2010-2011 CHADD
Officers and Board of Directors
 Steven Peer
Minnesota
President
Steven Peer became president of CHADD's board of directors in
July 2010. Peer served as the chapter coordinator of CHADD Twin Cities
in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. He is president of Emotional Mastery,
Inc., a company delivering anger and emotion management programs to
professionals within the judicial system. As a pastoral
counselor, Peer has worked closely with teens and adults with ADHD.
In 1982, he cofounded a men's group that continues to provide community
support to individuals with anger-management issues. In addition to his
enormous work on behalf of those living with ADHD, Peer is working
on a book titled, Why Is My Child Always Angry? He
is also the father of children with ADHD.
 Marie S. Paxson
Pennsylvania
Immediate Past President
Marie Paxson of West Chester, Pennsylvania is the mother
of two grown children with ADHD. She has spent years as an advocate
for people living with the disorder. She has been instrumental in
CHADD’s work to influence federal policy, even testifying at a
U.S. Department of Education hearing on special education
law. Paxson’s knowledge of ADHD stems from both her
professional and personal experiences. Fluent in the findings of science
and research, Paxson also understands well the practical day-to-day
issues facing people affected by ADHD.
 Michael Garza, EdD
Secretary
Texas
Michael Garza, EdD, a former counselor and community leader in
Dallas, Texas, founded the North Texas Chapter of CHADD in 2002. Mike is
recognized for his understanding of ADHD in the Spanish-speaking
community and has worked closely with CHADD in disseminating culturally
sensitive information to the public about the impact of ADHD on the
Hispanic/Latino community. Mike currently teaches psychology at
Brookhaven College.
Barbara Hawkins
Maryland
Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee
Barbara Hawkins is chair of the Children’s Mental Health
Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The former coordinator of CHADD of
Greater Baltimore, she presently is a member of its advisory board.
She is a recipient of the CHADD Volunteer of the Year Award. Hawkins is
assistant dean of Villa Julie College in Stevenson, Maryland.
Cecile de Jongh
U.S. Virgin Islands
Cecile deJongh became the first lady of the U.S. Virgin
Islands in 2007, when her husband was inaugurated as the
territory’s seventh elected governor. Cecile is an outspoken
advocate for people affected by ADHD, a disorder that has touched her
own family. As first lady, she established two local chapters of
CHADD in the Virgin Islands. She also became a certified Parent to
Parent teacher. DeJongh holds a degree in business administration from
Marquette University. She and her husband have three children.
 Anne Teeter Ellison, EdD
Wisconsin
Anne Teeter Ellison, professor emeritus of
educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has
served on the CHADD board of directors since 2002. During the course of
her service to CHADD, she has served as the board secretary, chair of
the professional advisory board, chair of the editorial advisory board
for Attention magazine, and chair of the planning
committee for three of CHADD's international conferences. Prior to
service on the national level, Ellison was a professional advisor
to the Wisconsin ADHD Project, and a member of the State of Wisconsin
ADD Council. Ellison has published numerous scientific articles and
books and is the coeditor of the CHADD Educator's Manual on
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
Charles Kaplanek
New York
Bio coming soon
Judy Marshall
California
Judy Marshall’s
journey with ADHD started when her son was diagnosed with the disorder
nineteen years ago. She found that CHADD provided her with the
information she needed to better understand and deal with her son's
ADHD. After getting involved with CHADD, she was instrumental in the
reorganization of the Contra Costa chapter. Over the years, Judy has
served as treasurer, membership coordinator, and Parent to Parent
coordinator for the Northern California chapter. Because of her
incredible work on behalf of people affected by ADHD, she was named
Volunteer of Year in 2006 and became a member of the chapter services
committee.
Harvey C. Parker, PhD
Florida
Harvey Parker, a licensed clinical psychologist, is a cofounder and
a former executive director of CHADD. He played an instrumental
role in encouraging the U.S Department of Education to clarify the
responsibility schools must assume in providing appropriate educational
services to students with ADHD. Parker has authored and coauthored
a number of publications on ADHD. Because of all of his contributions to
making the country a better place for people affected by the
disorder, Parker was inducted into the CHADD Hall of Fame in
1994.
Sharyn S. Rhodes, PhD
Maryland
Sharyn S. Rhodes
came to CHADD’s national board of directors in 2009. She is a
retired professor of special education who taught undergraduate and
graduate courses at Appalachian State University, Johns Hopkins
University, and, for twenty-nine years, Loyola University Maryland. She
has served on the professional advisory board and board of directors for
CHADD of Greater Baltimore for fifteen years. She was coordinator of the
chapter for two years, and is currently immediate past coordinator and
event chair. Rhodes is a certified Parent-to-Parent teacher and has been
running P2P classes for five years.
Ana Romero, MAF
California
Bio coming soon
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