Dr. Ronit Molko acts as an advisor to investors, service providers, clinical organizations, and communities, providing cutting-edge insights into the rapidly expanding field of behavioral healthcare. Dr. Molko helps leaders and delivery teams understand current trends and best practices, navigate complex care intersections, design innovative solutions, and identify and pursue intelligent behavioral health investment opportunities. Dr. Molko also serves on numerous nonprofit and for-profit boards.

In 2001, Dr. Molko co-founded Autism Spectrum Therapies ( acquired by Learn Behavioral in 2016). As CEO, Dr. Molko established the company as a national provider of services for children with autism and other special needs.

Dr. Molko also co-founded the Autism Investor Summit, an annual conference that brings together stakeholders in autism and behavioral health services to advance services and enhance outcomes for businesses and consumers alike.

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https://ronitmolko.com/

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Christopher Banks has a comprehensive background in human services and the healthcare arena, where he’s had a successful record of increasing fundraising efforts, measurably improving revenue strategies, and being a transformational leader committed to diversity and cultural growth. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Development and Community Engagement at Charles E. Smith Life Communities in Rockville, Maryland; here, he provided leadership in the development, implementation and evaluation of all philanthropic and community engagement efforts. His daily work supported the organization’s impact strategy, and aimed to accelerate growth while building strong community partners.

A native of Hazlet, NJ, Chris has spent the better part of the last 25 years in the New York Metropolitan area, and has two adult children, Patrick and Quinn. He currently lives in Rockville, MD, and joined the Autism Society of America in January 2020.

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LinkedIn: @Autism Society of America  
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Annette Estes is a Research Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and Department of Psychology at the University of Washington. She holds the Susan & Richard Fade Endowed Chair and is the Director of the University of Washington Autism Center. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of Washington. Her research is carried out at the UW Autism Center and Center on Human Development and Disability. Dr. Estes has conducted intervention studies for very young children on the autism spectrum and is especially interested in the role of the family in supporting positive outcomes for children with disabilities. Dr. Estes leads the behavioral assessment core for a national network of researchers studying the brain and behavioral development of infants at high likelihood of developing autism. 

For More Information:
https://depts.washington.edu/uwautism/

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Ira L. Cohen, PhD, specializes in autism and behavioral assessment. He received his PhD in psychobiology from Rutgers University in 1974 under the supervision of Dr. Michael R. D’Amato. He was an NIH post-doctoral fellow in experimental psychopathology and behavior therapy at NYU Medical Center from 1975-1977. He was then employed as a research psychologist at NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital under the supervision of Dr. Magda Campbell, where he worked with children with autism from 1977-1980. There, he developed objective rating scales, a carpet-based activity monitor, and developed operant conditioning procedures for quantifying behaviors in the children. He joined the Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities in 1981 as part of the Autism Demonstration Project under the supervision of Dr. Erwin Friedman. There he served as a research scientist, and later, as head of the Division of Behavioral Assessment and Research, and chair of the Department of Psychology. He is currently the Visiting Research Scientist at the Institute.

David Fuscus is a media relations expert who is the spokesperson for the National Coalition for Access to Autism Services. He is the CEO of Xenophon Strategies, Inc.

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https://www.parinc.com/Ira-Cohen

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Dr. Sterling is a Clinical Psychologist specializing in ASD and coexisting conditions, including anxiety and depression. She earned her B.S. in Psychobiology from UCLA and her M.S./Ph.D. from the University of Washington. She completed her Clinical Internship in Developmental Disabilities at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. During her Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCLA, Dr. Sterling was awarded funding from the NIH to conduct research on the physiology of anxiety among autistic youth. Her academic positions have included: Clinical Faculty in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry, Staff Psychologist at the UCLA Child and Adult Neurodevelopmental Clinic, Interim Professor and Director of the Autism Center at Claremont McKenna College, and tenure-track Professor in the Department of Psychology, California State University Long Beach. Dr. Sterling continues to work with autistic individuals and their families through her private practices in Southern California.

Her Book:
https://amzn.to/3tbvuFr

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https://lindseysterlingphd.com/

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