Our Team
Tom Fish, Ph.D., L.I.S.W. 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, M.S.W., L.S.W., Received his Masters of Social Work at OSU and works with the MRDD Jewish population in Columbus. Jeff is coordinator of the Aspirations group.
Phone: 614.292.4185
Email: jeffrey.siegel@osumc.edu
Angela Suell Denny, Ph.D., C.R.C. 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
Monali Chowdhury, M.A. is an active facilitator of the Aspirations and Relate To Me programs and is an advanced graduate student in the IDD Psychology Program at OSU. Monali's research involves developing empirically validated support programs designed to meet the needs of individuals with ASDs.
Email: chowdhury.23@osu.edu
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, Ph.D., 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, B.S.F.S. 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.
Greg Roth is the Facilitator of the Aspirations Parent support group.