Council Membership / Council Staff

Susan P. Evans Ed.D., the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services Appointee, and the Education Program Specialist for Early Intervention program in the DHSS

Judah Zeigler, the Senate President Appointee, Associate Vice President of Sharp's Retail & Consumer Marketing Group and a father of an autistic son

Caroline Eggerding, M.D., Assembly Speaker Appointee: Executive Vice President of Pediatric and Adolescent Services for Bancroft NeuroHealth.

Linda S. Meyer, MPA, Ed.D., BCBA-D, Executive Director of Autism New Jersey.

B. Madeleine Goldfarb, Autism Organization Representative 2; Founder/Director of the Noah’s Ark Children’s Association.

Jessica C. Guberman, Ph.D., Autism Organization Representative 3; Executive Director for Community Options, Inc.

VACANT
Autism Organization Representative 4

Barbie Zimmerman-Bier, M.D., Academic Institution Recommendation 1; University of Medicine and Dentistry – New Jersey Medical School

Kendell R. Sprott, M.D., J.D., Academic Institution Representative; University of Medicine and Dentistry – New Jersey Medical School

VACANT
Academic Institution Recommendation 3

VACANT
Academic Institution Recommendation 4

Yvetter Janvier, M.D., FAAP, Health Care Organization Representative; Medical Director for the Children’s Specialized Hospital in Toms River.

VACANT
Public Member

Grace M. Reilly, RN, MSN, APN-C, Individual with Autism or Family Member; Adult Nurse Practitioner for Riverview Medical Center.

Council Staff

Michael A. Gallo Jr., Ph.D.
Executive Director
(609) 984-0755

Kelly Kirkpatrick
Contract Administrator I
(609) 984-1315

Department of Health and Senior Services
Division of Family Health Services

Leadership

Celeste Andriot-Wood, MS
Assistant Commissioner
Division of Family Health Services
(609) 292-4043

Gloria Rodriguez, DSW
Director
Special Child Health and Early Intervention Services
(609) 984-0755

Marilyn Gorney-Daley, DO, MPH
Medical Director
Special Child Health and Early Intervention Services
(609) 984-0755