Contact Information for Member Organizations of the National Joint Committee
National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of Persons with Severe Disabilities (NJC)
AAIDD Representative
Mary Ann Romski, PhD, CCC-SLP
Department of Communication
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 5060
Atlanta, GA 30203-5060
Phone: 404-413-5666 (office and lab)
Email: mromski@gsu.edu
AOTA Representative
Judith Schoonover, MEd, OTR/L, ATP, FOTA
Independent Consultant
5110 Rosabelle Beach Avenue
Holland, MI 49424
Phone: 703-727-8337
Email: Jschoonover93@gmail.com
AOTA Staff/Ex Officio
Varleisha D. (Gibbs) Lyons, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, ASDCS, FAOTA
Vice President of Diversity Equity Inclusion Justice Access & Belonging
American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Phone: 240-752-1187
Email: vgibbs@aota.org
APTA Representatives
Yuping Chen, ScD, PT
Associate Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
Georgia State University
P. O. Box 4019
Atlanta, GA 30302-4019
Phone: 404-413-1256
Email: ypchen@gsu.edu
Mari Therrien, PT, DSc
Physical Therapist & Researcher
Lil' Explorers Pediatric Therapy & Florida State University
201 W. Bloxham Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Email: mrtherrien@fsu.edu
ASHA Representatives
Andrea Barton-Hulsey, PhD, CCC-SLP (Committee Co-Chair)
Assistant Professor
School of Communication Science and Disorders
Florida State University
201 W. Bloxham Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850-644-7285
Email: abartonhulsey@fsu.edu
Nicole L. Tripp, MS, CCC-SLP
Tripp Assistive Technology Services LLC
Houston, TX
Phone: 832-452-7087
Email: Nicole@nicoletripp.com
ASHA Staff/Ex Officio
Diane Paul, PhD, CCC-SLP
Senior Director, Clinical Issues in Speech-Language Pathology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Boulevard #350
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-296-5688
Email: DPaul@asha.org
Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (ATAP) Representative
Beth Mineo, PhD, CCC-SLP
Director, Center for Disabilities Studies
Associate Professor, School of Education
University of Delaware
461 Wyoming Road, Room 123
Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 302-831-1589
Email: mineo@udel.edu
DCD (CEC) Representative
Susan Bruce, PhD
Boston College
210 Campion Hall
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3813
Phone: 617-552-4239
Email: susan.bruce@bc.edu
TASH Representative
Karen Erickson, PhD
The Center for Literacy & Disability Studies University of North Carolina
321 S. Columbia Drive
Bondurant Hall, Suite 1100, CB 7335
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone: 919-966-8828
Email: erickson@unc.edu
USSAAC Representatives
Rose A. Sevcik, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Department of Psychology
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 5010
Atlanta, GA 30302-5010
Phone: 404-413-6296
Email: rsevcik@gsu.edu
