MFP Stakeholder Advisory Council

In December 2022, an MFP Stakeholder Advisory Council (SAC) was formed to provide input and strategic advice to the MFP Program. The SAC meets quarterly and includes agencies that provide direct services to MFP’s target population (see WHO IS ELIGIBLE?). The SAC also has the responsibility to review the Transition, Food, and Housing Plan (included in the program’s Operational Protocol) and provide feedback. After receiving feedback, necessary amendments are made to the Operational Protocol and the plans. After this, they will be disseminated for a period of 30 days for public comment.

MFP Stakeholder Advisory Council

1. Faiilagi Poufa-Faiai, Deputy Director - American Samoa Medicaid Office

2. Corady Tufono, HCBS Specialist - American Samoa Medicaid Office

3. Margaret Sesepasara, Director of Nursing - American Samoa Department of Health, Nursing Division

4. Lele Ah Mu, Program Director - American Samoa Community College, Nursing Department

5. Elena Ioane, Executive Director, Catholic Social Services

6. First Lady Ella Gaea Perefot Failautusi Mauga, Cheif Executive Officer - Dementia Friendly American Samoa

7. Pa'ulia Pao-Pelenato, Assistant Director - Department of Human & Social Services, Children & Family Services Division

8. Tapuitea McMullin, Manager - Department of Commerce, Emergency Rental Assistance Program

9. Herbert Junella Boat, Director - Department of Education, Special Education Program Division

10. Norma Smith, Assistant Director - Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

11. Cathy Faoa Danielson, Manager - Department of Public Works, Transit Division

12. Eterei Toilolo, Manager - Development Bank of American Samoa, Home Rehabilitation Assistance Program

13. Danielle Pualau, Family Representative of an Individual with a Disability

14. Moemoe Singh, Family Representative of an Individual with a Disability

15. Frances Saelua Togia, Clinical Service Director - Hope House Residential Care Facility

16. Lesley Anderson-Penitusi, Division Manager/Medical-Renal Social Worker - LBJ Tropical Medical Center, Social Services & Discharge Planning

17. Alofaeleleuma Faualo, Lived Experience

18. Tapuamanaia Galu Satele, Deputy Director - Office of Protection and Advocacy

19. Apoga Joh Custodio - Office of Samoan Affairs

20. Esther Solaita, Manager - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Independent Living Program

21. Sandra Scanlan, Program Director - Parents of Children with Special Needs

22. Andey Reid, Chief Executive Officer, Tautua Samoa MH Resource Center

23. Evelyn Lilio-Satele, Director - Territorial Administration on Aging 

MFP Committees

Transition Committee

• Nathaidia Moea'i, MFP Transition Coordinator (Chair)

• Frances Saelua Togia, Clinical Service Director - Hope House Residential Care Facility

• Patricia Masaniai - AS Department of Health

• Lisa Ventura - Medquest Medical Supply

• Lesley Anderson-Penitusi, Division Manager/Medical-Renal Social Worker - LBJ Tropical Medical Center, Social Services & Discharge Planning

Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Committee

• Jane Claire Cappelle, MFP HCBS Coordinator (Chair)

• Ateliana Atonio - AS DOH, Community Behavioral Health Services Division

• Corady Tufono, HCBS Specialist - American Samoa Medicaid Office

• Ipuniuesea Eliapo - Department of Health, Leo O Aiga

• Danielle Pualoa, Family Representative of an Individual with a Disability

• Shiyu Liang, Family Representative of an Individual with a Disability

• Esther Solaita - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

Housing Committee

• Denise Thomsen, MFP Project Director (Chair)

• Eterei Toilolo - AS Department of Commerce -Housing Division, Home Rehabilitation Assistance Program

• Tapuitea McMullin - AS Department of Commerce -Housing Division, Emergency Rental Assistance Program

• Mona Uli - Back on Track

• Moemoe Singh, Family Representative of an Individual with a Disability

• Apoga Custodio - Office of Samoan Affairs

Data Committee

• Noel Candelario, MFP Data Quality Analyst (Chair)

• Jeremiah Fale - American Samoa Medicaid Office

• Rattea Tagoai - Territorial Administration on Aging

• Theresamarie Paul - Department of Commerce, Emergency Rental Assistance Program/Statistics