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.
