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)

  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