2023 PAPRS CommitteesExecutive CommitteeChair: President Kim MacDonald-Wilson Committee Members: Rochelle Reimert, President Elect; Ellwyn Andres, Immediate Past President & Acting Treasurer; Brittani Smerkar, Secretary The Executive Committee is comprised of the officers of the Board of Directors and others appointed by the President and ratified by the Board. The function of the Executive Committee is to carry on the Business of the Chapter in the interim between the meetings of the Board of Directors. All actions of the Executive Committee shall be reported promptly to the Board of Directors at their next meeting. Education & Consultation CommitteeChair: Rochelle Reimert Committee Members: Amanda Burke, Marcie Cole, Collette D'Angelo, Caitlin Needham, Brittani Smerkar, Meghan Sharif, Rita Kraus, Eileen Joseph, Lu Mauro, Beth Ricker, Kelly Shuler, Kim Roberson The purpose of the Education & Consultation Committee is reflected in the overall goal of developing “learning opportunities for increasing the statewide capacity to provide best practice psychiatric rehabilitation services." This purpose is accomplished through the efforts of the committee as a whole in collaboration with the Education Manager. PAPRS provides training opportunities for PAPRS member organizations and individuals including a frequently-offered CPRP test preparation course. Also, PAPRS is approved by the OMHSAS to provide the 12 hour required Orientation to Psychiatric Rehabilitation course. In addition, training is developed for our Annual Conference Institutes and Workshops, and other training activities emerge through the provision of consultation activities. Consultation is offered to organizations that wish to increase their capacity to provide psychiatric rehabilitation services. Conference CommitteeChair: Aaron Burkhardt Co - Chair: Jen McLaughlin Co - Chair: Maureen Walsh Committee Members: Susan Poznar, Gwen DeYoung, Liz Guerin, Beth Ricker, Debra Andrachek, Kelly Shuler The Conference Committee is responsible for the planning, development and implementation of the Annual PAPRS Conference. Typical committee projects/tasks related to Annual Conference:
Budget/Finance CommitteeChair: Ellwyn Andres Committee Members: Gwen DeYoung, Rita Kraus, Kim MacDonald-Wilson, Jennifer McLaughlin, Maureen Walsh, Susan Poznar, Joh W. Rosengrant, Kelly Shuler The Budget/Finance Committee is responsible for planning and development of the organizational annual budget and the development, implementation and revision of the PAPRS business plan. Typical committee projects/tasks related to the budget/business plan:
Communications CommitteeChair: Skyler Deitrick Co - Chair: Committee Members: Sara Dobson, Caitlin Needham, John W. Rosengrant, Debi Weisgerber, Allison Downs, Amy DeMay, Beth Ricker The Communications Committee is responsible for developing ways to share information related to the work of PAPRS. The Committee evaluates and recommends vehicles for effective communication. Functions of the committee include the following:
Policy CommitteeChair: Brittani Smerkar Committee Members: Ginny Dikeman, Marcie Cole, Collette D'Angelo, Gwen DeYoung, Denise Astaneh, Rochelle Reimert, Ellwyn Andres, John W. Rosengrant, Jennifer McLaughlin, Kim MacDonald-Wilson, Beth Ricker As a primary function, this committee works on research and consultation on public policy matters, providing advice to the Board of Directors on opportunities to advance the PAPRS mission through advocacy. As a secondary function, the committee provides a framework for the development of a PAPRS Policy Manual, a systematic review of PAPRS internal policies and procedures and support to PAPRS committees as needed regarding policy application. Typical committee projects/tasks related to policy include:
Membership CommitteeChair: Julie Sanders Co-Chair: Donna Duffy Bell Committee Members: Pam Nabried-Abdullah, Holly Knoll, Sara Dobson, Debi Weisgerber, Denise Astaneh The purpose of the PAPRS Membership Committee is to attract and retain individual and organizational members through the:
Ad-Hoc Advisory CommitteeChair: John Rosengrant Committee Members: Gwen DeYoung, Rochelle Reimert, Jennifer McLaughlin, Amy DeMay, Donna Duffy Bell, Kelly Shuler, Lu Mauro, Maureen Walsh, Rita Kraus, Susan Poznar, Beth Ricker The purpose of the PAPRS Advisory Committee is to review and develop the role and membership of the PAPRS Advisory Board. This committee is made up of all current Advisory Board members and PAPRS Board of Directors members interested in the review of guidelines for the Advisory Board. |