JCIH: Joint Committee on Infant Hearing


Liaison Representatives

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Donald Goldberg, Ph.D., CCC-SLP/A, LSLS Cert. AVT
College of Wooster & Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH

Meredith K. Sugar, Esq.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Columbus, Ohio

American Academy of Pediatrics

Susan Wiley, MD
UC Department of Pediatrics
Cincinatti, OH

Robert C. Nutt, MD, MPH
General Pediatrics & Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics - Clinic for Special Children
Wilmington, North Carolina

American Academy of Audiology

Alison Grimes, AuD
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Jessica J. Messersmith, Ph.D
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Craig A. Buchman, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, MO

Oliver Adunka, MD
Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, OH

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Karen Munoz, EdD, CCC-A
Utah State University
Logan, UT

Meredith Holcomb, AuD, CCC-A
University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine - Ear Institute
Miami, FL

Council of Education of the Deaf

Stacy Abrams, MA
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Washington, DC

Tawny Holmes Hlibok, Esq.
Education Policy Counsel at the National Association of the Deaf
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC

Directors of Speech and Hearing Programs in State Health and Welfare Agencies

Patricia Burk, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Oklahoma City, OK

Kirsten Coverstone, AuD
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN

Supporting Organizations (Non-Voting)

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Tricia Ashby-Scabis, AuD, CCC-A (Staff)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Rockville, MD
Regina Zappi, AuD, CCC-A (Staff)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Rockville, MD

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Marcus Gaffney, MPH
Team Lead
CDC EHDI Program

Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Marie Mann, MD, MPH, FAAP
Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs
Rockville, MD

Treeby Brown, MPP
Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs
Rockville, ML

National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management

Karl White, PhD
Utah State University
Logan, Utah

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) National Institutes of Health

Kelly King, AuD, PhD
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

JCIH Members are available to give presentations at national conferences and meetings. Please contact Tricia Ashby-Scabis at tashby@asha.org if you are interested in a presentation by a JCIH member.

Last updated March 23, 2022



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