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Member Roster
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee
Chair
- Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Director
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Federal Members
- James F. Battey, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
- Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences and National Toxicology Program
National Institutes of Health
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
- Coleen Boyle, Ph.D., M.S. Hyg.
Director
National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
- Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
- Denise Dougherty, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Child Health
and Quality Improvement
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Washington, DC
- Tiffany R. Farchione, M.D.
Medical Officer
Division of Psychiatry Products
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, Maryland
- Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D.
Director
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
- Laura Kavanagh, M.P.P.
Director
Division of Research, Training and Education
Maternal and Child Health
Health Resources and Service Administration
Rockville, Maryland
- Donna M. Kimbark, Ph.D.
Program Manager
Congressionally Directed Medical
Research Programs
U.S. Department of Defense
Frederick, Maryland
- Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
- Sharon Lewis
Commissioner
Administration for Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities
Acting Principal Deputy Administrator
Administration for Community Living
Washington, DC
- John P. O'Brien, M.A.
Senior Policy Analyst
Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Baltimore, Maryland
- Linda K. Smith
Deputy Assistant Secretary and
Inter-Department Liaison for Early Childhood Development
Administration for Children and Families
Washington, DC
- Michael K. Yudin
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services
Office of Special Education and Rehabiliative Services
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, DC
Public Members
- Idil Abdull
Parent
Co-Founder
Somali American Autism Foundation
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- James Ball, Ed.D., BCBA-D
President and CEO
JB Autism Consulting
Executive Chair, Board of Directors
Autism Society
Cranbury, New Jersey
- Anshu Batra, M.D.
Parent
Developmental Pediatrician
Our Special Kids
Los Angeles, California
- Noah Britton, M.A.
Self Advocate
Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Bunker Hill Community College
Salem, Massachusetts
- Sally Burton-Hoyle, Ed.D.
Family Member
Associate Professor
Department of Special Education
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan
- Matthew J. Carey, Ph.D.
Parent
Contributor - Left Brain Right Brain
San Jose, California
- Dennis W. Choi, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair
Department of Neurology
Director
Neurosciences Institute
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York
- Jose F. Cordero, M.D., M.P.H.
Dean
University of Puerto Rico
Graduate School of Public Health
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
- Jan M. Crandy
Parent
Case Manager
Nevada State Autism Treatment
Assistance Program Chair
Nevada Commission on Autism
Spectrum Disorders
Las Vegas, Nevada
- Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer
Autism Speaks
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities
Carrboro, North Carolina
- David S. Mandell, Sc.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Lyn Redwood, R.N., M.S.N.
Parent
Co-Founder, Vice President
and Board Member
Coalition for SafeMinds
Tyrone, Georgia
- Scott Michael Robertson, M.H.C.I.
Self Advocate
President and Vice Chair of Development
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
University Park, Pennsylvania
- John Elder Robison
Self Advocate, Parent and Author
Amherst, Massachusetts
- Alison Tepper Singer, M.B.A.
Parent and Family Member
Founder and President
Autism Science Foundation
New York, New York
