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Act Early Ambassadors 2020-2021AlabamaTish MacInnisAlabama Partnership for ChildrenTish MacInnis is the Alabama Strengthening FamiliesCoordinator. She is the state lead for theStrengthening Families program in Alabama and acertified Trainer for Strengthening Families by theNational Alliance for Children’s Trust Funds. Her workinvolves partnering with parents and key stakeholders to support a statewide frameworkto build protective factors and support families. This collaboration among systems alsohas resulted in the early identification of young children with developmentaldelays/disabilities, including autism, with timely and appropriate access to familycentered services. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from theUniversity of South Alabama with a major in Therapeutic Recreation/Special Education.AlaskaCarmen WengerAll Alaska Pediatric Partnership, HelpMe Grow AlaskaCarmen Wenger is the program director for Help Me GrowAlaska, a program of the All Alaska Pediatric Partnership.Help Me Grow is a national systems model aimed at helpingchildren and families connect with the services they need witha specific emphasis on early detection and intervention fordevelopmental delays. She holds a bachelor’s degree inEnvironmental Earth Science from Dartmouth College and aMaster of Public Health degree in International Health andDevelopment from Tulane University. She has worked in public health and communitydevelopment in the United States, Latin America and southern Africa. Her work hascentered around social justice causes, primarily focused on access to appropriatehealth services and other basic human rights. Carmen’s prior work with children andfamilies include being an Orphan and Vulnerable Child Advisor at Child Welfare SouthAfrica, serving as both the Immunization Information System manager and deputyprogram manager for the State of Alaska’s Immunization Program and the interimdirector of operations for the Joy Greisen Jewish Education Center where she workedwith children and their families ages three months to fifteen years. Carmen is trained infamily navigation, Strengthening Families, and USAID/PEPFAR Life Skills education.

ArizonaMegan WillsEasterseals Blake FoundationMegan Wills has been with the Easterseals BlakeFoundation for 18 years, dedicated to shaping theagency’s early childhood intervention and educationservices—including children with special needs—throughout Southern Arizona. Beginning initially atthe direct service level and later in asupervisory/administrative level, she has had theopportunity to gain insight in this field from both perspectives. In her current position asDirector of Children and Family Services she spearheads several programsemphasizing early development monitoring and assessment including Nurse-FamilyPartnership, Parents as Teachers, Early Head Start/Head Start, Neonatal IntensiveCare Program and Early Learning Childcare Centers. In this capacity, as well as servingas Learn the Signs. Act Early (LTSAE) Deputy Ambassador for Arizona, she isintimately familiar with working with Head Start and Early Head Start, regional agenciessuch as WIC, early childhood state agencies, pediatric clinics, and home visitationprograms on a state-wide basis. She has also served as United Way of Tucson andSouthern Arizona’s Family Support Alliance Community Chairperson comprised ofcommunity leaders. She believes that a collective multi-level approach strengthensfamily and community through engagement at all stakeholder levels.ArkansasAngela ScottDevelopmental-Behavioral Pediatricsat the University of Arkansas forMedical SciencesAngela Scott MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in theDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of DevelopmentalBehavioral Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas forMedical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock. After completing anMD/PhD program with a doctorate in the Medical Humanitiesfrom the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, she completed residencytraining in pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She completedfellowship training in developmental-behavioral pediatrics at UAMS in 2016 and stayedas faculty with a joint appointment in the Department of Medical Humanities andBioethics. Her clinical work is focused on multidisciplinary diagnostic assessments for

autism spectrum disorder at the UAMS James L. Dennis Developmental Center. Sheserves as Medical Director of UAMS Kids First, an early intervention day treatmentprogram serving young children with special needs at 11 sites across the state. She sitson the Arkansas Autism Legislative Task Force and serves on the Autism Node of theDevelopmental Behavioral Pediatrics Research Network (DBPNet). Much of heracademic position is dedicated to clinical education. She directs the longitudinal clinicalskills course for first year medical students and several senior electives in the UAMSCollege of Medicine. She is actively involved with interprofessional education at UAMSand workforce development efforts around the state through the Kids First program. Sheis the proud parent of a teenage son with autism spectrum disorder.CaliforniaFran GoldfarbUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity Center for Excellence inDevelopmental Disabilities (UCEDD)Since 1997, Fran Goldfarb has been the Director of FamilySupport at the USC UCEDD, serving as the disciplinedirector in their California LEND program and projectdirector on programs to support individuals withdevelopmental disabilities and their families. In 2017, shemoved into the role of Core Function Director, CommunityEducation. Fran holds a BA in Human Development and anMA in Social Science. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist, Master CertifiedHealth Education Specialist, and Certified Parent Support Provider. She is also anAdjunct Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the USC Keck School of Medicine. Her workin Early Childhood Education began in 1974 and has greatly intensified since she beganworking at the UCEDD. Ms. Goldfarb was a member of the California LTSAE Team atthe Region 9 Summit in 2009 and served as California’s Co- Ambassador from 20142016. She founded and has co-facilitated the Los Angeles Asperger Syndrome ParentSupport Group since 1996. She has chaired the LEND Family Discipline Network since2006. She serves on numerous boards including: Autism Society of Los Angeles, UnitedAdvocates for Children and Families, FACT and the Westside Regional Center SelfDetermination Advisory Board. She trains and lectures extensively. She is the parent ofan adult son on the autism spectrum.

CaliforniaMichele RogersEarly Learning InstituteMichele Rogers, Ph.D. is the Executive Director and Cofounder of the Early Learning Institute. She earned herPhD in psychology with an emphasis in early childhoodmental health/neurobiology from the University ofColorado, Denver. Michele worked for several years onSonoma County’s Early Childhood Mental Health taskforce, focusing primarily on creating a system of care forchildren 0-5 that includes social-emotional supports.Michele is a certified childbirth educator and lactation specialist; serves on the publicpolicy committee of the Infant Development Association and is a First 5 SonomaCommissioner. In celebration of all these efforts, Michele was honored as the 2014Sonoma County Champion for Children. Michele is married with three grown childrenand 4 sweet grandchildren.ColoradoEileen Auer BennettColorado Assuring BetterChild Health & DevelopmentEileen upon graduating with her Master’s in BusinessAdministration, spent 13 years with AT&T providingproject management, technical assistance, andsystem and data analysis to large business customers.Because of her passion of being a parent of a child with special health care needs,Eileen followed her dreams of working in the disability community and in 2002 becamea service coordinator which allowed her to assist families with children eligible for earlyintervention services. Eileen also worked for the Colorado Department of Education aspart of a training cadre which developed training curriculum for early interventionproviders and parents. With her strong ties to the Denver community and knowledge ofnavigating through the medical system, Eileen was asked to lead Colorado’s ABCDproject in 2006.

ConnecticutBethanne VergeanUniversity of Connecticut UCEDDBethanne has been working in the field of early childhood for15 years and has worked as a Disability and Behavioral HealthManager in center-based childcare (School Readiness),preschool (Head Start), and in collaborative preschool specialeducation classrooms in the head start programs. Bethanneattended Quinnipiac University and Saint Joseph’s University.She has also provided professional development and technicalassistance to staff and directors through Connecticut. Herareas of professional development interest include inclusion,autism, social and emotional curriculum, and medically fragile children. Bethanne alsoworked as part of several community outreach and mentor coaching grants within earlychildhood programs. She currently provides training and technical assistance for earlychildhood programs.DelawareSarah MalloryUniversity of DelawareSarah Mallory, PhD is an Assistant Professor of SpecialEducation at the University of Delaware with a jointappointment at the School of Education and Center forDisabilities Studies (CDS). She currently directs the Health andWellness Unit at CDS, where she serves as principalinvestigator and project lead on multiple mental health, earlychildhood, and public health initiatives. Sarah is a specialeducation faculty mentor in the Leadership Education inNeurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) program,and a faculty member at the School of Education. She mentorsand teaches graduated students enrolled in the early childhood and elementary specialeducation teacher preparation programs and has expertise in topics related to evidencebased practices for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Sarahpreviously directed the Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism (DNEA) – a trainingand technical assistance center focused on evidence-based supports for individualswith autism - and serves as co-chair of the state’s Interagency Committee on Autism.

District of ColumbiaYetta MyrickDC Autism Parents, Center for AutismSpectrum Disorders at Children’sNationalYetta Myrick is the mother of teenage son with an AutismSpectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability diagnosis. She isthe Founder and President of DC Autism Parents (DCAP), a501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the District of Columbia,where she oversees the daily operations and has createdprograms for children diagnosed with autism and theirfamilies. Ms. Myrick holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree inCommunication Studies from the Catholic University ofAmerica. For over a decade, she was a Studio Technician at the Cable Satellite PublicAffairs Network (C-SPAN) prior to joining the Center for Autism Spectrum DisordersCoordinator from 2016-2019, and currently serves as CASD’s Community Engagementand ECHO Autism Manager. In 2019, she was appointed by DC Mayor Muriel Bowserto serve as a member of the DC Developmental Disabilities Council. Additionally, sheserves as the Co-chair of the Family Support Council, which provides recommendationsto the DC Department of Disability Services, and its sister agencies. She also is amember of the National Family Health Care Transition Advisory Group. Ms. Myrick hasserved as the Act Early Ambassador to the District of Columbia since 2016. She deeplybelieves that parental involvement is key to obtaining quality services for all children,and that an informed parent is an engaged parent. “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” givesfamilies the tools that they need!FloridaAlexandra GoldbergHelp Me Grow FloridaAlexandra Goldberg is the Statewide Director for Help Me GrowFlorida at the Children's Forum. After completing herundergraduate degree at Florida State University in Family andChild Sciences, she went on to graduate with her master’s degreein Early Childhood Education and is currently working on herdoctoral degree in Educational Leadership. With experience as an early childhoodteacher and program director, Alexandra has firsthand experience working directly withyoung children and families with a variety of backgrounds. Her professional experiencehas fostered her passion for child development, specifically brain-based learning, andsocial-emotional development. As an active early childhood education and development

advocate, Alexandra has presented at statewide early childhood conferences and is anactive member of professional membership organizations. Through these organizationsand other networking opportunities, Alexandra enjoys meeting and collaborating withother early childhood professionals to advocate for the needs of young children andfamilies.GeorgiaBridget RatajczakGeorgia Department of Early Care andLearningBridget Ratajczak is the Child and Family DevelopmentSupervisor, Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning:Bright from the Start and the CDC’s Act Early Ambassadorfor Georgia. Mrs. Ratajczak provides support for earlychildhood professionals and families on the topics ofdevelopmental monitoring, child development and family engagement. She has a M.A.in early childhood special education from the University of Georgia. Her extensiveexperience in early childhood education and special education includes an instructor atthe University of Georgia’s Birth through Kindergarten teacher preparation program,early intervention specialist with the Babies Can’t Wait early intervention program and apreschool special-education teacher in Athens, Georgia. Her areas of expertise includeearly identification of developmental delays, autism, and positive behavior supports andinterventions for young children.

GuamElaine EclaveaGuam Early Learning CouncilElaine is the Chairperson of Guam’s Early Learning Councilsince the initial establishment in 2008 and currently works as anEarly Childhood Consultant for the University of Guam Center forExcellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research,and Service and the Guam Department of Public Health andSocial Services – Preschool Development Grant. She has apassion in early childhood systems work and is a BUILD EquityLeaders Action Network (ELAN) Fellow. Elaine has over 30 years of experience inworking with parents and professionals to improve the outcomes of young children withdisabilities and their families in Guam, and the Pacific region. She was the GuamLTSAE Consultant and former Director of Project Tinituhon: Guam’s Early ChildhoodComprehensive System. Elaine earned a Master’s in Education and a Bachelor of Artsin Special Education from University of Guam.HawaiiJeffrey OkamotoUniversity of HawaiiFor more than 20 years, Dr. Jeffrey Okamoto has been a facultymember at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at theUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa. He also enjoys clinical work atKapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children as a boardcertified Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP) subspecialist.Dr. Okamoto obtained his MD degree at JABSOM. His residency inPediatrics was at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles and his Fellowship in DBP atChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Okamoto was a Public Policy Fellow inWashington, DC for the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation from July 2010 to June2011. He was placed with the Disability Policy Collaborative, the National Council onDisability, and with the staff for the Subcommittee for Children and Families in the HELPCommittee under Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland. He was previously the MedicalDirector and Interim Administrator of the Developmental Disabilities Division in Hawaii.In these positions he was Manager of the Year and had a Sustained SuperiorPerformance Award from the Hawaii Department of Health in 2015. The Center onDisability Studies at the University of Hawaii Manoa (Hawaii’s UCEDD) selected him forthe Outstanding Community Contribution to Persons with Disabilities Award in 2006. In2018, Dr. Okamoto received the Professional of the Year Award from the Special ParentInformation Network (SPIN).

IdahoMelissa CristUniversity of Idaho, Center onDisabilities and Human DevelopmentMelissa Crist is the Director of IdahoSTARS at the University ofIdaho’s Center on Disabilities and Human Development (CDHD).IdahoSTARS houses multiple quality initiatives for early care andeducation in the state of Idaho, including the state quality ratingand improvement system, professional development system andregistry, childcare resource and referral system, childcare health consulting programand childcare subsidy and licensing support services. Melissa has a B.S. in EarlyChildhood Development and Education and an M.S. in Family and Consumer Sciencewith an emphasis in inclusive childcare. She holds an Idaho Early Childhood BlendedTeaching Certificate, certifying her to teach children with and without disabilities, birththrough third grade. Melissa has worked in the field of early childhood education/earlyintervention for the last fifteen years. Her professional experience includes work as alead teacher in an inclusive early care and education program, a child developmentalspecialist with the Idaho IDEA Part C early intervention program, and coordinator of theIdaho Child Care Health Consultant (CCHC) Program. During her time as coordinatorfor the Idaho CCHC Program, she supervised a team of childcare health consultantsacross the state to support implementation of health and safety practices, includingdevelopmental monitoring, within Idaho early care and education programs.IllinoisCari RoestelPediatric Developmental Center atAdvocate Children’s HospitalCari Roestel is the nurse care manager for the PediatricDevelopmental Center at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Chicago,Illinois, the largest developmental pediatric practice in Illinois. Ms.Roestel works with families every day to manage their child’s medicalneeds by coordinating care with a variety of providers and agencies. As a mother of ason on the autism spectrum, Ms. Roestel knows from her own family’s experience theimportance of helping families identify developmental concerns early and getappropriate interventions. She is proud to be both the parent advocate and programcoordinator for Advocate Children’s Hospital’s ECHO (Extension of Community HealthOutcomes) Autism Projects, which focus on educating primary care physicians andEarly Intervention providers across Illinois to better recognize developmental differences

and facilitate improved access to appropriate interventions. Ms. Roestel graduated fromWellesley College and completed her Master of Nursing Science at Rush University.IllinoisLori OrrGovernor’s Office of Early ChildhoodDevelopmentLori Orr is the Director of Professional Development at theGovernor’s Office of Early Childhood Development (GOECD).The agency leads the state's initiatives to create an integratedsystem of quality, early learning, and development programs tohelp give all Illinois children a strong educational foundationbefore they begin kindergarten. Lori informs policymaking tostrengthen cross-system training and supports for the early careand education (ECE) workforce. Her responsibilities included working on projectsrelated to ECE training and technical assistance on inclusion, infant and early childhoodmental health, trauma, social-emotional development, and family engagement.Currently, she is working on projects under two federal grants, the PreschoolDevelopment Grant -Birth to Five and the Governor’s Emergency Education ReliefFund. Lori is an appointed member of the Illinois Interagency Council on EarlyIntervention. She also is a member of the following groups: Early Childhood-LeastRestricted Environment Stakeholder Group, Early Learning Council – InclusionSubcommittee, Pyramid Model Leadership Team, and the Mental Health ConsultationInitiative Leadership Team. Lori holds an M.S. in Child Development from EriksonInstitute and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago.IndianaStephan ViehwegRiley Child Development Center,Indiana LENDStephan Viehweg, ACSW, LCSW, IMH-E , CYC-Pthe Associate Director of the Riley Child DevelopmentCenter – Indiana LEND, a nationally recognizedinterdisciplinary leadership training program supportedby the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and facultymember of the IU School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and the IU School ofSocial Work. He also serves as Associate Director of the IUPUI Center for TranslatingResearch into Practice. He is founding chair of Infancy Onward, Indiana’s infant mentalhealth association, and founding president of Family Voices Indiana. He is the

Treasurer Mental Health America of Indiana, Chair of the Conference PlanningCommittee of the Association of Social Work Boards, and a Governor appointee to theIndiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board. He is co-author ofTackling the Tough Stuff: A Home Visitor’s Guide to Supporting Families at Risk.Steve’s experience as a social work provider with families and their children with delaysas well as adults with disabilities, and his ability to communicate in Spanish andAmerican Sign Language, make him a well-respected, sought after therapist, presenterand consultant.IowaRachell Swanson-HolmRegional Autism Assistance ProgramRachell Swanson-Holm works with the Iowa Regional AutismAssistance Program (RAP) administered by Child HealthSpecialty Clinics (CHSC) at the University of Iowa. Rachellsupports the Family Navigator (FN) Network and other teammembers located in the 14 CHSC statewide RegionalCenters. She also facilitates the quarterly RAP FamilyAdvisory meetings. CHSC FN’s support families and connect them with services fortheir child with Developmental Disabilities (DD) including Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD). Rachell has an extensive background in family-to-family support and familyleadership roles that includes working with numerous stakeholder groups across Iowa toimprove the system of care for children with special health care needs, including ASDand their families. Rachell is looking forward to her continued role as an Act EarlyAmbassador and is especially committed to collaboration with parents, professionals,and programs that serve young children, state agencies, and campaign partners toimprove policy and programs related to early identification.

KansasPeggy KempUniversity of Kansas Center onDevelopmental DisabilitiesDr. Peggy Kemp serves as the Kansas Ambassador under theUniversity of Kansas Center on Developmental Disabilities.Peggy is a returning ambassador. Peggy has worked in thefield of early childhood since 1984. Early experience includesserving as a director and education specialist within the DoDchildcare system. Since 1997, she has worked in the field ofearly intervention. Dr. Kemp has served in a variety of localand state leadership positions to include early childhoodspecial education teacher/early interventionist, local Part C coordinator, state Part Ccoordinator, and state Part C technical assistance provider. Dr. Kemp holds dualundergraduate degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education and a master’sdegree in Education with emphasis on Early Childhood Special Education. Areas ofspecialization include early intervention, infant mental health, families, and policy. Dr.Kemp currently serves as Executive Director for the Division for Early Childhood of theCouncil for Exceptional Children.KentuckyChristine HausmanUniversity of Kentucky HumanDevelopment InstituteChristine Hausman works for the Human DevelopmentInstitute at the University of Kentucky as a ContentCoordinator for Child Care Aware, a statewide contractwith the Kentucky’s Division of Child Care providingtechnical assistance, coaching, and education tochildcare providers across the state. She is currentlythe lead trainer for early childhood professionalsseeking their trainers’ credential and routinely promotes “Learn the Signs Act Early”.She has served as a Child Development Specialist, Case Manager, and early childhoodspecial educator in seven states across urban, rural and suburban settings. As theAmbassador to Kentucky, she collaborates with her statewide network of Child CareAware Coaches on the dissemination and integration of “Learn the Signs: Act Early”materials and resources. Childcare providers are encouraged to access and share thematerials/resources with their families to support developmental monitoring. CCACoaches will also assist providers in identifying ways to engage families to support early

identification. As a Professional Development Content Coordinator, she integrates thisinformation into existing and newly developed training that is accessed by early careprofessionals from various agencies and organizations. Current partners for LTSAEinclude Department of Health, Cooperative Extension’s Grandparents as Parentsprogram, Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, and more.LouisianaLaura ThorntonLouisiana Department of HealthLaura Thornton, Ph.D. is an Applied DevelopmentalPsychologist. She received her doctorate from theUniversity of New Orleans and completed aPostdoctoral Research Fellowship focusing onneuroimaging with youth who have significant emotionaland behavioral problems. Dr. Thornton joined theLouisiana Department of Health Bureau of FamilyHealth as the Developmental Screening Coordinator inJune of 2019, where she leads the developmentalscreening initiative for the state of Louisiana. Dr.Thornton has successfully implemented Autism Spectrum Disorder screening training toall nurse home visitors and parent educators implementing two evidence-based homevisiting models through the Louisiana Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood HomeVisiting Family Support and Coaching (LA MIECHV) Program. She has partnered withone of the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems CoIIN place-based communitiesand created a professional development series for pre-kindergarten teachers focusingon typical and atypical development using the Learn the Signs. Act Early. materials.Currently, Dr. Thornton is expanding developmental screening Implementation Trainingand Support by creating an online toolkit for pediatric providers to access trainingmaterials and receive coaching support for developmental screening. Originally fromVirginia, she attended the University of Virginia for her undergraduate studies, althoughshe has become a staunch New Orleanian in the past 5 years and has no plans to leavethe swamp.

MaineNancy CroninMaine Developmental DisabilitiesCouncilNancy has been the Director of the Maine DevelopmentalDisabilities Council (MDDC) since 2014. In her role with MDDC,she shares responsibility for operations, quality assurance andcompliance. She serves as the lead expert for the Councilregarding children issues and focuses on efforts to improveaccess to and coordination of systems that affect individuals withDD. Nancy has had the honor to serve as the "Learn the Signs. Act Early." Ambassadorfor three terms. Prior to becoming the Director of MDDC, Nancy was the Coordinator forthe Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Systems Change Initiative and the State AutismImplementation Grant Manager in Maine. In that role, she facilitated an inter-agencyeffort to achieve an efficient and cost-effective comprehensive system of care forpersons with ASD. Nancy joined the staff of the Maine Developmental DisabilitiesCouncil in January 2008, having previously served for over four years as the ExecutiveDirector of the Autism Society of Maine. While at the Autism Society, Nancy's work atthe local, state, and national levels focused on the development of effective servicesand supports for persons with ASD of all ages and their families.MarylandRachel DemmaMaryland State Department ofEducationRachel Demma has over 15 years of experience in shapingand leading early childhood systems development, policy,and program administration. Rachel is currently theDirector of Early Childhood Systems Development at theMaryland State Department of Education within theDivision of Early Childhood. Most recently, Rachel servedas the Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Child Care, and previously as aProgram Specialist, at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Herprevious positions also include serving as the Policy Director for the Early Care andEducation Consortium, and a Senior Policy Analyst with the National GovernorsAssociation. Rachel holds an EdD from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate Schoolof Education, an MA from Stanford University’s School of Education, and a BA fromWashington College on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

MassachusettsKate BarlowAmerican International CollegeKate Barlow, OTD is an Assistant Professor at AmericanInternational College. She is also the current ambassador forthe CDC’s Learn the Signs. Act Early. program for the state ofMassachusetts. Dr. Barlow received her BS in OccupationalTherapy from Boston University, and her MS and OTD fromVirginia Commonwealth University. She has over 20 years ofclinical experience that includes public school practice, earlyintervention, a pediatric hospital-based outpatient clinic and management. Dr. Barlow’sarea of clinical expertise is pediatric feeding and swallowing, which she has presentedon at the OT state conferences of CT, MA, NH and VA, as well as guest lectured on thetopic at Western New England University, Shenandoah University and VirginiaCommonwealth University. Dr. Barlow’s passion is in global outreach. She founded theInternational Interprofessional Mentorship Program that currently provides mentorship toover 100 therapists in developing countries in Africa and South America.MichiganSynthia BrittonMichigan Department of Health andHuman ServicesAs the Early Childhood Public Health Consultant at the MichiganDepartmen

Master of Public Health degree in International Health and . Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Angela Scott MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the . 2006. She serves on numerous boards