2026 Annual Conference Speaker Disclosures
NDTA 2025 Conference Instructional Personnel Disclosure
*All Instructors (unless otherwise noted) are members of the NDTA receive a speaking fee from the NDTA for their session presentations as well as a complimentary conference registration*
Instructor: Rona Alexander, PHD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, C/NDT
Financial Disclosure: Receives honoraria from NDTA for teaching and speaking. Receives Royalties for being a developer/teacher of CEU products in feeding/swallowing and ribcage/respiratory function in children with neuromuscular challenges from Clinicians View. Royalties for being a co-author of a book published by the Hammil Institute on Disabilities. Royalties for being a developer/lecturer for recorded presentation entitled, "The Thoracic Cage: Putting the Pieces Together for Oral, Pharyngeal and Respiratory Function", Co-Developed and instructor for recorded webinar entitled, "Improving Mobility in the Pelvis and Thoracic Cage When Exercising the “Core”.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Leadership roles in the NDTA. Participation in the NDTA Instructors Group.
Instructor: Dr. Amy Barbuto, PHD, PT, DPT
Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Kim Barthel, OTR/L, C/NDT
Financial Disclosure: Receives honoraria from Unyte Health for membership on advisory committee or review panels.
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Judi Bierman, PT, DPT, C/NDT
Financial Disclosure: Receives speaking fee from NDTA for teaching and speaking
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Camille Cruz, Clinical Education Specialist, CPO, LO
Financial Disclosure: Receives speaking fee from NDTA for teaching and speaking
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Beverly Cusick, PT, MS, NDT, COF/BOC
Financial Disclosure: Receives a consulting fee from TheraTogs, Inc. for consulting, and teaching and speaking.
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Nancy Darr, PT, DSc, NCS
Financial Disclosure: Receives intellectual property rights, speaking fee, and honoraria from NDTA for consulting, teaching and speaking, board membership, membership on advisory committee or review panels, and independent contractor.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Developer of the PBS and PBS-2 for Pediatric Balance Scale.
Instructor: Mary Rose Franjone, PT, DPT, MS, CNDT, PCS
Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Kris Gellert, OTR/L, C/NDT
Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Dr. Dora Gosselin, PT, DPT, PhD, cNDT, ABPTS Certified (Pediatrics)
Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Jackie Grimenstein, PT, C/NDT, CKTP
Financial Disclosure: Receives royalty and speaking fee from Summit Professional Education for teaching and speaking.
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Vinita Jobes, OTD, OT/L, C/NDT
Financial Disclosure: Receives honoraria from NDTA for teaching and speaking
Non-Financial Disclosure: Leadership roles in the NDTA. Participation in the NDTA Instructors Group
Instructor: Carmen Pagan, CCC-SLP, C/NDT
Financial Disclosure: Receives honoraria from NDTA for teaching and speaking.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Leadership roles in the NDTA. Participation in the NDTA Instructors Group. Chair of the NDTA Certification Committee
Instructor: Jodi Renard, PT, DPT, C/NDT, CBIS
Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Roxanna Santealla, PT, DPT, PCS, C/NDT
Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Dr. Roseann Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant disclosures
Instructor: Patsy Tate M.S., CCC-SLP, C/NDT
Financial Disclosure: Receives honoraria from NDTA for teaching and speaking
Non-Financial Disclosure: NDTA Board Member at Large
Instructor: Olivia Wilson OT, C/NDT
Financial Disclosure: Receives honoraria from NDTA for teaching and speaking
Non-Financial Disclosure: Leadership roles in the NDTA. Participation in the NDTA Instructors Group