The American Institute for Stuttering is an American nonprofit organization that provides universally affordable
speech therapy
Speech is a human vocal communication using language. Each language uses phonetic combinations of vowel and consonant sounds that form the sound of its words (that is, all English words sound different from all French words, even if they are th ...
to people who
stutter
Stuttering, also known as stammering, is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words, or phrases as well as involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the ...
. The organization, legally known as The American Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Professional Training (AIS), was founded in 1998 by
speech-language pathologist Catherine Otto Montgomery in New York, New York. The current clinical director is speech-language pathologist Heather Grossman, PhD. AIS currently has offices in New York City, Atlanta, GA, and Minneapolis, MN.
The organization provides stuttering therapy to children and adults, financial assistance to help make therapy affordable, and clinical training to speech-language pathologists seeking specialized knowledge in the treatment of stuttering.
Board of directors
The members of the board of directors are:
*Chairman
Eric Dinallo
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Debevoise & Plimpton
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LLP
*Treasurer Nolan Russo, Jr. – Capital Printing Corporation
*Vice Chair Sander Flaum – Flaum Partners, Inc.
*Secretary Z. Logan Gould – Maynard, Cooper & Gale, LLP
*Aaron Graff –
Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc
*Amish Shah –
Goodwin Procter
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*Anthony Hooper – Biotech
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Austin Pendleton
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– actor, director, and writer
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Barry Blaustein – writer, director, producer
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Carly Simon
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– singer/Songwriter
*Chris Coleridge – Hum Nutrition Inc.
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Clarence Page
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Early years
Page was born in Dayton, Ohio, and attended Middletown High School in Middletown whe ...
– Journalist
*David Esseks –
Allen and Overy, LLP
*David Resnicow – Resnicow and associates
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Emily Blunt – actress
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John Stossel
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Fox Business
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*Julie M. Henson –
Taft
*Kenyatta Bolden –
Prudential Financial
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Kenyon Martin
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NBA player
*Kerri Chase –
McDermott Will & Emery
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LLP
*Laureen Coyne – Risk Management Consultant
*Norbert Lewandowski – Lewandowski & Company
*Rachel Cortese – Speech Language Pathologist, Behavior Therapist
*Susan Reichardt –
Surface Transportation Board
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*Will Blodgett – Fairstead
*William D. Marsillo –
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
References
External links
American Institute for Stuttering website
Non-profit organizations based in New York (state)
Speech and language pathology
Stuttering associations
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