Board of Directors
OAR's Board of Directors is comprised of parents, grandparents, relatives of people with autism, and the autism professional that serves as Chairman of the Scientific Council. Combined, they represent more than 200 years of autism experience. Their family members with autism include sons, daughters, grandchildren, and siblings across the spectrum that range in age from very young to over 40. In addition to their life experiences with autism, the members of the Board bring diverse backgrounds in business and civic arenas to OAR.
The Board's responsibilities include: governing OAR, setting OAR's research direction, approving all plans for funding research and operating OAR, raising funds to support OAR's programs and activities, and ensuring that OAR's business and fiscal practices are sound and well managed. With the exception of OAR's President, all members of the Board are volunteers and receive no compensation for their service. In addition, each sets a personal goal to raise at least $10,000 annually for OAR.
OAR's Board meets every other month by teleconference and convenes in-person twice each year.
Officers & Leaders
James M. Sack
Chairman
Great Falls, Virginia
Teenage son and daughter with autism
Madeline Millman
Vice Chairman
Englewood, New Jersey
Grandson with autism
Peter Gerhardt, Ed.D.
President and Chair, Scientific Council
Baltimore, Maryland
Autism professional
Dean Koocher
Treasurer
White Plains, New York
Teenage son with autism
Michael V. Maloney
Executive Director and Secretary - Non-voting
Burke, Virginia
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Directors
William Donlon
Hicksville, New York
Son with autism
Anthony Ferrera
Hillsborough, New Jersey
Son with autism
Roger Heymann
Bethesda, Maryland
Son with autism
Lisa Hussman
Ellicott City, MD
Son with autism
Lori Lapin Jones
Great Neck, New York
Son with Asperger Syndrome
Gloria M. Satriale
Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
Son with autism
Edward H. Schwallie
Manasquan, New Jersey
Two adult sons – one with autism, another with Asperger Syndrome
Gregory Smith
Lorton, Virginia
Daughter with autism
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Community Council
The Community Council serves as an adjunct advisory on all matters related to OAR’s research, communication, and information programs. OAR’s intent is to include interested stakeholders in OAR’s planning and programming in order to best match OAR’s capabilities to the community’s most pressing information needs. Through the Community Council selected parents, siblings, self-advocates, educators, and others have the opportunity to participate in the biennial Autism Research Convocation and help shape OAR’s evolving programs and activities. Conversely, it is through this Council that OAR monitors the pulse of the autism community.
Council members are volunteers appointed by OAR’s President for clearly defined purposes, most commonly the Autism Research Convocation or ad hoc Working Groups on topics of high interest. OAR is currently seeking volunteers to serve on working groups in the following areas: Families, Education, Treatment, Communication, Safety, Housing, Employment, and Life Care. Interested parties should contact the OAR Staff for details.
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