Deaf Community
Contacts
State, Regional, & Local
Organizations
Maryland
20646 La Plata
Charles County Public Library (CCPL) 1923
Web Site: www.ccplonline.org
Contact: Emily Ferren, Director / E-mail: eferren@somd.lib.md.us
20650 Leonardtown
St. Mary’s County Library (STMALIB) 1948
Web Site: www.stmalib.org
Contact: Kathleen Reif, Director / Email: kreif@stmalib.org
20678 Prince Frederick
Calvert Library 1959
Web Site: www.calvert.lib.md.us
Contact: Robyn Truslow, Public Relations Coordinator
Email: rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us
Patricia Hofmann is the director.
20784 Landover Hills
Family Service Foundation, Inc (FSF) 1937 / Deaf Aids Project 1990
Web Site: www.deafvision.net/dap
Contact: Deborah Karp, Director / E-mail: dkarp@fsfinc.org
20814 Bethesda
Imagination Stage 1979 /Deaf Access Program 1990
Web Site: www.ImaginationState.org
Contact: Lisa Agogliati, Director / E-mail: lagogliati@imaginationstage.org
20815 Chevy Chase
St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church of the Deaf 1859
Web Site: http://stbarnabasdeaf.edow.org
Contact: The Rev. Barbara A. Allen / E-mail: revballen@aol.com
20850 Rockville
Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) 1952
Rockville Library / Disability Resources Center (DRC)
Web Site: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/library
Contact: Susan F. Cohen, Coordinator of Library Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community / E-mail: drcinfo@montgomerycountymd.gov
Francie Gilman is the Senior Librarian for the Disability Resource Center (DRC)
20850 Rockville
Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA) 1893
Mental Health Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 1982
Web Site: www.jssa.org
Contact: Lizabeth R. Katz, LCSW-C, Clinical Social Worker / E-mail: lkatz@jssa.org
20854 Potomac
Washington Society of Jewish Deaf (WSJD) 1972
Web Site: http://web.mac.com/steve.brenner/iWeb/WSJDREMINDER2008/Reminders.html
Contact Steve Brenner, President / E-mail: steveb1003@aol.com
20866 Burtonsville
Maryland Association of the Deaf (MDAD) 1956
Library Friends Committee (LFC) November 1989
Web Site: www.mdad.tv
Contact: Barbara Blakeman, Liaison / E-mail: info@mdad.tv
Committee chair: Rev. Mark Ehrlichmann
Alicia Epstein is the president
20901 Silver Spring
Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Citizens Center 1972
Maryland Deaf Senior Citizens, Inc (MDSC) November 3, 1976, Inc. 1999
Contact: Ronald Nomeland, Treasurer / Email: Ronald.Nomeland@gallaudet.edu
Willis Mann is the president
20902 Silver Spring
Cerebral Palsy and Deaf Organization (CPADO) November 1998
Web Site: www.cpado.org
Contact: Phil Watson, President / E-mail: webmaster@cpado.org
20902 Wheaton
Abacus N Bytes, Inc.
D/B/A TCS Associates 1982
Web Site: www.tcsassociates.com
Contact Myrna Orleck-Aiello “MO,” CEO/President / E-mail: myrna@tcsassociates.com
moaiello@tmail.com
20905 Silver Spring
Hampshire View Baptist Deaf Church (HVBDC) 1989
Web Site: www.hvbdc.com
Contact: Rev. Terry Buchholz, Senior Pastor / E-mail: hvbdc@aol.com
20905 Silver Spring
Capital Baptist Deaf College (CBDC) 1996
Web Site: http://www.deafbiblecollege.com/
Contact: Rev. Justin Vollmar, Registrar / E-mail: hvbdc@aol.com
20910 Silver Spring
Christ Lutheran Church of the Deaf 1947
Web Site: www.christdeaf.org
Contact: Ronald Friedrich, Pastor / E-mail: r.friedrich@juno.com
21029 Clarksville, MD
Howard County Association of the Deaf (HCAD) 1999
Web Site: www.HowardCountyDeaf.org
Contact: Fred Hartman, President / Email: President@howardcountydeaf.org
Heidi Burghardt is the Corresponding Secretary /Email: POC@howardcountydeaf.org
21043 Ellicott City
Maryland School for the Deaf
See 21701 Frederick
21044 Columbia
Howard County Library (HCL) 1940
Web Site: http://hclibrary.org
Contact: Sharon L. Neville, Librarian, Community Services / E-mail: nevilles@hclibrary.org
21122 Pasadena
Magothy United Methodist Church of the Deaf May 11, 1975
Web Site: www.magothydeafchurch.org
Contact: Rev. Lisa Jordan, Pastor / E-mail: gordoner1@aol.com
21157 Westminster
McDaniel College 1867 / Graduate Program in Deaf Education 1967
Web Site: www.mcdaniel.edu
Contact: Mark M. Rust, Asst Professor & Coordinator
E-mail: mrust@mcdaniel.edu
21157 Westminster
Carroll County Public Library (CCPL) 1958
Web Site http://library.carr.org
Contact Gail Griffith, Deputy Director / Email: gailg@carr.org
Amy Miller-Meyers, Community Resource Specialist: amymill@carr.org
21201 Baltimore
Maryland Governor’s Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH) October 2001
Web Site: www.odhh.md.gov
Contact: Lisa Kornberg, Director / E-mail odhh@gov.state.md.us
Martin O’Malley is the governor
21201 Baltimore
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
Web Site: http://marylandpublicschools.org/msde
Online source for education, libraries and rehabilitation services
Nancy S. Grasmick is the State Superintendent of Schools.
21201 Baltimore
MSDE: Division of Library Development and Services (DLSD) 1946
Web Site: www.marylandpublicschools.org/msde/divisions/library
Contact: Irene M. Padilla, Assistant State Superintendent for Libraries
E-mail: ipadilla@msde.state.md.us
21201 Baltimore
Enoch Pratt Free Library System (EPFL) October 15, 1882; Opened January 5, 1886
Information Services Department
Web Site: www.prattlibrary.org
Contact: Erin Kelly, Librarian / Email: ekelly@prattlibrary.org
Dr. Carla Hayden is the director of EPFL
21201 Baltimore
MSDE: Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) 1929
Web Site: www.dors.state.md.us
Contact: Robert A. Burns, Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services
E-mail: dors@dors.state.md.us
21201 Baltimore
Maryland Dept of Information Technology (DOIT)
Telecommunications Access of MD (TAM) 1990
Maryland Relay 1991
Web Site: www.mdrelay.org
Contact: Brenda Kelly-Frey, Director / E-mail: brenda.kelly-frey@doit.state.md.us
21201 Baltimore
Catholic Deaf of Baltimore 1904
Web Site: www.archbalt.org/evangelizationandcatechesis
Contact: Eileen Colarusso, Coordinator of Deaf Ministry / E-mail: ecolarusso@archbalt.org
21201 Baltimore
Deaf Addiction Services at Maryland (DASAM) 2000
Administrated by the University of Maryland, Department of Psychiatry
Web Site: www.umm.edu/dasam
Contact: Lisa Peck Blumenthal, Case Manager/Educator / E-mail: LBlumen@psych.umaryland.edu
21202 Baltimore
Inner Harbor Deaf Center (IHDC) July 26, 2007
Web Site http://www.innerharbordeafcenter.com
Contact Michael Gallagher, President / E-mail: manager@innerharbordeafcenter.com
21206 Baltimore
Deaf and Hearing United, Inc. 2000
Web site: www.Deafandhearingunited.com
Contact: Lionel Harris, CEO/Educator / E-mail: deafandhearunite@aol.com
21215 Baltimore
Hearing Loss Association of Greater Baltimore June 16, 1987,
Web Site: http://hearinglossbaltimore.org
Contact: Co-leaders: Amy Bopp / E-mail: abopp@hasa.org
and Robert Leepa / Email: rfleepa@comcast.net
21215 Baltimore
Hearing and Speech Agency (HASA) 1926
Web Site: www.hasa.org
Contact: Dianne McCullen, Info Specialist / E-mail: dmccullen@hasa.org
21228 Baltimore
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus (CCBC) 1957 / Interpreter Preparation Program 1983
Web Site: www.ccbcmd.edu
Contact: Sandra G. Brown, Coordinator / E-mail: SBROWN@ccbcmd.edu
21229 Baltimore
Christ United Methodist Church for the Deaf 1895
Web Site: www.christdeafchurch.org
Contact: Rev. Sandi Johnson / E-mail: pastorsandi.johnson@gmail.com
21252 Towson
Towson University 1866 / Dept of Audiology, Speech-Language, Pathology and Deaf Studies / Deaf Studies Program 2000
Web Site: http://www.towson.edu/asld/undergraduate/deafstudies/
Contact: Sheryl B. Cooper, Ph.D, Coordinator / E-mail: scooper@towson.edu
21401 Annapolis
Anne Arundel County Public Library (AACPL) Inc.1936
Web Site: www.aacpl.net
Contact: Nancy Choice, Chief, Public Services and Branch Management
E-mail: nchoice@aacpl.net
21502 Cumberland
Allegany County Library System 1934 / Outreach Services
Website: www.alleganycountylibrary.info
Contact: Linda Burkey, Coordinator / E-mail: lburkey@allconet.org
21613 Cambridge
Dorchester County Public Library 1922
Web Site: www.dorchesterlibrary.org
Contact: Jean S. Del Sordo, Library Administrator / E-mail: jdelsordo@dorchesterlibrary.org
21701 Frederick
CSD of Maryland 2002
Web Site: www.c-s-d.org Click on Locations/Maryland
Contact: Karen Sheffer-Tucker, Division Director / E-mail: kstucker@c-s-d.org
21701 Frederick
Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD)
Web Site: www.msd.edu
Columbia Campus 1973 21043 Elliott City
Tom Cooke, Media/Library Specialist / E-mail: tom.cooke@msd.edu
Frederick Campus 1868 21703 Frederick
Mickey Palmer, Library Teacher / E-mail: palmermi@msd.edu
Dee Gibson, Library Teacher Aide / E-mail: gibsonde@msd.edu
James E. Tucker is the superintendent.
21804 Salisbury
Deaf Independent Living Association, Inc. (DILA) March 1983
Web Site: www.dila.org
Contact: Jennifer Whitcomb, Executive Director / E-mail: Jennifer.Whitcomb@dila.org
Charles County Public Library (CCPL) 1923
Web Site: www.ccplonline.org
Contact: Emily Ferren, Director / E-mail: eferren@somd.lib.md.us
20650 Leonardtown
St. Mary’s County Library (STMALIB) 1948
Web Site: www.stmalib.org
Contact: Kathleen Reif, Director / Email: kreif@stmalib.org
20678 Prince Frederick
Calvert Library 1959
Web Site: www.calvert.lib.md.us
Contact: Robyn Truslow, Public Relations Coordinator
Email: rtruslow@somd.lib.md.us
Patricia Hofmann is the director.
20784 Landover Hills
Family Service Foundation, Inc (FSF) 1937 / Deaf Aids Project 1990
Web Site: www.deafvision.net/dap
Contact: Deborah Karp, Director / E-mail: dkarp@fsfinc.org
20814 Bethesda
Imagination Stage 1979 /Deaf Access Program 1990
Web Site: www.ImaginationState.org
Contact: Lisa Agogliati, Director / E-mail: lagogliati@imaginationstage.org
20815 Chevy Chase
St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church of the Deaf 1859
Web Site: http://stbarnabasdeaf.edow.org
Contact: The Rev. Barbara A. Allen / E-mail: revballen@aol.com
20850 Rockville
Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) 1952
Rockville Library / Disability Resources Center (DRC)
Web Site: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/library
Contact: Susan F. Cohen, Coordinator of Library Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community / E-mail: drcinfo@montgomerycountymd.gov
Francie Gilman is the Senior Librarian for the Disability Resource Center (DRC)
20850 Rockville
Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA) 1893
Mental Health Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 1982
Web Site: www.jssa.org
Contact: Lizabeth R. Katz, LCSW-C, Clinical Social Worker / E-mail: lkatz@jssa.org
20854 Potomac
Washington Society of Jewish Deaf (WSJD) 1972
Web Site: http://web.mac.com/steve.brenner/iWeb/WSJDREMINDER2008/Reminders.html
Contact Steve Brenner, President / E-mail: steveb1003@aol.com
20866 Burtonsville
Maryland Association of the Deaf (MDAD) 1956
Library Friends Committee (LFC) November 1989
Web Site: www.mdad.tv
Contact: Barbara Blakeman, Liaison / E-mail: info@mdad.tv
Committee chair: Rev. Mark Ehrlichmann
Alicia Epstein is the president
20901 Silver Spring
Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Citizens Center 1972
Maryland Deaf Senior Citizens, Inc (MDSC) November 3, 1976, Inc. 1999
Contact: Ronald Nomeland, Treasurer / Email: Ronald.Nomeland@gallaudet.edu
Willis Mann is the president
20902 Silver Spring
Cerebral Palsy and Deaf Organization (CPADO) November 1998
Web Site: www.cpado.org
Contact: Phil Watson, President / E-mail: webmaster@cpado.org
20902 Wheaton
Abacus N Bytes, Inc.
D/B/A TCS Associates 1982
Web Site: www.tcsassociates.com
Contact Myrna Orleck-Aiello “MO,” CEO/President / E-mail: myrna@tcsassociates.com
moaiello@tmail.com
20905 Silver Spring
Hampshire View Baptist Deaf Church (HVBDC) 1989
Web Site: www.hvbdc.com
Contact: Rev. Terry Buchholz, Senior Pastor / E-mail: hvbdc@aol.com
20905 Silver Spring
Capital Baptist Deaf College (CBDC) 1996
Web Site: http://www.deafbiblecollege.com/
Contact: Rev. Justin Vollmar, Registrar / E-mail: hvbdc@aol.com
20910 Silver Spring
Christ Lutheran Church of the Deaf 1947
Web Site: www.christdeaf.org
Contact: Ronald Friedrich, Pastor / E-mail: r.friedrich@juno.com
21029 Clarksville, MD
Howard County Association of the Deaf (HCAD) 1999
Web Site: www.HowardCountyDeaf.org
Contact: Fred Hartman, President / Email: President@howardcountydeaf.org
Heidi Burghardt is the Corresponding Secretary /Email: POC@howardcountydeaf.org
21043 Ellicott City
Maryland School for the Deaf
See 21701 Frederick
21044 Columbia
Howard County Library (HCL) 1940
Web Site: http://hclibrary.org
Contact: Sharon L. Neville, Librarian, Community Services / E-mail: nevilles@hclibrary.org
21122 Pasadena
Magothy United Methodist Church of the Deaf May 11, 1975
Web Site: www.magothydeafchurch.org
Contact: Rev. Lisa Jordan, Pastor / E-mail: gordoner1@aol.com
21157 Westminster
McDaniel College 1867 / Graduate Program in Deaf Education 1967
Web Site: www.mcdaniel.edu
Contact: Mark M. Rust, Asst Professor & Coordinator
E-mail: mrust@mcdaniel.edu
21157 Westminster
Carroll County Public Library (CCPL) 1958
Web Site http://library.carr.org
Contact Gail Griffith, Deputy Director / Email: gailg@carr.org
Amy Miller-Meyers, Community Resource Specialist: amymill@carr.org
21201 Baltimore
Maryland Governor’s Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH) October 2001
Web Site: www.odhh.md.gov
Contact: Lisa Kornberg, Director / E-mail odhh@gov.state.md.us
Martin O’Malley is the governor
21201 Baltimore
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
Web Site: http://marylandpublicschools.org/msde
Online source for education, libraries and rehabilitation services
Nancy S. Grasmick is the State Superintendent of Schools.
21201 Baltimore
MSDE: Division of Library Development and Services (DLSD) 1946
Web Site: www.marylandpublicschools.org/msde/divisions/library
Contact: Irene M. Padilla, Assistant State Superintendent for Libraries
E-mail: ipadilla@msde.state.md.us
21201 Baltimore
Enoch Pratt Free Library System (EPFL) October 15, 1882; Opened January 5, 1886
Information Services Department
Web Site: www.prattlibrary.org
Contact: Erin Kelly, Librarian / Email: ekelly@prattlibrary.org
Dr. Carla Hayden is the director of EPFL
21201 Baltimore
MSDE: Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) 1929
Web Site: www.dors.state.md.us
Contact: Robert A. Burns, Assistant State Superintendent in Rehabilitation Services
E-mail: dors@dors.state.md.us
21201 Baltimore
Maryland Dept of Information Technology (DOIT)
Telecommunications Access of MD (TAM) 1990
Maryland Relay 1991
Web Site: www.mdrelay.org
Contact: Brenda Kelly-Frey, Director / E-mail: brenda.kelly-frey@doit.state.md.us
21201 Baltimore
Catholic Deaf of Baltimore 1904
Web Site: www.archbalt.org/evangelizationandcatechesis
Contact: Eileen Colarusso, Coordinator of Deaf Ministry / E-mail: ecolarusso@archbalt.org
21201 Baltimore
Deaf Addiction Services at Maryland (DASAM) 2000
Administrated by the University of Maryland, Department of Psychiatry
Web Site: www.umm.edu/dasam
Contact: Lisa Peck Blumenthal, Case Manager/Educator / E-mail: LBlumen@psych.umaryland.edu
21202 Baltimore
Inner Harbor Deaf Center (IHDC) July 26, 2007
Web Site http://www.innerharbordeafcenter.com
Contact Michael Gallagher, President / E-mail: manager@innerharbordeafcenter.com
21206 Baltimore
Deaf and Hearing United, Inc. 2000
Web site: www.Deafandhearingunited.com
Contact: Lionel Harris, CEO/Educator / E-mail: deafandhearunite@aol.com
21215 Baltimore
Hearing Loss Association of Greater Baltimore June 16, 1987,
Web Site: http://hearinglossbaltimore.org
Contact: Co-leaders: Amy Bopp / E-mail: abopp@hasa.org
and Robert Leepa / Email: rfleepa@comcast.net
21215 Baltimore
Hearing and Speech Agency (HASA) 1926
Web Site: www.hasa.org
Contact: Dianne McCullen, Info Specialist / E-mail: dmccullen@hasa.org
21228 Baltimore
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus (CCBC) 1957 / Interpreter Preparation Program 1983
Web Site: www.ccbcmd.edu
Contact: Sandra G. Brown, Coordinator / E-mail: SBROWN@ccbcmd.edu
21229 Baltimore
Christ United Methodist Church for the Deaf 1895
Web Site: www.christdeafchurch.org
Contact: Rev. Sandi Johnson / E-mail: pastorsandi.johnson@gmail.com
21252 Towson
Towson University 1866 / Dept of Audiology, Speech-Language, Pathology and Deaf Studies / Deaf Studies Program 2000
Web Site: http://www.towson.edu/asld/undergraduate/deafstudies/
Contact: Sheryl B. Cooper, Ph.D, Coordinator / E-mail: scooper@towson.edu
21401 Annapolis
Anne Arundel County Public Library (AACPL) Inc.1936
Web Site: www.aacpl.net
Contact: Nancy Choice, Chief, Public Services and Branch Management
E-mail: nchoice@aacpl.net
21502 Cumberland
Allegany County Library System 1934 / Outreach Services
Website: www.alleganycountylibrary.info
Contact: Linda Burkey, Coordinator / E-mail: lburkey@allconet.org
21613 Cambridge
Dorchester County Public Library 1922
Web Site: www.dorchesterlibrary.org
Contact: Jean S. Del Sordo, Library Administrator / E-mail: jdelsordo@dorchesterlibrary.org
21701 Frederick
CSD of Maryland 2002
Web Site: www.c-s-d.org Click on Locations/Maryland
Contact: Karen Sheffer-Tucker, Division Director / E-mail: kstucker@c-s-d.org
21701 Frederick
Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD)
Web Site: www.msd.edu
Columbia Campus 1973 21043 Elliott City
Tom Cooke, Media/Library Specialist / E-mail: tom.cooke@msd.edu
Frederick Campus 1868 21703 Frederick
Mickey Palmer, Library Teacher / E-mail: palmermi@msd.edu
Dee Gibson, Library Teacher Aide / E-mail: gibsonde@msd.edu
James E. Tucker is the superintendent.
21804 Salisbury
Deaf Independent Living Association, Inc. (DILA) March 1983
Web Site: www.dila.org
Contact: Jennifer Whitcomb, Executive Director / E-mail: Jennifer.Whitcomb@dila.org