Our Team

Tom Fish, PhD, LISW is Director of Family Employment Services at OSU Nisonger Center. He is the parent of a son with a disability and has extensive experience facilitating group programs.
Phone: 614.292.7550
Email: fish.1@osu.edu

Jeffrey Siegel MSW, Received his Masters of Social Work at OSU and works with the MRDD Jewish population in Columbus. Jeff is co-facilitator of the Aspirations group.
Phone: 613.266.5041
Email: siegel.45@osu.edu

Angela Suell Denny, PhD, CRC is co-facilitator of the Aspirations group and a parent of a child with ASD. She has extensive experience in consulting and counseling individuals with physical and mental disabilities.
Email: amsuell@aol.com

David Q. Beversdorf, M.D. is a Neurologist with fellowship training in Cognitive Neurology and started the clinic for Adult and Adolescent Autism Spectrum Disorders at OSU, also leads neuropsychoparmacological, genetic and MRI research in autism

Ashleigh Hillier, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology University of Massachusetts. Her research focuses on neuro-cognitive aspects of ASD. Dr. Hillier is one of the original creators of Aspirations.

Pat Cloppert, BSFS is a parent of three sons, two of whom have Autism Spectrum Disorders. She serves as the Faculty Parent Advocate at the OSU Nisonger Center.

Nancy Beu is the Parent Facilitator of the Aspirations Parent support group and is a parent of a 25 year old with PDD-NOS.