SCATP is governed under the auspices of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine's Center for Disability Resources, a University Center for Excellence. The advisory council members as of June 2019 are as follows:
Chair
Valarie Bishop
Director, South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council
Office of the Governor
1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 372
Columbia, SC 29201
803-734-0215
Disability Rights SC
Kathleen A. Martin, Esq.
Team leader/outreach, information & referral
Disability Rights SC
3701 Landmark Drive, Suite 208
Columbia, SC 29204
803-782-0639 / 866-275-7273
TTY: 866-232-4525
Fax: 803-790-1946
Designated by:
Beth Franco, executive director
Disability Rights SC
State Department of Education
Madalina Tudora
Assistive technology specialist
South Carolina Department of Education
Special Education Services
803-734-6006
Designated by:
Program coordinator
South Carolina Department of Education
Special Education Services
1919 Blanding Street
Columbia, SC 29201
803-734-8223
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Rita Artemus
Field Operations Manager
Lexington Area Office
South Carolina State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation
1330 Boston Avenue
West Columbia, SC 29170
803-896-6333
Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
Melissa Ritter
Head and Spinal Cord Injury program coordinator
South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
Physical address: 3440 Harden Street Ext.
Columbia, SC 29203
Mailing address: P.O. Box 4706
Columbia, SC 29240
803-898-9710
Designated by:
Director, HASCI division
South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
803-898-9789
Fax: 803-898-9653
State Commission for the Blind
David Bundy
Telecomm / assistive technology specialist
South Carolina Commission for the Blind
Physical address: 1430 Confederate Avenue
Columbia, SC 29201
Mailing address: P.O. Box 2467
Columbia, SC 29202-0079
803-898-8731
Designated by:
James Kirby, Commissioner
South Carolina Commission for the Blind
803-898-8822
Kisa Grate
South Carolina Commission for the Blind
803-898-8786
South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council
(Governor’s Office)
Valarie Bishop
Chairperson, advisory council
Director, South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council
Office of the Governor
1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 372
Columbia, SC 29201
803-734-0215
State Centers for Independent Living
Julia Martinelli
AccessAbility disability resource center (one of the South Carolina Centers for Independent Living)
7944 Dorchester Road, Suite 5
North Charleston, SC 29418
843-225-5080
TTY: 866-874-7730
Workforce Development Board
Tudy Newsom
South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce
EO Officer for the State’s Workforce Investment Act
Physical address: 1550 Gadsden Street
Columbia, SC
Mailing address: P.O. Box 995
Columbia, SC 29202
803-737-3830