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

• BARLOW, Linda A., Ph.D. (2028)

  Professor
  Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
  University of Colorado
  Aurora, CO 80045

• 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

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

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

• GOTTFRIED, Jay A., M.D., Ph.D. (2027)

  Arthur H. Rubenstein University Professor
  Department of Neurology
  Perelman School of Medicine
  University of Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283

• GROVES, Andy, Ph.D. (2025)

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

• JOHNSON, Kia N., Ph.D. (2028)

  Associate Director
  Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering
  Education and Research-
  Atlanta, GA Satellite
  University of Texas at Austin
  Atlanta, GA 30324

• KIRAN, Swathi, Ph.D. (2028)

  James and Cecilia Tse Young
  Professor of Neurorehabilitation
  Department of Speech, Language,
  and Hearing Sciences
  Boston University
  Boston, MA 02215

• 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

• PICCIRILLO, Jay F., M.D. (2028)

  Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology-Head
  and Neck Surgery
  Washington University School of Medicine
  St. Louis, MO 63110

• RAMIREZ-STAPLETON, Lissa D., Ph.D. (2027)

  Associate Professor
  Educational Leadership Department
  California State University Fullerton
  College of Education
  Fullerton, CA 92831

• SVIRSKY, Mario A., Ph.D. (2027)

  Noel L. Cohen Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology-
  Head and Neck Surgery
  New York University
  Grossman School of Medicine
  New York, NY 10016

• THIBEAULT, Susan L., Ph.D. (2026)

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

• TRUSSELL, Laurence, Ph.D. (2027)

  Associate Director and Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology and
  Oregon Hearing Research Center
  Oregon Health and Science University
  Portland, OR 97239

• WALLHAGEN, Margaret I., M.D. (2025)

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

• YOUNG, Nancy M., M.D. (2028)

  Lillian S. Well Professor of Pediatric
  Otolaryngology
  Division of Otolaryngology-Head and
  Neck Surgery
  Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
  Northwestern University
  Feinberg School of Medicine
  Chicago, IL 60091

Ex Officio

• 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

• MCCLENNEY, Sean, Au.D.

  National Director
  Department of Veterans Affairs
  Veterans Health Administration
  Audiology and Speech Pathology Service
  Washington, DC 20420

• 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

Executive Secretary

• WAGENAAR-MILLER, Becky, Ph.D.

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