Mickey Rosner is a speech language pathologist who has specialized in teaching children to use communication devices for the past 34 years. She worked at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for 33 years before leaving to start her own business at Rosner AAC Speech Solutions. Mickey also has worked part time for the Center for Rare Neurological Diseases. She has evaluated, consulted, and treated children from all over the southeast to become successful communicators using AAC. Mickey specializes in working with children who have unique access needs. She carries additional certification by RESNA as an ATP (Assistive Technology Provider). Mickey resides in Atlanta with her husband and 4 children.

Kelsey Wells, A.B.D., CCC-SLP is a Clinical Instructor at Georgia State University. She has worked with many populations across the lifespan in a variety of settings, including skilled nursing, subacute rehabilitation, schools, assisted/independent living, and teletherapy. She has a master's degree from Indiana University, a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia, and an associate's degree from Young Harris College. She is currently completing her clinical doctorate in speech-language pathology at Valdosta State University with a focus in dysphagia and dementia. In her free time, she enjoys going to the zoo, aquarium, museums, theater productions, and sporting events with her spouse and two children. 

Jason has worked with children with special needs for 15+ years. He started as a speech assistant at a private school for children with autism before earning his master’s in speech therapy. Since graduate school, he has been working at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as an assistive technology specialist in the in-patient and outpatient setting. He deeply enjoys educating families and empowering users of AAC. During his free time, he enjoys hiking, training for triathlons, and spending time with his family and friends.

Susan Lee is a special education teacher by profession, but she is a special needs mom by privilege. Susan has taught special education in Shelby County Schools in Alabama for 26 years. During that time she has taught students with severe communication delays, physical disabilities, hearing impairments, autism, psychiatric disorders and trauma, learning disabilities, and visual impairments. Fourteen years ago, Susan’s life changed when she gave birth to Alyssa, her daughter with Rett Syndrome. At that time she became an advocate for Alyssa and other children with significant multiple disabilities, especially those who are nonverbal. Susan and Alyssa had the opportunity to participate in a communication camp in Mississippi for many years and saw the importance of teaching communication skills and AAC in the camp setting, while also exposing graduate speech/language students to AAC in this immersive environment. When the camp in Mississippi closed, it became her mission to find a team willing to start a camp to fill this need. After pitching the idea to people in three different states, this team in Georgia took the idea and it has now come to fruition in Camp SPEAK!

Laura Nichols is an Associate Clinical Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia. Laura has a clinical focus in AAC and has taught classes and provided clinical supervision at UGA for 6 years. She has been a speech pathologist for over 30 years. Prior to UGA, Laura worked in a variety of service delivery settings, including the Georgia Department of Education Project for Assistive Technology, where she also specialized in providing AAC services and consultations.

Lorena Cole is an Assistant Professor/Clinical Supervisor for the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Valdosta State University. She also serves as the university’s Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic’s director. She has been a certified speech pathologist for over 30 years. Prior work experience included working in a variety of medical settings in both Georgia and Florida. Her research interests include adult dysphagia, stuttering, communication disorders in adults with developmental disabilities, and AAC.

Jenny Gordon, Ed.S, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and licensed in the State of Georgia. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia, Master's degree from South Carolina State, and a Specialist degree from Lincoln Memorial University. She began her employment in South Carolina at Berkley Elementary School in 2001. She has experience across the lifespan, including in school systems (working with early intervention age 3 spanning to self-contain high school age 22), home healthcare, private practice, supervisor for school interns and adjunct clinical supervisor at the University of West Georgia prior to becoming full-time. She assisted in UWG's Rite Care Foundation grant which funds Early Intervention Speech supervisors in Heard Countyand UWG Early Learning Center, reopening the UWG Newnan campus that is currently specializing in the evaluation and treatment of adult and geriatric populations, but open to all ages. She is a member of Carroll County Sertoma Club which specializes in helping students with communication needs. She volunteers and coordinates the Sertoma Baseball camp which provides children with communication needs the opportunity to interact with others through the game of baseball. She serves on UWG advisory board. The board plans with other professionals to assist with providing the most updated research and services to the students and clients. She is passionate about providing quality services to underserved populations across the lifespan.

Ainsley Vergara, M.Ed., CCC-SLP is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the department of Communication Sciences and Special Education at the University of Georgia. She supervises graduate clinicians in the university clinic and off-site practicum sites, teaches clinical and AAC courses, and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. She is co-chair of the Georgia Speech-Language Hearing Association (GSHA) Higher Education Committee and GSHA Leadership and Mentoring Academy (GLMA) Committee. 

Dr. Brandy Locchetta is an assistant professor and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program coordinator in the Department of Special Education at the University of West Georgia. She graduated from Vanderbilt University with  a Ph.D. in Special Education with a focus on early childhood. Brandy also holds a masters degree in Special Education (early childhood) from Vanderbilt University and an undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education with a Preschool Special Education Endorsement from Georgia State University. Brandy's career in early childhood education spans more than 20 years and a variety of roles from teacher to center director to state level program management to higher education and everything in between. As an educator and Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Brandy's passions and areas of expertise include: early intervention (IDEA, Part C) and preschool special education (IDEA Part B, Section 619), inclusion, special education law/policy, multi-tiered systems of support, social-emotional and early learning supports for young children, trauma informed, school-based behavioral assessment and intervention, and strengthening the confidence and competence of families as well as the early childhood and special education workforce to support young children with disabilities and interfering behaviors.