Jay Silverman
Founder
Chesapeake Down Syndrome Support Group
Jay Silverman has served on the Board of the National Down Syndrome Congress for 9 years from 2000 to 2009. Along with his wife, Janis, he was the founder of the Chesapeake Down Syndrome Support Group and remains active on the board of directors as their treasurer. He is the official photographer of NDSC.
Silverman has been active as an advocate for over 30 years and educator for 42 years, now retired.
- G.H. Jay Mills
- Global Down Syndrome Foundation
- Global Down Syndrome Foundation
Adults with Down Syndrome Task Force- Adults with Down Syndrome Task Force Clinical & Basic Research Subcommittee
- Adults with Down Syndrome Task Force Clinical Care Subcommittee
- Adults with Down Syndrome Task Force Core Members
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- Adults with Down Syndrome Task Force Members, in Alphabetical Order
- Adults with Down Syndrome Task Force Nutrition & Cooking Subcommittee
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- Adults with Down Syndrome Task Force Speech & Communication Subcommittee
- Adults with Down Syndrome Task Force Survey Subcommittee
- Amy McDevitt PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
- Ann-Charlotte Granholm, PhD, DDS
- Ashley Twining
- Barbara Gaffney
- Barry Martin, MD
- Beth Osten, MS, OTR/L
- Cara George, CLHMS, IRES
- Carolyn Bergeron
- Catherine McDonnell-Forney
- Cheryl Councill, MS, CCC-SLP
- Cora Halder
- Daryl M. Davis
- David S. Smith, MD
- Deb Reid
- Deborah Fidler, PhD
- Devan Winterle
- Dr. Libby Kumin
- Eileen Walsh, MS, RD, LDN
- Emily Perl Kingsley
- Francis J. Hickey, MD
- Heather Green
- Huntington Potter, PhD
- Ira T. Lott, MD
- Jay Silverman
- Joan Guthrie Medlen, MEd, RD, LD
- Karen Gaffney
- Karen Nagao
- Karen Riley, PhD
- Katie Frank, MHS, OTR/L
- Kaye Kolker Baumgardner, MS, CCC-SLP, COM
- Kent McKelvey, MD
- Laurier Kinney
- Lina Patel, PsyD
- Lynn M. Campbell, MS, CCC-SLP
- Lynn Rodriguez
- M. Sheila Hebein
- Melissa Silverman
- Michelle Sie Whitten
- Mina Goodman, M.Ed., M.S., CCC-SLP
- Moya Peterson, PhD, ARNP
- Nancy Wilson
- Patricia C. Winders, PT
- Peggy Bergeron
- Peter Bulova, MD
- Sandy MagaƱa, PhD, MSW
- Sarah Mann, PT, DPT, MBA
- Sharla Hank
- Sharon Gartland, MA, OTR/L
- Steffi Gratigny, MD
- Stephanie Neri
- Sujeet Desai
- Terri Couwenhoven, MS
- Tom Blumenthal, PhD
- Tony Piontek
- William E. McCarthy
- International Spokespeople
- Jena Hausmann
- John J. Reilly, Jr
- John J. Sie, Co-Trustee, Anna and John J. Sie Foundation
- Leslie Leinwand, PhD
- Lilly Marks
- Mary Beth Wallingford
- Michelle Sie Whitten
- Neil M. Goff
- Phil DiStefano
- Richard Krugman
- Ricki Rest
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