PRESIDENT

Stacy Berendt
Case Manager
Marianjoy Northwestern Medicine

VICE PRESIDENT

Joe Canda
Joseph D. Canda
Regional Manager Midwest Region
MobilityWorks

SECRETARY

Gabriela Burns, PT, DPT
Marianjoy Northwestern Medicine

TREASURER

William Bogdan
Disability Liaison
Illinois Secretary of State

DIRECTORS

Linda M. Cole, BA

Teacher
Richard J. Daley College

Brandy Johnson, BA, JD

Brandy Johnson
Senior Partner
Early & Miranda, PC

Julia Liguzinski, OTR/L

Julia Liguzinski
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab

Louis Meno

Louis Meno
TEC

David Miller DNP, MSN, CRRN, CENP, CNL

David Miller
Marianjoy Northwestern Medicine

Frank Moroni

Territory Manager
Coloplast Corporation

Monica Scalise MS, OTR/L, CKTP, CDI, DRS

Marianjoy Northwestern Medicine

Chirag Shah, M.D.

Rush University Medical Center

Margaret Mary Tippman

Territory Manager
Hollister Incorporated

Rodney Wells, MAFM

Rodney Wells
Accountant
U. S. Railroad Retirement Board

Joshua Weyland

Senior Accountant
Uptake

REPRESENTATIVES

Robert Arciola

Vaughn Chapter,
Paralyzed Veterans of America

Dawn M. Mattson

Vaughn Chapter,
Paralyzed Veterans of America

MEDICAL & SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Roy Adair, M.D.

Director-Spasticity Management Program & Electrodiagnostic Laboratory
Vice-Chair Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Advocate Christ Medical Center

David Chen, M.D

Medical Director, Spinal Cord Injury
Acute Care and Rehabilitation
Project Director, Midwest Regional
Spinal Cord Injury Care System
Northwestern Memorial Hospital &
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab

Michelle Gittler, M.D.

Residency Program Director
Medical Director, SCI Program
Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital

Anita Kou, M.D.

Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital

Ray Lee, M.D.

Director of Spinal Cord Injury Program
Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital

Jeffrey E. Oken, M.D.

Hines VA Hospital

STAFF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mercedes Rauen
Mercedes Rauen

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Sarah Mularz
Sarah Mularz