Dr. Julie Lounds Taylor is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and an investigator at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. She received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Lifespan Family Research at the…
View DetailsMarilyn is the president of the Simons Foundation. Under her leadership the foundation has grown rapidly since its inception in 1994 to become one of the country’s leading private funders of basic scientific research. Marilyn also has more than 25 years of experience actively supporting nonprofit organizations in New York…
View DetailsAs a licensed clinical psychologist with specialties in diagnosis, social and communication development and intervention in autism spectrum disorders, Dr. Lord is a Professor of Psychology and the founding Director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain (CADB), a collaborative program between New York-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medical College,…
View DetailsIlene is a board member and Executive Director of New York Collaborates for Autism (NYCA), which she co-founded in 2003. Ilene also co-founded the NYCA Charter School, the only charter school in New York State dedicated exclusively to serving children with a disability. She served as its first Board President…
View DetailsKathy is an Associate Research Scientist, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatry and the Director of the Initiative for Girls and Women with Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Yale Child Study Center. Kathy has a lifelong interest in autism spectrum disorders, and has worked with children with autism since her teen years….
View DetailsAllison Kleinman is the founding director of the Jack and Shirley Silver Center for Special Needs and is focused on creating individual paths for people to appreciate and connect to community. During her tenure, she has launched a successful workforce development program providing a range of services and supports to…
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