Katy Miller graduated from Dartmouth College in 1977 and received her law degree in 1980 from the University of Denver College of Law. Katy began her legal career with Holland & Hart, primarily emphasizing employment and labor law. Since 1985, she has been with Miller & Steiert P.C., representing both employers and employees in workplace disputes. In 1997, Katy founded the Littleton Alternative Dispute Resolution group and now devotes all of her professional time serving as a neutral mediator, fact-finder, or arbitrator in employment and other legal conflicts. She has been named in The Best Lawyers in America since 1990 in the area of Labor and Employment Law and has lectured extensively to lawyers and human resource professionals on a variety of employment and ADR issues. Katy is the co-managing editor of The Practitioner's Guide to Colorado Employment Law, published in December 1998 (revised 2001, 2004, 2006) and has served on many boards, including the Board of the Faculty of Federal Advocates and the Colorado Judicial Institute. Katy has been an officer and director of the SPD Foundation since it was formed. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Englewood, Colorado.

Tim is a musician, a Realtor®, a native Coloradoan, and a dedicated community volunteer. In addition to serving as secretary of the SPDF board of directors, Tim currently serves on the board of the Aurora Association of Realtors board of directors and as chair of the Aurora Association of Realtors grievance committee. He is past president of the Littleton Symphony Orchestra and has served on the board of directors for Canto Deo Choir. A classically trained musician, Tim has performed with a number of orchestras, choirs, and chorales over the past 30 years. He currently plays bassoon in the Littleton Symphony Orchestra and sings tenor in the Cherry Creek Chorale. He served proudly with the Colorado Army National Guard for more than 20 years before his retirement from the military. Tim and his wife Barbara have one child, Ian. Tim is currently with Prestige Realty Group as a licensed Realtor® and is founder of the Denver Home Run Team, helping small business owners grow their business.

Bill has been a practicing ophthalmologist for the past twenty-five years. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in biology and from Dartmouth Medical School and Harvard Medical School with an MD degree. Bill has won numerous national awards for screenwriting. His younger daughter, Marty, is a senior at George Washington University. His older daughter, Nicole, graduated from the University of Southern California and is a touring singer-songwriter, living in Nashville.

Greg is a partner in the law firm of Holland & Hart LLP in Denver, Colorado, where he has been chair of the firm's Litigation Department and Labor Practice groups. Over the years, Greg has donated his time pro bono to many health and human services issues, most notably as lead trial lawyer for the team that successfully challenged Colorado's Amendment 2, the anti-gay rights initiative that was ultimately heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Greg has served as general counsel for the SPD Foundation since 1990 on a pro bono basis. He negotiates all contracts and attends to other legal matters for the Foundation.

Edward Goldson, M.D., FAACP
The Children's Hospital of Denver

Dr. Goldson is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. A practicing pediatrician involved in the care of children with special needs, he serves as a specialist in the Child Development Unit, works in the area of child maltreatment, and currently serves as the coordinator for the child development rotation of the pediatric residents. In the past, Ed served on the governor's Interagency Coordinating Council for IDEA (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and on the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council. Ed currently serves on the Committee on the Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health as well as on one of the panels developing the Bright Beginnings documents of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He assists the SPD Foundation on conceptual issues related to the diagnosis of Sensory Processing Disorder and volunteers as the physician expert on the physician pages of the SPD Foundation web site.

Carol Stock Kranowitz, MA
Editor-in-Chief, SI Focus magazine

A preschool teacher for 25 years, Carol Kranowitz observed many young children with SPD. Today she teaches parents, educators, and other professionals how sensory issues play out and suggests activities for addressing them at home and school. Carol's books and DVDs, published by Perigee Books and Sensory Resources, include The Out-of-Sync Child and The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun; The Out-of-Sync Child video; a children's book, The Goodenoughs Get in Sync; and Preschool SENsory Scan for Educators (Preschool SENSE), a tool for therapists working with teachers. She is editor-in-chief of S.I. Focus, the magazine devoted to sensory processing issues. Carol received her bachelor of arts from Barnard College and her master of arts in education and human development from George Washington University. She lives in Maryland.

Ken Maynell, COTA
KidStreet/Children's Hospital-Denver

Ken has been involved with the SPD Foundation since 2003, when he began looking for opportunities to expand his knowledge of occupation therapy and its treatment of children with Sensory Processing Disorder, Autism, and feeding issues. A former computer executive who changed careers to become a certified occupational therapy assistant, Ken currently works in the KidStreet, a daily rehabilitation center affiliated with Children's Hospital to provide services to infants and children with complex medical needs. An "Army brat" who was born in Tokyo, Japan, Ken lived in a dozen different places on three continents before the age of six. Today he makes his home in Denver with his wife, Noel, an OT, and his sons Mason and Max.

Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR
SPD Foundation Executive Director

Dr. Lucy Miller is the founder and has been the executive director of the SPD Foundation since 1979. She also directs the work of the Foundation's clinical research partner, the Sensory Therapies And Research (STAR) Center.

An occupational therapist and research scientist, Dr. Miller was awarded an NIH career award to investigate sensory processing disorders in children. She developed the SPD Scientific Work Group, which is composed of researchers from Harvard, Yale, Duke, and twelve other research institutions. She is a professor of Pediatrics at Rocky Mountain University and an associate clinical professor in the departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Denver.

Dr. Miller has authored nine nationally standardized assessments for children with special needs and more than fifty peer-reviewed articles and chapters on SPD. Her groundbreaking book on SPD for parents and professionals, Sensational Kids: Help and Hope for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder (New York: GP Putnam's Sons), was published in 2006 and released in paperback in 2007.

Dr. Miller obtained her bachelor of science degree in psychology from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, her master's in occupational therapy from Boston University, and her doctorate in special education (educational research emphasis) from the University of Denver. In 2005, she received the Award of Merit from the American Occupational Therapy Association, the highest award in the OT profession. In 2006, she received the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award from the state of Colorado.

Dr. Miller's work has been featured on 20-20 (ABC), The Today Show (NBC), and The Early Show (CBS), and in the New York Times, TIME Magazine, and numerous other national and regional publications.

Marla Roth-Fisch

Marla Fisch's professional background includes positions in marketing and operations for Los Angeles-based Westfield Corporation, one of the world's top owners and managers of major regional shopping centers. Prior to her experience at Westfield, Fisch founded and ran Raiders' Benefit Basketball, a California-based organization that recruited professional athletes for charity basketball and softball fundraisers. Raiders' Benefit organized more than 500 sporting events with proceeds benefiting schools and other causes promoting the health and well-being of children and teenagers.

Marla, a happily married mother of two children, lives in Highland Ranch, Colorado. She wrote and illustrated the book Sensitive Sam as a read-together book for parents and children with SPD. The book, written from a child's perspective, is told in rhyme and illustrated with bright colors and empathetic scenes designed to hold attention and foster better understanding of kids with SPD and their parents.

The mother of a son with SPD, Marla Fisch is committed to making an active and positive personal contribution in her future involvement as an SPDF board member.

María L. Sepúlveda, Esq.
Attorney at law

María has lived in Colorado for more than 20 years. After graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder, she attended the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C. Since her admittance to the Colorado Bar in 1995, she has practiced law in both the public and private sectors, where she specialized in complex commercial matters, real estate transactions, and securities litigation and investigations. María is a member of the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association, Autism Society of Colorado, and Cherry Hills Village Elementary Cultural Enrichment Committee. She is married with two children who keep the family involved in local school and community activities.

Steven Slaughter
Senior Vice President, Key Bank

Steve graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver with a degree in accounting and has worked in banking and finance since 1980. After serving as a private banker with Wells Fargo Bank for 14 years, Steve joined Key Bank as a senior vice president and private banker in 2006. He is an officer at the Beacon Center, a residential treatment center for teenagers 12-18, and a member of the steering committee for the Early Childhood Partnership of Adams County. A father of two, Steve developed a special interest in SPD after his premature son was born with sensory challenges in 2003.

Ryan Stille, CLU
Northwestern Mutual

Ryan Stille is a nationally recognized financial representative with Northwestern Mutual, a 150-year-old financial network. Since 1995, Ryan has been assisting individuals and businesses in addressing their risk management and financial needs. He first became interested in Sensory Processing Disorder after his toddler son was diagnosed with the condition in 2006. As his son has been treated, Ryan's determination to raise awareness of SPD and its treatment has grown. Ryan joined the SPDF board with a commitment to advance the Foundation's efforts to teach the world about SPD.