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About Our Board Members

A seven-member volunteer board oversees the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities. Board members serve a four-year term and may be reappointed to two additional terms, for a maximum of 12 years of service.

The presiding judge of the Cuyahoga County Probate Court appoints two of the members, one of whom must be an immediate family member of a child or adult eligible for services. The Cuyahoga County Executive, with the consent of the Cuyahoga County Council, appoints the other five members, one of whom must be an immediate family member of a child receiving services and the other of whom must be an immediate family member of an adult receiving services. Currently, four board members have immediate family members enrolled for services from the Board of DD.

2012 Board

Richard V. Mazzola, President

Ara A. Bagdasarian, Vice President

Andrés González, Secretary

Darnell Brown

David L. Deming

Diane Roman Fusco

Dr. Maggie Jackson

Board meetings are generally held on the fourth Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the Michael A. Donzella Administration Building, 1275 Lakeside Avenue East, in downtown Cleveland. Meetings are open to the public. For a schedule of board meetings, click here. The agenda is posted on our home page under "Latest News" during the week of the meeting.