Conference Faculty & Disclosures
Susan Adams, Esq, CAE, is the Director of State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Susan Adams is employed by ASHA. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose..
Nick Bellack is a client relations director for the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and is responsible for providing support for professional licensure and certification stakeholders around the country.
Nicholas Bellack is employed by the Educational Testing Service. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Katie Brice is the Manager for the Health and Wellness Section of Regulatory Program Management at Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), where she also works with the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology program.
Katie Brice is employed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Drew Floyd, MBA, CAE, CMP, is the Executive Director of the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC). Mr. Floyd has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare management sector.
Drew Floyd is the Executive Director of the Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Intersate Compact. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Brian Francis, MBA, is the top executive of the largest occupational licensing agency in the state of Texas. He has 36 years of public service experience, 22 of which were in executive level roles.
Brian Francis is the director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, and the Texas Real Estate Commission as well as a published author and poet. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Amy S. Goldman, MS, CCC-SLP, is a member of the NCSB Board of Directors and past-president of NCSB. She served previously as chair for the PA Board of Examiners in Speech-Pathology and Audiology. She is currently past-president of the US Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC).
Amy Goldman is a member of the NCSB Board of Directors. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Nicole Jeffcoat, MS, CCC-SLP, serves on the NCSB Board of Directors and recently completed a term on the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. She works as a clinical supervisor in an acute care setting and acts as a clinical resource in the areas of dysphagia, FEES, PMSC, aphasia, TBI, and cognition.
Nicole Jeffcoat is employed in an acute care setting and is a member of the NCSB Board of Directors. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Nahale Freeland Kalfas, Esq, has served as General Counsel for the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists for the past seventeen years. She is also General Counsel to the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact Commission (ASLP-IC Commission).
Nahale Freeland Kalfas is General Counsel for the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech Pathologists and Audiologists and legal counsel to the National Center for Interstate Compacts. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Angela Kennedy, SLP-D, CCC-SLP, is the Director of Clinical Education and an Assistant Professor for the Speech-Language Pathology program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She received her BA and MA in speech-language pathology from the University of North Texas and completed her clinical doctorate in speech-language pathology from Northwestern University.
Angela Kennedy is employed by the University of Texas Health Science Center. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Kelley Long, MBA, is the Executive Director of OhioPHP, a non-profit organization that supports the health and well-being of healthcare professionals in Ohio. She has developed and implemented programs and services that facilitate confidential treatment, education, and advocacy for healthcare workers who struggle with mental, behavioral, and physical health issues, especially substance use disorders.
Kelly Long is Executive Director of OhioPHP. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Beth F. Montgomery, MS, CCC-SLP, is the lead speech-language pathologist for Lexington School District in West Columbia, South Carolina. She is the Vice Chair and Speech-Language Pathology board member on the South Carolina Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. She is also on the NCSB Board of Directors.
Beth Montgomery is employed by Lexington School District in SC and serves on the South Carolina Board of Examiners in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology and the NCSB Board of Directors. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Angie Neal, MS, CCC-SLP, is an Education Associate for Early Language and Literacy at the South Carolina State Department of Education. She is also an adjunct professor for the University of South Carolina, a Board Member for the South Carolina Branch of the International Dyslexia Association and has presented across the United States using her animated presentation style to share how spoken language has a direct connection to literacy.
Angie Neal employed by the South Carolina State Department of Education and the University of South Carolina, and a board member of the South Carolina Branch of International Dyslexia Association. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Kerri Philips, SLP.D, is Professor/Program Director at Louisiana Tech University as well as adjunct instructor at Nova Southeastern. Dr. Phillips has served multiple terms on the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. She is on the Board of Directors with NCSB.
Kerri Phillips is employed by Louisiana Tech University and Nova Southeastern and is the NCSB liaison for the ASLP-IC Compact. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Todd R. Philbrick, CAE, CS, joined ASHA as its Director of Certification and ex-officio to its Council for Clinical Certification in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology since 2014. Todd is a graduate of Salisbury University, a Certified Association Executive, and has obtained the Credentialing Specialist certificate with 20 years of healthcare certification and member association experience.
Todd Philbrick is the Chief Certification Officer for ASHA and a board member for the Institute of Credentialing Excellence’s Board of Directors. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
MaryJane Richardson, JD, is an Assistant District Attorney in the state of North Carolina for Districts 20-Robeson County and 16A-Hoke and Scotland Counties. She serves as a Public Board Member on the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
MaryJane Richardson is a member of the NC Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology and the NC Marriage and Family Therapy Board. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Theresa H. Rodgers, MA, CCC-SLP, L-SLP, EdS (LD), is an SLP in the metro Baton Rouge area. A Board-Certified Specialist in Child Language and an ASHA Fellow, she has served as president of ASHA, CSAP, NCSB, and LSHA. Theresa is a former member of the Louisiana licensure board, chaired the ASHA Board of Ethics, and was a member of the 2022 ASHA Code Revision Task Force.
Theresa Rodgers is employed as an SLP and has served on many boards. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Sherry Sancibrian, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, FASHA, is a Grover E. Murray Professor, Program Director for Speech-Language Pathology, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Health Professions at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Sherry is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Presiding Officer of the Texas licensure board, and a Past President of the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, and the National Council of State Boards.
Sherry Sancibrian is employed by Texas Tech University and a member of the Texas Licensure Board. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Angela Standridge, M.A., CCC-SLP, ATP, is the Director of the Texas Technology Access Program. She is a passionate about using technology to enable Texans with disabilities to meet their educational, vocational, and personal potential. She is a speech language pathologist and assistive technology specialist with over 30 years’ experience in assistive technology with an emphasis in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
Angela Standridge is employed by the University of Texas and is the chair of the Edwin and Esther Prentkie AAC Distinguished Lecture Award sponsored by the PRC-Saltillo Company. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
Peter S. Vogel, Esq., is a lawyer at Vogel IT Law. Before practicing law he worked as a computer programmer, received a Master’s in Computer Science, and taught graduate courses in information systems. Peter has negotiated hundreds of IT, eCommerce, and Cybersecurity contracts and had trials around the US on failed software implementations, misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement, software patent infringement, and eCommerce Internet disputes.
Peter Vogel is the owner of Vogel IT Law. There are no other relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.
The National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology is approved by the American Academy of Audiology to offer Academy CEUs for this activity. The program is worth a maximum of 1.55 CEUs, e.g., 0.60 CEUs for the preconference workshop and 0.95 CEUs for the conference. Academy approval of this continuing education activity is based on course content only and does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedure, or adherence of the event to the Academy’s Code of Ethics. Any views that are presented are those of the presenter/CE Provider and not necessarily of the American Academy of Audiology.
The pre-conference and conference is offered for up to 1.65 ASHA CEUs at the intermediate level. ASHA Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content.
