Clinic Director Academy Ad Hoc Committee

Jennifer Mackey is an Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, MA. Her interests include clinical education, student well-being, and working with families and caregivers. Jenn practices in the area of early intervention and early childhood and serves as the coordinator for the Early Intervention concentration in the SLP program. She also volunteers in the Massachusetts Speech Language Hearing Association as the VP of Advocacy.

Amanda R. Copes, Ed.D., CCC-SLP has been a speech-language pathologist for more than 20 years and has served the higher education community for the past 12 years. She has presented on the topic of interprofessional clinical education both nationally and internationally and has published articles related to the knowledge and skills for best practices in clinical education. Her most recent research focused on self-accountability measures for continued competence in clinical supervision for speech-language pathologists who supervise graduate students. In her current role, she oversees the clinical education and supervision of first-year graduate students in the Master of Science in Communication Disorders program at Stockton University.

Tammy Fredrickson is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. She previously served as Director of Audiology Clinical Education as well as AuD Program Director and has returned to focus on teaching and precepting (the fun hats to wear!). She earned her BA and MA at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point and her PhD at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her interests lie in the areas of clinical education, pediatric audiology, and auditory processing.

Jennifer Phelan is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Audiology Clinic Coordinator at the University of South Dakota. Jennifer has a commitment to use of evidence-based practices in her care of patients and education of the audiology graduate clinicians she precepts. Her clinical focus encompasses many areas of audiology with a passion for serving the pediatric population and individuals with developmental differences. As an educator, Jennifer has a strong interest in the science of teaching and learning as it relates to clinical precepting.

Michael J. Bamdad has focused his clinical and research activities on patients with traumatic brain injuries and their families for over 30 years.  He has been published and speaks nationally and internationally on the topics of executive functioning deficits and pragmatic disorders.  He is currently working as the Director of Clinical Education in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Anu Subramanian, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a clinical professor and director of clinical programs in SLP at the Dept of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa. She supervises graduate students in stuttering (across the age span) and pediatric clinical placements, including early intervention. She teaches classes in Supervision and Foundations of Clinical Practice. Her interests are in early intervention, stuttering, and clinical education. She is an alumni of the CAPCSD Leadership Academy from 2019 and serves on clinical education committee at CAPCSD.

Kevin M. McNamara, M.A., CCC-SLP, is clinical director emeritus in the Department of Communication Disorders at Southern Connecticut State University. Across his career, he has supported children and adults with a wide variety of communication needs, served as a clinical educator and director, and engaged in research and presented on the topic of clinical education. He served on the 2016 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Ad Hoc Committee on Supervision Training, and more recently as Chair of the CAPCSD Clinical Educator Resources Committee. He was named an ASHA Fellow in 2019 due, in part, to his work in advancing best practices in clinical education and supervision.  

Mandie began working in the role of Director of Professional Development for CAPCSD in June 2023. She has had extensive opportunities managing meetings, events and conferences in a destination management company, nonprofit organization, city government agency, and two professional associations, in both professional and volunteer capacities.

In 2010, she joined Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and began serving as a volunteer with the North Florida Chapter. Mandie served on the Board of Directors, and worked with other Florida chapter leaders on a statewide committee for the state's regional conference. She earned her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) professional designation through the Events Industry Council in 2014 and recertified in 2019 and 2024. She is a member of the American Society of Association Executives.

Outside work, Mandie enjoys spending time with her husband and their two children. She loves reading, watching true crime shows, creating table settings, and cheering on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.