Roula Choueiri, MD* UMass Medical School, UMass Memorial Health Center *Interim MA Act Early State Team Leader
Mary Andrianopoulos, PhD UMass Amherst Department of Communication Disorders
Kathleen Braden, MD UMass Medical School/EK Shriver Center LEND Program
Oanh Thi Thu Bui, MPA Federation for Children with Special Needs, Parent Training & Information Center
Claudia Catalano, MPP MA Department of Public Health, Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
Morgan Crossman, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital
Mary-Ellen Efferen, M.Ed. Special Education Consultant
Ivys Fernandez-Pastrana, JD Boston Medical Center
Mary Beth Miotto, MD: pediatrician in Northboro and involved in AAP/CDC QI projects in integrating the Act Early material in clinics. She is also involved in the AAP chapter committee on children and youth with special healthcare needs.
Julie Schaeffer, LDN State nutritionist with MA DPH
Sara Neville, MD Primary care pediatrician, strong advocate for children with autism and special needs. She is also the parent of a wonderful teenager with autism.
David Helm, PhD Children’s Hospital/ICI LEND Program
Alicia High MA Department of Public Health, WIC Program
Pam Keuchler MA Head Start
Gina Mittal Thrive in 5, United Way of Mass Bay & Merrimack Valley
Chris Pond MA Department of Early Education and Care
Joan Kelly Rafferty, OTR/L, CEIS MA Department of Public Health, Regional EI Specialist, Coordinator of Specialty Services
Angela Stone-McDonald, PhD University of Massachusetts Boston
Lauren Viviani MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Special Education Planning & Policy Development
Jacqueline Williams-Hines No Small Victories Program
Liz Carns, MEd Assistant director of the Cape Cod Chidren's Place in North Eastham. This is an early childhood education center that provides services for the community as well and have opened up space for other groups in the community (WIC and other)
Alicia High, MPH WIC Health and Human Service Coordinator