PEOPLE

Board of Directors

Mike Cole

Mike Cole

Mike Cole is a graduate of San Francisco State University where he studied psychology and special education. Mike was one of the founding teachers of The Hatlen Center and worked here as a teacher and then Executive Director for a total of 26 years. He has been a Board member since 1979. Mike has long been active in special education and rehabilitation, serving on many committees as an advocate for greater access for people with disabilities. Mike has served on several Boards of Directors, including the San Francisco Lighthouse and California Transcribers and Educators of the Blind and Visually Impaired (CTEBVI). He has also served as an Ex Officio Trustee of the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville, Kentucky. Mike recently retired as the Administrator for the California Orientation Center for the Blind. He is married and has two grown children. He lives in Berkeley.


Back to People: Students, Faculty, Board

Students

Stories of Triumph

Faculty

Patty Williams
Executive Director
Patti Maffei
Program Director
Ronald Hideshima
Adaptive Technology Instructor
Katie Mazza
Orientation and Mobility Instructor
Erin Foley
Orientation and Mobility Instructor
Carol Wiebe
Orientation and Mobility Instructor
Nancy Phinnessee
Living Skills Instructor
Samir Shaibi
Living Skills Instructor
Myra Marin
Braille Supervisor
Arif Syed
Development Associate
Eileen Drapiza
Office Assistant
Brandon Young
Overnight Supervisor

Board

Tim Ford
Robert Barnett
Jim Gammon
Ara Chackerian
Mike Cole
Dr. Phil Hatlen
James LeDuc
Sandy Szerlip
Andrew Webb