Board of Directors

Charlie Reavis
President

Susan Beck
Vice President

Bev Matthews
Treasurer

Mary Bifaro
Support Services Director

Scott Flanagan
Director

Dennis Kaszeta
Director

Bruce Menk
Director/Past President

Sue Payne
Director

Dot Sowerby
Director/Past President

Marcia Sterling
Director

Dorothy Tannahill-Moran
Director

Charlie Womble
Director/Past President

Susan Boyles
Legal Counsel

Kimberly Kuman
Executive Director, Ex Officio

Daniel Truong, MD
NSDA Founder

Larry Kolasa
NSDA Founding President
In Memoriam

Scientific Advisory Board

Gerald S. Berke, MD
Chairperson

Craig Evinger, PhD

Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD, CCC-SLP

David Lott, MD

Scott Norris, MD

Laurie Ozelius, PhD

Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP

Medical Advisory Board

Robert W. Bastian, MD
Chairperson

Steven A, Bielamowicz, MD

Andrew Blitzer, MD

Joel H, Blumin, MD

David O. Francis

Stacey Halum, MD

C. Blake Simpson, MD

James Thomas, MD

Peak Woo, MD

Honorary Board

Chip Hanauer
Unlimited Hydroplane Racer

John Edwardson
Business Executive

Christy Ludlow, PhD, CCC-SLP
Founding NSDA Scientific Director

Support Leadership Committee

Mary Bifaro
Support Services Director

Dennis Kaszeta
Area Contact Director

Carol Doles
Eastern Regional Representative

John Comer
Western Regional Representative

Pat Hill
Area Contact Communicator

Dot Sowerby
Online Welcome Committee

Staff

Kimberly Kuman
Executive Director

Nicole Leitner
Program and Operations Manager

Nancy Panos
Project Advisor

Ellie Shelton
Communications Intern