National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council (NDCD) Current Roster

• BOUTON, Katherine (2026)

  Speaker, Advocate, and Author 
  New York, NY 10024

• BUSS, Emily, Ph.D. (2025)

  Vice Chair of Research 
  Professor of Otolaryngology/Head 
  and Neck Surgery 
  Chief, Division of Auditory Research 
  University of North Carolina 
  Chapel Hill, NC 27599

• CHAUDHARI, Nirupa, Ph.D. (2024)

  Professor, Physiology & Biophysics 
  University of Miami School of Medicine 
  Miami, FL 33136

• DEAL-WILLIAMS, Vicki, M.A., CAE (2025)

  Chief Executive Officer 
  American Speech-Language-Hearing 
  Association 
  Rockville, MD 20850

• ESPY-WILSON, Carol, Ph.D. (2024)

  Professor, Electrical and Computer 
  Engineering 
  The Institute for Systems Research 
  University of Maryland, College Park 
  College Park, MD 20742

• GOFFMAN, Lisa, Ph.D. (2024)

  Senior Scientist and Endowed Chair
  Center for Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning
  Boys Town National Research Hospital
  Omaha, NE 68131

• GROVES, Andy, Ph.D. (2025)

  Professor 
  Departments of Neuroscience and 
  Molecular and Human Genetics 
  Baylor College of Medicine 
  Houston, TX 77030

• HILLIS, Argye Elizabeth, M.D., M.A. (2024)

  Professor of Neurology 
  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 
  Baltimore, MD 21205

• LALWANI, Anil, M.D. (2025)

  Professor and Vice Chair for Research 
  Director, Division of Otology, Neurotology, 
  & Skull Base Surgery 
  Co-Director, Columbia Cochlear Implant Center 
  Columbia University Vagelos College of 
  Physicians and Surgeons 
  New York, NY 10032

• MERFELD, Daniel M., Ph.D. (2026)

  Professor 
  Department of Otolaryngology- 
  Head and Neck Surgery 
  College of Medicine 
  Ohio State University 
  Columbus, OH 43210

• MURPHY-BREEN, Lynne, J.D. (2024)

  Senior Underwriting Counsel
  First American Title
  Boston, MA 02199

• THIBEAULT, Susan L., Ph.D. (2026)

  Professor 
  Department of Surgery 
  School of Medicine and Public Health 
  University of Wisconsin 
  Madison, WI 53792

• WALLHAGEN, Margaret I., M.D. (2025)

  Professor 
  Department of Physiological Nursing 
  University of California, San Francisco 
  San Francisco, CA 94143

Ex Officio

• NELSON, Jeremy T., Ph.D.

  Sensory Systems Portfolio Manager
  Defense Health Agency
  Joint Base San Antonio, TX 78234

• THEMANN, Christa L., M.S., CCC-A

  Research Audiologist 
  Hearing Loss Prevention Team 
  Division of Applied Research and Technology 
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
  Cincinnati, OH 45226

• BECERRA, Xavier

  Secretary 
  Department of Health and Human Services 
  Washington, DC 20201

• BERTAGNOLLI, Monica M., M.D.

  Director 
  National Institutes of Health 
  Bethesda, MD 20892

Executive Secretary

• WAGENAAR-MILLER, Becky, Ph.D.

  Director, Division of Extramural Activities 
  National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders 
  Bethesda, MD 20892