ABA Directory
Search the Directory of ABA Board Certified Audiologists and access the list of those who hold Board Certification in Audiology with a Specialty in Cochlear Implants2012 Board of Governors
The ABA is governed by a Board comprised of seven audiologists elected by ABA certificants and representative of the certificant community, one Public Representative, one audiologist appointed by the allied American Academy of Audiology, as well as the Immediate Past ABA Chair and the ABA Managing Director who both serve the Board in an ex officio, non-voting capacity. For information about the current Board of Governors, see below. Nomination and Application InformationABA Board terms follow the calendar year and elections are held each fall. If you are an ABA certificant in good standing and think you might be interested in consideration for ABA Board service, please review the following documents. Have you been Board Certified for at least two years and would like to give back to the profession? Do you know an ABA certificant who you feel is an outstanding leader? Forward all completed applications, bios, and positions statements, preferably in MS Word format, to ABA Managing Director Torryn P. Brazell. The application materials are below: |
 Incoming ABA Chair, Gail Whitelaw, PhD, |
Gail Whitelaw, Ph.D., Chair (Bio) 
Ohio State Speech-Language Hearing Clinic
141 Pressy Hall
1070 Carmack Road
Columbus, OH 43210
(614)292-6251 (phone)
(614)292-5723 (fax)
whitelaw.1@osu.edu
Angela S. Pond, AuD, First Vice Chair (Bio)
Veterans Administration
Portland, OR
hearwell@mac.com
Mindy K. Brudereck, AuD (Bio)
Berks Hearing Professionals
321 N. Furnace Street
Suite 90
Birdsboro, PA 19508
(610)404-8025 (phone)
(610)404-8045 (fax)
berkshearing@gmail.com
John A. Coverstone, Au.D. (Bio)
Sentient Healthcare, Inc.
Innsbruck Hearing & Balance Center
2677 Innsbruck Dr. Suite E
New Brighton, MN 55112
651.628.4327 (phone)
651.282.0278 (fax)
jcoverstone@sentienthealthcare.com
Patty A. Keffer, MBA, Public Representative (Bio)
McLean, Virginia
patricia.keffer@verizon.net
Kerry Ormson, EdD, AuD (Bio)
Ormson Hearing Healthcare
5501 West 9th
Amarillo, TX 79106
806-468-4343
kormson@netjava.com
Barbara L. Kurman, AuD (Bio)
Northeastern Technologies Group
40 Glen Street
Glen Cove, NY 11542
516-671-4800 (Phone)
516-674-3507
(Fax)
bkurman@northeasterntech.com
Yvonne S. Sininger Ph.D. (Bio) 
Professor, Head & Neck Surgery
University of California Los Angeles
62-132 Center for the Health Sciences
Box 951624
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1624 310-825-9943(phone)
310-206-1393(fax)
ysininger@mednet.ucla.edu
David Zapala, Ph.D. Academy Liaison
Audiology Section-Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
zapala.david@mayo.edu
Antony Joseph, Au.D., Ph.D., Past Chair, Ex-Officio (Bio)
904-316-6899 (phone)
904-542-2842 (fax)
earsafety@yahoo.com
Torryn P. Brazell, CMP, CAE (Bio) 
American Board of Audiology®
11730 Plaza America Dr., Suite 300
Reston, VA 20190
1.800.881.5410 (toll free)
1.703.790.8631 (fax)
tbrazell@audiology.org