CHADD Staff
Chief Executive Officer
E. Clarke Ross, DPA, CEO
Clarke Ross provides CHADD with its leadership and vision. He sets
forth the organization’s short- and long-term goals and
objectives, in concert with the board, while ensuring the integrity and
fulfillment of its mission and purpose. He has worked for over 30 years
in positions at five national mental health and disability
organizations, including deputy executive director for public policy,
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI); executive director,
American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association (AMBHA); assistant
executive director for federal relations and then deputy executive
director, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
(NASMHPD); and director of governmental activities, United Cerebral
Palsy Associations (UCPA). He is the father of a teenage son with
special challenges. Clarke holds a Doctorate in Public
Administration.
Emily McKee, Education Public Policy Specialist
Community Services & Parent to Parent
Ruth Hughes, PhD, Chief Program Officer
for Community Services
Ruth Hughes oversees chapter support and the groundbreaking Parent to
Parent Family Training Program on AD/HD. For 17 years she was the CEO of
the International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services
(now USPRA), an association representing providers of rehabilitation
services to adults and children with serious mental illnesses. Today her
work focuses on advocating for a system of care where every child and
adult with AD/HD has access to state-of-the-art information and
services. The mother of two children with AD/HD, Ruth holds a PhD in
Clinical Psychology.
Trish White, Chapter Services Manager
Tom Montague, Parent to Parent Coordinator
Customer Service and Membership
Karen Peterson, Customer Service and Membership
Associate
Wanda Bazemore, Membership Data Entry Specialist
Meetings and Event Planning/General Operations
Marsha Bokman, CMP, Director of Meetings and Events
and Chief Administrative Officer
Marsha Bokman, the Director of Meetings and Events and Chief
Administrative Officer, has been with CHADD since 1999. She is
responsible for coordinating and executing the overall management of the
CHADD Annual International Conference as well as many other CHADD
meetings and programs during the year. A Certified Meeting
Planner, Bokman works in tandem with her strong staff in the areas
of meeting logistics, registrations, publications, marketing, hotel and
convention center negotiation and selection, budgeting, speaker liaison,
continuing education accreditation, and CHADD human resources.
Suzanne Urie, Exhibit Manager
Suzanne Urie is the Exhibit Manager; she has been with CHADD since 2003.
She is responsible for coordinating and executing the management of
exhibitors and advertisers for the CHADD annual international
conference.
Kiya Perrin Jackson, Meeting and Events Manager
Jenifer Artis, Staff Accountant
Rick Lomboy, Office Services Specialist
National Resource Center on AD/HD (NRC)
Tim MacGeorge, MDiv, MSW, Director
Tim MacGeorge has been the director of the NRC since May 2006. The NRC
is a program of CHADD that is funded by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). Prior to being named director, Tim had been the
NRC's deputy director since its inception in 2002. As director, Tim
serves as liaison between CHADD and the CDC, while overseeing the
program's $1 million budget and supervising a staff of professionals who
operate and staff the NRC, a lifeline to the millions with AD/HD. The
NRC includes the nation's only library dedicated exclusively to
literature and research on AD/HD. Prior to coming to CHADD, Tim was
director of information and referral at the National Alliance on Mental
Illness (NAMI). Before that, he worked at AARP while pursuing graduate
studies in social work. Tim holds an AB in philosopy, an MDiv, and an
MSW in social work policy and administration.
Samuel Johnson, MLS, Librarian
Samuel Johnson's tenure as NRC librarian began in
November 2006. His duties include the management and maintenance of
the NRC's library collections and operations. Prior to coming to CHADD,
he served as lead librarian for the National Library of Medicine;
director of library services at the Chestnut Lodge Mental Health
Facility; director of the information resources center at the American
Chiropractic Association; chief librarian at the Agency for Health Care
Policy and Research; director of the library at the National Academy of
Sciences, Institute of Medicine; librarian at the Children's National
Medical Center; library technician at Georgetown University Medical
Library; and library assistant at the U.S. Department of State Library.
Johnson holds BAs in journalism, liberal studies, and
Afro-American studies, and a Master's in Library Sciences.
Development
Russell L. Shipley, Jr, Chief Development
Officer
Russ is responsible for the strategic planning, implementation and
oversight of many aspects of CHADD revenue generation programs. These
include major donors, direct mail and online donation marketing,
corporate support, affinity and vehicle donation programs, Combined
Federal Campaign and other workplace giving programs, publication sales,
and special events. He collaborates directly on foundation grants and
other fundraising programs with the department's lead grant writer,
Development & Foundation Relations Manager Laura DeShano. Prior to
joining CHADD, Russ held management positions with several nonprofit
professional and trade associations. He holds a BS in journalism
from the University of Maryland.
Communications & Media Relations
Bryan Goodman, MA, Director
Bryan Goodman serves as executive editor of the organization's
Attention magazine, directs a national education campaign and
is responsible for all media coordination and dissemination of the
organization's key messages. Prior to becoming director of
communications, Bryan served as the lead staff member on the National
AD/HD Education Initiative. He has also worked in communications at
Voices for America's Children and as the press secretary for Rep. Vic
Snyder (D-Ark.). He holds a BA in political science and an MA in
journalism.
Jesús De Los Santos, Web Site and IT Manager
Karen Sampson, MA, Communications Manager, the National
AD/HD Education Initiative
Susan Buningh, MRE, Managing Editor, Attention
magazine and the CHADD Web Site
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