First Steps early intervention program

Board of Directors



William Powers
Chairman & Founder

Gale Hackshaw
Board Vice Chairwoman

Parrish Scarboro
Board Treasurer

Meg Walling
Board Secretary

Rosemary Anaya
Leon Bennett
Susan E. Harvey
Allan J. Hurst
Edie Hylton
Albert C. Mour
John Peña
Judy Vossler
Board Members

Susan Francis
President & Chief Executive Officer

Amanda Mercer-Neder
Board Member Emeritus


Advisory Council

Kim Hartnett-Edwards, Ph.D.
Chris Gilfillen
Ron Henderson

Nancy Osborne
Steve Robbins
Bonnie Shields
David Shields, M.D. 
Paula Turner
Teresa Whipple
Karen Wilkerson

Institutional Review Board

Edgar W. Butler, Ph.D.
Patricia Drown, Ph.D.
David A. George, Ed.D.
John LaMothe, Ph.D.
Clarice Lubel, RNBC, BSN, MSN
Jasmine Ramos, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Wendy Sanders, M.A.
John Chaves Sousa, Ed.D.


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