Meet our Advisory Board
We believe more brains are better than one, no exceptions.We established and work closely with a Board of Advisors to make sure we never work in a vacuum and we have peers to
check our bias.
We are thrilled to introduce you to the people who
keep us in check.
Alexandra Fortuna Loos
Alexandra Fortuna Loos, M.Ed., A/AOGPE, is the Director of Education Services at Touchstone Neurodevelopmental Center. She earned her Master’s of Education in Language and Literacy at Harvard Graduate School of Education after receiving her Bachelor of Science in Child Development at Vanderbilt University. Passionate about supporting the needs of all learners, Alex brings an extensive background in evaluating, teaching, and advocating for students across a variety of settings. As a member of the Orton Gillingham Academy, Alex provides guidance, consultation, advocacy, and direct instruction to individuals with dyslexia and other learning differences.
Jennifer Albis
Jennifer Neal is licensed and certified as both a Speech-Language Pathologist and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She received her clinical doctorate from Northwestern University. She is the Director of Therapy Services for the Evergreen Center, where she helps to integrate therapy services into the educational and residential programming for individuals with special needs and challenging behaviors. Jen studied Speech-Language Pathology at Boston University and MGH Institute of Health Professions. She worked for several years as a Speech-Language Pathologist before returning to school to study Applied Behavior Analysis at Simmons College. In addition to integrating these two fields to provide effective and efficient interventions, Jen also teaches courses on language development and disorders to early childhood educators through Cambridge College. She has worked with families and educators to teach functional communication and life-skills for over 15 years in a variety of settings, including schools, home- and clinic-based programs, and early intervention.
Advisory Board Liason, SLP Nerdcast
MS, CCC-SLP, CLC
Tracey Callahan
Tracey has been a Speech Pathologist for over 10 years and has worked in public and private schools, early intervention, outpatient, inpatient hospital rehabilitation, and most recently private practice. She has experience with children and adults addressing swallowing, language, cognition, and speech. She has a lot of experience with feeding and swallowing and has presented on the topic locally, at the annual ASHA convention and also internationally. She has also served as an expert witness. (Picture circa 1993. Once a reader, always a reader).
Ashley Scott
Ashley has been an SLP since 2006 and a BCBA since 2017. She is a pediatric therapist with a concentration in developmental delays and Autism. She works with infants and toddlers with feeding disorders due to tethered oral tissues and behavioral issues relative to feeding. She loves training up-and-coming professionals in the field as well as providing community workshops and learning opportunities to others. Her journey began in public schools as a school SLP, then pupil appraisal, and finally district coordinator for the speech/hearing department. While working in the schools, she saw clients on the side and ultimately resigned to open her private practice: Chatter Nola. She was voted New Orleans Best SLP for 4 consecutive years. Finally, her greatest accomplishment is being a mother to 3 little boys and a devoted wife of 13 years.
Mike Bright
Mike Bright is a Massachusetts-based speech-language pathologist with nearly 15 years experience helping children communicate more successfully. Trained and employed through Boston Children’s Hospital until very recently, he has developed an expertise in thinking about particularly difficult-to-understand speech. Mike was also selected in the inaugural Bootcamp provided through Apraxia-Kids.org, and he has received intensive training and subsequent in-depth experience working with various motor speech disorders. He recently opened a private practice, Bright Speech and Language, LLC, where he provides comprehensive assessments, helping children and their families navigate the murky and often stormy waters of diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and progress monitoring.
Jenny Baird
Jen has a Masters in Special Education and Applied Behavior Analysis from Endicott College. Jen is a BCBA and a Licensed Special Education Teacher in Moderate Disabilities. She is a Clinical Director at Nashoba Learning Group in Bedford, Massachusetts. Jen has experience with home-based early intervention programs and nonpublic schools.
Osamagbe Osagie
Osamagbe Osagie is a life-long learner who is deeply committed to amplifying the lived experiences of marginalized peoples within her local and global community. Currently, Osamagbe serves as the Director of Equity and Inclusion within a school community for children who have language based learning difficulties, such as dyslexia. Osamagbe's love for young people, education, and social justice stems from her work with students, her involvement in state level politics and connections to local grassroots organizations. Hailing from a small suburb right outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Osamagbe earned a Bachelors and Masters of Arts in Political Science from Georgia State University. She loves to spend her free time reading books, learning more about photography, traveling and spending quality time with her loved ones over good food, spirits, and music.
Amit Bajaj
Dr. Amit Bajaj is a teacher, researcher, and clinician whose areas of expertise are fluency disorders and speech science. Having taught a diverse set of foundational and clinical courses for over 20 years, he has now moved more into online teaching, where he has developed three courses in Emerson College’s recent online graduate program in speech-language pathology. As a person who stutters, he infuses an experiential component into the academic and clinical content in the graduate course in stuttering. Coming from a diverse academic background, Amit draws upon varied influences to make connections across linguistics, psychology, and communication disorders to better understand the “principles behind the practices.
Sarah Golding
Sarah Golding is a Transitional Age Youth Case Manager with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. She provides and coordinates the delivery of services, interventions, and education to assist transitional age youth in successfully navigating services, education, and support systems in the Metro-North suburban area. She has authored comprehensive safety plans, clinical reviews, and actively participates in organizational improvement and assessment as a member of the Race Equity and Inclusion Committee, Health and Wellness Committee, Transition Age Youth Steering Committee, as well as the Recovery Action Team. Sarah has presented at several DMH conferences on engaging transition age youth in services. She holds an Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from UMass Amherst and her MPA with a concentration in Human Services Management from UMass Lowell. Sarah was awarded the MassASPA Marcia P. Crowley Distinguished Citizen Award in 2021.