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

Chairperson

Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.

Director
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Bethesda, MD 20892

  • 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)

    Professor and Nelle Johnston Chair
    Callier Center for Communication Disorders
    School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
    University of Texas at Dallas
    Dallas, TX 75235

  • 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)

    Founder of ClearTitle
    Senior Underwriting and Agency Counsel
    Chicago Title Commonwealth Land
    Title (Fidelity National Financial)
    Boston, MA 02109

  • 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

  • BECK, Lucille B., Ph.D.

    Director
    Audiology and Speech Pathology Service
    Department of Veterans Affairs
    Washington, DC 20422

  • NELSON, Jeremy T., Ph.D.

    Chief Scientist and Research Section Lead
    DoD Hearing Center for Excellence
    Defense Health Agency
    Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX 78236

  • 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

  • TABAK, Lawrence A., D.D.S., Ph.D.

    Acting NIH 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

Note: Terms end on May 31 of the designated year.

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