Board

National Black Association
for Speech-Language and Hearing

The symbol used in the NBASLH's trade mark is from the country of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). It means
:...reach out with the echo of understanding and speak for all to hear"

NBASLH EXECUTIVE BOARD

	Cathy Runnels, M.S., CCC-SLP, Chair Ms. Runnels is president of Accent On Speech, a practice specializing in the speech-language learning needs of school-aged children and public speaking, accent modification and delivery skills of broadcasters. She conducts training workshops for governments, corporations, and non-profit organizations in the Washington, D.C. metroplex. A native of Dallas, Texas, Ms. Runnels attended Chapman College in Orange, California for undergraduate studies and Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York for her master’s degree. Previous affiliations include Montgomery County Public Schools, University of the District of Columbia, and Harlem Hospital Speech and Hearing Center. Ms. Runnels is presently a faculty associate at Johns Hopkins University, national consultant for Pearson/AGS publishing and the Bureau of Educational Leadership. Additionally, Ms. Runnels serves on the Board of Ethics for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. E-mail: accentonspeech@yahoo.com.
	Ronald Jones, Ph.D., CCC-A, Past Chair (2006-2007) Dr. Jones is a professor in the Department of Allied Health at Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia. He is also the Coordinator of the Department's Communication Sciences and Disorders Program and Director of the NSU Hearing, Speech-Language, and Literacy Center. He is an active member of long-standing in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and a recent member of the Multicultural Issues Board. Dr. Jones has more than 30 years of professional experience as an audiologist and communication science and disorders specialist. He has worked in a variety of settings to include private practice, industry, public schools, federal government, and post-secondary education. He has numerous publications and professional presentations to his credit. Dr. Jones' current research and teaching interests include aural rehabilitation, auditory processing, voice science, and literacy acquisition. E-mail: rjones@nsu.edu
	Yolanda Fields, M.S., CCC-SLP, Secretary Ms. Fields is the Manager for Acute Care and Outpatient Speech Pathology Services at CJW Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia where she has been a manager for more than 17 years. Ms. Fields has conducted several seminars, workshops, guest lectures and has published articles in the areas of adult and pediatric dysphagia. Ms. Fields attended Hampton University for undergraduate studies and the University of the District of Columbia for her master's degree. Previous affiliations include Princeton Medical Center, Princeton, New Jersey and home health agencies in the Richmond and Chesterfield, Virginia areas. Email: Yolanda.Fields@HCAHealthcare.com
	Jonathan Love, M.A., CCC-SLP, Treasurer Jonathan currently is a private practitioner who services children from birth to 18 years of age. Jonathan has formed a partnership with Courtney and Dana Johnson to create Innovative Communication Therapy (ICT). ICT currently services children in Chicago and Houston. Previous employment includes Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Pediatric Potentials. During his tenure with CPS, Jonathan was given the opportunity to write and receive two grants for schools where he was assigned and give a fluency workshop for the Cluster 4 division of the Chicago Public Schools Speech Pathologist. Jonathan’s mission is to provide superior evidenced-based speech and language services to families and motivate new speech-language pathologists in the field to continue to learn and research different methods of treatment for superior services. His passion to work hard in the field stems from his own constant struggle to control his fluency from childhood to present. Email: mrlove02@hotmail.com
	Arnell Brady, M.A., CCC-SLP, Parliamentarian Mr. Brady has been a private practitioner in speech-language pathology (SLP) for more than 22 years. While based in Chicago, Illinois, he is currently licensed to practice in the states of Illinois, Indiana, California, Georgia, and Arkansas. Mr. Brady is the owner and clinical director of the only African American male comprehensive SLP clinic in the state of Illinois. He first joined NBASLH in 1985. He received his B.A. in SLP from Saint Xavier College (Chicago, Illinois); and his M.A. in SLP from Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). During the early period of building his private practice, he held several clinical staff positions in medical SLP. He was a staff pediatric and adult neurology SLP at the University of Chicago Hospitals; senior SLP at Saint Joseph Hospital: and chief SLP at Provident Hospital of Cook County. His Chicago clinic specializes in neurogenic communication disorders, corporate communications enhancement, utilization of computer technology in speech-language pathology, professional voice and speech articulation. E-mail: aaarnell@aol.com
	Iris Johnson-Arnold, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Email: ijohnson@tnstate.edu Dr. Johnson-Arnold is an Associate Professor and the Coordinator of Graduate Studies in the Department of Speech Pathology at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee. She teaches both in the traditional on-land graduate program and the newly established on-line Masters graduate program. She received her Bachelors and Masters degrees from South Carolina State University and the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Memphis. Her areas of interest include: multicultural issues affecting communication, child speech and language development/disorders, pedagogical practices and recruitment/retention issues. Dr. Johnson-Arnold is the TSU NSSLHA Advisor and serves as a consulting speech language pathologist to the Metropolitan Head Start Agency in Nashville, TN.
	Bernadette Mayfield-Clarke, Ph.D, CCC-SLP Dr. Mayfield-Clarke is an associate professor and program Director of Speech Communications and Speech/Language Pathology & Audiology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Masters of Science and Ph.D. degrees from Howard University, Washington, D.C. She is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in Speech/Language Pathology and has licenses to practice in the states of California, Maryland, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia. Dr. Mayfield-Clarke is actively involved in research specializing in low levels of lead poisoning and its impact on speech and language behavior; quality of service delivery to the 0-5 year old population; and the attitudes towards knowledge and skills acquisition (KASA) in a pre-professional training program in a HBCU. E-Mail: abmayfie@ncat.edu
	Michele Norman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Dr. Michele L. Norman is an assistant professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University-Douglass College, New Brunswick, NJ; Masters of Science degree from University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, and Doctor of Philosophy degree from The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in Speech-Language Pathology and a voting member of the Speech-Language and Hearing Association of Virginia. Dr. Norman’s academic concentration includes adult neurogenics and medical speech-language pathology. Her areas of research include normal and pathological aging and their relationships to communication disorders across diverse cultures. E-Mail: drmlnorman@hotmail.com or normanml@longwood.edu
	Byron Ross, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Dr. Byron Ross is an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Arkansas where he teaches Sign Language, Acquisition of Normal Language, and Assessment and Intervention for Children with Severe Disabilities. His research interests include joint attention behaviors in children with autism and augmentative/alternative communication. He received his B.S., and M.S., from the University of Central Arkansas in Speech-Language Pathology, and his Ph.D., from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Email: bross@uca.edu
	Travis T. Threats, Ph.D., CCC-SLP threatst@slu.edu Travis T. Threats, Ph.D. is the chair and an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Saint Louis University, where he teaches courses in neurogenic communication disorders. He received his B.S. degree from Kansas State University, his master’s degree from University of Illinois- Urbana-Champaign, and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He has written and presented extensively concerning his three main scholarly interests: the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF); evidence based practice; and health care ethics. He has worked on the development of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ICF as the primary contributor concerning the communication and swallowing chapters. He has served as ASHA’s representative liaison to the WHO since 1999. He also assisted the ASHA committees on the incorporation of the ICF as the framework for the field in the Scope of Practice for Speech Language Pathology, Scope of Practice for Audiology, and the Preferred Practice Patterns for the Profession of Speech-Language Pathology. Dr. Threats is currently the Senior Consultant for the American Psychological Association (APA) in the joint WHO/APA project to develop and write the Procedural Guide and Manual for Standardized Application of the ICF: A Manual for Health Professionals. He also currently serves on ASHA’s Advisory Committee for Evidence Based Practice; the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Science’s (ANCDS) Ethics Committee; and is the head of the Advocacy and Reimbursement Committee for ASHA Special Interest Division 2- Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders.
	Doanne Ward, Student Representative students@nbaslh.org Doanne Ward is a M.Ed. Candidate in Communication Disorders at North Carolina Central University. She also works as a research assistant at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has presented at the American Speech-Hearing Association Conference and the North Carolina Technology Expo. She received a scholarship to travel to Mexico to attend a symposium focusing on bilingual speech-language pathology in the Summer of 2006. She was also chosen to participate in ASHA’s Minority Student Leadership Program-Class of 2006. Her research interests are: autism, early intervention for Spanish-speaking populations, and multicultural issues.

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