2025 BDSRA Annual Family Conference Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Bill Busch
Motivational Speaker/Former Football Coach
Nicolas Abreu, MD
NYU Langone Health
Alaina Acchione, MS, CGC
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Charles Albright, PhD
Nationwide Children's
Rebecca Atkinson, PhD
Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy
Amy Brower, PhD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Heather Brown, MD
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Lori Brown
BDSRA Canada
Jonathan Cooper, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
Heather Dainiak
BDSRA Foundation
Emily C. de Los Reyes, MD
Nationwide Children's
Jamie Freedlund
Mattea's Joy
Kristen Gray
Charlotte and Gwenyth Gray Foundation
Linsey Hammon, MS, CCLS, GCCA-C, RWWP
The Cultivate Community
Aaron Hauptman, MD
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Maria Hopfgarten
Courageous Parents Network
Margaret Meserve, MS, CGC
Boston Children's Hospital
Andrea Miele, PhD
Children's Hospital Colorado
David Pearce, PhD
Sanford Health
Jessica Scherr, PhD
Nationwide Children's
Kacy Seitz, ChFC, CLTC, ChSNC
Northwestern Mutual
Jennifer Vermilion, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Joseph Vigil, PhD
Louisiana Veteran's Health Care System
Julia Vitarello
Mila's Miracle Foundation
Ineka Whiteman, PhD
BDSRA Foundation
Amanda Wick, MMT, MT-BC
Maryville University of St. Louis
Kimberly S. Zellmer
Zellmer Law Firm, LLC
