Council Members
Council Functions
- Solicit and distribute applications, solicit and approve the director and sponsors, and provide support or assistance to the Conference Director(s), Chairs, and Committee for the National Conference on Physical Activity for the Exceptional Individual.
- Recommend/plan session topics for the National Conference on Physical Activity for the Exceptional Individual and the annual state CAPERD conference.
- Recommend, initiate, and/or carry out projects, publications, or conferences appropriate to the needs and interest of the Adapted Physical Education Section membership.
- Maintain the State Council on Adapted Physical Education (SCAPE) network.
- Update and provide current information to higher education, school districts, California Department of Education, and SELPA's (Special Education Local Plan Area) and/or other organizations and agencies as needed to enable them to encourage/promote the Adapted Physical Education Guidelines, Physical Education Framework, and other pertinent documents and programs that exemplify the established credential process.
- Solicit nominations and select recipients for the awards and scholarships.
- Solicit representation throughout California for membership on the State Council.
Executive Committee
Council Position: Chair
Name: Cyndi Martinich 
Affiliation: Coordinator, Adapted Physical Education; Los Angeles Unified School District
Address: 333 S. Beaudry, 16th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: (213) 241-8233
FAX: (213) 241-8434
E-mail: cyndi.martinich@lausd.net
Biography: Professional: General physical education teacher (1975 to 1986), Adapted Physical Education teacher (1986-2000), Administrator in LAUSD Adapted Physical Education program (2000-present). Personal: Commodore of the Long Beach/Los Angeles Women’s Sailing Association & proud parent of 17 year old twin sons.
Council Position: Past-Chair
Name: Laurie Miller
Affiliation: Adapted Physical Education Specialist; Ontario-Montclair School District
Address: Moreno School; 4825 Moreno St. Montclair, Montclair, CA 91763
Telephone: (909) 445-1661
FAX: (909) 445-1662
E-mail: laurie.miller@omsd.k12.ca.us
Biography: B.S. and M.S. from Cal Poly Pomona in Physical Education/Kinesiology 26 years of teaching Adapted PE to students with physical and other health impairments 15+ years of part-time teaching at Cal Poly, Pomona in the APE Credential Program Recipient of SCAPE’s Exemplary Program Award: 1996; SCAPE’s Outstanding Professional Award: 2003; CAHPERD Southwest District Adapted P.E. Teacher of the Year: 2004.
Council Position: Chair-Elect
Name: Linda Guild
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Teacher Representatives
Council Position: Teacher Representative- Northern California
Name: Eileen Shea
Affiliation: Adapted Physical Education Specialist; Scotts Valley Unified School District
Address: Scotts Valley, CA
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Council Position: Teacher Representative- Southern California
Name: Mary Norman
Affiliation: Adapted Physical Education Specialist; Capistrano Unified School District
Address: RH Dana/ENF; 24242 La Cresta Drive, Dana Point, CA 92629
Telephone: (949) 202-8182
FAX: (949) 489-8479
E-mail: mknorman@capousd.org
Biography: Received my BS Degree in Physical Education/Adapted Physical Education in 1993 from Cal Poly, Pomona, and my Physical Education and Adapted Physical Education Teaching Credentials from Cal Poly, Pomona in 1994. I have been teaching Adapted Physical Education in Capistrano Unified School District since September, 1994. I served from 1997-1998 on the State Council for Adapted Physical Education as a teacher representative for Southern California. I have received Teacher of the Year for RH Dana/Exceptional Needs Facility (1998) and Wal Mart Teacher of the Year Award (1998), Outstanding Adapted Physical Education Program Award, by CAHPERD, Unit 409, (1999). I have presented sessions on Recreational Activities for People with DisAbilities, at several CAHPERD and Adapted Physical Education conferences, as well as the National Ataxia Foundation Conference. My husband and I volunteered for 12 years with the Muscular Dystrophy Association as camp counselors, coordinators and program directors, and since 2000, we have been active volunteers for the United States Adaptive Recreation Center and Casa Colina's Outdoor Adventure Program. I am also a Red Cross certified Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard. I have 3 siblings who have Friedreich's Ataxia (along with 2 who don't) and I am very active in supporting their varying lifestyles as my oldest sister has 9 children, and my younger sister participates in all recreational activities with USARC, Casa Colina, and the Challenged Athlete's Foundation.
College Representatives
Council Position: Community College Representative
Name: Jim Haynes
Affiliation: Instructor/Department Head - Adapted Physical Education
De Anza College
Address: 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014
Telephone: (408) 864-8954
FAX: (408) 864-5796
E-mail: HaynesJim@deanza.edu
Biography: Jim Haynes has a Master’s degree in Adapted Physical Education from San Jose State University. He has been teaching at De Anza College since 1976 and has been the Adapted Physical Education Department chair since 1986. He has served two terms as the president of the De Anza Academic Senate and three years as the conciliator for the Foothill-DeAnza Faculty Association. He has been involved in the California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (CAHPERD) serving as the Santa Clara County Unit President, Bay District President, and the program chair and conference chair of two state conferences. Jim was the original community college representative to State Council on Adapted Physical Education (SCAPE) and is currently serving once again in that capacity. He is a long time member of the California Association for Post-Secondary Education and Disability (CAPED) and serves as the current northern California APE representative on the Executive Council. Jim chaired the task group that developed the California Community Colleges Adapted Physical Education Handbook in 2002. Jim lives in Campbell, California with Debbie, his wife of 33 years, where they raised three children and are proud grandparents of two.
Council Position: University Representative, Northern California
Name: Nancy Megginson
Affiliation: Profesor of Kinesiology, San Jose State University
Address: 1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0054
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Council Position: University Representative, Southern California
Name: Hyun-Kyoung Oh
Affiliation: Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology
California State University,San Bernardino
Telephone: (909) 537-353
FAX: (909) 537-7085
E-mail: hkoh@susb.edu
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Administrator Representatives
Council Position: Administrator Representative
Name: Diane Larrabee
Affiliation: Los Angeles Unified School District
Address: 333 S Beaudry – 16th Floor - Adapted Physical Education; Los Angeles, CA
Telephone: (213) 241-8233
FAX: (213) 241-8434E-mail: diane.larrabee@lausd.net
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Non-Voting Members
Council Position: Conference, Hotel Contracts, Budget, and Historian
Name: Perky (Stromer) Vetter
Affiliation: Department Chair of Kinesiology and Health Promotion and Director Motor Development Clinic; College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Address: 3801 W. Temple Ave.; Pomona, CA 91768
Telephone: (909) 869-2776
FAX: 909-869-3150
E-mail: pvetter@csupomona.edu
Biography: Dr. Perky Vetter presently is the Department Chair of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, Coordinator of the Adapted Physical Education (APE) Credential Program, and Director of the Motor Development Clinic, a nationally known clinic affiliated with Cal Poly Pomona. Dr. Vetter's experience includes over 30 years of teaching physical education (regular and adapted) to all grade levels (Kindergarten through college-level). She has served Cal Poly Pomona as the Department Chair for Kinesiology and Health Promotion for 7 years as well as one year as the Interim Associate Dean for the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences.
Dr. Vetter has given numerous presentations at AAHPERD, CAHPERD, Adapted Physical Education conferences and various local school districts in services. Currently she is one of the members of the APE University Coordinators and the force behind CTC (Commission on Teacher Credentialing) program reviews for the APE credential standards. She is also the senior editor of the "Adapted Physical Education Guidelines for California Schools" and is one of the leaders of the training team for the Department of Education, Division of Special Education. Dr. Vetter was one of 19 professionals who wrote the most recent document for the state; Physical Education Model Content Standards which was approved by CDE in 2004. Dr. Vetter has received a number of prestigious awards in the last few years: the CAHPERD "Honor Award" in 1998 and the "Outstanding Adapted Physical Educator for California" in 2001, a Presidential Citation in 2004, and the Vern Landreth Award in 2006; all presented by CAHPERD. The Motor Development Clinic, which Dr. Vetter directs, received the outstanding program award in 1998 from AAHPERD, the national professional organization and most recently from Cal Poly Pomona Center for Service Learning the 2006 Partnership Award of Excellence.
Council Position: Future Professional Representative
Name: Charles "Charlie" Campos
Affiliation: APE Student at Cal State Long Beach
Address: 1506 E 36th Street, Long Beach, CA 90807
Telephone: (562) 989-0796
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E-mail: charles.m.campos@hotmail.com
Biography: I am a deaf student in my last year at Cal State Long Beach. I first came in to the field of Adapted Physical Education though Nancy Miller (my mother-in-law) with the help of her friend, Laurie Miller. I am currently pursuing a B.A. in APE and then will continue to pursue a M.A. in APE starting in the Fall of 2009 (hopefully). I hope to make a difference in my students and of those around me I meet. I have been married for 3 wonderful years to my wife Lindsey and we currently live in Long beach with our two dogs, Jessy and Kermit.
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Council Position: Secretary/Historian
Name: Bethany Trojanowski
Affiliation: Adapted Physical Education Specialist
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E-mail: adaptedped@hotmail.com
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Council Position: Webmaster
Name: Jerry Harris
Affiliation: Adapted Physical Education Specialist, Los Angeles County Office of Education
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Telephone: (310) 679-9705 ext. 237
FAX: (310)
E-mail: dr4ape@yahoo.com
Biography: BS in Physical Education, UCLA, 1970; MS in Adapted PE, University of Oregon, 1972; PhD in Adapted PE, University of Oregon, 1977; Taught Kindergarten-grade 12 Adapted PE in Multihandicapped Unit at California School for the Deaf, Riverside, 1972-1974; Assistant Professor and BEH Project Coordinator, Oregon State University, 1977-1978; Assistant Professor and BEH Project Director, University of Idaho, 1978-1980; Assistant Professor, University of Maine at Orono, 1980-1984; Adapted PE Teacher and Gymnastic Instructor, Broadway Gymnastic School, Santa Monica, CA, 1986-1990; Adapted PE Teacher, SMMUSD, 1988-2001; Outstanding Educator Adapted Physical Education, Southern District CAHPERD, 1993; Adapted Physical Education Specialist, Sutter County, 2001-2007; Adapted Physical Education Specialist, Los Angeles County Office of Education, 2007-present; SCAPE Webmaster since 2000; Interests are hiking, traveling, computers, genealogy.
Council Position: CAHPERD Liaison to SCAPE
Name: Sue Chambers-Johnson
Affiliation: CAHPERD Past President
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