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I held the following leadership positions:

• President of People First of Ontario  

• Past president of People First of Windsor   

• Secretary of the Board of Directors, Windsor Community Living

• Vice President, Windsor-Essex Brokerage for Personal Supports

• Treasurer of The Family Alliance of Ontario

• Chair of the Strategies sub-committee and member of all other sub-committees of the Windsor-Essex Adult Developmental Services Planning Committee

• Board member of People First of Canada

• Member of the Windsor-Essex ODA Committee and 

• Seniors Planning Committee.

Previous positions:

• Member of the The Ontario Association for Community Living Board of Directors

• Member of the The Trillium Foundation's allocations committee

• Chair of the Windsor-Essex Community Innoventions Committee

• President of Orchard Park Inc. Homes cooperative

• Chair of two national conferences; and

• a member of several other local and provincial advisory/planning committees.

        I have been a featured speaker at several international conferences and at many locally    organized workshops and annual meetings across Ontario.

I have presented at the following conferences:

• TASH international conference (1999)  

• The IASSID conference (2000)

• The CACL conference (2000)

• People First of Canada (1999) and (2000)

• Northern Conference for Kirkland Lake ACL (2000)

The local media often calls on me to comment on issues of importance to people with disabilities. I recently participated on a radio panel discussing the Robert Latimer case. Other issues  I have commented to the media on are : government funding, education, inclusion and re-structuring of the service delivery system.

Several national TV programs and Radio have featured interviews about people with developmental disabilities.

Along with my personal advocacy group activities  I am very proud of my involvement in the development of the powerful  self-discovery program "Keeping Your Dreams Alive" . It unleashes a person's potential and is a program I take every opportunity to promote.