Kelly Wooldridge, MPT

Kelly Wooldridge, MPT

Treasurer

Kelly Wooldridge is the Treasurer of ASPIRE. Kelly has devoted most of her professional and volunteer life to helping children and their families.  She has been a pediatric physical therapist for over 20 years, spending the last 7 in hospital pediatric rehab leadership.  Kelly is the mother to three amazing teenagers, two of whom have PANDAS.  She is co-President and a founding member of Midwest PANDAS/PANS Parent Association (MPPA) a 501c3 with a mission of promoting awareness and access to care for children with the diagnosis.  Kelly and founding board members of MPPPA hosted a PANS/PANDAS medical conference in 2015 with CMEs provided by Washington University to providers from across the country.  Throughout her professional career working with children and families, case managing for her own children, and advocating on behalf of many families faced with the challenges of PANS and related encephalopathies, it has become clear to Kelly that the key to meaningful and sustainable change is collaboration and the right relationships.  She quickly recognized that both of these qualities were strong within the founding team of ASPIRE.  Kelly looks forward to serving in her role as Treasurer, bringing her career skills of financial stewardship to assist in advancing the mission of ASPIRE.