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President:
Mary E. Scott, M.Ed.
Baltimore County Public
Schools, Ret.
Towson, MD
Term Expires 7/2022
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Mary E. Scott and her husband have 2
daughters, one with a developmental
disability. Mary says they enrolled
their daughter as a member of By Their
Side many years ago because they
recognize that they will not always be
around to guide and supervise her care.
Her sister will need and appreciate
professional guidance in making
decisions in the future.
Background: Mary is
known by many families and
professionals for her work as
Transition Coordinator for the
Baltimore County Public Schools, prior
to her retirement in 2017. She serves
as a Commissioner on the Baltimore
County Commission for Disabilities, is
a member of the Baltimore County Local
Management Board and a member of the
Citizens' Advisory Council for the
Maryland Center for Developmental
Disabilities. In a former life, she
directed an early intervention program,
worked as a hospital teacher and was a
family resource specialist for the
Baltimore County Public Schools.
Mary received By Their Side's Martin
Lampe Leadership Award in 2019 in
recognition of her work to support
transitioning students and their
families, develop educational
opportunities for parents, and her
ongoing efforts to strengthen Self
Directed services in Maryland.
Mary became Board President in 2020
and chairs By Their Side's Public
Education committee.
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Vice-President:
Barry
Gordon, MD, Ph.D
Johns
Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore,
MD
Term
expires: 7/2022
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Dr. Barry Gordon joined the Board in
2017. He and his wife Renee live in
Baltimore.
Background: Dr.
Gordon is a behavioral neurologist and
cognitive neuroscientist at The Johns
Hopkins Medical Institutions in
Baltimore. His work focuses on
developing methods for improving
language, memory, thinking skills, and
learning in individuals with autism and
other acquired and developmental brain
conditions. He was a founder of the
Johns Hopkins' Cognitive Neurology/
Neuropsychology Division, Memory
Clinic, and Mind/Brain Institute. Dr.
Gordon has authored numerous academic
publications including books on memory
for the general public, Memory:
Remembering and Forgetting in Everyday
Life and Intelligent
Memory. He has appeared as a guest
on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today
Show, CBS’s Morning Edition, ABC’s
Good Morning America, NBC’s Dateline,
the PBS series The Brain, NPR's Fresh
Air and The Diane Rehm Show, discussing
topics such as autism and A Scientist's
Saga: Give Son The Gift Of Speech.
Barry became Vice President in 2020
and a member of the Assistive
Technology Subcommittee.
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Treasurer:
Jeffrey A.
Dahlka, Sr. M.B.A.
Data
Management, Inc.
Glyndon, MD
Term expires:
7/2022
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I joined the 'all volunteer' Board
of By Their Side for two reasons.
First, close family friends have a
daughter with a developmental
disability who is a By Their Side
member, and I find it rewarding that I
can help their family in a small way.
In addition, I get complete
satisfaction in donating my time to a
great group of caring individuals that
make a big difference in the lives of
our members and their families.
I am Vice President of Marketing for
Data Management Marketing/Digital
Graphics, located in Malabar, Florida.
I work with clients, providing
commercial printing services, database
management, and behavioral targeting,
to manage their consumer marketing
campaigns and services to their
customers. We serve businesses across
the country including financial and
health care companies and government
agencies.
I received my MBA from Loyola
University Maryland, and my BS in
Finance from the University of
Maryland, College Park. My career
started out in bank accounting,
progressing into commercial credit
analysis and consumer lending. Since
that time, I've held positions in
product analysis, risk management, and
marketing management. All of my
previous jobs serve me well as your
Treasurer for By Their Side.
I am an avid golfer, and have 2
classic cars that need a lot of work.
My wife Laurie and I now live in
Florida. With children in college, the
cars will have to wait to be restored
of course.
Jeff chairs By Their Side's
Finance Committee.
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Secretary:
Philip D.
Levinson, DDS
Dept. of
Veteran's Affairs, Ret.
Pikesville,
MD
Term expires: 7/2022
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Dr. Philip Levinson and his wife
Winnie have a son who is a member of By
Their Side. His By Their Side advocate
makes an annual visit as a transition
for the future
Dr. Levinson
received a dental degree from the
University of Pittsburgh. He served as
an active duty and reserve officer of
the U.S. Army and retired with the rank
of Colonel. He was employed by the
Department of Veterans Affairs and
served as Director, Dental Care
Clinical Center of the VA Maryland
Health Care System. Dr. Levinson was a
Clinical Assistant Professor at the
University of Maryland Dental School,
and served on the Board of Directors of
the Perry Point Federal Credit
Union.
Dr. Levinson serves as Assistant
Scout Master and chairs the Oversight
Committee of a Scout Troop for men with
developmental disabilities. The Troop
provides a rewarding scouting and
educational experience for 31 men.
Dr. Levinson serves on By Their
Side's Family Services Committee.
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Immediate Past President:
Mark
Wagner, DMD
UMD
Dental School, Ret.
Pikesville, MD
Term Expires: 7/2023
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Mark Wagner joined the Board in April
2009. He and his wife, Marcia live in
Pikesville. They have three children
and three grand children. Their son has
been a By Their Side member since 1985.
Mark can be heard on Insight on
disABILITY Talk Radio's Archived
program discussing his plan for By
Their Side's assistance to his son's
out of state siblings.
Mark is a retired
professor emeritus at the University of
Maryland School of Dentiy and continues
teaching at the Dental School as a
volunteer faculty in Pediatric and
Special Care Dentistry. Mark is a
former Vice President for Health
Programs of Special Olympics,
International. He currently serves as
President of Byheir Side and actively
volunteers for several other
non-profits including CHANGE, Inc. and
Chesapeake and Potomac Spina
Bifida,Inc.
Mark serves on By Their Side's
Leadership Development Committee,
Finance Coittee, Public Education
Committee, and Family Services
Committee.
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Director:
Timothy
Eberhardt, B.S.
Capitol
Funding Group
Baltimore,
MD
Term
Expires: 7/2022
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Timothy Eberhardt works for
Capitol Funding Group, a Baltimore
based healthcare finance company. He is
in the healthcare real estate lending
group, focused on origination and
execution of both traditional bank and
agency HUD mortgages for his clients
development, acquisition, or refinance
of skilled nursing and assisted living
faciltities across the country.
Tim is the cousin of a By Their Side
member.
Tim serves on By Their Side's
Finance Committee.
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Director:
Jenny Jones, B.A.
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, MD
Term Expires: 7/2022
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Jenny Jones is well known to Maryland
families as she covers Kennedy Krieger
Institute's invaluable Resource Finder
program at the Maryland Center for
Disabilities. The program responds to
about 1300 requests annually. Prior
to starting work with the Resource
Finder in 2004, Jenny served as manager
of Development and Public Relations for
Unified Community Connections
(previously UCP).
Jenny serves on the Public Education
Committee and manages By Their Side's
Facebook presence.
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Director:
Calvin
Simpson, B.A.
CareFirst
BlueCross BlueShield, Ret.
Laurel,
MD
Term
Expires: 7/2023
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Calvin Simpson has advocated for his
brother for over 20 years. They are
in frequent contact and though
guardian, Calvin involves his brother
in decisions and honors his choices.
Calvin enrolled his brother in By Their
Side to assure he would always have an
advocate, and has taken the opportunity
to call the office to discuss resources
and advocacy strategies. When Calvin
retired in 2020, he was ready to join
By Their Side's Board of Directors.
Calvin serves on the Family Services
Committee, and with the committee is
exploring new avenues of sibling
support.
A native of Washington, D.C., Calvin
has also served on two HOC Boards and
describes himself as a struggling
tenor.
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Director:
Janis Ellis, M.Ed.
Baltimore, MD
Term Expires: 7/2023
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Janis Ellis joined the Board in
2017. She and her husband Jim live in
Baltimore, and their son is a member of
By Their Side.
Janis has extensive background in
education including consultation in
special needs, teaching, and directing
early childhood programs. She
previously served on the Board of
Directors of Bello Machre and as a
volunteer for other organizations.
Janis serves on By Their Side's
Public Education Committee.
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Director:
Judy Volkman,
B.A.
The Arc
Maryland Ask Me!, Ret.
Baltimore, MD
Term
expires: 7/2022
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Our family joined By Their Side
before Service Coordination was
created. We were concerned that our son
Doug would not get the services he
needed and he does not communicate with
words. We were also concerned for our
other son who would become guardian for
his brother, because he does not know
the DDA system as I do. Unfortunately,
he died suddenly and there is no
other family member who could do the
job as guardian. A close friend
volunteered to take on this role, but
she will not be able to make visits as
often as she likes. Here is where By
Their Side comes in: they will make
monthly visits for an additional cost
and serve as a resource for her. I
joined the Board in 2013.
Background: Because
of Doug's disability, I became active
in PTA and have been a member of the
Baltimore County Commission on
Disabilities since the 1970's. I worked
for a provider agency for 14 years as a
Coordinator of Special Projects. I then
worked for The Arc Maryland as Program
Director for Ask Me!, a quality of life
survey, with the survey conducted by
people with disabilities. I have since
retired, but am still active in church
activities, serving presently as
Secretary of the Church Council. In my
spare time, I enjoy walking the dog and
knitting scarves and donating them to
an elementary school and a food
pantry.
Judy serves on the Family Services
Committee.
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Director:
Joan
Chevailer, Ph.D.
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
Term Expires:
7/2023
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Joan joined the Board in 2014. Her
parents enrolled her brother in By
Their Side many years ago. A linguist
teaching Russian at the U. S. Naval
Academy, Joan arranges By Their Side
monitoring services for her brother
when she is traveling on sabatical.
Joan chairs the Family Services
Committee. She is interested in
opportunities for siblings to connect
for information and support. In the
past, Joan participated in a series of
panel discussions to help bring
together Maryland silings to form the
Maryland Sibling Network on Facebook.
Joan can be heard on Insight on
disABILITY Talk Radio's Archived
program discussing By Their Side
services.
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In
Memory
Martin
Lampe, PhD
University Park, MD
1945
- 2015
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My wife Barbara and I
have been active in disability advocacy
since our son was born with Down
syndrome in 1983. We also have a
daughter who is working as a museum
educator at the University of Kansas.
We procrastinated on estate planning
for years because we could not figure
out who would be our son's advocate and
care coordinator after we're gone. I
think it's a problem nearly all
families of people with disabilities
have. So we were very happy to learn
that By Their Side can fill that gap. I
would like to help By Their Side
prosper, and to help other families
learn about what By Their Side can do
for them.
Background: I am a
physicist with degrees from Harvard and
University of California. I worked at
the Naval Research Laboratory in
Washington D.C. for over 40 years, and
retired as a senior scientist in 2010.
I am currently a visiting scientist at
the University of Maryland. I have
managed a number of large programs, but
I get my biggest thrill from
working hands-on on basic science
problems. I have served as chair of the
Division of Plasma Physics of the
American Physical Society, the national
professional association in our field.
I have served on the board and as
president of The Arc Prince George's
County, and on the management team of
Special Olympics Prince George's
County.
I am a former board president of By
Their Side, and I have used my
programming experience to develop an
actuarial program that follows By Their
Side cash flow to assure that we will
be able to fulfill our obligations to
our members. I am a lifelong tennis
player and exercise enthusiast, and
late in life I learned to play golf so
I could play with my son: we both love
it now. I'm an opera lover too.
Martin Lampe developed By Their
Side's Actuarial Study, and recieved By
Their Side's first Leadership Award in
2015. This Annual Award continues as By
Their Side's Martin Lampe Leadership
Award.
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