receive up to $50 per diem.
Composition:	11 members: 3 appointed by Governor: 1 at least 60 years of age; 1 consumer who is deaf/blind; 1 parent of a person who is deaf/blind; 2 appointed by State Superintendent of Education; 4 appointed by Secretary of Human Services; 2 appointed by Director, Department of Children & Family Services.
Chair:	Chairperson is elected annually by the members
Authority:	105 ILCS 5/14-11.02

Member Names

Name (Last, First)	Term Expires	Member Since	Appointed By	Position	County
Bohrman, Jeffrey			DHS	Member, Parent	Cook
Breese, Marcia			DHS	Member, Employee Representative	None
Ellett, Eliza	9/11/2015	1/25/2013	Governor	Member, Parent	Cook
Griffith, Bob			DHS	Chair, Member, Employee Representative	Sangamon
Hamer, Shelle			ISBE	Member, Employee Representative	Cook
Jun, John	9/13/2013	9/26/2011	Governor	Member, At least 60 years of age	Grundy
Patton, Rebecca	6/30/2017	11/25/2014	DCFS	Member, Employee Representative	Cook
Phillips, Derrick			DHS	Member, Parent	None
Slaght, Rosann			ISBE	Member, Parent	Winnebago
VACANT			Governor	Member, Deaf-Blind Consumer	None
VACANT			DCFS	Member, Parent Representative	None