Profectum Foundation Faculty

We are pleased that the following noted clinicians and educators have joined Profectum’s efforts in advancing the state-of-the-art in their respective fields. They have come together to form our start-up working groups with the task of developing the vision, core values and goals, credentialing criteria and curriculum within their field, ultimately supporting the integrated mission of Profectum Foundation.

• Lynn Abelson, MA, CCC-SLP, OTR/L
• Georgina Ahrens, BAppSc
• Maria Aggio
• Carrie Alvarado, PhD, OTR
• Kate Bailey, MSc OT
• Ron Balamuth, PhD
• Tal Baz, MS, OTR/L
• Yael Bruck Binya, OTR/L
• Marilee Burgeson, MA, CCC-SLP
• Mari Caulfield, LCST, SLP, MIASLT, MRCSLT
• Sherri Cawn, MA, CCC-SLP
• Marjorie Cases, OTR/L
• Linda Cervenka, MA, CCC-SLP
• Sara Chapman, MA
• Tyler P. Choate, MS, CCC-SLP
• Charlotte Collier, PhD
• Socorro Cornejo, SLP
• Nora D’Angiola, PhD, CCC-SLP
• Lisa deFaria, LCSW, BCD
• Mona Delahooke, PhD (Mental Health Working Group Co-Chair)
• Griffin Doyle, PhD
• Joshua D. Feder, MD
• Caroline Ferguson-Walsh, MS-LP(C), CCC-SLP
• Gilbert Foley, EdD (Mental Health Working Group Co-Chair)
• Sima Gerber, PhD, CCC-SLP (SLP Working Group Chair)
• Steve Glazier, MA
• Jeannie Gutierrez, PhD
• Cindy Harrison, MSc Reg CASLPO
• Michele Havens, EdD
• Barbara Kalmanson, PhD
• Chithra Kathiresan, SLT
• Bari Keller, PsyD
• Chad Kordt-Thomas, LCSW
• Connie Lillas, PhD, MFT, RN

• Karen McDowell
• Kristin McNally, MS, OTR/L
• Edi Nelson, MS, OTR/L
• Monica Osgood (Executive Director and Education Working Group Co-Chair)
• Beth Osten, MS, OTR/L
• Michele Parkins, MS, OTR
• Stephanie Pass, PhD
• Lori Jeanne Peloquin, PhD
• Michele Ricamato, MA, CCC-SLP
• Ricki Robinson, MD, MPH (Medical Director and Medical Working Group Chair)
• Stacy Sue Rosello, MA, OTR/L
• Ruby Salazar, LCSW, BCD
• Diane Selinger, PhD
• Christine Seminaro, MEd (Education Working Group Co-Chair)
• Etti Shani
• Jehan Shehata-Aboubakr, BA, CCC
• Susan Smith-Foley, OTD, MPA, OTR/L
• Richard Solomon, MD
• Traci Swink, MD
• Suzi Tortora, ED.D., BC-DMT, C.M.A., LCAT, LMHC
• Alisa Vig, PhD
• Christie Virtue, PhD
• Kathy Walmsley, MA, OTR/L
• Jeanne White, LMFT
• Noemi White, MSc, (Psych)
• Rosemary White, OTR/L (OT/PT Working Group Chair)
• Serena Wieder, PhD (Clinical Director and FCD Working Group Chair)

Working groups

All Profectum professionals are organized into a series of working groups based on their areas of expertise and interest. Groups will engage in ongoing dialogue and collaboration to maintain an interdisciplinary approach in creating models and representatives of each group will participate in the FCD working group.

Discipline-specific working groups are charged with advancing the state-of-the-art in their specific disciplines. Discipline-specific working groups:

• Mental Health
• Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy
• Speech-Language-Communication
• Education
• Medical

Discipline-specific working groups are composed of professionals who play a role training others in our approach and are eligible to vote for the working group chairperson. However, working groups can also have non-voting “adjunct members” who are interested in the topic but have not yet developed the expertise to train others. By participating in the working group, adjunct members can both learn and contribute their input.

In addition to discipline-specific working groups, we also have the following inter-disciplinary working groups focused on:

• Foundational Capacities for Development
• Training