CDNG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Tolu Oyesanya, PhD, RN
CHAIR
Duke University, School of Nursing
Pamela Roberts, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, FAOTA, CPHQ, FNAP, FACRM
CO-CHAIR
Executive Director, Office of Chief Medical Officer;
Executive Director and Professor,
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Co-Director, Division of Informatics,
Department of Biomedical Sciences,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center;
Sr. Director, Quality, Outcomes, and Research,
California Rehabilitation Institute,
Los Angeles, CA
Emily Evans, PhD
SECRETARY
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Monique R. Pappadis, PhD
PAST-CHAIR
Associate Professor, School of Public and Population Health
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Brooks C. Wingo, PhD
MEMBER AT LARGE
Assistant Professor
Department of Occupational Therapy
University of Alabama at Birmingham
CDNG PAST CHAIRS
- Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM
- Alison Cogan, PhD, OTR/L
- Brooks C. Wingo, PhD
- Megan Mitchell, PhD
- FOUNDING CHAIR: Dawn Neumann, PhD, FACRM
Task Force Chairs
Brian Downer, PhD
CHAIR, Early Career Development Course Task Force
Assistant Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Texas Medical Branch
Minda M. Markle, MA, PhD, ABPP
CO-CHAIR, Communications Task Force and WEBINAR OFFICER
Licensed Psychologist/Neuropsychologist
Board Certified, Rehabilitation Psychology
Laura Excell, PhD, ND, APRN, LPC, NCC
CO-CHAIR, Communications Task Force
Clinical Psychologist, Nurse Practitioner,
Nurse Herbalist
CEO, Innerworking
Tolu Oyesanya, PhD, RN
CHAIR, Mentoring Task Force
Assistant Professor
Duke University, School of Nursing
Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM
CHAIR, Leadership Development Course Task Force
Vice President of Research & Innovation
Shepherd Center
