The International Dyslexia Association Promoting literacy through research, education and advocacy

IDA Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of The International Dyslexia Association is a cross section of individuals concerned with the issues of dyslexia. Included are dyslexics, parents dyslexic children, researchers, educators and professionals. They represent a variety of professions, educators and educational administrators, scientists and researchers, business people, attorneys, and psychologists.

	Executive Committee:
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	G. Emerson Dickman, J.D., President An attorney in private practice who, for over 25 years, has specialized in the representation of children with disabilities. Among the cases he has handled are leading precedents protecting the due process rights of pupils in special education and the constitutional rights of adults with developmental disabilities. Mr. Dickman was a member of the Professional Advisory Board for the National Center for Learning Disabilities for 6 years and Chairman of the protection and advocacy agency for the State of New Jersey for 5 years. He has been a member of the IDA Board of Directors for 10 years.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Edward J. Wilson, Secretary Edward J. Wilson is co-founder with his wife, Barbara A. Wilson of Wilson Language Training Corporation in Oxford, Massachusetts. Edward served as treasurer for the New England IDA and founding treasurer of the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC). He is certified in Wilson Reading System and Production/Inventory Control (CPIM).
	Robert F. Mauro, Treasurer A former Executive Vice President of Leo Burnett Worldwide, one of the largest advertising agencies in the world. Prior to that, he was Chief Operating Officer of WTTW in Chicago, the most- watched public television station in the country. Mr. Mauro also spent 13 years with CBS Network in New York and was responsible for the rebuilding of the Ed Sullivan Theatre for the Late Show with David Letterman.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Guinevere Eden, D. Phil., President-Elect Director of the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC. Using functional brain imaging technology, Dr. Eden and her colleagues are investigating the neurobiological representation of reading in individuals who have dyslexia.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Karen E. Dakin, M.Ed., Vice President Director of Learning Resources at Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Her area of expertise includes the diagnosis and remediation of dyslexia in children and adults. For over 20 years, she has been actively involved in IDA Branch development with the New York and Northern Ohio Branches of IDA.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Joan A. Mele-McMarthy, D.A., CCC-SLP, Vice President Director of Education of the Summit School, a private school serving the needs of children who have dyslexia and other learning differences in Edgewater, Maryland. Prior to this position, Dr. Mele-McCarthy served as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education. She has served as a clinical and academic faculty member at several universities and she owned and directed a multidisciplinary pediatric private practice. She also currently serves as an Advisor to the Board of the Wye River Upper School in Wye Mills, Maryland.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Meg Porch, M.A., CALT, QI, CCC-SP, Branch Council Chair Past president of the Southwest Branch of IDA and has been a member of the Branch Council Executive Committee for the past six years. She is a Speech/Language Pathologist and an Instructor for the Multisensory Language Training Institute of New Mexico, teaching coursework and supervising clinical practicum at the Teacher and Therapy levels.
	At-Large Directors:
	Suzanne Carreker, CALT
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Elizabeth Clark, M.Ed. An Administrator with Detroit Public Schools since 1969 and has served as a special education teacher, teacher consultant, and placement administrator. She is currently the Supervisor of Special Education. Ms. Clark is a member of the Learning Disabilities Association of America and the Michigan Branch of the Reading Association. She is a member of the IDA Michigan Branch Board of Directors and has been a member of IDA since 1991.
	Gad Elbeheri, Ph.D. Dr. Elbeheri is the Executive Director for the Centre for Child Evaluation & Teaching located in Kuwait. The CCET is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting individuals with learning disabilities in Kuwait and the rest of the Arab and Gulf region. He is an applied linguist who's field of interest focuses on the cross-linguistic investigation of specific learning difficulties in Arabic.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Jonathan Green, M.Ed. Director of The Hamilton School at Wheeler in Providence, Rhode Island — an innovative school-within-a-school serving elementary and middle school children diagnosed with dyslexia or other language-based learning disabilities. Mr. Green has a Masters of Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a founding board member of the Bradford L. Dunn Institute, a nonprofit corporation committed to assisting students, parents, and teachers with issues related to learning differences.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Charles W. Haynes, Ed.D. Associate Professor of Communication Sciences at Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute of Health Professionals in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Haynes graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, specializing in reading, language, and learning disabilities.
	Gertrude Ivory, M. Ed. A veteran educator who currently serves as the Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction in the Charlottesville City Public Schools. She has also served in a large, urban school district as Administrator for Literacy, Director of Extended Learning/Summer School Programs, Director of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, and Curriculum Coach for a high school reform model program. Ms. Ivory has designed and presented numerous professional development experiences for teachers, administrators, school support staff, and parents, locally, and at the state and national levels.
	R. Malatesha Joshi, Ph.D. Professor of Reading in the College of Education at Texas A&M University. He is the founding editor of Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Learning Disabilities.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Maureen Lovett, Ph.D. Senior Scientist in the Brain and Behavior Program of The Hospital for Sick Children (HSC) and a Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology at the University of Toronto. She is Director of the Hospital's Learning Disabilities Research Program (LDRP), a clinical research unit that develops and evaluates research-based remedial programs for children with developmental reading disabilities.
	Susan Lowell, M.A. Susan C. Lowell, M.A., B.C.E.T., is a member of the Board of Directors of I.D.A. and past President of NC I.D.A. Ms. Lowell serves as an advisor to the Office of Overseas Schools, U.S. Department of State, where she serves as a reading consultant for the international schools. Ms. Lowell’s course, ‘Teaching Reading in the International School,’ is offered for graduate level credit through Buffalo State S.U.N.Y. in the Masters degree program for international school teachers. Ms. Lowell also trains teachers for ‘Brookes on Location’, using research-based curriculum in phonemic awareness and reading instruction. As the director of Educational Therapy Associates in Chapel Hill, Ms. Lowell works as an educational diagnostician providing evaluations of learning difficulties including dyslexia.
	G. Reid Lyon, Ph.D Dr. G. Reid Lyon, is the founder of Synergistic Education Solutions, specializing in the development and implementation of effective educational initiatives and policies to improve teacher learning and application, evidence-based assessment and instructional strategies, and program evaluation strategies to build accountability for student learning. Dr. Lyon has more than 30 years of experience as a researcher, professor, teacher, school psychologist, and leader in the development of evidence-based education policy at the federal and state levels. Prior to his most recent position as Executive Vice President for Research and Evaluation at Higher Ed Holdings, Lyon served as a research psychologist and the Chief of the Child Development and Behavior Branch within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He was responsible for the direction, development and management of research programs in developmental and cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology, behavioral pediatrics, reading development and disabilities, and human learning and learning disorders.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Thomas E. McDonough, M.Ed. Retired educator and administrator, K-12 and the higher education and retail company human resources specialist for Mast General Stores in North Carolina. Tom is dyslexic and has been active in IDA since 1996 as a President of the North Carolina Branch and as Southern Regional Representative of the Branch Council Executive Committee since 2002.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Louisa Moats, Ed.D. A consultant on literacy research and literacy products, Sopris West Educational Services and a researcher, writer, and consultant specializing in professional development and teacher education. Dr. Moats earned her doctorate in reading and human development at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Sandra L. Soper, M.S.E. Coordinator for Specific Learning Disabilities for the School Board of Sarasota, Florida. She is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of South Florida.
	Joe Torgesen, Ph.D. Joseph Torgesen is the Morcom Professor of Psychology and Education at Florida State University and Director Emeritus of the Florida Center for Reading Research. He also serves as the Director of Reading for the Center on Instruction K-12 in Reading, Math, and Science. He received his Ph.D. in Developmental and Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan, and his research has focused on the psychology of reading and interventions for students with reading difficulties.
$S:\BOARD\Pictures\Sauter.jpg$	Eric Q. Tridas, M.D. A developmental and behavioral pediatrician in Tampa, Florida and Director of The Tridas Center for Child Development and the Medical Director for Pediatric Health Choice’s Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Facilities. Dr. Tridas specializes in the management of ADHD, dyslexia, and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
	Rosalie Whitlock, Ph.D.

	Ex-Officio, Non-voting Member:
	Executive Director/IDA