Trish Hambridge

NAS President has lived with aphasia since her stroke in 2008.

• Worked for AppleCare as a project manager
• Frequently speaks about stroke recovery with speech-language pathologists, students, the public, and people with aphasia or stroke survivors
• Has attended nine conferences and has spoken at four conferences, including Aphasia Access Leadership Summit and the American Speech-Language Hearing Association
• Board Member of the Disability Advisory Committee in Dunedin, Florida
• Board Member of Braemoor Village Condominium Home Owners' Association
• Member of ground-breaking Aphasia Games for Health project; co-author of paper published in Proceedings for the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
• Member of Voices of Hope for Aphasia, Saint Petersburg, Florida
• Lives in Tampa area, Florida

Amy Walters

NAS Vice President has lived with aphasia since her stroke in 2018.

• Vice President of NAS and Harvard graduate
• Masters of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University
• Worked at Terumo Microvention as Vice President of Regulatory & Clinical Affairs
• Leader in medical device companies including Johnson & Johnson, EV3, AWE Inc., Sequent Medical, and Terumo Microvention of Regulatory & Clinical Affairs throughout her 30-year career
• Has an interest in aphasia advocacy work and has presented at neurosurgical intervention conferences to spread awareness
• Member of numerous aphasia groups across the country
• Avid hiking enthusiast and enjoys reading for pleasure
• Lives in Newport Beach, California with her husband Dave Billingsley

Helen Ansted

NAS Secretary/Treasurer advocates for people with aphasia.

• Retired from lengthy career as Principal Financial Analyst for the City of Mountain View, California
• Finance Committee member for Notre Dame High School, San Jose, California.
• Enjoys gardening, reading, travel, and participating in many outdoor activities with family and friends.
• Lives in the San Jose, California.

Kait Moses

NAS Director is a speech-language pathologist and ally of persons living with aphasia.

• Clinical work includes providing intensive speech therapy
• Supporting families through the University of Michigan Aphasia Program
• Member of Aphasia Access and a qualified associate of Project BRIDGE (Building Research Initiatives by Developing Group Effort)
• Lives in Michigan

Bruce Farrell

NAS Director has lived with aphasia since 2020 after a TBI.

• Worked as Director of Proposals for Plante Moran
• Is a presentations expert.
• Was a Board Member for Association of Proposal Management Professionals, where he is a Fellow.
• Featured in "Their Words: An Aphasia Documentary Series"
• Enjoys playing guitar and has played in many bands.
• Lives with his wife, Jeanne, in Detroit.