Dr. Tommie L. Robinson, Jr.,

PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, BCS-F, BCS-CL, FNAP

Chief, Division of Hearing and Speech

Director, Scottish Rite Center for Communication Disorders

Children’s Hearing and Speech Center

Children’s National Hospital

Washington D.C.

Dr. Fernandes, PhD, is a Speech Language Pathologist and Audiologist (Fonoaudiologa) from Brazil. She has a Masters degree in Communication Disorders, a PhD in Semiotics and Linguistics and is a full professor at Universidade de Sao Paulo, School of Medicine. Her teaching and research area is mainly language development with a special focus on autism, which resulted in over 150 published papers, besides books and several book chapters. She participated in CAPCSD’s Global Engagement Committee and in ASHA’s International Issues Board. She was president of the Brazilian Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (SBFa) for two terms. Along with several research awards, she was honored with the Merit award by SBFa and with an ASHA fellowship. She was the chair of the IALP education committee for speech language pathologists, is a member of the Child Language Committee and  IALP Vice-President for Education on the Board at large.

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Lemmietta G. McNeilly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CAE serves as the Chief Staff Officer for Speech-Language Pathology at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She is an ASHA Fellow, Distinguished Scholar and Fellow of the National Academy of Practice, and a Fellow and Certified Association Executive of the American Society of Association Executives. She has expertise empowering leaders regarding the changing health care landscape, interprofessional education and collaborative practice, social determinants of health, patient safety, utilization of speech-language pathology assistants, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), and practicing at the Top of the License. Her resume includes numerous publications and international presentations and expertise managing health.