Andrée Cordella
Andrée Cordella’s career began 24 years ago at Gunn Associates,
then New England’s premiere design studio. It was there that she developed her
following of Fortune 500 clients. As her work began to attract national
attention, she moved into a partnership position and became a Senior Associate.
Acknowledged in the press as one of the countries leading designers, Cordella
realized the need to develop a fuller understanding of marketing and
communications. That lead her to New England’s largest advertising agency, Hill
Holiday, where she shared the helm of the Design Division as Associate Design
Director and then two years later, in conjunction with the international
communications conglomerate, Omnicon/BBDO, Cordella Design was created as an
independent design studio in partnership with New England’s second largest
agency, Ingalls, Quinn & Johnson. Cordella Design broke new ground from the
start by being the first independent creative group operating from within the
traditional agency structure. This new concept was an instant success as
evidenced with billings of $7.5 million in the first year. In 1991, after a
four-year partnership, Cordella Design became a wholly independent entity and
Incorporated. Cordella was appointed Chair on the Board of Trustees of The
Massachusetts College of Art for nine years by Governor William Weld.
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Amy M. Wetherby, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine and
Laurel Schendel Professor, Department of Communication Disorders, Florida State
University; and Executive Director of the
Florida State University Center
for Autism and Related Disabilities.
Dr.Wetherby has thirty years of clinical experience and is a Fellow of the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She has published extensively and
presents regularly at national conventions on social communication profiles of
children with autism spectrum disorders and early identification of
communication disorders in infants and toddlers. She served on the National
Academy of Sciences Committee for Educational Interventions for Children with
Autism and she is the Project Director of the
FIRST WORDS Project, a
longitudinal research investigation on early identification of young children
at-risk for autism spectrum and other communication disorders, funded by the
U.S. Department of Education, National Institutes of Health, and Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. She is the Project Director of an early
treatment study teaching parents of toddlers with autism spectrum disorders how
to support social communication and a Doctoral Leadership Training Grant
specializing in autism.
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Nancy D. Wiseman
As the founder and president of First Signs, Nancy Wiseman is dedicating
her life to improving the lives of children and families affected by developmental disorders.
Since 1999, Nancy has made a significant contribution to changing policy, improving awareness,
and changing pediatric practice in how we screen, refer, and detect young children today. Before
devoting herself to First Signs, Nancy worked in corporate communications for over 20 years
building brand awareness, educating the public, and generating qualified leads for international
companies in the financial, travel, office products, computer, and software industries. She now
utilizes her skills in fundraising and development, staff and financial management, film and
video production, as well as public relations and education, to direct
First Signs, Inc. She has
counseled parents worldwide and she has appeared in interviews with USA Today, Parents, and
NBC's Today Show. She is the author of Could It Be Autism? A Parent's Guide to the First Signs
and Next Steps and The First Year®: Autism Spectrum
Disorders: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed Child. Nancy serves as president and treasurer and she is the mother of Sarah, who was
diagnosed with autism at the age of two. Today Sarah stands as a powerful example
of the impact that early identification and intensive intervention can have on young children
with developmental delays and disorders. Nancy is the 2006 recipient of the American Academy of
Pediatrics
Dale Richmond/Justin Coleman Award for her outstanding achievement in the field of child development.
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