Amazing Kids 2020

2020

Empowering Kids for the Future

Working Together Safely Apart

The Power of Laughter

Amazing care for children and families continues through the pandemic with telehealth and online education keeping everyone connected.

Student Jayden’s personality and humor were unmasked thanks to The Children’s Institute’s autism programs and superhero team.

Welcome to The Pugh Zoo

Empowering Families Through Behavioral Health

The Pugh family’s joyfully chaotic home felt whole after teaming up with Family Support Services at The Children’s Institute to foster and adopt.

Through outpatient behavioral health, amazing kids and families receive the support they need to recognize their powers of resilience.

Training Like a Superhero

A Legacy of Empowerment

Even at six years old, Italia’s “training” rivals that of any superhero. For Italia, who has

Empowering amazing kids for the future starts by reflecting on our amazing past and incredible

autism, therapies feel like play thanks to her amazing team.

HAVE AN AMAZING DAY!

Amazing Kids Magazine Credits:

donors like Gez Ebbert, whose support is unwavering.

Wendy A. Pardee, Ph.D. President and CEO 412.420.2209 wendy.pardee@the-institute.org Emily Peters, J.D. Vice President of Institutional Advancement 412.420.2216 ejp@the-institute.org Ned Schano Director of Marketing & Magic 412.420.2479 nsc@the-institute.org

Jenna Ammer Marketing & Communications Manager 412.420.2203 jam@the-institute.org Writing | Kathy Fenton Design | AlphaGraphics in the Cultural District Photography | Joshua Franzos

Empowering Kids for the Future Dear Friends, At The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh, the unprecedented challenges of these past few months have reminded us of a consistent theme we have relied on for 118 years – ideas we once thought impossible are possible. Through inspiration, creativity, and adaptability, innovations yet again become reality.

How? Because there’s a hero in every one of us.

The kids we serve are our superheroes. They leave their comfort zones and step forward with open minds to heal and grow and learn and connect. It’s not just the goals they work so hard to achieve – milestones big and small – but their resolve that defines them. Their families are superheroes, too. When in-person therapies and The Day School had to pause due to COVID-19, families rose to the challenge. But providing the best care for a child with significant needs is challenging, so our heroic team responded quickly with effective new methods of support. Like any successful superhero, our amazing kids, their families, and our team run toward responsibility.

Welcome to the new issue of Amazing Kids, in which we celebrate our superheroes and share their successes with you during this complicated time for our community, our country, and our world.

The following pages chronicle the rewards of hard work from Italia Trigona and Jayden Mesko, who are relating in new ways to their families and the world around them. See how April and Jay Pugh have embraced their family of four beautiful girls and how donors like Gez Ebbert positively impact our organization’s efforts.

Learn how The Children’s Institute team continues to work together, while remaining apart, to accomplish our mission by expanding telehealth services for outpatient therapies and behavioral health and by offering online instruction for students at The Day School.

In the past year, difficult decisions were made to best position The Children’s Institute for success in the years to come. In the last few months, the rapid evolution of our telehealth services to ensure safety and wellness during a global pandemic enables us to support families and serve kids in new ways. As you read through this issue, sense the excitement and optimism we feel today in Empowering Kids for the Future – one in which everything seems possible.

Thank you for your ongoing support,

Wendy A. Pardee, Ph.D. President and CEO AmazingAmazing Kids | Summer Kids 2020 2020 01 5

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WORKING TOGETHER Expanding Telehealth and Online Education to Overcome Social Distancing

SAFELY APART At The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh, our amazing kids and their families come first. For more than a century, our role has been to develop and deliver the most effective services to meet their needs. Through consistent, comprehensive strategic planning, we expand our programs and add new outreach services that help to accomplish our mission. We also respond to urgent unexpected needs, as we did this spring and summer with COVID-19.

“Providing outpatient therapies and behavioral health care, education, and family/social services during months of physical distancing has inspired new methods of care delivery for The Children’s Institute,” explains Dr. Wendy Pardee, president and CEO. “To stay safe at home, much of the world came to a pause, but we knew taking a break wasn’t an option for us.

We needed to quickly innovate how we support our families and ensure that kids keep progressing.”

Outpatient therapy services – including physical, occupational, and speech and language therapies; the feeding program; and the pain program – closed for inperson appointments in mid-March before reopening many services in early June. With the expedited development of telehealth options, kids began receiving virtual services in just 10 days. By late April, more than 65% of families were onboarded for virtual therapies. Behavioral health needs were also addressed through scheduled telehealth appointments, though priority in-person appointments remained available as an essential service.

Additional essential services that continued throughout Pennsylvania’s stay-at-home order included Family Support Services (formerly Project STAR) and Care

Coordination. Because of the dedication and commitment of our team, 40% of Family Support Services have been delivered to vulnerable families in-home.

The Day School building remained closed due to a government order from mid-March through the end of the 2019-2020 academic year. Thanks to our resourceful teachers and support team, students and families were provided Online Continuity of Instruction throughout the spring. Check-in phone calls, customized packets of educational materials, and virtual lessons were provided to all students.

“The aptitude of our team and their resilience and energy to embrace change is inspiring,” describes Karen Markle, M.A., BCBA, chief strategy officer for The Children’s Institute. “They possess the expertise, commitment, quality, and integrity to dream big and work hard.”

With the implementation of telehealth services, The Children’s Institute now envisions a robust array of online educational services for use in the near future by our families and partner school districts. We are also planning to offer virtual Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services for kids with autism. Telehealth is foundational when considering our reach to provide care beyond southwestern Pennsylvania.

“Everyone – parents, kids, and our team – is leaning into the telehealth model of care delivery,” Pardee explains.

“Our focus is always on advancing the mission.

The current climate, while difficult, has provided opportunities for us to execute our work in new ways to serve more kids and families with the greatest needs.”

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Laughter Jayden Mesko has a great sense of humor. He loves to laugh, and he loves to make others laugh. Humor is his superpower, and he learned how to use it at The Day School at The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh.

“I have worked with Jayden for four years and he has made extraordinary progress,” explains Lena Schmiedecke, M.S., BCBA, behavior and instructional support specialist. “The individualized attention and interdisciplinary approach The Day School provides, combined with consistent effort from Jayden and both of his parents and their families, have empowered Jayden to achieve many goals and helped to reveal his true personality.”

Jayden enrolled at The Day School in November 2014 at age seven. His split family, who co-parent as a successful team, was already very familiar with the Squirrel Hill location, where Jayden had been receiving outpatient occupational and speech therapies related to his autism spectrum disorder for three years. It had been an emotional journey for Jayden’s mom and dad, whose efforts to secure the best support for their son included seeking help from both an educational advocate and an educational attorney.

“We knew from our outpatient experiences with The Children’s Institute that the best place for Jayden to learn and grow was at The Day School,” explains Kema Mesko, Jayden’s mother. “We could see Jayden’s potential, and his therapists recognized it, too. Jayden is becoming his best self with the resources and support provided by the Autism Support Program at The Day School.”

“I’ll never forget the emotion of our IEP meeting at the end of Jayden’s first year at The Day School,” his dad, Mike Mesko, reflects. “Jayden knew how to say 48 words. 48 words! He could only say 13 on his first day. It’s indescribable, the impact of those words on Jayden’s life and on the lives of our families.”

Jayden can ask by name for his older sister and stepsiblings. He shares what he wants and needs, and he will ask for help when something hurts. Increased communication lessened frustration, which improved behaviors and led to Jayden’s increased interaction with his teachers and therapists, the other students in his class, and the world around him. It also unmasked his silly side. Mike laughingly calls him their “goofy kid.”

“Jayden is now 13 and he is included with our family wherever we go,” says Kema. “Experiencing life with him is wonderful. He’s so much more relaxed, he loves snuggles and hugs, and he’s always entertaining us.

Laughter is an incredible gift, and The Day School gave that gift to us.”

From the day they enter a classroom to graduation, every student that receives educational services through The Children’s Institute is guided along an amazing journey to reach their full potential. With new and growing educational offerings serving a wide array of student and school district needs, learn more about our services that might be right for your student by contacting Ashley Harland, enrollment coordinator, at 412.420.2222 or ahz@the-institute.org.

To make a gift in support of our educational services, please visit amazingkids.org/giving.

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Welcome to

The Pugh

People love superhero teams. It’s easy to cheer for a group of heroes who are forged together by a common purpose, complementing one another’s gifts to accomplish together what they never could on their own. Family Support Services (formerly Project STAR) – part of the broader Child and Family Services team at The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh – unites teams like these every day.

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“Jay and I were college sweethearts,” explains April Pugh. “We knew we wanted a family and during our years-long struggle with infertility, we decided to foster a child with the intent to adopt. Five years later, we’re a busy family of six!”

“We are blessed to live in a joyfully chaotic house – The Pugh Zoo – with four daughters, ages one to 18,” Jay laughs. “While each of them has become part of our family in a different way, each of them knows that April and I love them all the same.”

April and Jay tell the amazing story of how they had four daughters four ways. Medical assistance helped them have biological daughter Emmalyn, now 8. Ashlee, adopted last year at the age of 17, came to their family as a teenager. Biological daughter Maisie, age 3, was born thanks to in vitro fertilization (IVF), and the adoption of 18-month-old foster child Tonnie, placed with the Pughs directly from the hospital at 12 days old, will be finalized very soon.

While Tonnie has never known a day without the rest of the Pughs, Ashlee’s life experience was very different.

“I’m so grateful that we were flexible and open-minded when Chelsea Jacobs from The Children’s Institute first called us about Ashlee,” says April. “We never said we would be willing to foster a teen, but Ashlee needed help that The Children’s Institute knew we could provide – and now she is our daughter.”

“We saw great potential in Ashlee from the moment we met,” describes Jay. “Our role at first was to provide care and safety, to be her mentors, and to show her what a loving relationship looks like. We let Ashlee set the pace to integrate into our family.”

“April and Jay work incredibly well as a team,” says Chelsea Jacobs, foster care supervisor at The Children’s Institute. “They show by example what love means, and they are willing to do whatever it takes to provide a safe, accepting, and nurturing home for their daughters.

They have also embraced a large extended family, which includes Ashlee’s five biological siblings and their foster and adoptive parents, as well as the family who adopted Tonnie’s four biological brothers. In selflessly putting the needs of their children before their own, April and Jay have built a beautiful, healthy, and diverse family.”

With permanency at the foundation of all we do, our Family Support Services help children live and grow within safe, nurturing, lasting families. Licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, our services include foster care and adoption, and county-referred prevention services. To learn more about becoming a resource family, visit amazingkids.org/resourcefamily. To make a gift in support of these amazing services, please visit amazingkids.org/giving.

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Consistent with our ongoing commitment to serve children and families who have the greatest needs, The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh has been expanding outpatient behavioral health services in the Greater Pittsburgh region. In recent months, the rapid development of telehealth delivery has accelerated our reach. By employing therapeutic interventions to reduce symptoms of stress, alleviate anxiety and depression, decrease sleep disturbances, and improve behaviors, we are helping children function better at school, with their families, and in other relationships.

“We are a support system for our young clients to gain self-awareness and achieve personal goals,” explains Casey Harvilla, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC, an outpatient behavioral health therapist at The Children’s Institute.

Our work fosters emotional resilience, builds self-esteem, and enhances coping and social skills.”

The Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic, with a full-time licensed team of five professionals, provides a safe space for children, teens, and young adults to express their emotions and develop abilities that enable future success. Team members employ a variety of theoretical interventions, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT, Art Therapy, and Play

Therapy. Skill building in the following areas are often a focus of treatment: emotion regulation, social skill development, mindfulness, and stress reduction.

Individual therapy sessions can be delivered through telehealth or in-person appointments. Therapists work in partnership with parents to identify and maximize family strengths, and in collaboration with team members across the organization’s physical health, educational, and family/social service lines. The Children’s Institute is well-equipped to help children and youth manage the impact of trauma, including trauma responses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Living through the uncertainty of this pandemic is traumatic, especially for children and families who were vulnerable prior to its onset,” explains Dr. Wendy Pardee, president and CEO of The Children’s Institute.

“With the continuing stressors of the current climate, we are certainly seeing an upward trend in the need for outpatient behavioral health services. Growing these services was already a core component of our Vision 2023 strategic plan. In response to increasing demands and by quickly onboarding telehealth opportunities, The Children’s Institute is increasing our capacity to serve kids and families through a comprehensive array of behavioral health services.”

“In life, everyone will encounter unexpected and challenging circumstances,” Harvilla said. “By working on skills like identifying and learning how to appropriately express emotions, especially those related to fear, anger, and sadness, we gain the tools to better manage all kinds of life situations.”

An Amazing Resource

Outpatient Behavioral Health appointments can be scheduled by calling 412.420.2447. To make a gift to support our behavioral health initiatives, visit amazingkids.org/giving.

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She is only six years old, but our Amazing Kids magazine cover star Italia Trigona already knows how to work hard. Both at home and at the Bridgeville campus of The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh, Italia’s training rivals that of any superhero. From strengthening and conditioning, to dexterity and coordination, sensory processing, expressive language and more, each step in her journey toward independence gives Italia a sense of purpose. Thanks to her therapists – along with Dad, Mom, and brother Nico – all that work feels a lot more like play.

“Life is harder for kids like Italia, but they don’t know life any other way,” says Jenny Trigona, Italia’s mother.

“Italia’s therapists make life so much better for her and for our family. They make us feel special by treating us just like everyone else.”

Italia started in-home physical therapy at 16 months to address her low muscle tone. When an expressive speech delay was identified at age 2, speech therapy was added. She was diagnosed with autism the following year and started receiving outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapies at The Children’s Institute in Bridgeville in 2018. She loves her friends there, including Sarah Dayak, who works in reception and is always the first person to say hello; and Laura Smith, P.T., DPT; Katie Stanley, M.S., OTR/L; and Emilie Okopal, M.S., CCC/SLP. “In occupational therapy, we engage Italia in fun, positive activities that motivate her to learn and grow,” Stanley describes. “For children, their primary

occupation is play, so we make the most of our play time together to create foundations and master skills that will help Italia be successful as she enters school. Italia shows confidence in the skills she has mastered and the motivation to work toward new goals. Because Italia’s mom is so invested, the carry-over of therapy exercises and activities to home has contributed dramatically to Italia’s success.”

Italia now has a large vocabulary of single words and is starting to speak two-word sentences. She is excited to share her achievements, like zippering, cutting, and dressing. She enjoys pretending and painting, and she plays soccer and baseball. Italia loves to hold hands and give hugs. She and her older brother, Nico, are best friends. A fourth grader, he is her voice when she needs one, and he helps coach her baseball team. Nico also participates in Italia’s therapies when he is not in school.

“I am so thankful for the staff and therapists at The Children’s Institute in Bridgeville and how they work as a team to bring out the best in Italia,” Jenny explains.

“They treat my child as if she is their child. They have been woven into the fabric of our lives. I know that every person in Italia’s life is there for a special reason.”

Our experienced therapists are here to help make a difference for your child. To schedule an in-person or telehealth appointment, call 412.420.2362. To make a gift to our Amazing Kids Fund, providing uncompensated care to families in need, visit amazingkids.org/giving.

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Community partnerships empower The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh. They complement our existing services and help to extend our reach. They connect us to our local neighborhoods and engage our kids and families. They provide support and encouragement as we work to meet our mission –

To Heal. To Teach. To Empower. To Amaze.

These are just a few of our many impactful community partnerships and events.

Amazing Kids on the Move

Thanks to a very special gift, we’re ready to drive inclusion in the community.

Through a generous donation, this new van was purchased, wrapped, and ready to transport our students to community job and volunteer placements and to represent the organization across the region. The van was a huge hit with our 2020 graduating class as it appeared at each student’s home for drive-by graduation ceremonies during COVID-19.

Learn more

about how you can get involved in support of our amazing kids and families by contacting Abby Pittinaro, MBA, community giving manager at apz@the-institute.org or 412.420.2204.

Shake It Up Our partners at The Milk Shake Factory make life sweeter for our amazing kids by awarding Milkshake Milestones to those who achieve education and/or therapy goals. This new program, unveiled in December 2019, gives families the opportunity to celebrate progress together with a free milkshake.

Presents from Police

A decade ago, the Aspinwall and Millvale Borough Police Departments initiated the Presents from Police holiday toy drive.

Today, the program involves officers from seven local communities who personally deliver new gifts to students at The Children’s Institute each December.

Exercising for a Great Cause

Each May brings opportunity for team members, families, and friends of The Children’s Institute to get active while helping to support the organization. In the first three years of the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community, our teams more than quadrupled their fundraising efforts. We also look forward to continuing our partnership with the Pittsburgh Marathon as a Contributing Charity.

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EXTINCT

IS JU ST A STATE O F MIND Not all superheroes wear capes – but sometimes dinosaurs do. Meet Wilson, the beloved mascot of The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh.

Wilson shares his name with his predecessor, who served as the mascot for The Day School for almost a decade. The new Wilson, a spiky green dinosaur with a fantastic sunflower yellow cape, has a bigger job that better fits his size. He was first introduced to students at The Day School on March 4, 2020.

“Wilson is an amazing ambassador for The Children’s Institute,” says Abby Pittinaro, MBA, community giving manager, and the driving force behind the new Wilson and his more visible role. “He’s the first mascot in Pittsburgh – and maybe anywhere – to communicate with an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device.

Wilson is non-verbal (like any good mascot) but with his custom-made, techsensitive gloves, he can speak through technology.”

Named for The Children’s Institute’s former president and CEO John A. Wilson (1985 to 2003), Wilson the Dinosaur is responsible for spreading awareness

about The Children’s Institute, its amazing kids, and their families through community activities and on social media. Custom-made by Hogtown Mascots in Toronto, under direction from Pittinaro and the team in the Institutional Advancement office, Wilson’s gloves and AAC device help him effectively communicate the mission of The Children’s Institute to all types of audiences.

“Mascots speak to a variety of generations,” Pittinaro explains. “They are photogenic and help to increase understanding with an atmosphere of enthusiasm and fun. Mascots like Wilson become iconic and he is cuddly, welcoming, and embraces inclusivity. He’s the perfect representative for The Children’s Institute!”

Wilson has big plans for spending time at The Children’s Institute, including visits to outpatient therapy sites and participating in events at The Day School like prom and Special Olympics. He especially likes posing for photos! Look for our superhero dinosaur throughout the region, especially hanging out in local businesses and with community partners. Wilson has plenty of mascot friends around the City of Pittsburgh, so he’ll probably be spotted with Iceburgh, the Pittsburgh Penguins mascot, or Kenny Kangaroo at Kennywood, or his pal the Pirate Parrot.

Wherever he goes, Wilson shows people that everyone has something important to say – and that there are different ways to roar!

Keep up with Wilson and The Children’s Institute on social media! Follow our adventures on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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A Legacy of

Emp werment Empowering amazing kids for the future starts by reflecting on our amazing past and the incredible individuals who give their support to ensure the many children and families we serve have the brightest futures. We shine a light on Gez Ebbert, one of our superhero supporters, as the great-granddaughter of Jennie Totten Kay – one of the friends of Mary Irwin Laughlin – who helped to establish The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh in 1902.

The Children’s Institute is my family and it is such an amazing place. For more than 100 years, the organization has evolved and adapted to meet the ever-changing needs of children with unique needs. During my 40 years as an educator, I worked extensively with special needs students. I know the importance of inclusivity and accessibility, of education and technology, of resilience and therapy. The Children’s Institute is extraordinary in providing the resources these children need to live their best lives.

I appreciate and share that devotion, as did my family before me. From the time of my great-grandmother, we have been investing in the present and for the future of The Children’s Institute and the lives it transforms.

While my family connections to The Children’s Institute can be traced from its first days to today (my cousin Lisa Fagan is a vice chair of the Board of Directors), I would be involved with the organization no matter what because of its special mission. I have been meeting with my financial team to develop a long-term planned giving strategy. Every penny counts, as does the thought behind it. I am sharing with The Children’s Institute what I have, both now while I am living and after my death. My family will always be a proud part of the history and future of The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh.

Join Gez in building this legacy of empowerment for The Children’s Institute. By investing in our future with a planned gift – bequest intentions, IRA distributions, charitable trusts, and/or insurance designations – you empower us to impact the lives of children with special needs and their families today, tomorrow, and for years to come. Friends of The Children’s Institute who make a legacy gift are recognized as members of the Mary Irwin Laughlin Society.

For more information regarding planned giving arrangements, please contact Sara Dickey, individual giving director, at sdy@the-institute.org or 412.420.2201.

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Since 1902, The Children’s Institute has been dedicated to providing services to better the lives of amazing kids and their families to further our mission: To Heal. To Teach. To Empower. To Amaze.

We exist to help our amazing kids recognize their superpowers and

to bring them more care, more smiles, and more amazing futures.

Visit amazingkids.org/giving to change a life today.

The Amazing Kids Fund

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LEVERAGING THE

HER IN ALL OF US The Children’s Institute Champions an Amazing Team

Our families face big challenges and each team member at The Children’s Institute is committed to supporting them at every turn,” says President and CEO Wendy Pardee, Ph.D. “We employ incredible therapy, education, and family/social service professionals. It’s breathtaking to see our team in action, working together to transform the lives of children and families in imaginative and resourceful ways.

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What Does It Mean To Be Amazing?

Team members at The Children’s Institute bring their superpowers to work every day. They are strong supporters for the many children and families we serve, as well as each other. Do you know any superheroes who may be a good fit? Learn more about our culture and view career opportunities at amazingkids.org/careers.

ppreciation and drive to help others eaningful connections with families and team members

bility to see beyond a child’s disability, diagnosis, or life challenge

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The Children’s Institute has been growing and evolving since 1902, with new chapters written every day. Our strategic plan, Vision 2023: An Amazing Future, provides direction for our future so that we can best meet the needs of our community.

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We will operate a portfolio of services within a financially sustainable model that achieves breakeven from operations by the end of fiscal year 2023.

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We will aggressively pursue partnerships that We will attract and retain the best enhance our capacity to provide, develop, talent to ensure our quality of and connect to a sustainable, holistic array of services and reputation continue to exceptional services that support individuals differentiate us from our peers. with disabilities across their lifespan.

We will attract and retain the best talent to ensure our quality of services and reputation continue to differentiate us from our peers.

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Board of Directors Chair

J. A. Katarincic Jr.

Vice Chairs

Lisa C. Fagan Jonathan M. Kamin Henry B. Stafford

Secretary

Pamela W. Golden

Treasurer

Romayne L. Botti

President and Chief Executive Officer Wendy A. Pardee, Ph.D.

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Directors

Urmi Ashar, M.D., MBA Marshall L. Balk, M.D. Gregory B. Benckart Susan L. Boyle Dan Caste Tina Chekan, Ed.D. Kate Dewey Thomas A. Doran Robert I. Glimcher Michael P. Haggerty Michael J. Hannon Brian M. McInerney Matthew Smith Jason R. Wilburn

Associate Members Nancy M. Armstrong Thomas J. Bachman Mary Florence Brown

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Paulette P. Cantwell Patricia Suzanne Chesko Henry C. Cohen N. John Cooper, D.Phil.

Sandy W. Côté Christina A. Decker John R. Denny George M. Egan Sheila C. Fine Henry J. Gailliot Lillian H. Goldsmith George C. Greer Joseph E. Imbriglia, M.D. Ellen P. Kessler Pradeep K. Khosla, Ph.D. Eileen L. Lane Allan MacDougall III Ann M. McGuinn Michele M. McKenney B. Gordon Nelson III

Barbara K. Nelson Maureen S. O’Brien Judy G. Papernick Ruth S. Perfido F. Brooks Robinson Jr. Patricia R. Rooney Susan Baker Shipley Lea H. Simonds Ann E. Sullivan Harry A. Thompson II Ginny Thornburgh John Thornburgh Jamee W. Todd James W. Ummer Susan C. Williams Margot B. Woodwell

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