2023 Key Objectives:
- Work with ACPA’s advocacy partner to develop an advocacy plan.
- Develop strategies for incorporating advocacy into Cleft Awareness Month.
- Monitor and provide support on any current or future legislation impacting those with cleft/craniofacial conditions.
- Reach out to allied organizations to collaborate on advocacy efforts.
- Generate discussion within the advocacy group on ACPA’s Online Community.
- Work with ACPA’s advocacy partner for an Advocacy Central table during the Annual Meeting.
2023 Committee Members
- Christopher M. Discolo, MD – Denver, CO (Chair)
- Jose R. Arballo – Riverside, CA
- Hannah Bergman – Springfield, MO
- Greg Bowden – Baltimore, MD (Ex-Officio Board Member)
- Lynn M. Fox, MA, MEd, CCC-SLP – Chapel Hill, NC
- Jeffrey A. Goldstein, MD – Kansas City, MO
- Michael S. Golinko, MD, FAAP, FACS – Nashville, TN
- Elena M. Hopkins, RN, MS, PNP – Palo Alto, CA
- Michaela Kozaczka, LICSW – Northborough, MA
- Kaitrin K. Kramer, DDS, MS, PhD – Columbus, OH
- Daniel P. Lamb, Jr., MD – San Bernardino, CA
- Ana M. Mercado, DMD, PhD – Columbus, OH
- John Munday – Madison, WI
- Victoria Ratcliffe, DDS – Dallas, TX
- Sarah M. Richards, MS, CCC-SLP – Chicago, IL
- Mark E. Runge, DDS, MS – Chicago, IL
- Suzanne Santomieri – Winston-Salem, NC
- Douglas Swol – Reston, VA
- Peter J. Taub, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP – New York, NY
- Melissa Tumblin – Broomfield, CO
