The new directors, Lori Gardner, Au.D., Coral Jud, Au.D., Mark Scoones, Au.D., and Edward Szumowski, Au.D., and the new advisory committee members assumed their duties as of Jan. 1, 2008.
Lori Gardner, Au.D., has provided audiology services in the greater Richmond/Central Virginia area for the past thirty years. She established a private practice, Hear Virginia, six years ago and earned her Au.D. from the Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS) in 2006.
Dr. Gardner is an adjunct faculty member of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department of Longwood University, volunteers as secretary to the Advisory Board of the Central Virginia Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, is an advisor to the Greater Richmond Association for Hearing Loss, and regularly staffs audiology services as part of "remote area medical expeditions" in the Appalachian areas of southwest Virginia. She is also a member of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), ASHA, and the Speech and Hearing Association of Virginia.
Coral Jud, Au.D., began her career with Berry Hearing Aid & Audiology Centers in 1978 as manager, became a co-owner in 1987, and took over as sole owner in 1995. She has also been owner/manager of Fort Dodge Area Audiology Services since 1993. She earned her Au.D. in 2000 from the University of Florida.
Dr. Jud is currently chairperson of the Iowa Board of Speech Pathology & Audiology, and is a member of ADA, AAA, the Iowa Association of Hearing Health Professionals, and the International Hearing Society.
Dr. Scoones earned his Au.D. degree from ASHS in 2002, and has owned West Coast Hearing Clinic in Aberdeen, WA, for almost 20 years. Dr. Scoones is also a captain in the United States Navy Medical Service Corps where he currently serves as acting commanding officer at the Operational Health Support Unit in Bremerton, WA. He is a member of ADA and AAA.
Dr. Szumowski earned his Au.D. from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, School of Audiology (PCO) in 2003. He has owned Western Michigan Hearing Services in Grand Rapids, MI, since 1985, and has particular interest in dispensing audiology, geriatric rehabilitation and tinnitus. He is a member of ADA, AAA and was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Michigan Academy of Audiology.
Also effective Jan. 1, 2008, Christine Ulinski, Au.D., is serving the AFA as vice chair, and Michael A. Thelen, Au.D., as its treasurer. Robert Gippin, Esq., David Goldstein, Ph.D., Claire Kilcoyne, Au.D., and Charlie Stone, Au.D., have fulfilled their terms and transitioned to the AFA Senior Advisors Council, with Dr. Goldstein serving as chair emeritus after 19 years of board service.
Doctors of Audiology Jason Aird, Jenifer M. Cushing, Kamal Elliot, Mary Frintner, Amit Gosalia, Mona Klingler, George A. Lindley, IV, Kurt T. Pfaff, Jody C. Pianin, Nancy Sickelka, Kathleen Sullivan and Lisa Wodzisz have all joined the AFA Advisory Committee. Advisory Committee members Lynn Lehman, Au.D., and Cynthia Earle, Au.D., have completed their terms of service.
