ASHA State Education Advocacy Leaders (SEALs)
State Education Advocacy Leaders (SEALs) are appointed by ASHA recognized state speech-language hearing associations to advocate on education issues. These issues may include caseload/workload, salary supplements, and maintenance of personnel standards in school settings. SEALs can be speech-language pathologists or audiologists. SEALs can be audiologists or speech-language pathologists (SLPs). The mission of the SEALs network is to enhance and perpetuate the advocacy, leadership, and clinical management skills of school-based ASHA members at the state and local levels to influence administrative and public policy decisions that affect the delivery of speech-language pathology and audiology services in school settings.
Do you have an education issue in your state that needs to be addressed? Find your state's SEAL below and e-mail them your concerns.
Are you interested in starting a campaign? SEALs Regional Champions work with school-based audiologists and SLPs to promote the valuable contributions you make in the schools!
For more information on SEALs activities in states contact Eileen Crowe, ASHA's Director for State Association Relations, by e-mail at ECrowe@asha.org.
Contact Information
Alabama
Taryn Garcia Hopper
tarynhopper@gmail.com
Alaska
Monica Glen
monicaglenslp@gmail.com
Arizona
Kelli Gladieux
kelg@aol.com
Arkansas
Lauren Rogers
slp.laurenrogers@gmail.com
California
Francine Wenhardt
fwenhardtSLP@gmail.com
Colorado
Laura Behling
lbehling@dcsdk12.org
Connecticut
Shannon Darak
sdarak@milforded.org
Delaware
Patty Pfeifer
mpar1985@gmail.com
District of Columbia
Terese Grimmett
terese1908@gmail.com
Florida
Lyndsey Pollack Zurawski
LyndseySLP@gmail.com
Georgia
Laura R Nichols
lrnichol@uga.edu
Jill Barton
jillslp@bellsouth.net
Hawaii
Tanya M Sasaoka
tanya.sasa@gmail.com
Melissa Friscia
mfriscia808@gmail.com
Idaho
Amber Romriell
amber.romriell@gmail.com
Illinois
Karen Kockler
kkockler1975@gmail.com
Indiana
Keegan Koehlinger-Wolf
keegan.koehlinger@gmail.com
Iowa
Colin Nies
colinnies@gmail.com
Kansas
Jane Wegner
jwegner@ku.edu
Kentucky
Lacey Back-Lane
lbb28@hotmail.com
Louisiana
Shanna Caprice Lee
shannacapricelee@gmail.com
Maine
Meg Jackins
megjackins@gmail.com
Maryland
Meredith Adams
madams4@bcps.org
Massachusetts
Briana O'Neill
boneillslp@gmail.com
Michigan
Courtney Halbower
courtneyahalbower@gmail.com
Minnesota
Kayla Mathiowetz
mathiowetzk@gmail.com
Mississippi
Melanie Clyatt
melanieclyatt@yahoo.com
Missouri
Pat Jones
pcjones750@gmail.com
Kimberly Stewart
kkstewart@ucmo.edu
Montana
Sally Klatt
klatts19@bresnan.net
Nebraska
Theresa Mourey
theresamourey@gmail.com
Jessica Thoene
jessica@alpharehab.com
Nevada
Nancy Kuhles
nkuhles119@gmail.com
Karen Klopfer
lvklopfer@cox.net
New Hampshire
Andrea Parker
andrea.r.parker@gmail.com
New Jersey
Melissa Eldred
MeldredSLP@yahoo.com
New Mexico
Karen Shirley
krshirley44@yahoo.com
New York
Karen McCrossen
kbmslp@aol.com
North Carolina
Robin Morrison
Smorrison58@nc.rr.com
North Dakota
(Vacant)
Ohio
Matt Hott
matt.hott85@gmail.com
Oklahoma
Nicole Power
slpinspiration@gmail.com
Oregon
Wendy Gunter
wendyg.speechtoday@gmail.com
Overseas
Kim Gardner-Pumah
evettegardner@hotmail.com
Pennsylvania
Hope Warner
hwarner52811@gmail.com
Rhode Island
Mary Jo Reidy
mjreidy@gmail.com
South Carolina
Miranda Grice
mgrice@lexington4.net
South Dakota
Jessica Schneider
Jessica.schneider@usd.edu
Tennessee
Jamie Seek
jamie@thesteppingstonesgroup.com
Texas
Kathy Wheat
KWheat@usa.edu
Utah
Lindsey Myers
usha.lindseymyers@gmail.com
Vermont
Danielle Kent
daniellegkent@gmail.com
Virginia
Jacquelyn Ragland
raglandjacquelyn@gmail.com
Washington
Katie Christensen
katieanne11@msn.com
West Virginia
Lisa McKinney Jackson
lisa_slp717@hotmail.com
Wisconsin
Dawn Merth-Johnson
rivcoach.johnson@gmail.com
Roxanne Pilger
Roxanne.pilger@ebshealthcare.com
Wyoming
Corri Sandoval
corrisandoval5@gmail.com
SEALs Regional Champions
Midwestern Region – Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin
Dawn Merth-Johnson
rivcoach.johnson@gmail.com
Northern Region – Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ohio, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Hope Warner
Hwarner52811@gmail.com
Southern Region – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Jacquelyn Ragland
raglandjacquelyn@gmail.com
Western Region – Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Nancy Kuhles
nkuhles119@gmail.com
The contact information was current at the time it was submitted to ASHA by the network representative.
