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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