Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Grant Program
Advisory Committee
The Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Committee is composed of 24 members representing 12 agencies and organizations, as well as one individual with TBI and four family members of individuals with TBI. The purpose of this committee is to collaborate toward the building of a comprehensive system of coordinated services for individuals with TBI and their families.
Bruce Murry
Public Policy Advocate
ND Protection and Advocacy
400 E. Broadway, Suite 400
Bismarck, ND 58501
(701) 328-2950 bmurry@state.nd.us
Diana Medicine Stone
Senior Independent Living Counselor
Dakota Center for Independent Living
Co-Chair for Indigenous Peoples Brain Injury Association
3111 E Broadway
Bismarck, ND 58501
(701) 222-3636 dianam@dakotacil.org
Evelyn Klimpel
Minot State University
Student Health and Development Center-Lura Manor and Co-Chair for Indigenous Peoples Brain Injury Association
500 University Avenue West
Minot, ND 58707
(701) 858-3371 or (800) 777-0750 evelyn.klimpel@minotstateu.edu
Mary Simonson
Executive Director of Open Door Center, Administrator of HI Soaring Eagle Ranch,
and Vice president of the North Dakota Head Injury Association
209 2nd St SE
Valley City, ND 58072
(701) 845-1124 ext 13 opendoorctr@hotmail.com
Gerry Teevens
Special Education Regional Coordinator
ND Dept. of Public Instruction
Office of Special Education
600 East Boulevard Ave, Dept 201
Bismarck, ND 58505
(701) 328-3731 gteevens@state.nd.us
Anne Carns
2002 E Capitol Ave
Bismarck, ND 58501
(701) 250-0534
Marcia Gums
Chief Operating Officer
Anne Carlsen Center for Children
701 3rd St. N.W.
Jamestown, ND 58401
(701) 252-3850 ext 165 marcia.gums@annecenter.org
Carlos Garza
Volunteer
Dakota Center for Independent Living
3001 Ohio St. Apt. 16
Bismarck, ND 58501
Diana Read
ND DoH-Injury/Violence Prevention Program Director
600 E Boulevard, Dept 301
Bismarck, ND 58505
(701) 328-4537 dread@nd.gov
Senator Tim Mathern
District 11
510 4th St. S
Fargo, ND 58103
(701) 476-7200 tmathern@nd.gov
Kathleen Day
Fargo VAMC
2101 North Elm St.
Fargo, ND 58102
(701) 239-3744 kathleen.day@va.gov
Senator John Andrist
District 2
P.O. Box E
Crosby, ND 58730-0660
(701) 965-6798 jandrist@nd.gov
Senator Judy Lee
District 13
1822 Brentwood Court
West Fargo, ND 58078
(701) 282-6512 jlee@nd.gov
DHS TBI Leadership Team
JoAnne Hoesel
Director
ND DHS-Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Developmental Disabilities
1237 W. Divide Avenue, Suite 1C
Bismarck, ND 58501
(701) 328-8924 sohoej@nd.gov
Susan Wagner
Program Administrator
ND DHS-Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Developmental Disabilities
1237 W. Divide Avenue, Suite 1C
Bismarck, ND 58501
(701) 328-8941 shwagner@nd.gov
Wanda Bye
ND DHS-Director of Employment Services
1237 W. Divide Avenue, Suite 1B
Bismarck, ND 58501
(701) 328-8955 wbye@nd.gov
Linda Wright
ND DHS- Director of Div of Aging
1237 W Divide, Suite 6
Bismarck, ND 58501
(701) 328-4607 sowril@nd.gov
Karen Tescher
Medical Services Assistant Director, Long Term Care Continuum
ND DHS-Medical Services Assistant Director
1237 W Divide, Suite 1B
Bismarck, ND 58501
(701) 328-2324 soteskl@nd.gov
Theresa Snyder
ND DHS-Tribal Liaison- Program Civil Rights Officer
State Capitol-Judicial Wing 600 East Boulevard Ave, Dept 325
Bismarck, ND 58505
(701) 328-1816 sosnyt@nd.gov
Center for Rural Health TBI Grant Staff
Patricia Moulton
Project Director
UND Center for Rural Health
1201 11th Avenue SW
Minot, ND 58701
(701) 858-6770 pmoulton@medicine.nodak.edu
Rebecca Quinn
Project Coordinator
UND Center for Rural Health
School Of Medicine and Health Sciences Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58202
(701) 777-5200 rquinn@medicine.nodak.edu
Brad Gibbens
Policy Development
UND Center for Rural Health
School Of Medicine and Health Sciences Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58202
(701) 777-2569 bgibbens@medicine.nodak.edu
