Council members review the state’s service systems for people with developmental disabilities and advise policy makers on the best ways to change those systems to better serve the population. Members also review and award grants to spark innovative projects throughout New Jersey as well as advocate for people with developmental disabilities and their families on an ongoing basis.
Paul Blaustein, Edison, NJ
Family Member Advocate
Kevin Nunez, Willingboro, NJ
Self-Advocate
Donald Cambell
Tuckerton, NJ
Todd Emmons
Voorhees, NJ
Andrew McGeady
Jackson, NJ
Pamela King
Cherry Hill, NJ
Myrta Rosa
Elizabeth, NJ
Ryan Roy
Saddle Brook, NJ
Kelly Stout
Cherry Hill, NJ
Sarah Aziz, CPA
Monroe Township, NJ
Elizabeth C. Dalzell
Haddonfield, NJ
Margaret (Peg) Kinsell
Browns Mills, NJ
Nantanee Koppstein
Princeton Junction, NJ
Yana Mermel
Monroe, NJ
Annette Smith
Newark, NJ
Michelle Solomon
East Windsor, NJ
Helen I. Steinberg
Plainsboro, NJ
Michael J. McCarthy CPCU
Dumont, NJ
Federally mandated members of the Council serve in accordance with the federal Developmental Disabilities Bill of Rights and Assistance Act.
NJ Department of Human Services Division of Medical Assistance & Health Services
PO Box 712
Trenton, NJ 08625-0712
Phyllis Napier Melendez
Director
The New Jersey Department
of Education’s Office of
Special Education (OSE)
PO Box 500
Trenton, NJ 08625
Kimberly A. Murray
Director
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
PO Box 398
Trenton, NJ 08625
Dr. Felicia Hopson, DBA, SSGB, Director
NJ Division of Family Health Services
Special Child and Early Intervention Services – FCCS
PO Box 364
Trenton, NJ 08625
Kourtney Pulliam, Program Manager
Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services
222 South Warren Street
PO Box 700
Trenton, NJ 08625-0700
Andrea Mancini, MSW, Manager
Disability Rights
New Jersey
(DRNJ)
210 S. Broad St.
Trenton, NJ 08608
Gwen Orlowski
Executive Director
Rutgers Health The Boggs Center
on Disability and Human Development
Rutgers Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School
Liberty Plaza, 335 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Joyce Jelley
Training & Consultation Specialist
NJ Department of Human
Services – Division of
Developmental Disabilities
PO Box 726
Trenton, NJ 08625-0726
Jonathan Seifried
Assistant Commissioner
NJ Department of Human
Services Division of
Disability Services
PO Box 705
Trenton, NJ 08625-0705
Jacqueline Moskowitz
Executive Director
Laura Williams
Executive Director
The Arc Ocean County
815 Cedar Bridge Ave.
Lakewood, NJ 08701