Advisory Board
Welcome to DSCBA’s new Advisory Board of professionals who are committed to being associated with and available to the DSCBA, and whose expertise has and will continue to be utilized by our staff to assist our members. Thank you for your commitment!
Dr. Ruth Brown, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Assist. Prof. at Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University
Aaron Feldman
Special Needs Attorney; Founder of the Feldman Law Group
Christina Gallo, MS, OTR/L
Pediatric Occupational Therapist; Founder & Executive Director of Child’s Play Therapy Services
Natalie Hale
Founder of Special Reads for Special Needs; Author; Speaker
Brian Hockel, DDS
Dentist, Life Dental & Orthodontics
Marianne Iversen
Director of Programs & Adult Services, DSCBA; Board Member of Contra Costa Developmental Disability Council
Jen Jacob
Author; Founding Partner & Executive Director of the Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network
Denis Kenny
Employment & Labor Attorney; Founding Partner at Scherer Smith & Kenny LLP
Dennis McGuire, PhD, LCSW
Author; private practice, former Director of Psychosocial Services for the Adult Down Syndrome Center of Lutheran General Hospital, Chicago
Amanda Pharis, BCBA, LBA, MA EdSp
Behavior Analyst; Owner & Founder of AMP Support Services LLC
Kati Skulski, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech and Language Pathologist; AAC & AT Specialist; Consultant for DSCBA
Cathleen Small
Director of Family Support and Medical Outreach for DSCBA; Co-Chair of the California Down Syndrome Advocacy Coalition
Dr Noemi Spinazzi, MD, FAAP
Medical Director - Down Syndrome Clinic (Charlie’s Clinic) at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Stephanie Thompson
Director of the National Down Syndrome Adoption Network (NDSAN), a program of the DSA of Greater Cincinnati (DSAGC)
Teresa Unnerstall
Dual Diagnosis Specialist and Consultant; Author
Heather Vukelich, MS, CCC-SLP
ASHA-Certified Speech-Language Pathologist and Feeding Specialist, Certified TalkTools instructor; @happykidstherapy
Natashe Washington, Esq.
Special Education Attorney, Law Office of Natashe Washington
Steve Wilcox, CAP, CFP, ChFC, CFS
Financial Advisor and Partner at Summit Financial, LLC