Board of Directors

Each member of our Board provides the Center with diverse professional expertise in the areas of marketing, financial services, and health care issues. It is the responsibility of the Board to support and guide the Center’s mission.

MELANIE-JOY DORN, Chair
Assistant Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Department
The George Washington University

NICK BRYAN, Vice Chair
Owner, Comfort Keepers

TRACY ZIMMERMAN, Treasurer
Director of Finance and Accounting
Smart Electric Power Alliance

BROOKE HATFIELD, Secretary
Senior Director, Health Care Services in Speech-Language Pathology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

SAID ALIYEV, Director
President, Virginia Home Care Services

GWEN FLANDERS, Director
Founding Coordinator, Caring Connection
Retired Founding Editor, USA TODAY

NANCY LOEFFLER, MHA, BSN, ACM-RN, Director
Retired Chief Nursing Officer, Inova Medical Group

DANA RIZZO, RN BSN ACMA, Director
Area Manager Business Development
Waltonwood Ashburn

DORI SOLOMON, Director
Retired Assistant General Counsel, AOL
Stroke Survivor

Ex Officio:
SUZANNE COYLE, MA, CCC-SLP
Executive Director, Stroke Comeback Center