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National Aphasia Association
350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 902
New York, NY 10001
phone: (800) 922-4622
naa@aphasia.org

Executive Board
Executive Board President
Barbara C. Martin

Vice President Strategic Planning
Lee Ann C. Golper, Ph.D.

Vice President Programs
Darlene S. Williamson, M.S., CCC-SLP

Vice President Community Outreach and Education
Donald Weinstein, Ph.D.

Vice President Fundraising
Stanley Raiff

Treasurer/Vice President Budget and Finance
Leonard Resnicoff

President Emeritus and Founder
Martha Taylor Sarno, M.A., M.D., (honorary)

President Emeritus
Alan Bandler, Esq.

Members
Mike Adler
Roberta Chapey, Ed.D, CCC-SLP
G. Albyn Davis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
J.Tyler Entwistle
Blair Justice, Ph.D.
Barbara Kessler
Howard S. Kirshner, M.D.
Don A. Olson, Ph.D.
Phyllis Putter Barasch
Oliver Sacks, M.D.
Steven L. Small, Ph.D., M.D.

Advisory Council
Nancy Alarcon, M.S., CCC-SLP
Martin L. Albert, M.D., Ph.D
Anna M. Barrett, M.D.
Ted Baxter
Henry Betts, M.D.
Sally Byng, OBE
Linda Carozza, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Jose Centeno, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Leora R. Cherney, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Mari Doran, M.A., CCC-SLP
Roberta Elman, Ph.D.
Leslie Gonzales-Rothi, Ph.D.
Mona Greenfield, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, LCSW
W. David Halloran
Anita Halper, M.A., CCC-SLP
Kenneth Heilman, M.D.
Nancy Helm Estabrooks, Sc.D.
Victor Henderson, M.D.
Jacqueline Hinckley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Audrey Holland, Ph.D.
Joseph Jaffe, M.D.
Yves Joanette, Ph.D.
Andrew Kertesz, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Arlene Kershaw
Alexis Kershaw Silvia
Leonard LaPointe, Ph.D.
Stevin Levin, Esq.
John A. Liechty, MSW
Lynn Maher, Ph.D.
Marsel Mesulam, M.D.
Shirley Morganstein, M.A., CCC-SLP
Richard Peach, Ph.D.
Hariklia Proios, Ph.D.
Luis Riquelme, M.S., CCC-SLP
John Rosenbeck, Ph.D.
John E Sarno, M.D.
Barbara B. Shadden, Ph.D.
Herb Silverman
Maura E Silverman, M.S., CCC-SLP
Joel Stark, Ph.D.
Ronald Tikofsy, Ph.D.

Staff
Executive Director
Ellayne Ganzfried, M.S., CCC-SLP

Information/Administrative Coordinator
Amy Coble

Fundraising Consultant
Joan F. Peters, Esq.

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National Aphasia Association

OUR MISSION:
The NAA's mission is to educate the public to know that the word aphasia describes an impairment of the ability to communicate, not an impairment of intellect. The NAA makes people with aphasia, their families, support systems, and health care professionals aware of resources to recover lost skills to the extent possible, to compensate for skills that will not be recovered and to minimize the psychosocial impact of the language impairment. The NAA respects and values cultural and linguistic differences and makes every effort possible to acknowledge the impact of culture and language on the performance of each individual with aphasia. The NAA provides supportive and advocacy services to all persons with aphasia regardless of individuals'
race-ethnicity, religious affiliation, cultural and cognitive linguistic background or sexual orientation.

OUR VISION:
The NAA envisions a society in which aphasia is a commonly understood word and where all persons with aphasia, regardless of individual differences, their families, health professionals, and the public have access to appropriate education and resources that would enhance their potential for an acceptable quality of life.
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