The Disability Law Center wishes to thank members of the Board for their many contributions. Their dedication to the staff and persons with disabilities in Utah has helped keep the DLC on the cutting edge of client-centered disability advocacy.
Barbara M. Campbell, Treasurer, Smith Barney
Barbara Campbell is currently the Second Vice President of Wealth Management and is a Wealth Advisory Specialist for Smith Barney. She received her B.A from San Jose State University and her MBA from University of Utah. Jane has experience helping a family member recover from a traumatic brain injury and hopes she can share her knowledge of being a caregiver to the Board. She believes the DLC to be an invaluable source of information for people with disabilities and that it can “give hope to people who are feeling hopeless; a sounding board to people who feel unheard; a plan to people who feel their lives are out of control; and direction to those who don’t know which way to turn for help.”
Joshua Cannon, Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy
Joshua is an associate in Van Cott’s Business, Energy, Environmental, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Natural Resources, and Real Estate Sections. Prior to law school, Mr. Cannon studied agricultural science and did research on the biology, ecology, and genetics of invasive plant species.
Mike Chidester, Leavitt Group Enterprises
Mike is currently General Counsel of Leavitt Group Enterprises in Cedar City, Utah, where he oversees all legal, regulatory, and compliance issues throughout the organization. Mr. Chidester has worked with Leavitt Group Enterprises since 1997. Prior to that time, he practiced law in Salt Lake City and Cedar City, engaging in general practice with an emphasis on commercial litigation. During this time, he served as the managing attorney of the Cedar City office of the Disability Law Center. Through his experience working with the DLC, Mr. Chidester gained an understanding and appreciation of the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities, and an interest in helping those individuals understand and exercise their legal rights.
Bryce Fifield Ph.D, Vice President, Center for Persons with Disabilities at USU
Bryce Fifield is the Director of the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University. He holds degrees from Utah State University and the University of Oregon. He has worked as a researcher, program manager, administrator, and professor at the University of Idaho and Minot State University. Bryce has spent his entire career working with people with disabilities and their families in both large in small communities. He recognizes that the DLC can help our communities recognize that people with disabilities are citizens just like everyone else and they deserve the same rights, assurances and opportunities.
Leslie Francis, University of Utah, Department of Philosophy
Leslie Pickering Francis is Alfred C. Emery Professor of Law and Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy at the University of Utah. She is the coeditor (with Anita Silvers) of Americans With Disabilities: Implications of the Law for Individuals and Institutions and author of Sexual Harassment as an Ethical Issue in Academic Life. She is a former member of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging, and has longstanding personal and professional interests in issues of discrimination based on race, sex, age, and disability.
Kelly Holt
Kelly Holt was born with an intellectual disability resulting from complications at birth. When she moved to Utah over ten years ago, she became active in the self-advocacy movement. She understands the needs of the community and remains on a first name basis with local leaders and state legislators alike. Kelly lives with her sister and her elderly father. Kelly plays a critical role in providing care-giving for her father.
Ken J. Martinez, Valley Mental Health
Ken Martinez is currently employed by Valley Mental Health as a Team Leader and clinician. He graduated from the University of Utah School of Social Work with an MSW and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He served for 10 years on the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Board for Social Work. He has worked with severely and persistently mentally ill adults for more than 14 years. He brings to the Disability Law Center his belief in people’s ability to recover and lead productive lives. His experience has always been based on instilling hope and treating everyone with respect.
Claire Mantonya, M.A., D.D. Council Liaison
Claire Mantonya is the Executive Director of the Utah Developmental Disabilities Council. She is a recognized leader with many years of experience working for the Division of Services for People with Disabilities supporting People First and building self-advocate leadership around the state. She worked for three years as the Family Support and Respite Manager for Easter Seals Utah and also had an aunt with disabilities who lived with her family as she was growing up in central Ohio. Claire has an undergraduate degree in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan and a masters degree in Adult Education from the Ohio State University.
Kevin Murphy, President
Kevin is in private law practice in Salt Lake City. He has also been a prosecuting attorney and an appellate attorney in government service. Before entering the legal profession in 1990, he was a registered nurse, working primarily in psychiatry, where he learned the value of proper treatment and support for individuals with mental illness. Murphy leads a physically active lifestyle, which likely would not be possible without the resources to keep his asthma under control. He recognizes that serious disability can arise from causes as diverse as a genetic accident or a moment of inattention. Therefore, he supports the mission of the DLC as the mission of a civilized society.
Paul Newman, Attorney
Paul holds a law degree from J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and a B.A. from the University of Utah. He has chosen to participate on the DLC Board because it advocates on behalf of and provides legal services for members of an under-represented group. As a person with a disability and the father of a son whose learning disability went undetected in the public school system for several years, Paul understands the value of the DLC. “I believe my personal experiences and my legal background will allow me to help formulate goals and strategies that will help the DLC increase its efforts on behalf of those with disabilities.” Paul believes the DLC should “educate people concerning their rights, advocate and sponsor legislation that protects those rights and, when necessary, commence legal proceedings to prevent and protect people from unfair and unlawful practices.”
James O’Neill
James moved to Park City in 2005 where he continues his lifelong participation in Special Olympics as well as activities with the National Ability Center in Park City. He has learned how to snowboard and ski, water ski, rock climb and has an ongoing passion for horseback riding. He also volunteers at the National Ability Center (NAC). James currently has a job at The Fresh Market in Park City and is active in our community. Family is a priority for James and he enjoys visiting relatives all over the world, including New York City, New Mexico and Scotland.
Angela Peleschka, Comcast
Angela Peleschka is currently the Director of Customer Care at Comcast Cable. She is passionate about the fair and ethical treatment of all people and has a particular interest in accessibility for people with disabilities. “I want people with disabilities to have the same opportunities that the rest of society has.” Angela has worked with several people with disabilities and has witnessed how they can become productive members of society and in the workforce.
Jacqueline A. Rendo, MD
Jacqueline Rendo practices obstetrics and gynecology in Salt Lake at the Intermountain Medical Group. Dr. Rendo earned her medical degree from the University of Rochester in New York. She then completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Dr. Rendo has also previously worked as a professor at the New Hampshire Technical Institute, teaching radiologic technology and directing the Diagnostic Medical Imaging Department.
Ron Roskos, Brain Injury Association of Utah
Ron Roskos is was elected to the Board of Trustees as part of the DLC’s efforts to increase collaborations with the TBI community. He brings with him a wealth of expertise in the area of brain injury. In his role as Executive Director of the Brain Injury Association of Utah, he has substantially increased services to consumers and family members. He coordinated and designed the TBI Return to Work Program and Co-Chairs the Brain Injury Association’s Statewide Conference Committee. The BIAU’s Conference is recognized as one of the most successful Brain Injury conferences in the country. Ron currently sits on the BIAU Resolution Dispute Committee and the Affiliations Committee for the Brain Injury Association of America.
Sylvia Scott
PAIMI Council Chair
Add to Google
