Claude Stout
CEPIN Project Lead
Claude L. Stout is currently Executive Director of Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI). In this role, he also serves as CEPIN's Project Leader.
He has served in this capacity since January 13, 1997. TDI is a national non-profit advocacy organization that promotes equal access to telecommunications and media for the nation’s 28 million citizens that are deaf, late-deafened, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind.
Prior to his current employment with TDI, Mr. Stout has served for five years as Assistant Director for Community Affairs with N.C. Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, a year and four months as Executive Director with Missouri Commission for the Deaf, and ten years as Assistant Executive Director for Business Services with National Association of the Deaf.
execdir@tdi-online.org
Neil McDevitt
CEPIN Program DirectorAs a former volunteer firefighter in suburban Philadelphia, McDevitt was one of a handful of emergency responders in the country who are also profoundly deaf. In addition to hands-on fire and rescue experience with the Fire Department of Montgomery Township, he has provided fire safety presentations to deaf children and adults and given non-verbal communication classes to firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians (EMTs).
Mr. McDevitt was originally involved with CEPIN as one of its leading subject matter experts in developing the CEPIN course. In addition, Neil brings 10 years of project management experience as a Senior Information Security Specialist with Prudential Financial. He is a graduate of Gallaudet University and lives in Montgomery Township, Pa. with his wife and two children.
nmcdevitt@cepintdi.org
Michele Roseman CEPIN Outreach Coordinator
Michele Roseman is the Outreach Coordinator for CEPIN. Mrs. Roseman brings more than 18 years of media/editorial experience. Most recently, she worked on behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) to bring attention about CRCL’s mission within the Arab-Muslim community. Her efforts resulted in CRCL receiving a strong increase in media attention from Arab-Muslim, national and local news outlets. Mrs. Roseman's strong media/editorial background has positioned her as a sought-after subject matter expert within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal government agencies.
The native New Yorker earned an M.A. from American University and a B.A. from Bucknell University. She and her husband, Kyle, live in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
mroseman@cepintdi.org |
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