Advisory Board

President - Cassandra Coffey - E-Mail

Vice President - Kathy Oaks - E-Mail

Treasurer - Karen Domenech - E-Mail

Secretary - Kelly Odrzywolski - E-Mail

Past-President - Susan Kath - E-Mail

Walk for Celiac Disease Chair - Open Position.  
Please contact Cassandra Coffey E-Mail if you are interested in helping to plan the 2011 Walk

Membership & Newcomer Orientation Committee Chair - Donna Steele - E-Mail

Communications Committee Chair - Tina Muto - E-Mail

Resources Committee Chair - Eileen Shirley - E-Mail

The Rochester Celiac Support Group is lead by an elected advisory board and numerous
other volunteers who keep the group going. Please contact any Board member if you would like to help out.

Advisory Board Details for RCSG – GIG as of 1/20/09 

Ten voting members of the Advisory Board (Two Year Terms): 

President: Represents, or speaks for, the organization, presides at monthly meetings and advises the group of any new information pertaining to celiac disease, gluten-free products and gluten-free restaurants. The president also creates the Advisory Board Agenda for the six meetings each year.

Vice-President: Presides over the monthly meetings when the president in unavailable, assists the president at meetings when needed and oversees the Refreshments Committee.

Secretary: The secretary is responsible for taking and distributing, through the cellist, the minutes of the monthly meetings; taking and distributing to the Advisory Board members the minutes of the bi-monthly Advisory Board meetings (6 times a year); sending notices of meetings to the media and to members; and performing other administrative duties assigned by the organization.

Treasurer: The treasurer shall approve all routine expenditures and report the status of accounts at each Advisory Board Meeting.  Non-routine expenditures will be made with the approval of the Advisory Committee. The treasurer is required to make a quarterly report to the Gluten Intolerance Group of N. A.

Chairpersons for the following committees:

• Membership and Newcomer Orientation

• Communication (Public Education and Public Awareness)

• Resources

• Walk Committee

At-Large Member: Active member of the organization with the willingness to participate in and contribute to Advisory Board meetings.

Plus, the prior President/Co-Chair is invited to be an active and voting member of the Advisory Board for two years after his/her term ends.  

The Advisory Board can meet as often as necessary to conduct its business, but no less than quarterly.  In recent years the Board has met every other month on the Monday prior to the third Wednesday of the month.

All members of the Support Group are eligible for nomination.

A regular election to fill vacancies due to expiring terms will be held in May.  Non-routine vacancies will be filled by designation by the President with advice from the Board.

Officers will be selected by a vote of the Advisory Board