2009-2010 CHADD
Officers and Board of Directors
 Marie S. Paxson
Pennsylvania
President
Marie Paxson, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, became president of
CHADD’s Board of Directors in July 2008. The mother of two grown
children with AD/HD, Paxson has spent years as an advocate for people
living with the disorder. She has been instrumental in CHADD’s
work to influence federal policy, even testifying at a U.S. Department
of Education hearing on special education law. Paxson’s
knowledge of the disorder stems from both her professional and personal
experiences. Fluent in the findings of science and research, Paxson also
understands well the practical day-to-day issues facing those
affected by AD/HD.
 Steven Peer
Minnesota
President-Elect
Steven Peer, the chapter coordinator of CHADD Twin Cities in
the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, is president of Emotional Mastery, Inc.,
a company delivering anger and emotion-management programs to
professionals within the judicial system. As a pastoral
counselor, Peer has worked closely with teens and adults with
AD/HD. In 1982, he cofounded a men's group that continues to provide
community support to individuals with anger-management issues. In
addition to his enormous work on behalf of those living with
AD/HD, Peer is working on a book entitled, Why Is My Child
Always Angry? He is also the father of children with
AD/HD.
 Anne Teeter Ellison, EdD
Wisconsin
Immediate Past President
Anne Teeter Ellison, professor of Educational Psychology at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), has served on the CHADD Board
of Directors since 2002. During the course of her service to CHADD, she
has served as the Board secretary, chair of the Professional Advisory
Board, chair of the Editorial Advisory Board for Attention!
magazine, and chair of the Conference Planning Committee for three of
CHADD's International Conferences. Prior to service on the national
level, Ellison was a professional advisor to the Wisconsin ADHD
Project, and a member of the State of Wisconsin ADD Council. Currently
the training director of the School Psychology Doctoral Program at
UWM, Ellison has published numerous scientific articles and books
and is the co-editor of the CHADD Educator's Manual on Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: An In-depth Look from an Educational
Perspective.
Barbara Hawkins
Maryland
Secretary
Barbara Hawkins is chair of the Children’s Mental Health
Conference in Baltimore, Md., and former coordinator of CHADD of Greater
Baltimore. She presently is a member of CHADD’s National Finance
Committee and the CHADD of Baltimore Advisory Board. She is a recipient
of the CHADD Volunteer of the Year Award. Hawkins is assistant dean of
Villa Julie College in Stevenson, Maryland.
Carter McDowell, JD, LLM
Washington, D.C.
Finance Committee Chair
Carter McDowell, JD, LLM is the current chief legislative counsel
for the American Bankers Association and general counsel of the Bankers
Association for Finance and Trade. He is the former chief counsel and
policy advisor for the Committee on Financial Services for the U.S.
House of Representatives in Washington, DC. He has previously served on
CHADD’s Public Policy Committee.
Cecile de Jongh
U.S. Virgin Islands
Cecile deJongh became the first lady of the U.S. Virgin
Islands on January 1, 2007, when her husband was inaugurated as the
territory’s seventh elected governor. Cecile is an outspoken
advocate for people affected by AD/HD, a disorder that has touched her
own family. As first lady, she has established two local chapters of
CHADD in the Virgin Islands. She is also one of CHADD’s certified
Parent to Parent Teachers. DeJongh holds a degree in business
administration from Marquette University. She and her husband, John,
were married in 1986 and have three children—John III, Rene, and
Julian.
Michael Garza, EdD
Texas
Michael Garza, EdD, a former counselor and community leader in Dallas,
Texas, founded the North Texas Chapter of CHADD in 2002. Mike is
recognized for his understanding of AD/HD in the Spanish-speaking
community and has worked closely with CHADD in disseminating culturally
sensitive information to the public about the impact of AD/HD on the
Hispanic/Latino community. Mike currently teaches psychology at
Brookhaven College.
Charles Kaplanek
New York
Bio coming soon
Judy Marshall
California
Judy Marshall’s
journey with AD/HD started when her son was diagnosed nineteen years ago
with the disorder. She found that CHADD provided her with the
information she needed to better understand and deal with the disorder.
After getting involved with CHADD, she was instrumental in the
reorganization of the Contra Costa chapter. Over the years, Judy has
served as treasurer, membership coordinator, and Parent to Parent
coordinator for the Northern California chapter. Because of her
incredible work on behalf of people affected by AD/HD, she was named
Volunteer of Year in 2006, and became a member of the Chapter Services
Committee last year.
Harvey C. Parker, PhD
Florida
Harvey Parker, a licensed clinical psychologist, is a co-founder and
a former executive director of CHADD. He played an instrumental
role in encouraging the U.S Department of Education to clarify the
responsibility schools must assume in providing appropriate educational
services to students with AD/HD. Parker has authored and
co-authored a number of publications on AD/HD. Because of all of his
contributions to making the country a better place for people
affected by the disorder, Parker was inducted into the CHADD Hall
of Fame in 1994.
Sharyn S. Rhodes, PhD
Maryland
Bio coming soon
Ana Romero, MAF
California
Bio coming soon
Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia, MD
Pennsylvania
Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia, MD, is a practicing clinical psychiatrist.
She founded and operates an independent mental health clinic in Western
Pennsylvania. She is a clinical assistant professor at Western
Psychiatric Institute and serves on the faculty of two community
hospitals. Vogel-Scibilia is a consultant for psychopharmacology
projects at the National Institute of Mental Health. As well as being
chair of The Child-Adolescent Policy Subcommittee, she oversees projects
involving support and education for young families. She established a
Roman Catholic mental health nonprofit organization that provides seed
money for programs and undertakes projects in the United States.
Vogel-Scibilia resides in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, with her husband,
Jim, and their five children. Vogel-Scibilia is the outgoing national
president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Elliott Portnoy
Washington, DC
CHADD General Counsel
Elliott Portnoy is a Partner with the Washington, DC
office of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. He has represented CHADD
for over a decade, and has extensive experience in matters involving
not-for-profit organizations, education law, and disability
policy. Portnoy is the chair of Sonnenschein's national Public Law
& Policy Strategies Group, and represents clients on a variety of
public policy matters. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Portnoy is
a former Rhodes Scholar and holds a PhD from Oxford University. He is
admitted to the District of Columbia and Maryland bar associations.
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