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CAROL A. BEATTY, Secretary of Disabilities
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2015-; Children's Cabinet, 2015-; Advisory Council to the Children's Cabinet, 2015-; Governor's Warrior to Worker Council, 2015-. Chair, Interagency Disabilities Board, 2015-; Advisory Committee, Technology Assistance Program, 2015-. Co-Chair, Interagency Transition Council for Youth with Disabilities, 2015-. Member, Task Force on the Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program, 2015-16; Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2015-; Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, 2015-; Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2015-; Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, 2015-; State Coordinating Council for Children, 2015-; Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council, 2015-; Governor's Commission for Effective Community Inclusion of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2015-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2015-; State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, 2015-. Governing Board, Maryland Center for School Safety, 2015-. Member, Steering Committee for the Ethan Saylor Alliance for Self-Advocates as Educators, 2015-; Task Force to Study the Impact of Expanding Credit and Noncredit Courses for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015-16; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2015-; Governor's Workforce Investment Board, 2015-; Maryland 529 Board, 2016-; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2016-.
Member, Commission on Disability Issues, Howard County, 2006-15; Local Management Board (Local Children's Board), Howard County, 2006-15; Interagency Transition Council, Howard County, 2013-15.
Born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1953. Towson University, B.A. (mass communications & history), 1975; The Johns Hopkins University, M.S. (special education), 1981. Associate Executive Director, Bello Machre, Inc., 1979-1985. Executive Director, Alternative Living, Inc., 1985-93. Executive Director, The Arc of Howard County, 1993-2015. Human Rights Award, Human Rights Commission, Howard County, 2011. Inductee, Howard County Women's Hall of Fame, 2012. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2013, 2016. Legacy Award and President's Award, The Arc of Howard County, 2015. Married; one child.
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