NAD Board of Directors Selects Appointed Members
Posted September 5, 2008
The Board of Directors of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
selected two appointed members, Melissa S. Draganac-Hawk and Kirsten
Poston, at the first meeting of the new term, held at August 21-23,
2008 at the NAD Headquarters. Both will serve for two years.
Elections for the 2008-2010 Board of Directors were held at the
recent 49th Biennial NAD Conference, held July 7-11, 2008 in New
Orleans, LA. Board members are: Bobbie Beth Scoggins, President;
Christopher D. Wagner, Vice President; Lynn Z. Null, Secretary; and
Ronald E. Sutcliffe, Treasurer. Regional representatives are as
follows: Region I – Julie C. Bourne and Sean Gerlis; Region II –
Jack L. Cooper and Michael K. Berger; Region III – Lissette M.
Molina and Liz Hill; Region IV – Astrid Amann Goodstein and James
“Manny” Johnson. Nancy J. Bloch, Chief Executive Officer serves as
ex officio member of the board.
Melissa S. Draganac-Hawk brings a wealth of experience, with two BA
degrees in Production/Performance and American Sign Language and a MA
degree in Linguistics from Gallaudet University. She currently serves
as executive director of Deaf Woman United (DWU) and as president of
the National Council of Hispano Deaf and Hard of Hearing – Fray Pedro
Ponce de Leon (NCHDHH). In addition, she has taught American Sign
Language for 12 years and this fall she will begin teaching at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Kirsten Poston also brings her personal expertise on disability
policy issues, having been employed at the federal level for the past
17 years. She received her BA degree in Communication Arts from
Gallaudet University, and has been responsible for conferences such as
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Government 2008 Employment and
Technology Forum and observances of National Disability Employment
Awareness Month. She currently serves on the board of Deaf and Hard of
Hearing in Government (DHHIG).
The NAD Board of Directors meets three times yearly in various parts
of the country. For more information, please visit
http://www.nad.org/board
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About NAD
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was established in 1880 by
deaf leaders who believed in the right of the American deaf community
to use sign language, to congregate on issues important to them, and
to have its interests represented at the national level. These beliefs
remain true to this day, with American Sign Language as a core value.
As a nonprofit federation, the mission of the NAD is to preserve,
protect, and promote the civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf
and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America. The
advocacy scope of the NAD is broad, covering the breadth of a lifetime
and impacting future generations in the areas of early intervention,
education, employment, health care, technology, telecommunications,
youth leadership, and more. For more information, please visit
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