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COMMITTED, EXPERIENCED, VISIONARY!
STAFF
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| Darlene Williamson, Janice Rodriguez & Melissa Richman |
Darlene S. Williamson, M.A., CCC-SLP
Founder and Executive Director
Ms. Williamson is well-known in the field of speech-language pathology, having presented at the
regional, state and national level. She received her undergraduate education
at Purdue
University, and completed her postgraduate education at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Darlene has more than 25 years of experience in all levels of post stroke care, including
acute care, long term care, outpatient stroke rehabilitation, home health, and private practice. She was previously the Clinic
Director at The George Washington University, in Washington, DC, and continues on faculty as a Professorial Lecturer.
Ms. Williamson has presented in the areas of supervision, ethics, progressive dementia, and aphasia, particularly group
treatment and quality outcomes, but her primary area of clinical expertise and investigation is apraxia. She has researched the efficacy of various approaches to apraxia and is presently finalizing her suggested
approach to apraxia treatment, Mind Over Matter. She has been a state representative
for the National Aphasia Association for more than 10 years and sits on the NAA Advisory Board. In 2006 she was presented with the Clinical Achievement Award by the District of Columbia Speech-Language
Hearing Association.
Melissa S. Richman, M.S., CCC-SLP
Director of Clinical Operations
Melissa Richman had been at the National Rehabilitation
Hospital for 12 years as a senior speech-language pathologist and joined the STROKE COMEBACK CENTER full-time in January 2007. She specializes
in the diagnosis and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders following stroke and traumatic brain injury. She has participated in several research projects including “The development
and evaluation of alternate educational strategies for unilateral spatial neglect” and “The influence of cultural-linguistic
background on family and SLP perceptions of pragmatic communication skills following right-hemisphere stroke”. Research results have been presented via poster session at the Maryland State Speech-Language
Hearing Association Annual Conference in March, 1998, the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Conference in
November, 1999 and Clinical Aphasiology Conference in May, 2007.
Janice Rodriguez,
J.D.
Administrator
Ms. Rodriguez is a magna
cum laude graduate of Georgetown University
Law Center and was an litigation attorney
at a Washington D.C. law
firm from 1999 to 2001. Before her law career, she worked in the computer field
for fifteen years. She has a B.S. from the University of Maryland University College.
She is a stroke survivor. Ms. Rodriguez loss of her speech and language
skills and her long recovery, gives her unique insight in SCC’s mission. “Communication
is the critical path in a stroke comeback!”
Stroke Comeback: Board of Directors
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Senior Director, State Alliances and Advocacy
American Heart Association
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Physiatrist
Medical Director, Stroke Recovery Program
National Rehabilitation Hospital
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Chairman of the Board, Stroke Comeback |
Janet E. Brown, MA, CCC-SLP |
Director, Health Care Services
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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VP, Clinical Services, Quality Improvement & Corporate Compliance
National Rehabilitation Hospital
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Associate Dean for Research & Outreach in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor
Speech and Hearing Science
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
The George Washington University
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Darlene S. Williamson, M.A., CCC-SLP |
Executive Director, Stroke Comeback Center
Adjunct Professor, The George Washington University
President, Stroke Comeback
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Administrator, Stroke Comeback Center |
Stroke Comeback Center:
Professional Advisory Board
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President and Founder, Innovative Speech |
Ange Knutsen, MS, CCC-SLP |
Program Clinical Coordinator of Inpatient Rehabilitation
Inova Center for Rehabilitation at Inova Mt. Vernon Hospital
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Shannon Kelly Parnell, MS, CCC-SLP |
Speech-Language Pathologist, Willard Health Center |
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Patricia Ritter, Ph.D., CCC-SLP |
Assistant Executive Director, The Treatment and Learning Center |
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Towson Rehabilitation Center |
Betsy Zeigler, ACSW, CCM, CBIS |
Program Director
Children/Adolescent Services
Brain Injury Services
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Stroke
Comeback Center: Consumer Advisory
Board
Chairperson, Paul Berger (Stroke Survivor)
Elaine Braverman
Jim Forsberg (Stroke Survivor)
Winston Jerome Lindsley (Stroke Survivor)
Stephanie Mensh
Karen Rasmussen (Stroke Survivor)
Jim Robinson (Stroke Survivor)
Lane Taylor (Stroke Survivor)
Perry Tsacoumis (Stroke Survivor)
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Stroke Comeback Center * 2944 Hunter Mill Road, Suite 201 * Oakton, VA 22124
Phone: 703-255-5221 * Fax: 703-255-5223
Email: info@strokecomebackcenter.org
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