Administrative Team

Wendy Ban Deters
As the EI/ School Professional Development Coordinator Wendy provides evaluation and therapy services for children in the Early Intervention program.

Kate Bousum
As the Director of Advancement, Kate is responsible for the Advancement Team and the goals of raising funds and awareness for the magic that happens at Child’s Voice!

Rollen Cooper
As the Director of Early Intervention, Rollen works with the babies, toddlers, caregivers, and staff in our Early Intervention program. He started working at Child’s Voice in 1996 as a teacher in the school program

Anna Tess
As the School Principal, Anna assists the teachers and students throughout the day. Anna began her career at Child’s Voice in 2015.

Dawn Violetto
As Director of Audiology, Dr. Dawn is responsible for the running of the department on a day-to-day basis, including staff/patient management, budgets, and long-term planning.
Support Team

Kim Callese
Kim is usually the first friendly face you meet when arriving at Child’s Voice. Since April 2014, her role as the Staff Assistant involves managing the front desk area and working closely with the teachers and staff.

Elizabeth Rowgalo

Angela Peaches
Audiology Center

Paige Gallagher
As a Pediatric Audiologist, Dr. Paige serves the pediatric population as both a diagnostic and educational audiologist.
Early Intervention

Laura Straka
Laura is the Early Intervention program’s Lead Therapist/SLP. As an early intervention speech-language pathologist, Laura began her career at Child’s Voice in 2010.

Kim Tasharski
Kim is the Early Intervention program’s Lead Therapist/DTH. As an EI Specialist and Teacher of the Deaf, Kim provides home-based and center-based Aural Rehabilitation services to children and families in the birth to age 3 population

Nina Fistler
As a speech-language pathologist and early intervention specialist, Nina provides speech, language, and listening therapy for children ages 0-3 and their families. Nina sees families in their home, through teletherapy, and provides in-person sessions at Child’s Voice within the Toddler program.

Dan McComb

Sarah Miller
As an early intervention speech-language pathologist, Sarah provides speech, language, and listening therapy for families and children in the birth-3 population. She sees children for home-based services, via teletherapy, and at Child’s Voice during Toddler Group.

Kathy Sosna
As a speech-language pathologist and early intervention specialist, Katy provides speech, language, and listening therapy for children ages 0-3 and their families

Kate Yu
As a Speech-Language Pathologist, Kate works in the Early Intervention Program at Child’s Voice Chicago. She works with children ages birth to three at home and at Child’s Voice to improve their listening, speech, and spoken language.

Morgan Vachio
Morgan is an Early Intervention Speech-Language Pathologist at Child’s Voice. She works with children birth to three in home- and clinic-based settings.
School Staff

Elsa Auerbach
As a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, Elsa started working at Child’s Voice before the school opened in 1996 and has taught many different levels at Child’s Voice during her 25 years here.

Robyn Cox
As the Discovery Center Teacher at Child’s Voice, Robyn works with the preschool students, ages 3-5, in a large group setting (8-10 students).

Julie Deely
Julie received a bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders and a certificate in American Sign Language and Deaf studies from the University of Iowa with the goal of becoming a speech-language pathologist.

Kiersten Flynn
Kiersten completed her undergraduate student teaching at Child’s Voice during the Fall of 2018. Kiersten holds a bachelor’s degree in Deaf Education from Illinois State University.

Sarah Hoppe
As a Teacher of the Deaf, Sarah Hoppe began her career at Child’s Voice in June of 2005. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and a Master’s Degree in Early Intervention in Deaf Education.

Melissa Hyder
Melissa is the School Counselor, working with students through group and individual counseling and classroom lessons to support their social, emotional, academic, and career goals.

Carrie Jackiewicz
As Special Services Coordinator, Carrie ensures the success of our alumni in their home schools by supporting families and school staff that work with our alumni.

Kathy Knudsen
As a Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Kathy began her career at Child’s Voice in 2017. Prior to working at Child’s Voice, Kathy worked at Ohio Valley Voices and Children of Peace.

Taylor McGovern

Mitch Olsen
As a Teacher of the Deaf, Mitch works with primary-aged students, facilitating and promoting growth in language, speech, and self-advocacy skills.

Jessica Pearlman
As a School Speech-Language Pathologist, Jessica spends her days interacting with the children throughout push-in and pull-out speech and language sessions.

Elise Sundberg
As The Learning Center teacher, Elise’s role involves teaching the primary II students (ages 5-7) to listen and speak while having fun in the classroom!

Olivia Wealton
Olivia began her career at Child’s Voice in 2008. She holds a bachelor’s degree in deaf education from Illinois State University as well as a master’s degree in reading and literacy and is a certified Reading Specialist.
Teaching Assistants

Amy Badger
As a Teacher of the Deaf, Amy has many roles. She is a teacher, substitute teacher, and an assistant who enjoys working the students at Child’s Voice.

Corinne Bussa
Corinne came to Child’s Voice in 2002 as a parent of a student in Early Intervention, and began working here when her child graduated to the mainstream.

Laura Cargill

Brianna Herard-Exorphe
Brianna joined Child’s Voice in August 2021 as a teacher’s assistant where she works with PI and PII throughout the day.

Emma Horvath
Advancement Team

Carol Morency
Carol Morency is the Marketing and Giving Coordinator at Child’s Voice, responsible for the organization’s social media presence, website content, e-newsletter, and many other projects that help tell the world about the wonderful things that happen here.