Liaison Representatives

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Donald Goldberg, Ph.D., CCC-SLP/A, LSLS Cert. AVT
College of Wooster & Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH

Meredith K. Sugar, Esq.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Columbus, Ohio

American Academy of Pediatrics

Debra Waldron, MD, MPH, FAAP
Healthy and Resilient Children, Youth, and Families
American Academy of Pediatrics
Itasca, IL

Christina Boothby, MPA
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
American Academy of Pediatrics
Itasca, IL

American Academy of Audiology

Katie M. Colella, AuD, CCC-A
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Jessica J. Messersmith, Ph.D
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Stephanie Moody Antonio, MD, FACS
Eastern Virginia Medical School Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Norfolk, VA

Oliver Adunka, MD
Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, OH

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Ellie Cooper, PhD, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
Dallas, TX

Meredith Holcomb, AuD, CCC-A
University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine - Ear Institute
Miami, FL

Council of Education of the Deaf

Claire Bugen, MA
Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf
Austin, Texas

Sarah Ammerman, PhD
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Directors of Speech and Hearing Programs in State Health and Welfare Agencies

Ginger Mullin, AuD
Illinois Department of Public Health
Springfield, IL

Kirsten Coverstone, AuD
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN

Supporting Organizations (Non-Voting)

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Tricia Ashby-Scabis, AuD, CCC-A (Staff)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Rockville, MD

Regina Zappi, AuD, CCC-A (Staff)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Rockville, MD

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Erika C. Odom, PhD, MS, LMSW/CAPT, USPHS
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention/National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Atlanta, GA 30341

Maternal and Child Health Bureau/ Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Sarah Beth McLellan, MPH
Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs
Rockville, MD

National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management

Karl White, PhD
Utah State University
Logan, Utah

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) National Institutes of Health

Kelly King, AuD, PhD
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

JCIH Members are available to give presentations at national conferences and meetings. Please contact Tricia Ashby-Scabis at tashby@asha.org if you are interested in a presentation by a JCIH member.

Last Modified: 03/14/2026