BIAA Welcomes New Officers and Directors By Susan Connors, President/CEO, Brain Injury Association of America At its meeting in December 2015, the board of directors of the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) elected a new slate of officers and four new directors as volunteer leaders at the national level.
Brant A. “Bud” Elkind, M.S., CBIST, is the new chairman of BIAA’s board. Mr. Elkind is employed as director of clinical operations for Robin Hill Farm, Inc., a post-acute residential treatment and rehabilitation company located in south central New Hampshire. He is the immediate past chairman of the board of governors of BIAA’s Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS) and past president of the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire. Mr. Elkind has an immediate family connection to brain injury. is
Douglas L. Brewer, M.B.A., is the new vice chairperson of BIAA’s board. He is employed as chief administrative officer of Brookwood Medical Center, an acute care hospital in Birmingham, Ala. He was previously vice president for Select Medical Holdings Corporation/SSM Healthcare, where he drove strategic growth through new joint venture partnerships, acquisitions, and other business relationships. Mr. Brewer previously served on the board of the Brain Injury Association of Missouri. The Honorable B.J. Penn, M.S., is
now secretary of the BIAA board. He was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installation and Environment) and briefly served as acting Secretary of the Navy in 2009. In 1995, Mr. Penn departed military service to join Loral Corporation, which was later acquired by Lockheed Martin. He began his career as a naval aviator after receiving his B.S. from Purdue University and his M.S. from The George Washington University, where he later served on the governing board.
Gregory Brickner, M.B.A., is BIAA’s
treasurer. He is employed as the director of business development at the Atlanta Medical Center in Georgia. He is formerly the chief financial officer for HydroWorx International, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based firm that manufactures specialized healthcare equipment for individuals with physical disabilities. Mr. Brickner earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Master of Business Administration from Shippensburg University’s John L. Grove Collect of Business.
John D. Corrigan, Ph.D., ABPP, returns to BIAA as a director having served as a member of the board more than a decade ago. Dr. Corrigan is a professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Ohio State University and Director of the Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, which is the designated lead agency in the state of Ohio for TBI policy and planning. He is editor-inchief of The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, which has been designated by BIAA as its scholarly journal. Dr. Corrigan is the project director for the Ohio Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System and chairs the executive committee of the TBI Model Systems Project Directors. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Board on the Health of Select Populations and serves on the Neurological and Behavioral Health Subcommittee of the Defense Health Board. Dr. Corrigan has received many awards for his service and research in brain injury rehabilitation, including BIAA’s William Fields Caveness Award, the Robert L. Moody Prize, and the Gold Key Award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Maureen Cunningham, CFRE, is
also a new director on BIAA’s Board. She is employed as the executive director of the Brain Injury Association of Missouri and has 23 years of nonprofit experience with health and social service organizations. Ms. Cunningham currently chairs the State Affiliate Section, a special interest membership group within BIAA for chartered state affiliates.
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