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Integrating Professionals for Appalachian Children (IPAC)
is a network of professionals, consumers, and community agencies
working collaboratively to improve the physical and mental health of children and families in
southeast Ohio. Our membership represents multiple professions and multiple agencies creating a network with wide-reaching expertise and resources. Disciplines include, but are not limited to:
- Nursing
- Psychology
- Early Childhood Mental Health & Counseling
- Education
- Social Work
- Speech-Language & Audiology
- Pediatrics & Family Medicine
- Juvenile Justice
Vision of IPAC
Our
vision is to ensure healthy development for all children in
Appalachia Ohio.
Mission of IPAC
By leveraging our expertise and integrating our resources, IPAC
will develop innovative, culturally-sensitive programs that
address the critical and complex challenges impacting the health
and mental health of our region's children and families.
Board of Directors, 2009-2010
IPAC has adopted a governance
structure that is organized around core constituency groups. Each
group is allocated a specific number of seats on the Board of
Directors. Directors serve three year terms, renewal for a second
term. Ohio University and community partners are
represented under each constituency group.
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Early Childhood and
Education: 3 Seats
Dave Hunter, LISW, Athens County Help Me Grow
John Constanzo, Ph.D., Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center
Sue Johanson, PhD, Athens City School District
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Medicine and Nursing: 2
Seats
Karen Montgomery-Reagan, D.O., University Medical Associates
Dawn Murray, D.O., Family Healthcare, Inc.
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Allied Health: 2 seat
Brandi Nance, Aud-CCC, Ohio University Hearing, Speech and
Language Clinic
open seat
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Community
Programs: 2 Seats
Sue Meeks, RN, C, OU Community Health Programs
Doug Debrick, Athens County Children Services
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Mental Health: 2 seats
Sherry Shamblin,
MEd, PCC-S, Tri-County Mental Health &
Counseling Center
Pam Ramage, LISW, Health Recovery Services, Inc.
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Parent Partners/Consumers: 2
Seats
Liana Flores
Noriko Kantake
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Community Business Partners:
1 seat
Don Cooley, CPA
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System Oversight: 1 seat
Cindy Birt, M.S.S., Athens County Family and Children First
Council
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Ex-Officio Members
Robert Stewart, JD, Athens County Juvenile Court
Heather Reed, Ohio Department of Health
Kendall Brown-Clovis, M.Ed., Tri-County Mental Health &
Counseling Center
Jane Hamel-Lambert, Ph.D., IPAC President
Executive Committee
Sherry Shamblin, Chair
Cindy Birt, Vice Chair
Sue Meeks, Communications
Dave Hunter, Treasurer
Cindy Birt, Chair of
Sustainability
Brandi Nance, Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Assessment Team
Dawn Murray, Interim Chair, Membership
Jane Hamel-Lambert, President
(ex-officio)
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