Conference Faculty & Disclosures

32nd Annual NCSB Conference
September 26-28, 2019
Menger Hotel - San Antonio, Texas
Conference Faculty

Tammy H. Brown, M.A., CCC-A, Board Certified in Audiology

Tammy Brown is a licensed audiologist and Board President of the Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board. She is a member of the American Academy of Audiology, American-Speech-Language Hearing Association, and the Ohio Speech-Language Hearing Association.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board	Professional	Board member
Financial
No

 

Donna R. Euben, Esq.

Donna R. Euben is Ethics and Counsel to the Board of Ethics at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She has extensive experience providing advice on professional ethics; representing individuals in disciplinary hearings; and providing training on legal and ethical issues. Ms. Euben has practiced labor, employment, and higher education law for professional associations. She received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School (magna cum laude, Law Review Editor-in-Chief, NYS Bar Association Student Legal Ethics Award), and BA from Oberlin College. She is licensed to practice law in DC and NY.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)	Professional	ASHA employee; ex-officio member of ASHA Board of Ethics
Financial
Yes	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)	Professional	Salary

 

Amy S. Goldman, MS, CCC-SLP

Amy S. Goldman is past Chair and a current member of the PA Board of Examiners, NCSB Secretary, and Past President of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She currently is technical assistance specialist for the national Assistive Technology Act Technical Assistance and Training Center (AT3).

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NCSB)	Professional	Board of Directors
Financial
Yes	National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NCSB)	Professional	Travel Reimbursement

 

Tracy Lynn Grammer, MS, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow

Tracy Grammar is an SLP with 28 years of experience. She is employed at OU Medical Center as a speech-language pathologist for the Department of Otolaryngology, faculty member of the OUHSC College of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology and OUHSC College of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She currently serves as the lobbyist and Vice-Chair of the Oklahoma Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Ms. Grammer is a member of the ASHA Board of Ethics and has served on the ASHA SLP Advisory Council and the Legislative Council. She has served two terms as the President of the Oklahoma Speech-Language & Hearing Association. She is a Board Member of the NCSB.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	Camp Sunrise	Professional	Director
Yes	Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association	Professional	Member, Committee Chair
Yes	National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NCSB)	Professional	Board of Directors
Yes	American-Speech-Language Hearing Association – Board of Ethics	Professional	ASHA Board of Ethics Member
Yes	Central Oklahoma Camp and Conference Center	Professional	Member
Financial
Yes	Atos Medical	Professional	Consulting Fee
Yes	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) College of Medicine – Dept. of Otolaryngology and OUHSC-College of Communication Sciences and Disorders	Professional	Salary, Consulting Fee, and Intellectual Property Rights
Yes	Oklahoma University Medical Center	Professional	Salary

 

Cheryl R. Hawkinson, Esq.

Cheryl Hawkinson is an Assistant Attorney General with Dave Yost‘s Ohio Attorney General’s Office for 21 years. For the last seven years, she has been in the Health and Human Services Section. She has represented the Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board for the last six years.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board	Professional	Board’s legal counsel
Financial
No

 

Nahale Freeland Kalfas, Esq.

Nahale Freeland Kalfas is a solo-practitioner specializing in Administrative Law. She received her J.D from Duke University School of Law. For the past 9 years, she has been responsible for prosecutorial hearings, settlements, rulemaking and legislative matters as General Counsel for the NC Board of Examiners for Speech Pathology and Audiology.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NCSB)	Professional	Board of Directors Member
Yes	North Carolina Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology licensure board	Professional	General Counsel
Yes	Council of State Governments	Professional	Independent Contractor
Financial
No

 

Matthew Lyon, Au.D.

Dr. Matt Lyon is a Board-Certified Audiologist who owns private practices in El Paso, Texas as well as Alamogordo and Las Cruces, New Mexico. Dr. Lyon has served in various governmental and audiology association capacities, including chair of the (Texas) State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and President of the Texas Academy of Audiology. He currently serves as the Governmental Liaison for the Texas Academy of Audiology.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	El Paso Hearing Aid & Audiology Center	Professional	President; I practice audiology and fit hearing aids for profit.
Yes	Texas Academy of Audiology	Professional and Political	I advocate for the profession of audiology including reimbursement in the State of Texas
Financial
Yes	National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NCSB)	Professional	Travel reimbursement

 

Patty Nesbitt

Patty Nesbitt is Executive Director for the WV Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and has been employed by the Board since August 2008.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	West Virginia Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Professional	Executive Director
Financial
No

 

Todd R. Philbrick, CAE, CS

Todd Phibrick has served as ASHA’s Director of Certification and ex-officio to its Council for Clinical Certification in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology since 2014. Todd has over 15 years of experience working with healthcare certification associations and working with state licensure boards to improve patient safety.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association-AFCC	Professional	Ex-Officio of the CFCC
Financial
Yes	American Speech-Language Hearing Association	Professional	Salary - employee

 

Kerri Philips, SLP.D.

Dr. Kerri Philips is Professor/Program Director at Louisiana Tech University as well as adjunct instructor at Nova Southeastern. She currently serves at the NCSB President and is a member of the Interstate Compact Advisory Group. Dr. Phillips was has served multiple terms on the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	Louisiana Tech University	Professional	Employee
Yes	Nova Southeastern Univ.	Professional	Employee
Yes	Council of State Governments – Interstate Compact	Professional	Advisory Member
Financial
Yes	National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NCSB)	Professional	Travel expenses reimbursed per NCSB policy

 

Kathy R. Pruner, MBA

Kathy Pruner is a Client Relations Director at ETS (Princeton, NJ). Kathy has worked at ETS since 1997 and supported ASHA, state Audiology/ SLP licensing boards, university Audiology/SLP preparation programs and candidates with Praxis testing for 8 years. Kathy has an MBA from LaSalle University and a BS from Penn State.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
No
Financial
No

 

James R. Puente, MS, MJ, CAE

Jim Puente was appointed Director, Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) in 2009. This position is dedicated to the goals of the Compact’s governing body, the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators (ICNLCA). Puente is charged with managing the operations and implementation of the NLC and the Commission strategic plan.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Financial

 

Jayme Pultro, Au.D.

Dr. Jayme Pultro is an assistant professor and clinic director at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Prior to teaching in the doctor of audiology program, she founded and ran a multi-office private practice for twenty-six years in central Arkansas.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NCSB)	Professional	Board of Directors Member
Financial
No

 

Theresa H. Rodgers, MA, CCC-SLP, L-SLP, EdS (LD)

Theresa H. Rodgers, is ASHA's President Elect, an ASHFoundation Board Trustee, an SLP and special education consultant. Named an ASHA Fellow in 2009, she has served as president of CSAP, NCSB, and LSHA. Theresa is a former member of the Louisiana licensure board and chaired the ASHA Board of Ethics.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	American-Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)	Professional	Member; 2019 President-Elect; Former Member and Chair (2017) of the Board of Ethics
Yes	Louisiana Licensure Board for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Professional	Former Board Member
Yes	National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NCSB)	Professional	Former President and member of the Board of Directors
Financial
Yes	National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NCSB)	Professional	Waiver of registration; travel expenses reimbursed per NCSB policy

 

Ayn W. Stehr, Esq.

Ayn Stehr is an attorney in private practice in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has represented the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology for over twenty-five years. Ayn is a registered Louisiana lobbyist having represented local government, professional associations and non-profits. She is a member of the Judicial Education Faculty of the Louisiana Supreme Court providing training to Louisiana’s judiciary on domestic and dating violence.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
No
Financial
No

 

Gregg B. Thornton, Esq.

Gregg Thornton is the Executive Director of the Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board. He is an affiliate member with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, American Academy of Audiology, International Hearing Society, and is on the Board of Directors with NCSB.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board	Professional	Executive Director
Yes	National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NCSB)	Professional	Board of Directors and President-Elect
Yes	American-Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)	Professional	Affiliate member
Yes	American Academy of Audiology	Professional	Affiliate member
Yes	International Hearing Society	Professional	Affiliate member
Yes	Council of State Governments	Professional	Licensure Compact Advisory Group for SLP and AUD
Yes	Federation of Association of Regulatory Boards (FARB)	Professional	Member
Yes	Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR)	Professional	Member
Financial
Yes	Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board	Professional	Salary – reimbursement of all travel expenses for NCSB Conference

 

Glenn M. Waguespack, MS, CCC-A

Glenn Waguespack is a private practice audiologist and ASHA Fellow, is former President of NCSB, a former chair of the Continuing Education Board, former chair of the Council on Academic Accreditation, and former Vice-Chair of the Council for Clinical Certification. Having served five years on the Board of Ethics, he co-presents sessions in ethics resolution at the annual NCSB training and was a co-presenter for the ASHA Webinar on the revised Code of Ethics.

Disclosures

Nonfinancial	Name of Company, Entity	Type of Relationship	Nature of the Relationship
Yes	Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (LBESPA)	Professional	Appointed Board Member
Financial
Yes	Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (LBESPA)	Professional	Expenses paid by LBESPA