Whitney Beltré, MA, CCC-SLP, is a bilingual speech-language pathologist (Spanish-English) at an outpatient clinic for Riley Hospital for Children. She joined this team in December 2021 after four and a half years in a public school setting and one and years in a PRN role in an adult inpatient rehab. She is fluent in Spanish as a second language. Her primary clinical interest is supporting bilingual families through the speech-language evaluation and treatment process, including addressing access barriers specific to bilingual families. Her professional interests also include AAC, supporting neurodivergent individuals with communication needs and pediatric feeding and swallowing. Whitney completed her master’s degree at Indiana University Bloomington, including the Speech Therapy Education, Practicum and Services for Latino Children and Families (STEPS) program.
(S08) Considering the Nuance of AAC Decision-Making in Multilingual Populations
Christina Bradburn, PhD, CCC-SLP, is currently serving as the assistant director of special education in Shelbyville Central Schools and as an adjunct professor at Butler University. With more than two decades of experience, she has worked as a school-based speech-language pathologist (SLP) from 2001 to 2022, supporting students in preschool through fifth grade. She currently coordinates the district’s elementary behavior team along with supporting SLPs in her district. As a national seminar leader for the Bureau of Education and Research, she specializes in integrating speech and language interventions into classroom settings through a workload approach. Dr. Christina earned her doctoral degree in Special Education from Texas Woman’s University in May 2023. She also holds a bachelors and masters in communication disorders from Indiana State University, awarded in 1999 and 2001, respectively. Her research interests focus on classroom-based interventions, the role of classroom teachers in enhancing treatment effectiveness and the impact of integrated distributed practice techniques on speech and language progress. She is deeply committed to improving the experiences of SLPs in school environments, as demonstrated by her current service as the coordinator of the ASHA SIG 16 Coordinating Committee. She has previously served as chair of the ASHA School-Issues Advisory Board, participated in the ASHA Leadership Development Program Schools Cohort, and mentored participants in the ASHA Leadership Mentoring Program.
(S10) Curriculum-Driven Speech and Language Therapy: Increasing Educational Impact in Grades K–12
Dave Cravotta, MS, CCC-SLP, is an inpatient and outpatient speech-language pathologist at Hendricks Regional Health in Danville, Indiana where he has worked for the past 16 years, primarily treating adults with swallow, voice, airway, speech, language and cognitive difficulties.
(S06) How to Use AI for Work – A Patient/SLP Presentation on the Use of AI in the Setting of Aphasia
Kelsey Fifer, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist with 18 years of experience, in both healthcare and educational settings. She is the SLP subject matter expert at Speech ClickReport, where she develops comprehensive evaluation software and practice management tools for SLPs. She is also a full-time school-based SLP in MSD Washington Township Schools. When she is not working, you can find her in a garden, on a trail or on an adventure with her two children.
(S11) Leveraging AI to Reimagine SLP Clinical Practice and Workflow
Tamar Greenwell, MS, CCC-SLP, is a clinical educator at Illinois State University and a co-creator of Purdue LEaPP. Her expertise is in school-aged speech, language and literacy assessment and intervention.
(S03) Improving Speech and Literacy Outcomes Through Explicit Instruction in Phonological Awareness
Anne Gritt, MS, CCC-SLP, is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University. She co-leads the Purdue Preschool Language Program, where she provides clinical education to graduate SLP students. Her areas of expertise include developmental language disorder, autism, aural (re)habilitation in young children and interprofessional practice. She has shared her work in several ASHA presentations, The ASHA Leader, Teaching Young Children and the Indiana Department of Education Learning Lab.
(S05) Making the Most of Your Preschool Language Sessions
Robert Brinton Fujiki, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Indiana University School of Medicine. His clinical and research interests focus on the evaluation and management of pediatric voice, resonance and upper-airway disorders.
(S07) Pitch, Identity and Intervention: The Case of Puberphonia
Kim Hurley, MA, CCC-SLP, has been a practicing speech-language pathologist for more than 25 years, focusing on supporting individuals who have complex communication needs and/or intellectual/developmental disabilities. Currently, she works for North Lawrence Community Schools, where she provides AAC coaching and support for several students. Kim has presented at ISHA, the Indiana AAC Summit and PATINS AEM conferences. She was recently awarded the Elevate AAC Award by the Indiana AAC Summit.
(S12) They Never Use It: Addressing AAC Device Abandonment/Rejection/Refusal (Hurley)
Keegan Koehlinger-Wolf, MA, CCC-SLP, is a school based speech-language pathologist and has worked in Indiana schools for the past 10 years. She has been involved in the ISHA Executive Council since 2018 in the VP of Schools and Early Intervention role as well as the ASHA SEAL role. Keegan is the current President-Elect of the Indiana Speech-Language Hearing Association. She has a passion for school-based issues and has been working to advocate for the profession across the state of Indiana.
(S10) Curriculum-Driven Speech and Language Therapy: Increasing Educational Impact in Grades K–12
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Lydia Kruse, MS, CCC-SLP, is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing
Sciences at Purdue University, where she teaches in the master of science in speech-language pathology program. She provides hands-on clinical training in voice and upper airway disorders across diverse settings. Her clinical and research interests center on interprofessional collaboration, innovative approaches to voice therapy and refining clinical education to foster adaptive, reflective practitioners.
(S07) Pitch, Identity and Intervention: The Case of Puberphonia
(S9) Head and Neck Therapy: Voices of the Future
Chenell Loudermill, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a clinical professor in the department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) at Purdue University where she provides clinical education in speech-language pathology. She has expertise in assessment and treatment of language-based literacy disorders (dyslexia) and treating individuals with social interaction/communication difficulties including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She is the co-developer and lead for the Purdue Literacy Education and Practice Project (Purdue-LEaPP).
(S14) Pre-Recorded Session: Morphological Awareness and Critical Thinking: The Structured Literacy Breakdown
Katherine (Katie) Meyer, Esq., is the senior director of ethics at the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She is also an ex-officio member of the ASHA Board of Ethics. Prior to coming to ASHA she worked as an attorney at GKG Law, P.C. in Washington, D.C. for 20 years providing legal counsel to non-profit and certification organizations. In this role, she assisted in creating and maintaining ethics programs.
(S01) Emerging Ethical Issues in Our Transforming Workplaces
Note: This is a Live Online Session (not available in-person).
Will Schmidt, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a clinical specialist and board-certified speech-language pathologist with more than 13 years of experience in the evaluation and treatment of swallowing disorders. He has played a key role in establishing multiple fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) programs within the IU Health Adult Academic Health Center and is actively involved in clinical research focused on dysphagia in medically complex populations. Will currently practices at Methodist Hospital where he leads initiatives to advance evidence-based care and interdisciplinary collaboration in the management of swallowing disorders.
(S04) Cardiothoracic Surgery and Swallowing: Identifying and Managing Dysphagia
Anu Subramanian, PhD, CCC-SLP, provides clinical education in the area of speech and language disorders in preschool children and fluency disorders across the lifespan, in addition to teaching classroom courses that vary based on department needs but have included counseling, supervision, reducing disparities in CSD and foundations of clinical practice. She serves on many committees, including ASHA and CAPCSD.
(S13) Enhancing Clinical Learning and Patient Education Through Inclusive Teaching Practices
Note: This a pre-recorded session
Ryan Sweany is a senior director, implementation and product management for Anthology, a technology company. Ryan suffered a CVA in February of 2025 and was only able to say a few words immediately after the stroke. In the three months following, Ryan worked diligently to recover his language capabilities. With the use of AI, Ryan was able to return to work and successfully complete necessary duties.
(S06) How to Use AI for Work – A Patient/SLP Presentation on the Use of AI in the Setting of Aphasia
Carolyn (Carrie) Wade, MS, CCC-SLP, is a clinical assistant professor, medical externship coordinator and speech-language clinic director at Indiana University-Bloomington. She specializes in adult dysphagia management with a focus on neurodegenerative populations and also teaches her university’s dysphagia course. Prior to joining academia, Carrie worked clinically as a medical speech-language pathologist across the continuum of care. She still engages in direct patient care and has over a decade of clinical experience.
(S02) Beyond the Swallow: Maximizing Quality of Life and Patient-Centered Care