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The Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia (SHAV) is governed by an elected board of volunteer officers. SHAV contracts with a management firm and lobby team who work on behalf of the association and citizens of Virginia. SHAV's many committees and task forces provide opportunities for members to interact, learn and develop new skills.
SHAV is affiliated with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and serves as the professional association representing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Virginia. Formed in 1957, SHAV is a nonprofit organization of professionals working to meet the needs of people with communication impairments in Virginia.
2009-2010 Executive Board
The SHAV Board of Directors is made up of 10 members who work on behalf of the membership and professional community. Board members are elected by the membership and serve a two-year term. The president's term is divided into three phases (president-elect, president and past president) to facilitate a smooth transition.
Concerns, suggestions and comments should be directed to the appropriate Board member for discussion at the quarterly Board meetings.
President
Katrina (Tina) Eid, Ph.D.
Katrina (Tina) Eid received both her Ph.D. and M.Ed in Communication Disorders from the University of Virginia. Her Bachelor’s degree was in Speech Pathology and Audiology from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Tina has been serving children in special education programs in the public schools for almost 20 years. She has also worked at Camp Easter Seals summer program for children with speech and language disorders and at a private day school for children with cognitive delays. Tina has taught as an adjunct professor at several universities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. She has recently started her own private practice. Tina’s areas of clinical and professional expertise and interest are in speech and language development and disorders in young children and in assessment and intervention with bilingual children.
President Elect
Scott Rankins, M.S., CCC-SLP
Scott D. Rankins, M. S., CCC-SLP received his Bachelor of Science from Nazareth College of Rochester, NY in 1986 and his Master of Science in Education from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA in 1988 after serving in the U.S. Navy from 1977-1981. He has been a member of SHAV from 1988-1990 and 1993-present. He has practiced as a Speech-Language Pathologist at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters (Norfolk), United States Naval Hospital, Camp Lester (Okinawa, Japan), Central Virginia Speech & Hearing Center (Lynchburg). He currently co-owns (1994) and practices at Blue Ridge Therapy Associates in Lynchburg, a private outpatient OT, PT & ST rehabilitation facility for pediatric & geriatric populations. He was SHAV’s Vice President for Continuing Education from 2006-2008.
Past-President
Ruth Ann Brooks, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Ruth Ann Brooks received her Master of Education from the University of Virginia in May 1983 and a Bachelor of Science from Old Dominion University in 1975, both degrees in Communication Disorders. She was employed by Fauquier County Public Schools for seven years, and has been employed by Fairfax County Public Schools for 21 years. She is an exceptional clinician, has outstanding technology skills, and has been active in mentoring colleagues in the local Fairfax Speech-Language Clinicians’ Association as well as in SHAV. She is particularly interested in treating fluency disorders and working with pre-school autism classes.
Vice President for Member Services
Seijra Toogood, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Seijra Toogood received her B.A. from James Madison University in 1998 and her M.Ed. from University of Georgia in 2000. She has worked in the public school system for the past nine years, serving the elementary school population in both Fairfax County and Prince William County Schools. She has served children in the special education settings and has specialized experience in Autism, Down Syndrome and Moderate to Severe Disabilities. Seijra continues to provide Early Intervention Therapy services to children through Infant and Toddler Connections of Prince William County in the home environment.
Vice President for Government Affairs
L. Anthony White, M.S., CCC-SLP
Andy White grew up in North Carolina and received a B.A. in Theater and a M.S. in, what was then, Speech, Language and Auditory Pathology, from East Carolina University. He has been a transplanted Virginian since 1991 when he began working at the Grafton School in Winchester. He worked closely with the late Gail S. Mayfield and the Virginia Autism Resource Center. He has been employed as an SLP at the Southside Virginia Training Center, Richmond Children’s Hospital, and Petersburg City Public Schools. Since August 2002 when he began work as an SLP with Prince William County Public Schools, he has developed an interest in the political and governmental components that influence the work of all school-based speech-language pathologists in this wonderful and diverse Commonwealth. He attributes his good work ethic to his father, who is a retired farmer, and his desire to be service-minded to his mother who was a nurse. He is a new member of SHAV and looks forward to serving as the VP for Governmental Affairs.
Vice President for Audiology
Kenneth Cox, Au.D.
Ken Cox is tenured Associate Professor and the Associate Dean of the Waldron College of Health and Human Services. He is also a former Chairman of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Radford University (RU). He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the first time on a football scholarship and obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. He received his Master of Arts in Audiology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and his Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) degree from the University of Florida. He received his Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) in Public Health Leadership from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also has graduate training in clinical research from The Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Prior to joining the faculty at Radford University, he was an Assistant Professor and Research Coordinator for Audiology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, where he participated in a wide variety of clinical and research activities, including clinical trials on implantable hearing aids. His current research interests include electrophysiology in children with autism and aural rehabilitation.
Vice President for Speech-Language Pathology
Ann Marie Whaley, M.S., CCC-SLP
Ann Marie Whaley is a 2002 graduate of Radford University with a B.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders and a 2004 graduate of Vanderbilt University with a M.S. in Hearing and Speech Sciences. Ms. Whaley works as a Speech-Language Pathologist with the contract services division of Sheltering Arms Physical Rehabilitation Center at Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond, VA. Ms. Whaley serves on the Neuroscience Collaborative Practice Group which steered the JCAHO Primary Stroke Center Certification process at St. Mary’s Hospital in 2005. Ms. Whaley also has experience with infant feeding and swallowing assessment and intervention. She is part of an interdisciplinary team of therapists who are regularly consulted to see infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She regularly provides in-services to nursing staff in the unit and at other Bon Secours hospitals regarding the role of the SLP in the NICU, developmental care, and how developmental care relates to feeding and swallowing with premature and medically fragile infants.
Vice President for Public Relations and Communication
Angela Ramsey, M.S., CCC-SLP
Angela Ramsey received her Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Virginia followed by her Master’s degree in Speech Pathology from James Madison University. Following her degree, Ms Ramsey has enjoyed over 11 years experience in the educational field, with additional time spent as a private practitioner, and clinical service volunteer. She has provided services as a speech pathologist in Fairfax County, Virginia; the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein; Frederick, Maryland; Los Alamos, New Mexico, and is presently practicing in the Prince William school district. While actively pursuing her profession, she augmented her skills by serving as the Director of Community Education for the island of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. Ms Ramsey enjoys working with a diverse population and the constant changing environment this entails. She enjoys coming up with unique solutions and incorporating fun into functional communication.
Vice President for Continuing Education
Kathy Dickinson, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Kathy Dickinson graduated from Mary Washington College (now the University of Mary Washington) in 1987 with a B.A. in Communication Disorders, as part of a cooperative program with the University of Virginia and received her M.Ed. in Speech-Language Pathology from UVA in 1989. Kathy also completed her Post-Master’s Certificate for Principalship and Supervision from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Her first position was as a staff clinician and later the chief of Speech-Language Pathology at the Bristol Regional Speech and Hearing Center in Bristol, VA and its satellite center in Lebanon, VA. She served as the Clinical Supervisor of SLP at Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in New Kent, Virginia, and she was honored while working in Spotsylvania as the Teacher of the Year at Wilderness Elementary School. Kathy has taught numerous courses in Speech-Language Pathology. Her areas of clinical interest are pediatric auditory processing disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, and literacy. Kathy has been an active member of SHAV since 1989, and served on the first Public Information and Relations Committee in the early '90s.
Vice President of Finance
Shawnna English, M.S., CCC-SLP
Shawnna English received her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from James Madison University in 1992. She is currently the SLP Clinical Coordinator at Sheltering Arms Physical Rehabilitation Centers in Richmond, Virginia. Her career in speech-language pathology includes more than 13 years experience with adults in the acute care, inpatient rehabilitation and outpatient arenas. Shawnna's major areas of interest are brain injury, cognitive-communication disorders and dysphagia.
Nominations for board positions should be directed to the President Elect. Nominees must be voting members of SHAV. Self nominations are permitted.
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