TERI Advisory Committees
As we build the Campus of Life, we are seeking individuals who are the best in their field and is a corporate, business, academic, civic or philanthropic leader who will share the vision of TERI.
The advisory committee’s member will be a source of innovative thought and leadership. They will inspire other to join the cause and help us push the envelope on what is possible. They will take pride in being an instrumental part of the development of the Campus of Life, a university-like campus dedicated to advancing quality of life for individuals with developmental and learning disabilities.
These committees will meet electronically although there will be numerous opportunities to meet individually and/or collectively through TERI’s activities and events. There will be no pre-described meeting schedule as it is expected that all activities will be done electronically.
Learn more about TERI's Advisory Committees:
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TERI Riders (Equestrian) - Soar
The TERI Riders will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community for TERI’s equine therapy program which helps individuals with disabilities learn to trust the world around them while discovering their own talents and strengths.
Current Challenges:
- Expand the types of programs that are employed in equestrian therapy centers by validating the success fo equine therapy techniques through research
- Generate new therapeutic models that meet the unique requirements of people with specific disabilities
TERI Riders Advisory Committee Members:
Linda Edwards, Philanthropist
Dr. Dawn Fletcher, Equine Chiropractor
Dr. Ellen Gehrke, National & Alliant Professor
Dawn Hummel, Capital Campaign Chair and TERI Parent
Herb Lurie, Former Chairman of Merrill Lynch
Dr. Moss, Creekside Veterinary Services
Terri A. Williams, MBA, Doctoral Candidate
Learn more about the TERI Riders, click here
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Culinary - Life
The Culinary Advisors will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community for the future TERI Culinary Institute and for TERI efforts to optimum healthy and lifestyle for individuals with developmental and learning disabilities.
Current Challenges:
- Connect this segment with fresh and heathly food options
- Provide opportunities to enjoys communal aspects of food preparation and dining
- Improve vocational training curriculum
- Broaden the job opportunities available to those with developmental disabilities
TERI's Culinary Advisory Committee Members:
Chef Eric Wicks, Tommy V's
Liza De Michele, H.E.B., Texas
Verna Harrah
Maisie Greenawalt, Bon Appetit Management
Melissa Maggiore, Tommy V's
Stacy Poynter, Herbal Gourmet
To learn more about TERI's Culinary Advisory Committee, click here
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Fitness/Recreation - Thrive
The Fitness/Recreation Advisors will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community for the future Health, Fitness, & Recreation Center and support TERI's current fitness therapy and nutrition efforts. With cutting-edge facilities, fresh ideas and unparalleled programs, TERI fosters optimum health and fitness for staff and individuals with developmental and learning disabilities. The innovative, unlimited choices for individual health and recreational opportunities provided by TERI’s Charles R. Cono Campus for Life Quality will afford our clients the opportunity to energize, fortify, and thrive.
Current Challenges:
- Obesity, medical conditions, muscle weakness, mobility restrictions, and poor nutrition are rampant within the special needs population and result in reduced life quality, increased medical needs, and shortened lifespans
- Develop innovative methods and tools to optimize the health and fitness of those with developmental disabilities who require highly individualized and innovative supports in order to due to their physical and intellectual challenges, children and adults with disabilities
To learn more about TERI's Fitness/Recreation Advisory Committee, click here
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Technology - Connect
The Technology Advisory Committee will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community for the development of state-of-the-art technology that empowers individuals to realize their potential, giving a voice to those who cannot speak, vision to those who are visually impaired, and making possible a quality of life without limits.
Current Challenges:
- Connect those with developmental disabilities who have become disenfranchised and marginalized due to lack technology
- Applying advances in technology to improve the mobility, health, lifestyle and ability to communicate for those with developmental disabilities
TERI's Technology Advisory Committee Members:
Stu Heilsberg, San Diego Technology Executive
Michael Campbell, RA Power and Light
Amanda Thompson, AmeriKit Technology Solutions
Thom Colby, AmeriKitTechnology Solutions
To learn more about TERI's IT Advisory Committee, click here
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Aquatics - Free
The Aquatics Advisory Committee will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community for TERI’s current aquatic program and for the future Aquatics Center at the Charles R. Cono Campus for Life Quality.
Current Challenges:
- Revolutionize the design of aquatic therapy pools, equipment, and programs those who have developmental disabilities
- Conceptualize a model for aquatic therapy that is specifically structured to address the needs of the children and adults with autism spectrum disorder
TERI's Aquatics Adviosry Committee Members:
Bruce Dunn, Mission Pools
Mel Stewart, Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer
To learn more about TERI's Aquatics Advisory Committee, click here
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Medical/Health - Believe
The Medical/Health Advisory Committee will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community ensuring that people with autism and developmental disabilities live a healthy and vibrant life throughout their lifespan
- There is a tremendous challenge inherent in providing medical care to people who are unable to tell you how they are feeling. For those who have significant disabilities, medical care and treatment is often reduced to a guess
- Ongoing decrease in funding for this population, continuously reducing the availability of preventive medical care to people who require higher than average medical support due to their disabilities
- Wireless medical technology holds the key to high quality medical care and treatment for children and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities
- Little research has been conducted regarding the health and fitness needs of adults with autism and developmental disabilities as they reach old age
TERI's Medical/Health Advisory Committee Members:
Dr. and Mrs. Chun Wha Lee, TERI Parents
Eric Kowack, Pfizer
To learn more about TERI's Medical/Health Advisory Committee, click here
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Agriculture - Nurture
The Agriculture Advisory Committee will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community and discover how to cultivate, nurture, sustain, and enhance our natural resources.
Current Challenge:
- Develop a world-class model that combines the adaptive requirements of individuals with developmental disabilities with cutting-edge, sustainable agricultural practice
- Meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs by serving as stewards of our natural resources
- Develop innovative, sustainable and organic methods for food and plant production that allow people of all abilities to be active participants in the process
- Develop a range of small business opportunities for the adults at TERI
TERI's Agriculture Advisory Committee Members:
Gerald Church, EuroAmerican Propagators
Mark Sterk, Columbine Landscape, Inc.
Donnie Dabbs, Briggs Tree Company Inc.
Thomas Harding, President of Agrisystems International
Stacy Snyder, Philanthropist
Scott Murray, Vice President of Slow Food San Diego and Agricultural Consultant
Laura Murray, Local CSA Farm Owner and Organic Farm Inspector
To learn more about TERI's Agriculture Adviosry Committee, click here
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Fine Arts - Inspire
The Fitness/Recreation Advisors will provide guidance and advocate for our fine arts program which provides a voice for those who may not have the words, but let their art speaks to the world at large.
Current Challenges:
- Uncover the ways in which art can improve and enhance life quality for individuals with developmental and learning disabilities
- Expand on the way in which art can inform the community of the humanistic bonds that tie us all together, regardless of our differences
- Enrich, inform, and inspire our artists and the communities in which they live, and to share what we learn on an international scale
TERI's Fine Arts Advisory Committee Members:
Julie Weaverling, Front Porch Gallery
David Van Gilder, Artist
Countess Inka Zamouska
Alessandra Colfi
Lianne Kim Liane, East & West Frames
Karen French, Professional Photographer & TERI Parent
Chuck Lowery, former Oceanside Councilman, former Oceanside Arts Commissioner, local politican, businessman
To learn more about TERI's Fine Arts Advisory Committee, click here
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Performing Arts - Shine
The Performing Arts Advisors will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community for TERI's Performing Arts programs, which allows people with developmental disabilities to explore and experience what they may never have believed possible: to shine.
Current Challenges:
- Raise the lives of people with developmental disabilities from the margins of society
- Give them opportunities to experience a sense of personal fulfillment
- Empower them by giving them the opportunity to inspire others
- Provide a vital participatory arts experience to actors with a wide range of cognitive and physical disabilities
- Assure that these experiences expand both personal and cultural awareness while encouraging a sense of belonging
- Integrate individuals with differences into the fabric of their community, to explore the humanity we all share
- Develop a model that can be shared internationally with others with similar needs
To learn more about TERI's Performing Arts Advisory Committee, click here
TERI's Performing Arts Advisory Committee:
Dona Mara
Paul Canaletti, Guajome Park Academy
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Music - Enrich
The Performing Arts Advisors will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community for TERI’s music program, which uses the power of music to engage, express, inspire, create, relate, and bring joy to those who listen and participate.
Current Challenges:
- Connect artists and others in the community with the potential and interests of this segment of our population
- Continually expand the means by which people with autism and other developmental disabilities can benefit from involvement in music arts
- Develop new models of education and support that have international impact
TERI's Music Advisory Committee:
Kerry Ross, CA Bank & Trust
Steven Traugh, Composer, Author, Teacher, Producer
Bahman Sarram, Violinist, Producer, Composer, Event Coordinator President/Founder of Zen House Concerts
To learn more about TERI's Music Adviosry Committee, click here
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Research - Discover
The Research Advisory Committee will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community for TERI’s Research program, where we explore questions and provide answers. It reflects our determination to discover and safeguard studies that strengthen, promote and advance the lives of people with learning and developmental disabilities and their families. Through original research and partnerships with leading institutions from around the globe, we seek to improve the quality of life for our clients.
Current Challenges:
- Autism research, in particular, has become as much a political venture as a scientific one. While a great deal of attention and funding has been directed toward discovering the cause and cure of autism (and less on other developmental disabilities), quality of life has been addressed by only a handful of researchers
- Gain new partners to support the effort to better understand the special needs population
TERI's Research Adviosry Committee Members:
Dr. Temple Grandin
Dr. Kenneth Lyon Jones
Dr. Paul A. Dores
Dr. Aubyn Stahmer
Dr. Martin T. Stein
Dr. Doris Trauner
To learn more about TERI's Research Advisory Committee, click here
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Education/Preschool through 12 - Explore
The Education/Preschool through 12 Advisory Committee will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community for TERI’s education programs where we are privileged to see, day by day, the many wondrous gifts offered by children who have been labeled as disabled. Through our lifespan educational supports, we unlock the potential in each individual so students can explore, recognize, and take pride in their unique abilities and contributions.
Current Challenges:
- For many children with autism and other developmental or learning disabilities, the public school system is unable to provide a place of belonging and an education that is adequate to meet their highly specialized needs
- The challenge we face is how to impact and support the public school classroom and campus structure so that these students can successfully be reintegrated into their home schools
- We also need to devise new ways to share what we have learned on a global scale so that other programs can replicate this highly effective program design
To learn more about TERI's Education Advisory Committee, click here
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Green/Sustainability - Respect
The Green/Sustainability Advisory Committee will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community for TERI’s Green initiative as we seek to sustain the bounty of natural resources for future generations. TERI champions responsible environmental behavior and a framework within which our industry will respect the earth through “green” building, conserving and recycling, minimizing our carbon footprint, and providing a healthy environment for children, adults, employees, and visitors.
Current Challenges:
- Living green also means our adults and students will learn the value of becoming an environmentally conscious role model to the community at large
- Our challenge is to become a leader for the ways in which individuals with special needs can make a significant contribution to the national effort for sustainability in the programs we operate and the models we establish
TERI's Green/Sustainability Adviosry Committee Members:
Michael Campbell, RA Power and Light
To learn more about TERI's Green/Sustainability Advisory Committee, click here
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Adult Education/Vocational Training - Excel
The Adult Education/Vocational Training Advisory Committee will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community for TERI’s Adult students to strive for personal integrity and self worth comes, in large part, through the work we do and the success we experience in our endeavors. With no limits to their pursuits and no barriers to their achievements, TERI’s students excel when their personal strengths and passions are used as a source of vocational training.
Current Challenge:
- The gaps in the service system and the needs of adults and their families, and we have developed multiple model programs that have been replicated statewide and nationwide for individuals who are deaf-blind; autistic; cognitively impaired; and learning disabled
- The challenge is to continue to establish innovative and person-centered approaches to vocational and adult day program designs that can be replicated internationally, to include cultures that have yet to adopt protocols and best practices that respect individual abilities and potential.
To learn more about TERI's Adult Education/Vocational Training Advisory Committees, click here
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Life Planning and Coaching - Empower
The Life Planning and Coaching Advisory Committee will provide guidance, advocacy and visibility within their community to ensure lifespan solutions for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families are happy, hopeful, and secure futures for individuals with disabilities and their families.
Current Challenge:
- When you ask the parents of a son or daughter with special needs their greatest hope for their child, they tell you they want them to be happy. When you ask them to express their greatest fear, it is what will happen when they can no longer care or advocate for their child
- The challenge is how to touch as many families as possible, both here and abroad, so they can realize their hopes and eliminate their fears
To learn more about TERI's Life Planning and Coaching Advisory Committee, click here
