2026 Key Objectives:

  1. Guide editorial review and publication of family educational materials on key topics in cleft and craniofacial care. Provide strategic direction by prioritizing and identifying patient and family educational needs through professional perspectives. Identify new topics where there may be more than one viewpoint that should be considered in the development of content.
  2. Work on digital content/videos for an adolescent audience.
  3. Updating and creating downloadable one-page factsheets.  
  4. Collaborate on tasks on a need’s basis. Meetings will also be held on a need’s basis.

2026 Committee Members:

  • Pat Ricalde, DDS, MD | Tampa, FL (Chair)
  • Suzanne C. Woodard, MS | Lancaster, PA (Co-Chair)
  • Jill Arganbright, MD | Kansas City, MO
  • Claire E. Arlotto, CPNP-AC | Memphis, TN
  • Meghan Brown Guice, MCD, CCC-SLP | Birmingham, AL
  • Anna R. Carlson, MD | Grand Rapids, MI
  • Shelley R. Cohen, MA, CCC-SLP | New York, NY
  • Gregory “Kyle” Fulton, MD | New Orleans, LA
  • Tasha E. Hall, DMD, MSD | Indianapolis, IN
  • Julie Halverson | Oak Creek, WI
  • Matthew Hiersche, MD | Fresno, CA
  • Scott Hickey, MD | Columbus, OH
  • Alison E. Kaye, MD, FACS, FAAP | Moorestown, NJ
  • Katherine A. Kelly, DDS, PhD, MS | Ann Arbor, MI
  • Daniel P. Lamb, MD, FAAP | San Bernardino, CA
  • Stephen Len | Philadelphia, PA (Ex-Officio Board Member)
  • Caitlin B.L. Magraw, MD, DDS, FACS | Portland, OR
  • Susan M. McCormack, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S | Philadelphia, PA
  • Sylvie M. Render, MS, CCC-SLP | Chicago, IL
  • Eric I. Riklin, PhD, LP | Minneapolis, MN