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Page 2 of 2 Olivia Fisher <br />Other Comments: <br />This application was current on:2/18/2019 Date Printed:2/19/2019 <br />Supplemental Questions: <br />Boards/Commissions appointments: <br />Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee <br />Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br />I have supervised group homes in my previous role at work. I am familiar with resident rights, as <br />well as the responsibilities and limitations of guardianship. I have a background in social work, <br />including working as an Options care manager in Pennsylvania . <br />Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br />I want to work to ensure that seniors and other vulnerable adults are served in appropriate <br />settings where their dignity, autonomy, and humanity is honored . <br />Conflict of Interest: <br />I work with Residential Services Inc as the supervisor for their independent living program <br />providing supports for adults in their own home. We do have group homes and a retirement <br />community in Durham, but I am not directly involved in operations. Due to the nature of aging <br />and disability, I may assist in applications to adult care facilities for the people I support in the <br />future. <br />Affordable Housing Advisory Board <br />Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br />While a resident of Pittsburgh, PA, I worked with several homeless programs, as well as site and <br />community based HUD programs. I currently work with individuals with disabilities in their own <br />apartments and am very aware of the intersecting issues that i <br />Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br />Orange County is a thriving area, but I know that accessing housing is a hurdle. I would like to <br />have the exposure to local context to help be more involved and steer the direction of housing <br />access in our community. <br />Conflict of Interest: <br />I work for a non-profit that indirectly supports people in finding housing to live more <br />independently. <br />Application Date:3/26/2018 <br />23