Board And Staff
Our Board
Tom Miller
JD, Meijer
(he/him)
Board President
Chris Kaiser
Elders Helpers
(he/him)
Board Vice President
Ann Tarr
MSW, D. A. Blodgett – St. Johns
(she/her)
Board Secretary
Claude Titche III
Beene Garter LLP
(he/him)
Board Treasurer
Members At Large:
Lena Abissi
Culver Wood & Culver
(she/her)
Roxanne Buhl
Western Michigan University
(she/her)
Nanette Clatterbuck
Learning Differences Resource Group
(she/her)
Kristina Donaldson
Parent Representative
(she/her)
Amy Goethal
City of Grand Rapids (retired)
(she/her)
Kirsten Meyers
Kent Intermediate School District, Special Education
(she/her)
Ryan Tubbs
Parent Representative, Michigan State University
(she/her)
Leadership Team
Julie Helm
(she/her)
Operations Director
Ellen Sawyer
(she/her)
Associate Director
Pamela Van Ocker
(she/her)
Clinical Director
Janice Wilks
(she/her)
Programs Director
Summer Wright
(she/her)
Executive Director
Marketing and Development Team
Jonathan Aue
(he/him)
Development Associate
Esperanza Garay-Negrón
(she/her, they/them)
Marketing Associate
Syd Martin
(she/her, they/them)
Marketing Associate
Operations Team
June Riley
(she/her)
Administrative Associate
Sarah Walters
(she/her)
Office Coordinator
Kayleigh Van Overen
(she/her, they/them)
Technology Associate
Physical & Occupational Therapy
Rhonda Hines
COTA/L
(she/her)
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Assistant Programs Director
Speech-Language Pathology Department
Kaitlyn Denhof
MA, CF-SLP
(she/her)
Speech-Language Pathologist
Social-Emotional Support Department
Teacher Consultants & Psychologists Department
