Ad Hoc Committees

Ad Hoc Committees and Working Groups address single-focused issues that need a timely response and cannot be handled expeditiously by standing committees.

Completed Ad Hoc Committee Reports

Active Ad Hoc Committees

Ad Hoc Committee on Leadership Strategy

Charge: Develop a leadership strategy for the Association and discipline and to make recommendations on how to implement the strategy.

Composition: 7 Members— Chair, 3 audiologists, 3 speech-language pathologists

Members:

Barbara Goodson, MS, CCC-SLP, Chair
Samuel K. Johnson, CCC-A, Member-Audiology
Kevin Kock, AuD, MPH, CCC-A, Member-Audiology
Jessica R. Sullivan, AuD, CCC-A, Member-Audiology
Alison A. Lemke, MA, MPA, CCC-SLP, Member-SLP
A. Lynn Williams, PhD, CCC-SLP, Member-SLP
Judy Rich, EdD, CCC-SLP, Member-SLP (2024)

Term: 10/22/2022-6/1/2024

BOD Liaison(s): Immediate Past President

Staff Liaison: Andrea Falzarano (afalzarano@asha.org)

Ad Hoc Committee on Centennial Planning

Charge:

Advance discussion and planning for ASHA’s 2025 Centennial celebration
Strike a balance between a retrospective and a future vision, with a spotlight on the present; and (1) develop a comprehensive concept and recommendations for a portfolio of events to cover the 2025 Centennial year and (2) solicit member input and collate member ideas.

Composition: 12 members—2 Co-Chairs and 8 members from the audiology and speech-language pathology professions

Members:

David Alexander, AuD, CCC-A, Co-Chair
Theresa Rodgers, MA, CCC-SLP
Debra L. Burnett, PhD, CCC-SLP
Jann Fujimoto, MS, CCC-SLP
Raquel J. Garcia, SLPD, CCC-SLP
Kyle Greene-Pendelton, MS, CCC-SLP
Lauren Hastings, MS, CCC-SLP
Brandon Roppel, AuD, CCC-A
Natalie Sfeir, MS, CCC-SLP
Laura Verdun, MA, CCC-SLP

Term: 6/14/2023–6/30/2024

BOD Liaison(s): 2023 BOD President

Staff Liaison: Selena Ramkeesoon (sramkeesoon@asha.org)

Ad Hoc Committee to Plan Next Steps to Redesign Entry-Level Education for Speech-Language Pathologists

Next Steps 2022 Summer Webinar Series: The Next Steps 2022 Summer Webinar Series is an initiative of the Ad Hoc Committee to Plan Next Steps to Redesign Entry-Level Education for Speech-Language Pathologists to communicate what ASHA is working on, to solicit input from stakeholders about their perceptions, and to gather ideas and reactions from stakeholders about how entry-level education and lifelong learning for SLPs can be improved.

Charge: Advance discussion and planning to redesign entry-level education for speech-language pathologists and formulate recommendations for the ASHA BOD about how comprehensive input might be obtained from a large group of stakeholders to advance entry-level education for SLPs.

Composition: Planning Subcommittee: 9 Speech-Language Pathologists representing academic administration; representing persons with a clinical doctor in SLPA and board-certified specialist; teaching and supervision experience; representative from Academic Affairs Board; research interests in child language acquisition and assessment in historically underrepresented racial ethnic minority populations; schools experience; and the 2021 VPs for SLP Practices and Standards and Ethics in SLP

Stakeholder Subcommittee: 7 members: Representatives from CAA, CAPCSD, CFCC, NSSLHA, Specialty Certification Board SLP, SIG 10, AND SIG 11.

Members: