Bernadette Mayfield-Clarke, PhD, CCC-SLP

President-Elect

Bernadette Mayfield-Clarke, PhD, CCC-SLP, provides clinical services and consulting through a private practice specializing in Corporate Speech/Language Pathology for government employees and services to English-Language Learners (ELL) whose primary language is not English. Dr. Mayfield-Clarke’s impactful career includes positions in school-based, contractual, clinical, and health care services. Her leadership extends to university professor, program director & associate dean for research and graduate studies. Dr. Mayfield-Clarke earned her PhD and master’s degrees in human communication sciences & disorders from Howard University, Washington, DC, and a bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dr. Mayfield-Clarke’s expertise in university administration led to her appointment as professor for the Master of Science (MS-SLP) and Doctor of Speech-Language Pathology (SLPD) programs at Nova Southeastern University, College of Health Care Sciences, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In addition, she held leadership position of Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and earned tenure as an associate professor and program director for Speech Communication and Speech/Language Pathology and Audiology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her expertise led to her selection as a visiting international scholar at CIEE in Salvador Bahia, Brazil to study race, culture, and politics. In addition, she served as a peer-reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services as a member of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act/American with Disabilities Act (IDEA/ADA) panel.

Prior to relocating to North Carolina, Dr. Mayfield-Clarke served as Adjunct/Clinical Faculty at California State University, Northridge in Northridge, California; director of SLP for 200-bed skilled nursing facility, offered contractual services for school-based services and rehabilitation hospitals.

Dr. Mayfield-Clarke is an ASHA Fellow. She currently serves as ASHA’s 2024 President-Elect and as a trustee of the ASHFoundation. She previously served as ASHA’s Vice-President for Finance (2021–2022), Chair of the Financial Planning Board (2017–18); member of the Financial Planning Board; S.T.E.P. mentor and a member of SIG 11-Administration and Supervision. Dr. Mayfield-Clarke has also served on the Board of Directors of the National Black Association for Speech/Language/Hearing (NBASLH) and as a convention chairperson. She was an advisory board member of the North Carolina State Employees Credit Union -Stoney Creek Branch.