COFAR


Board of Directors and Staff



Board of Directors


Officers:

Thomas J. Frain, Esq.,  President

Bonnie Valade, Vice President

Bill Stefaniak, Treasurer


   

   

Directors:


    Sheila Bailey,  Roland Charpentier, Pat Feeley, Richard Gowan, Charles Hart, Kathleen Houghton, Edward Orzechowski, Gail Orzechowski, John Sullivan, Tim Valade 


Past Presidents:


    Philip Corrigan, Allyson Every, Catherine Gover, David Hart, Richard Krant, George Mavridis, Mary McTernan


Staff:


    Colleen Lutkevich is COFAR's Executive Director.  She has also served as a Plaintiff Representative since 1997 in Ricci v. Okin, a landmark federal court case, which led to improvements in institutional care for persons with intellectual disabilities.  Colleen works as a high school guidance counselor.  She has a sister, Jean, who resides at the Wrentham Developmental Center.

   

Email: Colleen.lutkevich@verizon.net



    David Kassel is the Director of Communications and Newsletter Editor.  A former journalist and a former Chief of the Management Division with the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General, David is currently principal of Accountable Strategies Consulting, LLC.

   

Email: Dkassel@earthlink.net

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