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Appendix 3: Taskforce Committees and Membership
Screening & Hiring & Licensing Committee
- Nancy Scannell* – Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Marty Martinez – Massachusetts Mentoring Partnership
- Tara McGuire – Massachusetts District Attorneys Association
- Joan Tabachnick – Massachusetts Adolescent Sex Offender Coalition
- Tom Weber – Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
- Ardith Wieworka – Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership
- Diane Coffey – Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance
- Jennifer Franco – Massachusetts District Attorneys Association
- Laurie Myers – Sex Offender Registry Board
- Judy Norton – Sex Offender Registry Board
Code of Conduct Committee
- Charity Bell-Lewitt* – Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
- Peter Doliber – Alliance of Massachusetts YMCA’s
- Maureen Ferris – Children’s Trust
- Rep. Susannah Whipps
- Chelsea Aquino – Massachusetts Mentoring Partnership
- Seth Yorra
Safe Environment Committee
- Meghan McGuirk* – Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Carlene Pavlos – Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Nancy Scannell – Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Taneekah Johnson – Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Respond & Reporting Committee
- Tom King* – Massachusetts Children’s Alliance
- Lori Ann Bertram – Department of Children and Families
- Edie Rathbone – Office of the Child Advocate
- Girl Scouts will give input
Training Committee
- Anitza Guadarrama-Tiernan* – Children’s Trust
- Jack Miller – Children’s Trust
- Jetta Bernier – Massachusetts Citizens for Children
- Marty Martinez – Massachusetts Mentoring Partnership
- Diane Gauthier – Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
- Tammy Mello – Executive Director, Domestic Violence, Lt. Governor’s Office
- Patrice Provitola – Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance (no longer serving on Task Force)
- Mark Bergeron-Naper – Department of Public Health
Children/Youth with Problematic Sexual Behavior (New Committee Established November 2016)
- Shannon Moore – Senator Flanagan’s Office
- Mark Bergeron-Naper – Department of Public Health
- Joan Tabachnick – Massachusetts Adolescent Sex Offender Coalition
- Abby Taylor – Office of the Attorney General
Legislative (New Committee Established November 2016)
- Peter Doliber – Alliance of Massachusetts YMCA’s
- Maria Mossaides – Office of the Child Advocate
- Maureen Ferris – Children’s Trust
- Anthony Rizzuto – Consultant to the Children’s Trust
*Committee Chair
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