Course Chairs
Clarissa Kripke, MD, FAAFP
Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Director, Office of Developmental Primary Care
University of California San Francisco
John I. Takayama, MD, MPH
Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics
University of California San Francisco
Faculty
(University of California, San Francisco unless indicated)
Aaron Carruthers, MPA
Executive Director, CA State Council on Developmental Disabilities
Emma Cladis
Self Advocate
Diane Cullinane, MD
Developmental Pediatrician
Co-founder and Executive Director Emerita, Professional Child Development Associates (PCDA), Pasadena, CA
Sneha Dave, BA
Founder and Executive Director, Generation Patient
Whitney Deal, MD
Assistant Professor, Georgetown School of Medicine
Vivian Do
Project Manager, Supported Decision-Making Training and Information Center
Disability Voices United
Melissa Drake, MS
Communication and Community Engagement Manager,
Master Plan for Developmental Services, CA
Yao Du, PhD, CCC-SLP
Clinical Assistant Professor, M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology
USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California
Mary Dubon, MD
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Program Director, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship
Associate Director, Kelley Institute for Adaptive Sports Research
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Pediatric Sports Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Allen Friedland, MD, MACP, FAAP
Program Director, Combined Med-Peds Residency Program
Section Chief, Med-Peds
ChristianaCare
Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Season Goodpasture, MS
Founder and Executive Director, Acorns to Oak Trees
Raul Gutierrez, MD, MPH
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF
Director, UCSF Pediatric Leaders Advancing Health Equity Program
Terri Hancharick
Co-Founder, Endless Possibilities in the Community, EPIC
Emily Holl, MFA, MSW
Director, Sibling Support Project
John A. Jadach
Co-Founder, Endless Possibilities in the Community, EPIC
Anne V. Kirby, PhD
Associate Professor, Occupational & Recreational Therapies
Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychiatry
University of Utah
Eric London, MD
Director, Autism Treatment Laboratory, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities
Chief Science Advisor, New York State Autism Consortium
Co-Founder, National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR)
Miguel Lugo
Outreach Specialist
Disability Voices United
Elysa J. Marco, MD
Pediatric Neurologist, Lifetime Neurodevelopmental Care, Inc. (LiNC)
Judy Mark
Co-founder and President, Disability Voices United
Peggy McManus, MHS
President and Co-Director
The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health and Got Transition
Edlyn Peña, PhD
Director and Associate Professor of the Education Leadership doctoral program, Cal Lutheran
Director of the Autism and Communication Center
Amged Soliman
Senior Attorney Advisor
National Council on Disability
Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, MD, MPH, FAAP
Immediate Past-President,
Society of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Owner, DBP Doc, PLLC, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Education, Consultation, & Training
Amy Westling, ED
Executive Director, CA Association of Regional Center Agencies
Marta E. Wosińska, PhD
Senior Fellow, Center on Health Policy, The Brookings Institution