The 2024 Vancouver Conference committees are dedicated groups of FASD-informed individuals. Learn more about these wonderful people below.
Program Planning Committee
Heather Carmichael Olson, Ph.D., Clinical Professor, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Michael Charness, MD, Chief of Staff, VA Boston Healthcare System; Faculty Associate Dean, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Dean, Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, West Roxbury, MA, USA
Peter W. Choate, PhD, RCSW, Clinical Social Worker, Professor, Social Work, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, Canada
Dan Dubovsky, MSW, FASD Specialist, Independent Contractor, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Bill Dunty, PhD, FASD Research Coordinator and Program Director, Division of Metabolism and Health Effects, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Brenda Knight, Registered Psychologist, Private Practice, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Christine Loock, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, Developmental and Social Pediatrician, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, BC Children’s Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jan Lutke, Conference Chair, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Rajesh C. Miranda, PhD, Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, USA
Christie Petrenko, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Edward Riley, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor, Center for Behavioral Teratology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Jo Votolato, Conference Director, FASD United, Washington, DC, USA
Joanne Weinberg, PhD, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, Emerita, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Local Planning Committee
Allison D. Brooks, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, University of Washington Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic and Prevention Network; Clinic Director, Brooks Powers Group, Seattle, WA
Paul Connor, Ph.D., Clinical Neuropsychologist/Licensed Psychologist Private Practice, Des Moines, WA, USA; Courtesy Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit, Seattle, WA, USA
Carolyn Hartness, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders/Reentry Consultant/Trainer, Seattle, WA, USA
Susan (Astley) Hemingway, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Director WA State Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic & Prevention Network, Seattle WA, USA
Tracy Jirikowic, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Professor | Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; Program Director, Division of Occupational Therapy; Co-Director, Program in Rehabilitation Science, UW Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Kay Kelly, Project Director, FASD Legal Issues Resource Center; Research Coordinator, Multisite Study of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Effects of Inflammation and Endocrine Dysfunction in Adulthood Brain Maturation in Adults with FASD, Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI)/Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit (FADU), University of Washington/ School of Medicine/Psychiatry, Seattle, WA
Michelle Kuhn, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Medical School; Attending Psychologist, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
Annette Kunzman, MBA, President, FASD Network of Southern California, member of FASDNow! Alliance Member, Manhattan Beach, CA
Jan Lutke, Conference Chair, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Natalie Novick Brown, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Erin Olson, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine; Psychologist,Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic & Prevention Network, Institute on Human Development and Disability University of Washington; Attending Psychologist, Autism Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
Joanne Sparrow, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice (Redmond, WA) and Special Projects Coordinator – Families Moving Forward Program (Seattle Childrens Research Institute), WA, USA
Karen A Steele, Attorney, Salem, OR, USA
Susan Stoner, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Ann Streissguth Ph.D. Professor of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute; Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
Jo Votolato, Conference Director, FASD United, Washington, DC, USA
Jennifer Wisdahl, Chief Operating Officer, FASD United, Washington, DC, USA
International Advisory Committee
Sabrina Agnihotri, Trainee Representative; MD/Ph.D.,PGY-5, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Dorothy Badry, Ph.D., RSW, Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Tatiana Balachova, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator/Program Director, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research (DEPR); Scientific Coordinator and Executive Secretary, Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Claire Coles, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Program (MSACD), Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Paul Connor, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist, Licensed Psychologist, Private Practice and Courtesy Clinical Assistant Professor, Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit, University of Washington, Normandy Park, WA, USA
Lori Vitale Cox, Ph.D., Director Elsipogtog Eastern Door Centre; Adjunct Professor UBC Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Rexton, NB, Canada
Julian Davies, MD, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic and Prevention Network, Seattle, WA, USA
Elizabeth Elliott, Professor Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Sydney; and Consultant Paediatrician, The Sydney Children’s, Hospitals Network, Westmead, Australia
Carmen Enache, MD, PhD, Senior Consultant, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Erikson, Furtado, MD, Ph.D., University of Sao Paulo, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, Division of Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Alcohol & Drugs Program – PAI-PAD
Mary Kate Harvie, Judge, Provincial Court of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB, Canada
Susan (Astley) Hemingway, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Director WA State Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic & Prevention Network, Seattle WA, USA
Heike Hoff-Emden, Leader, FASD Centre, Central Germany/Leipzig Leipzig, Germany
Parker Holman, Senior Lab Demonstrator, Anatomy, Department of Kinesiology; Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Hon. Michael I. Jeffery, Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska. Superior Court Judge (Ret.) Alaska Court System; Board member, Alaska Center for FASD, Barrow, AK
Kay Kelly, Project Director, FASD Legal Issues Resource Center; Research Coordinator, Multisite Study of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Effects of Inflammation and Endocrine Dysfunction in Adulthood Brain Maturation in Adults with FASD, Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI)/Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit (FADU), University of Washington / School of Medicine/Psychiatry, Seattle, WA, USA
Denis Lamblin, MD, Developmental Pediatrician, President SAF FRANCE; President and Delegate Director, Local & Regional Networks, International SAFTHON (FASTHON), Reunion Island, France
Philip May, Ph.D., Research Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-Nutrition Research Institute Kannapolis, NC, USA
Valerie McGinn, Ph.D., Clinical Neuropsychologist, Department of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Kathleen Mitchell, Senior Vice President of FASD Prevention and Recovery Services, FASD United Washington, DC, USA
Raja Mukherjee, MBE,MBBS, FRCPsych, PGDIP EPP, PhD, Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Lead Adult Neurodevelopmental Services, FASD Specialist Clinic and Adult Autism Diagnostic Services, SABP NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK
Leana Olivier, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Alcohol Related Research (FARR), Cape Town, South Africa
Moira Plant, Professor Emeritus Alcohol & Health Research Unit, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; Adjunct Professor, Curtin University, Edinburgh, UK
Svetlana (Lana) Popova, Senior Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Associate Professor, Epidemiology Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Associate Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto; Graduate Faculty Associate Member, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Jon Skranes, Professor, Child Neurology and Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim; Head of Child Habilitation Unit and Senior Consultant, Regional Competence Center for Children with Prenatal Alcohol/Drug Exposure, Dept. of Pediatrics, Sørlandet Hospital Lillesand, Norway
Paula Stanghetta, Facilitator, Coach, Trainer, Paula Stanghetta & Associates Inc., Kitchener, ON
FASD Leadership Committee: International Adult Leadership Collaborative (ALC), FASD Changemakers
Myles Himmelreich, ALC FASD Changemakers, Nanaimo, BC
CJ Lutke, ALC FASD Changemakers, Vancouver, BC
Katrina Griffin, ALC FASD Changemakers, Vancouver, BC
Emily Hargrove, ALC FASD Changemakers, Paducah, KY
Justin Mitchell, ALC FASD Changemakers, Vancouver, BC
Anique Lutke, ALC FASD Changemakers, Vancouver, BC
Maggie May, ALC FASD Changemakers, Ireland
Jacob Dedman, ALC FASD Changemakers, Australia
Jessica Birch, ALC FASD Changemakers, Australia
Nury van Beers, ALC FASD Changemakers, Netherlands
Kim Dokter, ALC FASD Changemakers, Netherlands
Byron Jones, ALC FASD Changemakers, New Zealand
Gina Schumaker, ALC FASD Changemakers, AK
Shannon Butt, ALC FASD Changemakers, Ottawa, ON
Justin Shepherd, ALC FASD Changemakers, CO
Tonje Hognerud, ALC FASD Changemakers, Norway
More information on the Adult Leadership Collaborative here