Leadership - American Cochlear Implant Alliance

Leadership

The Board of Directors exercises all corporate powers and manages the business and affairs of the Alliance. They establish program priorities central to its core mission of sponsoring research, increasing awareness and improving access to cochlear implants through advocacy while providing oversight of all activities carried out in support of its mission.

CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
	Colin Driscoll, MD * Chair, Otorhinolaryngology Mayo Clinic (MN)	*denotes Executive Committee member FY2016-2017
OFFICERS
	VICE CHAIR - Holly Teagle, AuD* Clinical Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Children’s Cochlear Implant Center at UNC, Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina
	TREASURER -- Jill B. Firszt, PhD * Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Head-Neck Surgery Director, Cochlear Implant and Hearing Loss Research Laboratory Washington University School of Medicine
	SECRETARY -- Jan Larky, MA * Stanford Ear Institute Director, Cochlear Implant Program Stanford Health Care
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
	Nikolas H. Blevins, MD CI 2017 Pediatric Co-Chair Malcolmson Professor Chief, Division of Otology/Neurotology Medical Director, Cochlear Implant Center Stanford University	Amy McConkey Robbins. MS LSLS Cert. AVT Speech-Language Pathologist Communication Consulting Services Indianapolis, IN
	Craig A. Buchman, MD FACS * Lindburg Professor and Chair, Division of Otolaryngology Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine	Julian Nedzelski, MD, FRCSC Scientific Program Chair, CI2016 International Professor Emeritus Department of Otolaryngolgoy - Head and Neck Surgery University of Toronto/Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
	Dan Choo, MD Professor and Director, Dept. of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Steven R. Rech Partner Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Houston, TX
	Bruce J. Gantz, MD FACS Chair, CI Conferences Committee Professor and Head University of Iowa Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics	Andrew G. Shuman, MD Assistant Professor Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery University of Michigan Health System
	David S. Haynes, MD, FACS Chair, Membership Committee Professor of Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery/Hearing & Speech Sciences Cochlear Implant Program Director, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
	Meredith Holcomb, AuD, CCC-A Clinical Director, Cochlear Implant Program Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Medical University of South Carolina

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
	Donna L. Sorkin, M.A.*