Leadership Team
Julie Martin M.A. CCC-SLP/L, BCBA
Executive Director Program Development
Licensed Speech Language Pathologist
Julie is a licensed and certified speech language pathologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst specializing in the area of autism. With over 8 years of working
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Tracy Tuyn, M.A. CCC-SLP/L
Tracy is a certified speech-language pathologist, holding a Master of Arts degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Northwestern University. She has six years of experience providing speech and language therapy to children with autism, including
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Josephine Cassidy, M.S. CCC-SLP/L
Josephine is a certified speech-language pathologist and Early Intervention specialist. She holds a Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology and a minor in Spanish for the Health Professions from Marquette University in
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Theresa Petru, M.S. CCC SLP/L
Theresa is a licensed speech-language therapist holding a Master’s of Science from Governor’s State University. She has widespread experience working with children with a variety of disorders including Autism in both public and private school
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Kathyrn Neenan, M.S. CCC-SLP
Kat is a certified speech-language pathologist holding a Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has
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Rachel Montgomery, M.S., CCC-SLP/L
Rachel is a certified speech-language pathologist holding a Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. She has six years of experience working with children ages birth through
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Laura O’Rourke M.S., BCBA
Laura holds a Master of Science degree in special education and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She has over 10 years of experience working with children and has worked as a behavior therapist with children who have autism since
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Anneli Liesman, B.S. in Speech and Hearing Science
Therapy Facilitator
Anneli currently holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has experience working with school-aged children in after-school and summer programs, and now has had a
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Craig Martin
VP - Finance/Operations
Craig is a co-founder of BY YOUR SIDE and responsible for all financial and center day to day operations. Craig is committed to working with parents to ensure
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Matthew Croke
Enrollment Manager/Office Coordinator
Matthew is responsible for all therapist scheduling as well as addressing enrollment related questions including programming evaluations and parent assistance in
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