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Dear CAPCSD Member,

Welcome to May!

I want to extend a huge thank you to the Conference Planning Committee: Leanna Lawrence (chair), Donna Pitts, Erica Williams, Heidi Verticchio, Kimmerly Harrell, and Michael Bamdad for their amazing work on the conference this year. Many thanks also go out to Mandie McKenzie, Ned Campbell, Michelle Reyes, and Colleen Schneider for their work behind the scenes to make everything go so well. And to Tricia Montgomery, the Vice President of Professional Development, for her leadership in planning and executing the event.

Join me in congratulating our newest members of the CAPCSD Board of Directors. Tricia Montgomery, President-Elect, Ashley Harkrider, Treasurer, and Heidi Verticchio, Vice President for Professional Development. Their terms will begin July 1, 2024.

Our scholarship winners are also highlighted in this newsletter. I hope you take time to review these amazing talented student clinicians and scholars.

I wish you all enjoyable summer months,

All the best,

Jennifer Simpson

President

CAPCSD 2024 Election

The CAPCSD Board of Directors is pleased to announce the results of the 2024 Board of Directors election and introduce the incoming VP of Professional Development.

Terms begin July 1, 2024. Congratulations to Tricia, Ashley and Heidi!

President-Elect

Tricia Montgomery

Florida State University

Director of Clinical Education

Three (3) year term

July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025 President Elect

July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 President

July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027 Past President

Treasurer

Ashley Harkrider

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Chair

Three (3) years of service
July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027

VP of Professional Development

Heidi Verticchio

Illinois State University

Clinic Director and Director of Advisement

Three (3) years of service
July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027

Scholarship Announcements

Congratulations to the 2024 scholarship recipients!

CAPCSD has a long history of supporting student education through the scholarship program. The scholarships target both prospective professionals and academics in audiology, speech-language pathology, and hearing/speech/language science.

2024 Scholarship Recipients

Annual Conference Recap

From new plenary session formats to new Solution-Focused Dialogue sessions to new networking opportunities to our speakers and our attendees, you made our 44th Annual Conference a success!

We welcomed over 540 of you to New Orleans for professional development and networking!

Save the dates April 23-26, 2025 for the 45th Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA.

Thank you to our sponsors for helping make this conference possible!

Virtual Conference

Thank you to all who joined the CAPCSD Virtual Conference streamed live from New Orleans! We had over 130 attendees register for the two days.

We received very positive feedback for those of you that choose to attend the virtual conference. We thank you for your feedback, time and dedication to CAPCSD!

We also want to thank our speakers and moderators for their time and resources shared with us!

Registration for the on-demand version of the Virtual Conference will open around June 1, 2024.