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Massachusetts Act Early Steering Committee

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Mary Andrianopoulos, PhD
UMass Amherst Department of Communication Disorders​
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Kate Barlow, OTD, OTR/L, IMH-E
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Infant Family Associate, Act Early Ambassador to MA
Associate Professor, Division of Occupational Therapy,  American International College (AIC) 
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​Joan Kelly Butterfield, OTR/L, CEIS
MA Department of Public Health, Regional EI Specialist, Coordinator of Specialty Services  
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Pat Cameron
Director of MA Family Ties
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Nicole Chaffee Longo, MSW, LCSW, ​
Medical Social Worker, Department of Children and Families
  
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​Roula Choueiri, MD
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Director, Early Childhood Community Outreach Program. Boston Children's Hospital Autism Spectrum Center
Rapid Interactive Screening Test for Autism in Toddlers
(RITA-T) 
www.childrenshospital.org/autismRITA-T
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Angela Collier, MSW, LICSW
Medical School Worker, Department of Children and Families
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Mary-Ellen Efferen, M.Ed.
Special Education Consultant​
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Elaine Gabovitch, MPA         
Director of Children and Youth Services, DPH
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​Lauren Galvano, M.S.
Sandwich Partnership for Families

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Kara Ghiringhelli, RD, LDN, CLC
WIC Nutrition Specialist, Massachusetts Department of Public Health







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Michelle Haimowitz, MPA
Executive Director, Massachusetts Head Start
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​Heather H. Harrison-Catledge, LDN/CLC
State Nutritionist, Massachusetts Department of Public Health/WIC

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Ydalia Heimann, MPA

​MPA, REACH Program Manager, Worcester
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Alicia High, MPH
WIC Health and Human Service Coordinator 
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Alisa Lin, RN, MHC, MA
Nurse, Mass General Brigham

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Mary Beth Miotto, MD, MPH
Associate Medical Director, Population Health, Family Community Health Center, Worcester

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Sara Neville, MD
Pediatrician                                                  
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Reena Tripathi, Demers, Med, CAGS, CEIS
​Autism Coordinator, Thom Anne Sullivan Center

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Eve Wilder, MPH       
​Director, MA Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems            Project ​

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Carla Therriault, LICSW, MPA
Director of Early Childhood, United Way of MA Bay & Merrimack Valley
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