IATP Advisory Council

Informed by Experience

State Assistive Technology Programs are required to establish Advisory Councils to provide “consumer-responsive, consumer-driven advice” for the planning, operation, and evaluation of programs, including setting measurable goals. The Advisory Council includes:

  • A representative of a state center for independent living;
  • A representative of the state educational agency;
  • A representative of the state vocational rehabilitation agency;
  • A representative of the state workforce investment board;
  • Individuals with disabilities that use assistive technology or the family members or guardians of the individuals; and,
  • Representatives of other state agencies, public agencies, or private organizations, as determined by the state.

At least 51% of the advisory members must be either individuals with disabilities that use assistive technology, a family member or a guardian of such an individual. Individuals appointed to represent state entities cannot count toward that requirement. The advisory council is a geographical representation of the state and reflects the diversity of the state in regard to race, ethnicity, and type of disabilities across the age span, as well as users of types of services that an individual with a disability may receive.

Read the AT Council Bylaws (PDF).

Council Meetings

Advisory Council Members

Full Name Affiliation
Earl Hoover*, Chair Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Scott Hoover, Vice Chair Consumer
Laine Amoureux, MS, CPWA Consumer
Wendi Secrist* Idaho Workforce Development Council
Martha Farnsworth, OTD, OTR/L, CPAM Consumer
Heather Haugen* Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Jacqueline Hyatt* State Department of Education
Steven Snow Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Michael Lefevor Life, A Center for Independent Living
Taylor Stuckey Disability Rights Idaho
Fanny Rodriguez-Melnikovsky Idaho Commission on Aging
Janice Carson Idaho Assistive Technology Project
Jessi Rohrbacher Idaho Assistive Technology Project
Krista Kramer Idaho Assistive Technology Project
Etta Cobb Idaho Assistive Technology Project
Jeff Mason Idaho Assistive Technology Project
Dan Dyer Idaho Assistive Technology Project
Mellowdee Brooks Idaho Assistive Technology Project
Lael Haile Idaho Assistive Technology Project

* indicates a federally appointed position.

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For most of us, technology makes things easier. For a person with a disability, it makes things possible.  

— Judy Huemann, Disability Rights Activist and former Assistant Secretary – US Department of Education, Office of Special Programs