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Home National Agenda PANA Information about Goals Goal Overview Goal 1: Referral Goal 2: Parent Participation Goal 3: Personnel Preparation Goal 4: Provision of Educational Services Goal 5: Array of Services Goal 6: Assessments Goal 7: Access to Instructional Materials Goal 8: Curricular Needs Goal 9: Transition Goal 10: Professional Development PANA Agenda Booklet and Brochure Research PA Special Education Supervisors PA Educational Service Providers Resources and Links Books Educational Resourcesl Family Directed Resources Professional Resources Recreation, Leisure, and Independent Living Visual Impairments and Eye Conditions PANA Committee Members
	PANA Committee Members Below is a list of the PANA Committee Members. The committee is comprised of professionals from various backgrounds and expertise, but all are passionate about serving individuals with visual impairments, deaf-blindness, and visual and multiple disabilities. Dr. Rebecca Renshaw, Chair Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh rebeccarenshaw@yahoo.com Jackie Brennan Education and Professional Development Director, Overbrook School for the Blind jackie@obs.org Dael Cohen Transition Services Coordinator, Overbook School for the Blind daelc@obs.org Brenda Egan Early Childhood Program Director, Western PA School for Blind Children began@wpsbc.org Sandy Finkel Supervisor, Blind/Visually Impaired Support Program Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3 sandy.finkel@aiu3.net Debby Holzapfel Educational Consultant, Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network dholzapfel@pattan.net Frank Irzyk Educational Consultant, Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network firzyk@pattan.net Gerald Kitzhoffer Director, Overbrook School for the Blind Gkitzhoffer@obs.org Brenda Loughrey Assistive Technology Specialist and Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments, Allegheny Intermediate Unit brenda.loughrey@aiu3.net Mary Nelle McLennan Executive Advisor, American Printing House for the Blind mary.nelle@earthlink.net Lynn Murphy Supervisor, Blind/Vision and Deaf/Hard of Hearing Support Program Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 lamurphy@iu12.org Beth Ramella Outreach Coordinator, Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children ramellab@wpsbc.org Todd Reeves Superintendent, Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children reevest@wpsbc.org Mark Steciw Educational Consultant, Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network msteciw@pattan.net Stanley Swaintek Wilkes-Barre District Administrator, Bureau Blindness and Visual Services sswaintek@state.pa.us Jean Ann Vogelman Parent Liaison, Overbrook School for the Blind and NAPVI; National Agenda Parent Chairperson Javogelman@obs.org Elaine R. Welch President/ CEO, Pennsylvania Association for the Blind elaine.welch@pablind.org