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 audiologists or speech-language pathologists (SLPs).

Mission:  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 addressing a statewide or regional issue? 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, email Eileen Crowe, ASHA's Director for State Association Relations, at ECrowe@asha.org.

SEALs Regional Champions 

Midwestern Region – Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin

Dawn Merth-Johnson
rivcoach.johnson@gmail.com 

Northern Region – Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont

Hope Warner
Hwarner52811@gmail.com 

Southern Region – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia

Shequria Williams
swilliams@mysidekicktherapy.com

Western Region – Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Monica Glen
monicaglenslp@gmail.com 

This contact information was current at the time it was submitted to ASHA by SEAL. For listed as vacant or other SEALs-related information, please contact Eileen Crowe at ecrowe@asha.org.

For information on State Advocates for Medicare Policy (StAMPs) or State Advocates for Reimbursement (STARs) please visit State-Based Advocacy Networks.