Executive Board

President – Jennifer Casteix (term ends 6/30/20) – president@arsha.org
President-Elect – Melanie Moore (term ends 6/30/20)
Past President - Fe Murray (term ends 6/30/20)
Vice-President for Audiology – Fadyeh Barakat (term ends 6/30/21)
Vice-President for Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) – Darrell Dern (term ends 6/30/20)
Annual Convention Chairs – Jeremy Legaspi (term ends 6/30/20)
Annual Convention Chair-Elect – Shelly Lanham & Laura Stevenson (terms end 6/30/20)
Membership Chair – Rebecca Archer-Anwar (term ends 6/30/21)
Recording Secretary – Sarah Dachtyl (term ends 6/30/21)
Treasurer – Debbie Venkatesh (term ends 6/30/21)
Ethical Practices Chair – Linda Shenk (term ends 6/30/20)
Communications Chair – Amy Hilton Anson (term ends 6/30/20)
Community Relations Chair – Samantha Hagness (term ends 6/30/21)
Professional Development Chair – Heather Caska (term ends 6/30/21)
Government Affairs Chair – Jeff Meeks (term ends 6/30/21)

  Student Representatives

  • Arizona State University (ASU) - Sydney Roach
  • AT Still University (ATSU) – Sabrena Fennell & Cindy Jimenez
  • Midwestern University (MSU) – Miyka Whiting
  • Northern Arizona University (NAU) – Shelby Roy
  • University of Arizona (UA) – Hannah Rosenberg Jones and Ariel Vovakes

 

Arizona ASHA Advisory Council Members

  • Audiology Advisory Council Member – Kathleen Peterson (Term ends 12/31/20)
  • Speech-Language Pathology Advisory Council Member– Mary Hase (Term ends 12/31/21)

 

Standing Committees

Ethical Practices – Linda Shenk (Chair)

  • Members: Jennifer Casteix, Kim Farinella, Jeff Meeks, (Need audiology representation)

Membership – Rebecca Archer-Anwar (Chair)

  • Members: Jessica Flax, Katrina Graf,  Trianna Oglivie

Audiology – Fadyeh Barakat (Chair)

  • Members: Melanie Moore, Michael Skelton

Annual Convention – Jeremy Legaspi (Chairs)

  • Members: Jeremy Legaspi, Heather Caska, Sarah Bevier, Mai Ling Chan, Louis Dachtyl, Maritess Dimaliwat, Kelli Gladieux, Cheryl Leeper, Ann Lehn, Natalie Mannion-Jones, Laura Stevenson

Community Relations – Samantha Hagness (Chair)

  • Lori Taniguchi, Ann Lehn, Julia Censioso, Sharon DeFranco, Megan Miller, Danika Knight, Emma Drehobl

Professional Development – Heather Caska (Chair)

  • Members: Ishan Bhatt, Stephanie Christensen, Mark DeRuiter, George Wolford, Fadyeh Barakat

Communications – Amy Hilton Anson (Chair)

  • Members

Government Affairs – Jeff Meeks (Chair)

  • Members: Kelli Gladieux (SEAL), Lorri Andrews STAR), Lisa Naylor (STAMP)

 

Special Committees

Cultural Linguistic Diversity (CLD) - Maria Dixon (Co-Chair) and Rui Motoyoshi (Co-Chair)

  • Members: Keila Gutierrez, Angela Curtright, Barbara Dabul,  Monique Hernandez Madrid

 

Early Childhood - Cindy Fangman Farrell (chair)

  • Members: Sharon DeFranco, Kate Ambrose, Jennie Molerup-Matlock,  Sharon Crouse-Matlock

 

School SLP - Lauren Clabaugh (Chair)

  • Members: Sharon Derfanco,  Mary Keeney,  Natalie Mannion,  Brittany Moore,  Linda Shenk,  Shelly Thomas

 

Medical SLP – Sarah Glenn and Aubrey Dunlap (Co-Chairs)

  • Members: Lori Barnard, Barbara Dabul, Aubrey Dunlap, Sharon Edwards, Amna Fares, Sarah Glenn, Lynn Hedrick, Allison Hoffman Lisa Naylor, Annette Rak, Lindsay Stevens, Jessica Williams, Shelly Lanham

 

Honors - Karen LaBrozzi (Chair)

  • Members: Katherine Mahosky, Lori Taniguchi, Kathleen Peterson, Debbie  Venkatesh

 

Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) – Amy Hill (Chair)

  • Members: Rachelle Vasquez, Sharon DeFranco, Karen Aguilar, Alicia Cook, Pat Jimenez, Alisyn Jordan, Lisa Kathman, Cathy Bacon, Kristen Culbertson, Cass Faux, Lauren Clabaugh

 

Budget – Debbie Venkatesh (Chair)

  •  Lorri Andrews,  Jennifer Casteix, Jeff Meeks, Fe Murray,  Diane Yenerall (Craven Management)

 

Committee on Committees: Elections – Fe Murray (Chair)

AAC – Staci McCauley (Chair)

Private Practice – Committee forming

 

Arizona State Advocates

  • ASHA SEAL (State Education Advocacy Leader) – Kelli Gladieux - seal@arsha.org
  • ASHA STAR (STate Advocates for Reimbursement) Representative - Lorri Andrews
  • ASHA STAMP (State Advocate for Medicare Policy) Representative – Lisa Naylor
  • Arizona Department of Education (ADE) Liaison - Kelli Gladieux

 

Lobbyist For ArSHA

Todd Baughman Policy Development Group 3636 N. Central Ave., Suite 590, Phoenix, AZ 85012 Office: 602-274-4244

  ArSHA Webmaster: Matt Roberts - web.master@arsha.org