Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, Ph.D., is assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Virginia Commonwealth University.  Dr. Arango-Lasprilla is the recipient of numerous awards and he has been nationally and internationally recognized for his work in the area of brain injury and cultural issues.  In his short career at the academy, Dr. Arango-Lasprilla has been instrumental in securing approximately $3 million dollars in grant funds, mostly focused on work with cuturally diverse populations and he has published more than 80 articles and book chapters in neuropsychology, brain injury, cutural issues and rehabilitation.  More recently, Dr. Arango-Lasprilla was a guest editor for the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation special issue:  "Cultural Issues Related to Traumatic Brain Injury:  Recent Research and New Frontiers" and was a guest editor for a special issue:  "The Role of Race/Ethnicity on Outcomes After Central Nervous System Injury" of the journal NeuroRehabilitation. 

Paul Aravich, Ph.D., is a behavioral neuroscientist and Professor of Pathology & Anatomy, Internal Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Eastern Virginia Medical School.  He is the former Chair of the Virginia Brain Injury Council and its Ad Hoc Neurobehavioral Committee.  He also chaired the Virginia Governor's Public Guardian & Conservator Advisory Board and sits on the Boards of the Mary Buckley Foundation for brain injury survivors & their famlies; the I Need a Lighthouse Foundation for suicide awareness; and Alternatives, a nationally recognized youth empowerment organization.  He won an AOA Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award.  It is the highest award for medical education in the United States and Canada and is presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges.  He also won a Virginia State Council of Higher Education Outstanding Faculty Award, which is Virginia's highest award for research, teaching and service. 

Stephanie Arnold, CBIS, has worked with the Virginia Supportive Housing (VSH) TBI housing program since its inception in September 2005.  She is responsible for providing case management to two community homes for individuals with TBI, as well as follow-up case management in the community to residents who move on to independent living.  Stephanie holds a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Psychology from George Mason University.  Prior to working with individuals with traumatic brain injuries, Stephanie worked as a Social Worker for two years in VSH's programs for formerly homeless individuals and as the Director of Outreach Programs for a non-profit who provided free dental care to low-income elderly and disabled individuals throughout the state of Virginia.  Stephanie recently received her CBIS certification and is involved with the Virginia Alliance of Brain Injury Service Providers. 

Jeffrey T. Barth, Ph.D., ABPP-Cn, holds the position of Professor and Co-Director of the Neurocognitive Assessment Laboratory, and Section Head, Neurocognitive Studies in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, with a joint appointment in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.  He is also one of the Founders and Co-Director of the UVA Brain Injury and Sports Concussion Institute and he is the Senior Scientist for Virginia NeuroCare of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center.  He holds the diplomat certification from the American Board of Professional Psychology and the Association and the National Academy of Neuropsychology and is past president of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, past president of the Virginia Psychological Association and holds the emeritus distinction of the Virginia Psychological Foundation.  He is on the editorial board of 10 scientific journals, has co-authored or edited three books and is an author of over 200 scholarly articles and book chapters.   

Allison Bogdanovic, MURP, Director of Housing Development, has worked with Virginia Supportive Housing (VSH) since January 2003.  She is responsible for the development of new affordable housing, including rehabilitations, new construction and adaptive reuse, in both the Richmond Metro Area and South Hampton Roads, Virginia.  Allison holds a Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from University of Richmond.  Prior to working with VSH, Allison was a corporate information technology consultant.  Allison is involved with the Emerging Housing Leaders Network in Virginia. 

Sandi Dallhoff, CTRS, has been a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist since 2003.  Ms. Dallhoff graduated from James Madison University with a BS in Recreation and Leisure Studies, Concentration in Therapeutic Recreation and a Minor in Special Education.  She currently works for Fairfax County Community and Recreation Services as the Acting Division Supervisor for the Therapeutic Recreation Division.  This Division offers over 40 different recreation programs and serves over 1300 individuals with disabilities each year. 

John DeLuca, Ph.D., ABPP, is the Vice-President for Research and Training at Kessler Foundation Research Center and Professor in the Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Neurology and Neurosciences at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School.  Dr. DeLuca is a licensed Psychologist in the states of New Jersey and New York.  Formerly, Dr. DeLuca directed the Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory at KFRC for 20 years as well as the post-doctoral fellowship program in Neuropsychology.  Dr. DeLuca currently studies disorders of memory and information processing in a variety of clinical populations and has published over 200 articles, books and chapters in these areas.  He obtained over 13 million dollars in grant funding to support his work and was the editor of four recent books.  Dr. DeLuca is Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in Rehabilitation Psychology and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the National Academy of Neuropsychology. 

Caron Gan, RN, MScN, RMFT, is a Marriage and Family Therapist, registered with the Ontario and American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.  For the past 18 years of a 30 year career in health care and rehabilitation, Ms. Gan has worked with clients with brain injury providing psychotherapeutic intervention to youth, adults, couples and families.  In addition to her private practice, Ms. Gan also works part-time at Bloorview Kids Rehab, Canada's largest children's rehabilitation teaching hospital.  She has been principal investigator on published studies of family outcomes after brain injury and is the lead developer of the newly developed Brain Injury Family Intervention for Adolescents.  She has presented extensively on topics of family adjustment after brain injury, intimacy and sexuality after brain injury and most recently on culturally competent rehabilitation practice.  As an Approved Supervisor through the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Ms. Gan also provides clinical supervision and training to clinicians around family therapy intervention.  For the past year, she has been part of an international team of facilitators providing training to clinicians around family intervention after brain injury. 

Greg Goldberg, Hon B.A., Bachelor of Ed., is a head injury survivor, author and inspirational speaker for GG Productions.  After suffering a traumatic brain injury in 1998, Mr. Goldberg found new windows of opportunity to improve his life and the lives of other survivors, family members and supporters.  Prior to his injury, Mr. Goldberg was a high school film and media teacher in Orangeville, Ontario, a husband of just one year to his former wife Jenny and an active participant in sports, community and a follower of many passions.  Presently Mr. Goldberg is devoted to inspiring others with his anecdotal, entertaining and educational presentation "Time with the Temporal Lobe". 

Nancy H. Hsu, Psy.D., is an Assistant Professor in Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  Dr. Hsu joined the faculty in 2007 after completing a two year postdoctoral fellowship under the supervision of Dr. Jeffry Kreutzer.  Dr. Hsu was an Advanced NIDRR-funded Advanced Rehabilitation Research and Training (ARRT) fellow.  Dr. Hsu obtained her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University, Atlanta Campus and completed her internship at the VA Maryland Health Care Systems in Baltimore, Maryland.  She is also a licensed clincial psychologist.  Dr. Hsu has extensive experience providing neuropsychological testing services and psychotherapy to the traumatic brain injury population.  

Harvey E. Jacobs, Ph.D., earned his doctorate in psychology and behavior analysis from Florida State University, was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a Mary Switzer Research Fellow.  He has served on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine and Temple University; as well as in on-staff, administrative roles and as a consultant to numerous academic, medical, rehabilitation, community, assistive living and nursing home facilities in North America.  Now in private practice, he is also a partner in Lash and Associates Publishing/Training and serves on a number of professional boards.  Throughout his career, he has worked across the age span.  He also has a special interest in organizational and systems management as it relates to developing and operating comprehensive programming in both business and clinical settings.  Dr. Jacobs has received millions of dollars in grants from federal, state and private foundations for his work and is the author of numerous books and articles.  

Brian King, B.S. has over 6 years of experience working in web development, social media and multimedia.  He leads BrainLine.org's social media and social networking efforts leveraging the power of pre-existing media platforms to engage their audience.  He is responsible for managing their Google AdWords Pay Per Click marketing efforts and search engine optimization (SEO).  Before BrainLine, Brian led similar efforts at L-3 Communications working on numerous military and corporate websites  including Army.mil. 

Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, Ph.D., ABPP, FACRM, is the Rosa Schwarz Cifu Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Medical College of Virginia Campus.  At VCU, he is also a Professor of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.  Dr. Kreutzer serves as Director of Virginia's federally designated Traumatic Brain Injury Model System and coordinates VCU Health System outpatient services for families and persons with brain injury.  For the last two decades, he has been active in implementing empirically based vocational rehabilitation, psychological support, cognitive rehabilitation, and family support programs.  Dr. Kreutzer has co-authored nearly 150 peer-reviewed publications, most in the area of traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation.  Co-Editor-In-Chief of the international journals, Brain Injury And NeuroRehabilitation, he has also published a dozen books focused on topics including vocational rehabilitation, community integration, behavior management, and cognitive rehabilitation.  Currently he serves as Editor-In-Chief of the soon to be published by Spring, New York, Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology.  

Brian McCarthy, CBIS, has been a Certified Brain Injury Specialist since 2007.  Mr. McCarthy graduated from the University of Toledo with a BS in Therapeutic Recreation and a Minor in Psychology in 2004.  Since completing his internship with Fairfax County Community and Recreation Services in 2004 Mr. McCarthy has worked for Brain Injury Services.  He is currently the Director of Clubhouse Programs for Brain Injury Services. 

Janet P. Niemeier, Ph.D., has her diplomate in Rehabilitation Psychology and is an Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System.  She directs the Inpatient Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology Department and has over twenty years experience helping persons with brain injury and their family members.  Her research interests are close to her clinical work.  She has developed several evidence-based treatment methods for improving function and quality of life after brain injury.  Dr. Niemeier has received grants from NIDRR (National Institute of Disability Research and Rehabilitation), NIH (National Institutes of Health), and CNI (the Virginia Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Board).  She is the author of multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals including Archives of PM&R, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Psychology, Brain Injury and of several books related to recovery from traumatic brain injury.

Rick Parente, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Towson University in Baltimore, MD.  He received a PhD in Psychology from University of New Mexico in 1975.  He completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in Physiology in 1981.  He has done individual and group cognitive skills training with traumatically brain injured persons since 1980.  Dr. Parente regularly teaches graduate level coursework in Neuropsychological Assessment and Neurotraining.  He is a licensed Psychologist with a clinical practice specializing in rehabilitation of cognitive functions after a brain injury.  He was the recipient of the award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation in 2009 given by the Virginia Commonwealth University and Brain Injury Services.  He has authored three books and over 50 journal articles on Cognitive Rehabilitation.  The third edition of this book Retraining Cognition:  Techniques and Applications, will be published in 2010 by ProEd publishers.  

Taryn M. Stejskal, Ph.D., is a licensed marriage and family therapist and an Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) postdoctoral research fellow at Virginia Commonwealth Medical University (VCU) in Neuropsychology in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, (PM&R) department.  She received both her master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) and her doctoral degree from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP).  Dr. Stejskal has served as the family support and education coordinator at VCU and coordinated the Brain Injury Family Intervention (BIFI), funded by National Institute of Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).  The BIFI is clinical program designed to help with families and couple s adjust after brain injury and gain necessary education, psychological l support and personal skills.  Dr. Stejskal also trains clinicians to use the BIFI and presents her work nationally as well as internationally.  She has written peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters and newsletter articles on the impact of brain injury on couple and family relationships.  

Cynthia L. Sullivan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Georgetown University Medical Center and Director of Training at the Neuropsychology Associates of Fairfax.  Dr. Sullivan received her PhD from the University of Maryland and completed her fellowship in neuropsychology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Washington, DC For the next 5 years, she was the co-director of the neuropsychology program at the VAMC where she worked with a large brain injury population. Since 2006, she has been in private practice where she has continued her work with people who have had traumatic brain injuries.  She and her colleagues have also been collaborating with Brain Injury Services, Inc. on developing a cognitive rehabilitation program.  Throughout her career, she has been actively involved in neuropsychology research.  Her research has been presented at national and international Academy of Neurology, European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, and the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers.  Dr. Sullivan is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, National Academy of Neuropsychology, International Neuropsychological Society and American Psychological Association.  

Jeffrey A. Wilken, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Georgetown University Medical Center.  He is also Director of the Washington Neuropsychology Research Group.  Dr. Wilken received his B.S. from Cornell University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland at College Park.  Dr. Wilken is currently the primary investigator in charge of multi-center, funded studies looking at the cognitive sequelae of multiple sclerosis (MS) and dementia, the utility of computerized assessment, potential sedative effects of medications, and the efficacy of combination therapy in the treatment of cognitive decline.  Clinically, Dr. Wilken has specialized in the neuropsychological assessment of individuals with a brain injury and his group has been conducting a pilot program for cognitive remediation in brain injury.  Dr. Wilken is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, National Academy of Neuropsychology, International Neuropsychological Society and American Psychological Association.

CAPT Catherine A. Wilson, NC, USN, RET, currently serves as the Executive Director of the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program.  A native Virginian, she retired from the U.S. Navy after nearly 30 years of distinguished service.  Until July 2008, she served as Commanding Officer (CEO) of Naval Hospital Bremerton, a family medicine teaching hospital in Washington state.  The first Navy woman to command a combat hospital, she was the  Commanding Officer of the U.S. Military Hospital Kuwait with nine associated Troop Medical Clinics thought Kuwait and on the Iraqi border.  She has held executive positions on the staff of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Navy Surgeon General, the TRICARE Mid-Atlantic Lead Agent office and on the staff of Senator Daniel K. Inouye.  She holds a BS in Nursing, a MS in Trauma. Critical Care Nursing with a minor in Education, a MS in Human Resource Management, Health Policy.;  She is certified in Managed Care by the Academy of Healthcare Management and earned a Certificate in Legislative Studies from Georgetown University.   

Kristin Yavorsky, MSW, is the Director of Clinical Services and has worked at Virginia Supportive Housing (VSH) since November 2007.  She is responsible for the development and oversight of supportive services provided by VSH in both the Richmond Metro Area and South Hampton Roads, Virginia.  Kristin holds a Masters Degree in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  For more than fifteens years, Ms. Yavorsky has worked for public and private community mental health organization in North Carolina, Virginia and New York City, providing services to low income and homeless adults with mental health disorders.  

Victoria Youcha, Ed.D., has worked with young children, including those with brain injuries, and their families for over thirty years.  She was on the faculty at George Washington University for 12 years and has authored a variety of publications related to abuse and neglect, inclusion and disabilities.  Currently, she works at WETA, the flagship public broadcasting channel in the Washington, DC area, and leads the team of talented professionals who are responsible for Brainline.org.