INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADHD PLANNING COMMITTEE
Conference Co-Chairs
CHADD Co-Chair Emily Rubin Pearsons, PCC
ADDA Co-Chair Tamara Rosier, PhD
ACO Co-Chair
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
Emily Rubin Persons, PCC, ACCG, Co-Chair, ADDA Representative
Emily Rubin Persons, PCC, ACCG, ADHD & Executive Function Coach at SKIP Coaching. Her work includes 1:1 coaching with adults and students in college & HS, and workshops in schools and adult ed. She is passionate about helping her clients increase their self-awareness around their strengths and needs, learn strategies for strengthening their executive skills and reduce frustration so they can achieve what they want to achieve. She works to build executive functioning skills so the client can meet their full potential academically, professionally, and socially. She is the mom of 3 young adult men with 3 very different brains. Additionally, her 12 years' experience as a public-school board trustee and 22+ years import/export entrepreneur bring a wealth of perspectives to her clients. With coaching and education, ADHD, or any neurodiverse diagnosis, doesn’t have to be so hard.
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
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.
Brittany Brousseau
Michael Cattaneo
Brittany McField
Cristina Diaczuk
Crissy Diaczuk is an experienced engagement and community-building professional with over ten years of work in alumni relations, program development, and event leadership. At the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, she creates and leads programs that connect students and alumni through meaningful experiences, strategic communications, and collaborative partnerships. Known for her creativity, warmth, and ability to bring people together, she is passionate about building spaces where individuals feel connected, valued, and empowered. Outside of work, she enjoys volunteering with the Girl Scouts and spending time at home with her many animals. As the group leader for the Discovery Hall at the 2026 International Conference on ADHD, she is excited to help create an inclusive and engaging experience for attendees.
Annie Monypeny
George James Ford
Jessica Jefferis, Ed. D.
Marcy Caldwell, PsyD
Marcy Caldwell, PsyD, 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.
Liz Lewis
Lollie Weeks
Theodore Brisimitzakis
Leader
Meghan Brown-Enyia
Tonya Miles, PsyD
Tonya Miles, PsyD is a licensed psychologist in private practice based in Overland Park, Kansas. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, a Master of Science in Guidance and Counseling from Missouri State University, and earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Forest Institute in 2004. Dr. Miles completed her doctoral internship at the VA Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas.
With extensive clinical training, Dr. Miles specializes in the treatment of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD in both children and adults, substance use issues, and trauma. She has been a certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner since 2016, utilizing body-based techniques to support trauma recovery.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Miles is actively involved in professional and community organizations. She serves on the board of ADHDKC, the local CHADD affiliate, and is a past president of Postpartum Support International. Prior to establishing her private practice, she was an Assistant Professor teaching psychology and human development at Johnson County Community College. Her background also includes experience in both inpatient and outpatient mental health settings.
Ying Deng
Brandi Walker
Jon Thomas
Jose Rosado
Tonya Miles
Kate Barrett, ACG, ACC
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, ADHD-CCSP
Shane Thrapp, ADHD-CCSP 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.
Lollie Weeks
Apryl Bradford
Faelyne Templer, MPsych, BCC, PCC, MCAC
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.
Lauren Gladstone
Melinda Phillips (Australia)
Scott (Rodney) Keel
Simone Moody, PhD
Kat (Kristin) Sweeney
Angel Jackson
Tiffany P. Cook
Monique Acosta, PMP, CSM, CPXP
Monique Acosta, PMP, CSM, CPXP
Ginny Nikiforos
Daniella Karidi
John Severino, PsyD
Sonja Cousar, LPC-S, ADHD CCSP
Edeyan H (Maya) Omoweh
Alex Bellitter
Robyn Frank Smith
Sue E. Rapp
Carolyn Parcells, MD
Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells, MD 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.
Marianna Henry
Annette Lang
Annette Lang is a certified ADHD Life Coach who has been coaching adults, college students, teens, and pre-teens for five years. Annette helps her adult clients navigate ADHD and executive function related issues at home and in the workplace. In addition, Annette holds an MBA in Finance, and has worked as a financial analyst for major Wall Street firms. She combines her knowledge of ADHD with her financial education, experience, and skills to help clients overcome the challenges that ADHD can bring to financial well being. Annette is also a retired elementary and middle school educator, with 14 years of classroom experience. She has dealt with the challenges that ADHD brings into a school setting as both a teacher, and parent, and supports students in their efforts to succeed in the academic arena, using a strengths based approach.
Stephanie Padley
Becca Guler
Carrie L. Thompson
Taylor Allbright
Nicole Caez McLaughlin
Christy Hutton
Leslie Wright-Riley