Monday, February 27, 2012

New Board Member


The newest member of the EIFA Board is Judy Swett.  We would like to first thank all of our members for their participation in this process, and in particular we would like to thank James Austin of Vermont and Roz Magwood of New York for their willingness to also run for the Board.
We would like to take a moment to introduce you to Judy. Judy Swett is the Early Childhood Coordinator at  the PACER Center, where she has been employed for more than 15 years. She has served on the St. Paul IEIC as a parent representative and chair, is a member of the Region 11 IEIC. Judy was a parent member and chair of the Minnesota Governor’s Interagency Coordinating Council on Early Childhood Intervention (ICC) and recently reappointed to the ICC as an advocacy representative. She is a TA specialist for family involvement on ICCs with NECTAC and has provided support and resources to ICC parent representatives.  Judy hosts the early intervention parent leadership list serve providing information on state and federal issues in the areas of early intervention, early childhood and early childhood special education.  Judy has served on a number of state and national boards. She is also the parent of an adult child with disabilities.  

5 comments:

  1. Welcome Judy - looking forward to working together to support family leaders across the country

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  2. A great big welcome to the EIFA board Judy!!! It will be great to have all of your expertise and perspective

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  3. Welcome Judy. Thank you for all you do for families . I look forward to working with you in the upcoming months :) !!!!!!!

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  4. Hey Judy, congratulations! Looking forward to all the expertise and experience you bring to EIFA and the Board in particular!

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  5. Welcome to the EIFA Board Judy!! I know that you will be real asset to our mission and work on behalf of infants and toddlers. Looking forward to working with you!

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