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Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Ellen Perry Page 1 of 2 <br />Home Address:120 Starlite Drive <br />Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br />Zone of Residence:Carrboro City Limits <br />Ethnic Background:white <br />Sex:Female <br />Phone (Day):919-942-5602 <br />Phone (Evening):919-942-5602 <br />Phone (Cell):919-942-5602 <br />Email:dgirlscout@gmail.com <br />Name: Ellen Perry <br />Boards/Commissions applied for: <br />Carrboro NC 27510 <br />Place of Employment: Arch of the Ttriangle <br />Job Title:Coordinator <br />Name Called: <br />Year of OC Residence:1982 <br />Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br />DWAC - Labor Advisory Committee <br />Arch of the Triangle Human Rights Committee <br />Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br />None <br />Supplemental Questions: <br />Central Community Board <br />Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br />Ellen Perry has been a self-advocate for over 40 years. She owns and operates a small <br />business called Advocates in Action and speaks around the country on issues related to self- <br />advocacy and rights and access for people with disabilities. She is committed to helping people <br />with disabilities to be able to live as independently as possible in the community of their choice. <br />Through her advocacy work, Ellen served for several years on both The North Carolina Council <br />on Developmental Disabilities and the Carrboro Transportation Advisory Board. She created <br />Peer Connections a Health and Wellness Program for people with intellectual disabilities and got <br />the Money Follows Person enacted in North Carolina. Ellen is currently involved in the local and <br />state self-advocacy groups RANE (Real Advocates Now Emerging) and People First. She was a <br />board member of National APSE (Association of People Supporting Employment/First) and sits <br />on DWAC (DMA and DHHS Department Waiver Advisory Committee). She has also written <br />fourteen books on topics that help people with disabilities learn how to live their lives more <br />independently. <br />Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br />See Bio above. <br />Conflict of Interest: <br />9