Board and Committees

+ = Voting Members of the ArSHA Board

Arizona Speech-Language Hearing Association

700 McKnight Park Drive, Suite 708
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Toll-Free Phone: (855) 727-2836
Toll-Free Fax: (888) 729-3489
Email: arsha@arsha.org
Web: www.arsha.org

Craven Management Associates, LLC

Diane Yenerall, Business Manager, Tech Support
Laura McKinney, ArSHA Account Manager
Amy Caye, CE Administrator

EXECUTIVE BOARD

+ President: Victoria Clark - president@arsha.org​
+ President-Elect: Sarah Glenn - president.elect@arsha.org
+ Past President: Staci R. Dover - past.president@arsha.org
+ Recording Secretary: Allison Hoffman - secretary@arsha.org
+ Treasurer: Ivonne Maldonado De La Rosa - treasurer@arsha.org
+ VP for Audiology: Linda Nieb - audiology.vp@arsha.org​
+ VP for Speech-Language Pathology: Robbie Jackson -  slp.vp@arsha.org

STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND MEMBERS

+ Membership Chair: TBD


+ Community Relations Chair: Tiffany Hines - community.relations@arsha.org​

  • Ashley O’Mara
  • Ann Lehn
  • Lori Taniguchi
  • Jocilyn Benninger
  • Bianca Garcia
  • Keila Gutierrez
  • Samantha Hagness
  • Jake Lalan


+ Communications Chair: Mandisa Cassell - communications@arsha.org

  • Lauren Cantrell
  • Devin Hall
  • Denise Stats-Caldwell
  • Leah Mackie


+ Ethical Practices Chair: Elizabeth Morrison - ethics@arsha.org​​

  • Melanie Moore
  • Shelly Lanham


+ 2025 Annual Convention Co-Chairs: Darrell Dern and Jeremy Legaspi - 2025.convention@arsha.org

  • Cultural Linguistic Diversity Chair: Indigo Young
  • VP for Audiology: Linda Nieb
  • Budget Chair: Ivonne Maldonado De La Rosa
  • SLPA Chair: Vickie Jones
  • Early Childhood Chair: Emily Sakieviech
  • President: Staci Dover
  • President Elect: Victoria Clark
  • School SLP Committee Chair: Kimberly Smejkal
  • AAC Committee Chair: Danika Stampfel
  • Medical SLP Committee Co Chairs: Malathy Venkatesh and Kelly Ingram


+ 2026 Annual Convention Co-Chair-Elects: Darrell Dern and Mai Ling Chan - 2026.convention@arsha.org​

Ad Hoc Committee Members


+ Professional Development Chair: Stephanie Christensen - professional.development@arsha.org

  • Fe Murray
  • Melanie Moore


+ Government Affairs Chair: Kathleen Peterson  - government.affairs@arsha.org​


+ Audiology Committee Chair: Linda Nieb - audiology.vp@arsha.org​

  • Kathleen Peterson
  • Debbie Venkatesh
  • Michael Skelton
  • Melanie Moore
  • Cheryl Leeper
  • Karlye Tolbird


+ Student Representatives (representatives share a vote on the Board)

  • NAU:

Grad SLP: Madison Grahm
Summer Track SLPA Grad: Natalia Culbertson
Undergrad: Samantha Thomas

  • U of A:

Grad SLP: Miranda Pieper
Grad AUD: Cara Gu
Undergrad: Haley Hinricks

  • ATSU:

Grad SLP: Alonda Luna
Grad AUD: Libby Sara

  • ASU:

Grad SLP:
Undergrad:

  • MWU:

Grad SLP: Amber Caras


SPECIAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND MEMBERS:

Honors Committee:

  • Jeff Meeks (Chair) -  honors@arsha.org​
  • Debbie Venkatesh
  • Kathleen Peterson
  • Lori Taniguchi
  • Mary Keeney


Medical SLP Committee:

  • Co-Chairs: Malathy Venkatesh and Kelly Ingram - medical.committee@arsha.org
  • Kathleen Cazzato
  • Katrina Graf
  • Lisa Crujido
  • Sharon Edwards
  • Amna Fares
  • Allison Hoffman
  • Kelly Ingram
  • Jackie Knoll
  • Jessica Lasky
  • Lisa Naylor
  • Annette Rak
  • Lindsey Sarver
  • Denise Stats-Caldwell
  • Lindsay Stevens
  • Jessica Williams
  • Aubrey Dunlap
  • Megan Mesman
  • Ladonna Rodriguez
  • Leah Mackie


School SLP Committee:

  • Kimberly Smejkal (Chair) - school.slp@arsha.org​
  • Shelly Thomas
  • Sharon DeFranco
  • Mary Keeney
  • Sandy Stewart
  • Staci McCauley
  • Brittany Vinson
  • Lynne Remson
  • Neal Glover
  • Kara Johnson
  • Natalie Mannion
  • Amy Anson
  • Darrell Dern
  • Kelli Gladieux
  • Amy Hill
  • Thom West
  • Maria Dixon


SLPA Committee:


Early Childhood Committee:


Budget Committee:


Committee on Committees: Elections


Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Committee


AAC Committee

  • Danika Stampfel (Chair) - aac.committee@arsha.org​
  • Jeremy Legaspi
  • Elizabeth Morrison
  • Rui Hernandez
  • Nathan Glover
  • Samantha Hagness
  • LaConda Walker
  • Becky Wooley
  • Michelle Raymond


Mentorship Committee

 

Student Reps

ASU

  • Heather Besch
  • Madison Graham
  • Kathryn Gloudem

U of A

  • Danielle Girard
  • Elissa Schiff

MVU

  • Erika Harfman
  • Erin Frain

NAU

  • Julia Tomasolu
  • Marquisa Regnier

ATSU

  • Karlye Tolbird

 

ASHA COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS REPRESENTATIVES:

ASHA SEAL (State Education Advocacy Leader): Kelli Gladieux and Carly Stoltenberg -  seal@arsha.org

ASHA STAR (STate Advocates for Reimbursement) Representative: Leah Mackie - star@arsha.org

ASHA STAMP (State Advocate for Medicare Policy) Representative: Rhonda Polesky – stamp@arsha.org

ADE (Arizona Department of Education) Liaison:  Kelli Gladieux and Carly Stoltenberg - ade.liaison@arsha.org

Lobbyist for ArSHA: Todd Baughman

3636 N. Central Ave., Suite 590, Phoenix, AZ 85012, Cell: 602-502-3667; Office: 602-274-4244

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArizonaSpeechLanguageHearingAssociation/

FB Administrators: Mandisa Cassell, Amy Anson

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arshaorg/

Instagram Administrator: Mandisa Cassell, Amy Hilton Anson