Pictures in State-Order from the 2006 meeting:

Alabama	Alaska Jayson Smart, Executive Director, Alaska Stone Soup Group
Arizona Nanfi Lubogo, Co-Executive Director Parent to Parent of Connecticut with Wendy Benz, Family Health Information Coordinator, Arizona’s Raising Special Kids	Arkansas
California Mary Ellen Peterson, Parents Helping Parents of California	Colorado Renee Walbert & Dianne McNamara, Parent to Parent of Colorado
Connecticut Carmina Cirioli and Nanfi Lubogo Co-Directors Parent to Parent of Connecticut	Deleware No Picture at this time
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho	Illinois No Picture at this time
Iowa	Indiana Jane Scott & Nancy Stone Indiana Parent Information Network
Kansas Laurie Gerber, Families Together, Inc. Kansas	Kentucky No Picture at this time
Louisiana
Maine Bev Baker and Veronica Boucher, Maine Parent Federation, Inc.	Massachusetts Darla Gundler, Linea Luck Pearson & Mary Summers, Family TIES of Massachusett
Michigan	Minnesota
Mississippi No Picture at this time	Missouri Jane St. John, Sharing our Strengths, Missouri
Maryland No Picture at this time	Montana No Picture at this time
Nebraska Nebraska’s Lisa Dougherty, ARC of Omaha at the Ollie Webb Center	Nevada
New Hampshire Phil Eller, New Hampshire Parent to Parent talks with Maine’s Bev Baker	New Jersey
New Mexico Jill Tatz & Erin Weisner Parents Reaching Out, New Mexico	New York Janice Fitzgerald, Tina Beauparlant and Ellen McHugh of Parent to Parent of New York State
North Carolina Sally Sloop and Anne Gildea, Family Support of North Carolina	North Dakota Ann Turnbull, Dana Yarbrough, Parent to Parent of Virginia and Pat Conway, North Dakota Family to Family Network
Ohio	Oklahoma Heather Pike & Joni Bruce, Oklahoma Family Network, Inc.
Oregon No Picture at this time
Pennsylvania Janice Forosisky, Executive Director Fiona Patrick, and Ann Sourwine Barr, Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania	Rhode Island
South Carolina Andy Pope, Executive Director; Jackie Richards, Associate Director and Connie Ginsberg, Founder & Former Director	South Dakota Dina Castro, South Dakota Parent Connection
Texas Sue Regimbal and Laura Warren, Co-Directors Texas Parent to Parent	Tennessee No Picture at this time
Vermont Jan Hancock, Family Support Consultant; Julie Arel, Acting Executive Director & Nancy DiVenere, Founder, Former Director Parent to Parent of Vermont	Virginia Dana Yarbrough, Parent to Parent of Virginia - our technology wizard!
Washington Susan Atkins, Parent to Parent Washington State; Mary Ellen Peterson, Parents Helping Parents of California; Robin Mathea, Parent to Parent of Wisconsin	West Virginia No Picture at this time
Wisconsin Robin Mathea, Parent to Parent of Wisconsin	Wyoming Betty Carmon, Wyoming Parent Information Center

*2006 Meeting of Statewide Parent to Parent Directors
Parent to Parent USA gratefully acknowledges Maternal and Child Health Bureau Division for Children with Special Health Needs, Family Voices, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Community Health Leadership Program, and the Beach Center on Disability for support of this meeting.

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General pictures from Meeting (in no order)
Bonnie Strickland, Director Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Division for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Ann Turnbull, Beach Center on Disability and Jill Tatz, New Mexico Parents Reaching Out share a moment.	Parent to Parent USA Board of Directors and Founders (missing from picture is Irene Zipper, Executive Director, Family connection of North Carolina)
Diana Denboba, Acting Branch Chief, MCHB introduces newly published article in Pediatrics as part of her presentation	Nancy DiVenere, Bonnie Strickland, and Kathy Brill, Conference Coordinator
Susan Atkins, Washington Parent to Parent; Mary Ellen Peterson, Parents Helping Parents of California; Robin Mathea, Parent to Parent of Wisconsin	Jill Tatz, Parents Reach Out in Arizona and Ellen McHugh, Parent to Parent of New York State
Dianna McNamara shares her perspective	Nancy Stone from Indiana with Nanfi Lubogo, Anne Gildea, and Mary Summers
Nancy DiVenere, President, highlights P2PUSA accomplishments to date	Bev Baker, Maine Parent Federation shares her thoughts during lunch
Laura Warren, Texas Parent to Parent and Parent to Parent USA Board Member greets participants	Jan Hancock, Parent to Parent of Vermont
So much to learn from so many!	Ralph Figuerola, Director of Family Support at Raising Special Kids in Arizona and Andy Pope, Director Family Connection of South Carolina
Mary Ellen Peterson, Parents Helping Parents of California, Connie Ginsberg, South Carolina with Jill Tatz, PRO of New Mexico	Mary Castro Summers - a "break" was just another opportunity to network!
Mary Slaughter, our esteemed facilitator checks in with Ann Turnbull	Breakfast meeting with L-R Sue Regimbal, Texas P2P; Nancy DiVenere, President P2PUSA; Mary Slaughter, Facilitator, co-founder P2PUSA; Susan Atkins, P2P Washington State; Laura Warren, Texas P2P; Robin Mathea, P2P of Wisconsin; Sally Wade, VP P2PUSA; Ann Turnbull, Co-Director Beach Center on Disability Keynote Presenter; Nora Wells, Co-Director Family Voices National Center on Family Professional Partnerships; Mary Summers, Family TIES of Massachusetts
Group presentation – “What might our slogan be?”	Anne Gildea & Sally Sloop from Family Support Network of North Carolina and Dina Castro, South Dakota Parent Connection
Sally Wade, Ed.D., University of South Florida, Vice President Parent to Parent USA	Nanfi shares her program & resources with participants
Ann Turnbull and Nancy DiVenere enjoy a break together	Nora Wells Co-Director of Family Voices National Center on Family Professional Partnerships talks with Vermont’s Julie Arel and Bev Baker from Maine
Andy Pope, Family Connection of North Carolina talks with Vermont’s Julie Arel and Jan Hancock	Poster Display – Raising Special Kids in Arizona
	Susan Atkins, Washington with Mary Ellen Peterson, California (background) Sally Sloop, NC talks with Connie Ginsberg, founder and former ED, Family Connection of SC

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