Advocacy

Stephanie Austin, MS, is a member of the Association for Glycogen Storage Diseases Scientific Advisory Board. 

Blythe Crissman, MS, CGC, serves on the International Mosaic Down Syndrome Society Medical Advisory Board and is a certified Sibling Support Project (Sibshops) volunteer.

 

Dwight Koeberl, MD, PhD, is on the Board of Directors for the Association for Glycogen Storage Diseases and is a member of the North Carolina Newborn Screening Advisory Committee.

 

Joanne Mackey, RN, MSN, CPNP, volunteers for the Triangle Down Syndrome Network and is a member of the Pediatric Prescribed Advisory Board, a daycare for medically fragile children based in Raleigh, NC. In addition, she is a health-screening volunteer and guest presenter at the Association of Self-Advocates of North Carolina Annual Convention.

 

David S. Millington, PhD, is a member of the North Carolina Newborn Screening Advisory Committee.

 

Jennifer Sullivan-Saarela, MS, CGC, is currently chair of the Communications Committee for the National Society of Genetic Counselors and has previously served on several other NSGC committees. She is also a member of the Planning Committee for Genzyme Therapeutics Lysosomal Storage Disorders 13th Annual Healthcare Advocates Meeting and serves on the External Advisory Committee for the UNC-Greensboro Genetic Counseling Program. In addition, she has served on the Association for Glycogen Storage Diseases Scientific Advisory Board.