Richard (Dick) Danielson, PhD
Richard (Dick) Danielson, PhD, is the Manager for Audiology and Hearing Conservation at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, where he leads a NASA program aimed at preventing noise-induced hearing loss during spaceflight and ground-based missions. He served for 28 years as a U.S. Army audiologist, including a deployment as the Officer-in-Charge of an audiology task force for Operation Desert Storm, and served as the Director of the Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Dr. Danielson has held several leadership positions in the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) and was CAOHC’s Chair in 2005. He is a former president of the Texas Academy of Audiology. Dr. Danielson’s PhD is from the University of Texas at Dallas (Callier Center). He has served as a faculty member of several universities, including a current appointment as an associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine. |
Edward Szumowski, AuD
Edward Szumowski, AuD, is a private practice audiologist and owner of West Michigan Hearing Services since 1985. His practice specializes in the rehabilitation of adults with hearing loss, primarily through dispensing and related services. Dr. Szumowski received his BA in Pre-Medicine and English from the University of Michigan, his MA in Audiology from Wayne State University, and his AuD from the George S. Osborne College of Audiology at Salus University.
He is Past-President of the Michigan Academy of Audiology. He and his wife Marcia have two adult children—Andrew & Laura.
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James A. (Jim) Beauchamp, AuD
James A. (Jim) Beauchamp, AuD, is an educational audiologist employed by Tulare (California) County Office of Education. In charge of the Hearing and Speech Center, he provides the full range of clinical and rehabilitative audiology services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students including the fitting and adjustment of hearing aids and FM systems. Dr. Beauchamp consults with public school nurses concerning student hearing health care, and he works with teachers and administrative personnel concerning appropriate classroom acoustics and educational needs of hearing impaired students. He is Board Certified in Audiology by the American Board of Audiology (ABA) and has served in various leadership roles in the California Academy of Audiology and Educational Audiology Association. He also provided leadership on the ABA Board of Governors, where he served as Board Chair in 2009; he currently serves as chair of the ABA Pediatric Audiology Specialty Certification Task Force. |
Judith Blumsack, PhD
Judith T. Blumsack, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Auburn University. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan. Dr. Blumsack was a National Science Foundation pre-doctoral fellow and received her PhD from Florida State University. She completed her clinical fellowship year at the University of Florida.
Dr. Blumsack's interests include rehabilitative audiology and educational audiology. She is a member of the AAA recruitment subcommittee and is an Educational Audiology Association state representative. She is a past Lions Club chapter president. Dr. Blumsack and her husband, Steve, have two daughters, Lisa and Michelle.
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David Fabry, PhD
David Fabry, PhD, is Managing Director of Sales at Starkey Laboratories, Inc. He is a Past President (2001) and Board Member (1997-2002) of the American Academy of Audiology and has previously held positions as Director of Audiology at Mayo Clinic (1994-2002) and the University of Miami (2007-2009). He is currently the Content Editor of Audiology Today. He earned three degrees from the University of Minnesota, a BA in Psychology (1981), MA in Audiology (1984), and PhD in Hearing Science (1988). He devotes his life to hearing and balance, the latter provided primarily by his wife, Elizabeth, and daughter, Loren. |
Karen Jacobs, AuD
Karen Jacobs, AuD, is a private practitioner in Grand Rapids, Michigan and owner of AVA Hearing Center, which she started in 1998 following 15 years in an ENT practice. She is thrilled to be serving as a Trustee of the AAA Foundation. She has been active in the profession, serving recently on the American Academy of Audiology Board of Directors, the American Board of Audiology Board of Governors, Political Action Committee Advisory Board, Chairman of the Audit Committee, Business Enhancement Strategies and Techniques, International Committee, and State of Michigan Audiology Licensure Board. She served as President of the Michigan Academy of Audiology and numerous committees and Task Forces at the State and National level. She has a BS in Communication Disorders from Central Michigan University; an MA in Audiology from Central Michigan University; and an AuD from the George S. Osborne College of Audiology at Salus University. In addition to audiology she enjoys fishing, traveling, and spending time with her husband Michael, daughter Sarah, and son Paul.
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Pamela Keenan, AuD
Pamela Keenan, AuD, has a BS in Communication Disorders from Central Michigan University; an MA in Audiology from Michigan State University; and an AuD from the George S. Osborne College of Audiology at Salus University.
She has worked as an audiologist for the past 17 years in a variety of settings including medical, manufacturing, and private practice. Her professional activities include serving on the Michigan Academy of Audiology Convention Committee for several years and being an active support of the local HLAA (Hearing Loss Association of America).
She is currently working in a private practice setting focusing on diagnostic hearing examinations, aural rehabilitation services, hearing loss prevention, and dispensing hearing instruments, which is her true passion. |
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Francis Kuk, PhD
Francis Kuk, PhD, received his PhD in Audiology from the University of Iowa. He has assumed staff and faculty positions at the University of Iowa and University of Illinois-Chicago respectively. Dr. Kuk is currently the VP of Audiology at Widex USA and has written and presented extensively in the area of hearing aid technology and fittings. He also serves as the editorial consultant for various professional journals. |
Michael Mallahan, AuD
Michael Mallahan, AuD, is the director of the Hearing & Balance Lab in Mill Creek, Washington and has been in private practice since 1995. He is regionally recognized for expertise in providing assessment and direction for rehabilitative care for patients with balance disorders. He received his undergraduate and graduate education at Western Washington University and his AuD from A.T. Still University of Health Sciences. His greatest joy is serving children in Guatemala leading medical mission teams through the Healing the Children organization. Mike and his wife Laura have three sons.
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Joscelyn Martin, AuD
Joscelyn Martin, AuD, is an Instructor in Audiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She is the newborn hearing screening coordinator and works with adult and pediatric patients in the diagnostic and hearing aid clinics. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Michigan State University, master’s degree at Northwestern University, and Doctor of Audiology degree at Central Michigan University. Dr. Martin has served as President of the Minnesota Academy of Audiology, has volunteered for several American Academy of Audiology committees, and was selected to participate in the Academy’s 2010 Future Leaders of Audiology Conference. She has also been a member of the Newborn Hearing Screening and Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology advisory councils to the Minnesota Department of Health. |
Jill Preminger, PhD
Jill Preminger, PhD, received her master’s degree in Audiology from the University of Wisconsin and her PhD in Audiology from the University of Minnesota. She is currently an associate professor in the Program of Audiology at the University of Louisville. Dr. Preminger’s research interests are in adult rehabilitative audiology. She is interested in measuring the efficacy of group audiologic rehabilitation programs, the role of spouses in the rehabilitation process, and in documenting the audiologic rehabilitation experience for people with hearing loss and their communication partners. She is a past president of the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology, a past faculty member for the Ida Institute, and has served on and chaired several AudiologyNOW! committees. She also currently sits on the Advisory Committee for the Student Academy of Audiology |
Hilary Rosenstrauch, AuD
Hilary Rosenstrauch, AuD, is the Director of Audiological Research at Personics Labs in Boca Raton, Florida. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University, a Master of Arts in Audiology and Hearing Science from Northwestern University, and Doctor of Audiology from the University of Florida. Prior to joining Personics Labs in 2012, Dr. Rosenstrauch was an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences at Rush University and held a position as a research audiologist at GN ReSound. She has been a clinical educator and AuD student advocate; she served as National Advisor to NAFDA, and was the Rush University NAFDA chapter advisor for 6 years. Currently, she is a member of the Rush University AuD Advisory Board. Dr. Rosenstrauch is a proud participant of 2010 Future Leaders of Audiology Conference (FLAC) and presently serves on the AAA Professional Standards and Practices Committee. |
Patricia Kricos, PhD
Patricia Kricos, PhD, is Professor of Audiology at the University of Florida. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at El Paso, and her master’s and PhD degrees from the Ohio State University (1973). Her major clinical and research interests are in audiologic rehabilitation with adults, particularly older adults. Dr. Kricos has served on the American Academy of Audiology Board of Directors for the past four years, and she also serves on the Advisory Council of the Better Hearing Institute, as the Professional Advisor for the Hearing Loss Association of Florida Board of Trustees, and on the International Advisory Board of the Ida Institute, Naerum, Denmark. Dr. Kricos was a member of the ABA Board of Governors from 2004 to 2007, and served as Chair of the ABA Board from 2006 to 2007. |
Cheryl Kreider Carey, CAE
Having served on staff of the American Academy of Audiology since 1999, Cheryl Kreider Carey was named the executive director of the Academy (and the AAA Foundation) in October 2007. Carey, who holds the CAE (Certified Association Executive), developed initiatives co-branding the Foundation with the Academy resulting in growth of the Foundation's philanthropic endeavors.
Known as an innovator, she developed the Academy's Turn it to the Left® public awareness campaign, focusing on noise-induced hearing loss prevention that debuted in the summer of 2007. While the Academy headquarters is based in Reston, VA, Carey spearheaded the initiative to purchase property in Washington, DC, that led to opening the Academy's Capitol Hill office. She oversaw the formation of the Student Academy of Audiology in 2009, now a division of the Academy. Additional initiatives implemented during her tenure include the Future Leaders in Audiology Conference, the Academy Research Conference, and National Audiology Awareness Month/National Protect Your Hearing Month.
With a degree in Secondary Education, Carey began her career as an educator. Her quest for learning and intrigue of effective leadership make her a lifelong learner as she leads. Her passions include promoting the profession of audiology in the eyes of the public, assisting volunteers in forming strategic partnerships, supporting the development of the volunteer-staff team, and developing and supporting national office staff. She is an enthusiastic sports fan as well. |
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