Client Rights Office - Personnel

JAMES D. YEADON, J.D., Client Rights Office (CRO) Supervisor
E-mail yeadojd@dhfs.state.wi.us 
Phone: (608) 266-5525

• Expertise: grievance statistics, resident deaths, training, intranet site information, decision digests, rights of minors, pamphlets & posters, legal services attorney contract issues

VAUGHN BRANDT, State Grievance Examiner (SGE)
E-mail brandv@dhfs.state.wi.us 
Phone: (608) 266-9369

• Expertise: community grievances under HFS 94, informal resolution procedures, indigence, restrictive measures (restraint, seclusion, isolation)

GERARD GIERL, J.D., Client Rights Specialist
E-mail gierlgj@dhfs.state.wi.us 
Phone: (608) 266-3102

• Expertise: guardianship, residency, consents, individual rights, minors, and community issues

CHRISTI BERMEJO, Client Rights Specialist
E-mail bermecm@dhfs.state.wi.us 
Phone: (608) 267-7144

• Expertise: psychotropic medications, AODA issues, rights and treatment for Ch. 980 patients, conflict resolution

Mailing Address:
Client Rights Office (CRO)
Division of Disability and Elder Services (DDES)
1 West Wilson Street, Room 850
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707-7851

Last Updated: October 10, 2006