ASPIRE Board
Gabriella True
President
Michael McCartney
Vice-President
Kelly Wooldridge, MPT
Treasurer
Jessica Gowen
Vice President & Secretary
Lisa Hardy
Advisor to the Board
Susan Swedo, MD
Provider Outreach Chair, Professional Advisory Board
Gregory Panagos
Finance Committee Chair
Christine Kapetanakis
Public Relations Chair
ASPIRE is delighted to announce that the following key volunteers are joining ASPIRE as Committee Members to lend their expertise, time, and energy to achieving the goals outlined in our strategic plan.
- Libby Majewski – Public Policy
- Lisa Swint – Public Policy
- Wendy Nawara, LCSW – Public Policy
- Caoimhe Dardis – Research/Study Review
- Gabriella Bout Denning – Research/Study Review
- Martha Shoultz – Finance/Governance
- Kim Cruz, MD – Provider Outreach
- Fern Zagor, LCSW, ACSW – Provider Outreach & Finance/Governance
- Christine Amabile, LCSW – Provider Outreach & School Outreach
- Kim Turgeon – School Outreach
- Lisa Killion – School Outreach
- Christine Case – Family Support
- Katie Zigmond – Family Support
- Erin Thomas – Family Support
- Liz Reinke – Family Support
- Jaime Tan – Family Support
- Denise Webster – Family Support
- Aly Windsor – Family Support & Content/Communications
- Sherine Gilmour – Content/Communications
- Tricia Ehrlich – Content/Communications
- Kathy Rubel – Content/Communications
- Katie Fox – Content/Communications
- Joy Catron – Content/Communications
- Lisa Williams – Development & Family Support
- Mary Hernandez – Public Relations
- Denise Nagy – Public Relations
ASPIRE Founding Board Members
Wendy Nawara, MSW
Past President, Founding Board Member
Gabriella True
President
Jessica Gowen
Vice President & Secretary
Lisa Hardy
Advisor to the Board
Kelly Wooldridge, MPT
Treasurer
JC Konecny
Founding Board Member
Lucy Fry
Communications Chair
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