Theresa H. Rodgers, MA, L-SLP, CCC-SLP, EdSp (LD)

Theresa H. Rodgers, MA, L-SLP, CCC-SLP, EdSp (LD), is a speech-language pathologist and special education consultant based in the metro Baton Rouge area. She was employed by the Ascension Parish School System for more than thirty-two years including the positions of special education supervisor and speech-language services coordinator. Theresa has also been the Chief Administrative Officer for a government entity, St. John the Baptist Parish. 

Theresa was a member of the 2012-14 ASHA Board of Directors (BOD) serving as Vice President for Government Relations and Public Policy (GRPP). As VP for GRPP, she was also a member of the ASHA Political Action Committee BOD and liaised with the following committees: GRPP Board, Health Care Economics, Joint Committee on State-National Association Relationships, Medicaid, and School Finance. Named an ASHA Fellow in 2009, her service to ASHA has also included membership on the Continuing Education Board, the Council for Clinical Certification (chair in 2007 and 2008), Committee of Chairs of Standards and Ethics, SLP Advisory Council, and Legislative Council.  She has served as a Council on Academic Accreditation site visitor and was a member of the Subject Matter Expert Panel during the development of the 2009 SLP Practice Analysis Survey.  She is currently a member of the Board of Ethics.

Theresa is a former president of the National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NCSB), the Council of State Association Presidents (CSAP), and the Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association.  She has served five previous non-consecutive terms on the Louisiana licensure board as well as five terms on the NCSB Board of Directors.  Additionally, Theresa served a term on the International Commission on Healthcare Professions SLP/Audiology Standards Committee for the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (under the Department of Homeland Security).