CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE
Conference Co-Chairs
CHADD Co-Chair
Ari Tuckman, PsyD, Co-Chair, CHADD Representative
Ari Tuckman, PsyD has given more than 600 presentations and routinely earns excellent reviews for his ability to make complicated information understandable and useful. He is the author of four books: “ADHD After Dark: Better Sex Life, Better Relationship”, "Understand Your Brain, Get More Done”, “More Attention, Less Deficit” and “Integrative Treatment for Adult ADHD”. His “More Attention, Less Deficit” podcast has more than 100 episodes and almost three million downloads. He is a psychologist and sex therapist in private practice in West Chester, PA, and chair of the CHADD conference committee.
ADDA Co-Chair
Barbara Williams, Co-Chair, ADDA Representative
Barbara Williams, PCC, ACCG, CMP is a professionally trained and certified Advanced ADHD Coach and Executive Function specialist. She coaches adults, couples, parents and executives/entrepreneurs globally via Zoom in the USA, UK and Canada. She uses a strength-based holistic approach coupled with the latest strategies and wisdom from the field of neuroscience. She is an educator, consultant and coach, helping her clients navigate a wide range of ADHD challenges. Personalized ADHD education and coaching empowers her clients to leverage their strengths, build self-advocacy, and find the successes that had eluded them in the past. Her mission is to advocate for the ADHD/neurodiverse communities and provide education and best strategies to businesses and schools through speaking engagements. When not sharing space with her clients, you will find Barb as the proud mom of two amazing boys, wife and partner to a cool guy, and dog-walker of Rylee.
ACO Co-Chair
Tamara Rosier, PhD, Co-Chair, ACO Representative
Dr. Rosier has been a college administrator, a professor, a leadership consultant, a high school teacher, a business owner, and an ADHD coach. Through those adventures, Dr. Rosier has developed valuable insight into ADHD and how it affects one’s life. As founder of the ADHD Center of West Michigan, she leads a team of coaches, therapists, and speech pathologists to help individuals, parents, and families develop an understanding and learn effective skills to live with ADHD effectively. Her book, Your Brain’s Not Broken, provides strategies for navigating the powerful emotional aspect of ADHD.
Conference Workgroups
Peter Gross
Peter is an ADHD Coach working with adults in mid-life. As middle-aged ADHDers, we face the unique challenges of having lived with ADHD for a long time combined with the mid-life complexities associated with marriage, children, jobs, companies, side hustles, aging and planning for retirement. I have lived through a major mid-life crisis and emerged stronger with the help of ADHD coaching, therapy and psychiatric support. As a result, he focuses his coaching on men and women facing similar kinds of challenges.
His experience includes 48 years of undiagnosed ADHD, 8 years since diagnosis, 3+ years of ADHD coaching, and 30+ years of working as a nonprofit technology strategist including building my own businesses for the past 18 years. I was certified in coaching by the Neuroleadership Institute’s Brain-Based Coaching program in 2020; certification from CoachApproach training in coaching adults with ADHD in 2021 and am currently pursuing advanced certification in ADHD coaching with ADDCA. I was recently elected as the Treasurer of the Board of the ADHD Coaches Organization for the term beginning of June 1, 2024.
Carolyn Tierney-Carter
Jennifer Ward
Paula MichaelDass
Zivit Reiter
Marcy Caldwell
Marcy Caldwell, Psy.D., is a psychologist, writer, and proud mom of 2 who has been helping adults with ADHD thrive for over twenty years. She is a passionate advocate for adults with neurodiverse brains and is dedicated to helping them create environments that unlock their unique genius.Marcy is the founder of ADDept.org, a blog and digital resource for adults with ADHD, the owner of Rittenhouse Psychological Services, a group practice specializing in adult ADHD, and the creator of Meltdown to Mastery, an innovative digital program that helps adults with ADHD learn to regulate their emotions.
Emily O’Neil
Liz Lewis
Lollie Weeks
Michelle Price
Sally Linton
Suzanne Sophos
Suzanne is a social-emotional learning specialist, peer support specialist, educator, writer, and family coach who has been engaged in family and child work since 2010. She manages the ADHD Empowerment Community™ and is the executive director of CHADD of Greater Los Angeles, a local nonprofit providing education, support, and advocacy to the ADHD community. Suzanne also serves on CHADD’s national board of directors, as co-chair of CHADD’s Chapter Advisory Board, and as a member of the ACO/ADDA/CHADD Conference Planning Committee.
Heather DeAngelis
Jenny Drennan
Melissa Reskof
Roozbeh Khoshniyat
Sachin Sood
Kate Barrett
Kate Barrett, ACG, ACC, is an ICF-certified ADHD Coach & Founder of Coaching Cville based in Charlottesville, VA. She serves her community through extensive volunteer and advocacy roles in the public school system and ADHD expert roles in professional and educational seminars. Kate speaks regularly to professionals, community stakeholders, and the industry on executive function and ADHD. With a focus on EF theory with ADHD Coaching to facilitate systemic scaffolding and support for her clients. In addition, she finds teaching and coaching non-ADHD care providers and partners on the intricacies of ADHD further supports relationships through the development and practice of empathy and appreciation for neurodiversity within the family structure.
Shane Thrapp
Shane Thrapp is a certified life coach who specializes in ADHD and relationships. He has a personal connection to the struggles of mental health and neurodiversity, as he was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, ADHD, and autism after a long battle with mental health issues and a nervous breakdown. In 2016, he retired from his career as a freelance project manager and dedicated himself to learning about neurodiversity, using his previous leadership skills as a servant-based leader to help others understand and manage their ADHD. As an ADHD life coach, he has helped hundreds of clients navigate the chaos of their ADHD and find a sense of order in their lives.
Brittany Smith
Mary Smith
Maureen Turner
Faelyne Templer
My passion is helping people find their path to purpose and thrive in their work and in their personal lives. I bring an eclectic background to my work through my thirty-year career that includes Diversity, Equity & Inclusion professional, adult educator, and ADHD / Executive Functioning / Life Coach. Grounded in a foundation of inclusion and accessibility and fueled by a commitment to equity, I work collaboratively with my clients to help identify their strengths, align their goals with their values, and help them find their path to purpose, creating the change they want to see in their careers and in their lives.
An engaging ADHD coach and communicator, Faelyne’s workshops, presentations and keynotes are overwhelmingly well-received at conferences and in organizations. Faelyne holds coaching accreditations with the International Coaching Federation and MentorCoach, with a specialization in ADHD. Blending her deep understanding of ADHD with her decades of professional experience as an adult educator and corporate trainer, Faelyne inspires and supports people to flourish in work and in life.
As an ADHD and leadership coach, facilitator and adult educator, Faelyne brings a wealth of leadership experience from the private and voluntary sectors and embeds evidence-based best practices into her coaching approach, helping clients around the world make real progress in designing and in living intentional, values-aligned lives.
An ADHD and leadership coach, facilitator and adult educator, Faelyne’s evidence-based approach to coaching embeds experience from the private and voluntary sectors.
Jill Linkoff
Luchy Hidalgo
Kathleen Edwards
Nathan Hanamaikai
Monique Acosta
Monique Acosta
Ellen Schwartz
Ginny Nikiforos
Linda Karanzalis
Melissa Reskof
Perla Retana
Lucia Miri Echavarria
Lucia is an ADHD content creator for the Hispanic community. Both on Tiktok and Instagram Lucia explains ADHD in an easy and fun way, accesible for everyone and combines it with her own personal experience as an ADHD aware coach and ADHDer herself. Alongside the mainstream social media she also has a podcast that has been of the 1% most shared in the world. Lucia's latest accomplishment has been to get invited to record a video for the APA where she explains ADHD in for the Hispanic community. It’s up on their website and so is her podcast as a valuable resource for pyscho-education.
Brendan Mahan
Brittany Brousseau
Zachary Gershon
Carolyn Parcells
Dr. Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells is a board certified pediatrician and the owner and President of Girls to Women/Young Men’s Health and Wellness Fort Worth, a multi-faceted clinic dedicated to meeting the physical and emotional needs of adolescents and young adults. Dr. Lentzsch-Parcells is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the TCU Burnett School of Medicine. As a physician with ADHD herself, she has a special interest in caring for patients and families with ADHD and learning issues.
Dr. Parcells regularly speaks to parent, student, and professional audiences on subjects such as parenting, ADHD, depression, anxiety and stress, adolescent development, sexuality, and preparing for college.
Mary Smith
Mike Fedel
Sharon Saline
Amy Hage
Amy is a sought-after ADHD & Executive Function Coach, who leverages a science-backed, holistic approach to help clients cultivate clarity, confidence, and optimal focus. She believes well-being isn't about productivity hacks, but rather fostering agency and self-compassion. Drawing on her Master's in Organization & Leadership and expertise in Executive Function & ADHD Coaching, Youth Development, and Positive Psychology, Amy crafts coaching programs built on Five Pillars of Focus: sleep, movement, nourishment, self-compassion, and intentional action.
Through tailored coaching and engaging workshops, Amy empowers individuals to:
- Reduce Overwhelm: Gain clarity and break free from negative cycles.
- Enhance Resilience: Develop tools to manage stress and bounce back from setbacks.
- Increase Confidence: Discover strengths and navigate daily life with greater ease.
Amy brings a wealth of experience and a genuine passion for helping others to her coaching. Her presentations are informative, engaging, and leave audiences empowered to take action on their well-being journey. Read more at focusandfuel.com.
Becki Neidens