Steering Committee

The Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative’s Steering Committee is responsible for oversight of activities of CNOC to ensure that the work being performed by the CNOC Officers, Steering Committee and Standing Committees is consistent with the vision and mission of the society, including these components:

  • Advocacy for increased awareness of neurodevelopmental issues among the pediatric cardiac and congenital heart disease populations
  • Approval of Standing Committee leadership and membership
  • Financial oversight regarding educational and research grants
  • Solicitation, management and allocation of funds for research and educational support

Executive Committee

Nadine Kasparian PhD MAPS
Co-Chair

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Cynthia Ortinau MD
Co-Chair

St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Samantha Butler PhD
Co-Vice Chair

Boston Children’s Hospital

Caitlin Rollins MD
Co-Vice Chair
Boston Children’s Hospital

Sarah Kelly PsyD
Secretary

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Anjali Sadhwani PhD
Treasurer

Boston Children’s Hospital

Shabnam Peyvandi MD MAS
Immediate Past Chair

University of California San Francisco

Kelly Wolfe PhD
Immediate Past Chair

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Frank Casey OBE MD FRCP MRCPCH BSc
European Liaison
The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

Jessica Cowin MS
Patient/Family Representative
Community Outreach Chair

Erin Beckemeier MEd
Patient/Family Representative
Community Outreach Vice Chair

Heart Mom and Educator

Sherrill Caprarola MD
Member at Large
Co-Lead, Special Interest Groups

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Bruna Schneider PsyD
Member at Large
Co-Lead, Special Interest Groups
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Standing Committee Leadership

Ginnie Abarbanell MD
Advocacy Co-Chair
UT Health Science Center

Carissa Ostrom BS
Advocacy Co-Chair
Conquering CHD

Laura Wood PhD
Advocacy Co-Vice Chair
University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital

Shreya Moodley MD
Advocacy Co-Vice Chair

BC Children’s Hospital

Karli Negrin MS CCC SLP
Communications Co-Chair

Nemours Children’s Health

Chetna Pande MD MPH
Communications Co-Chair

Texas Children’s Hospital

Kimberley Heinrich PhD
Communications Vice Chair
Michigan Medicine

Jessica Cowin MS
Patient/Family Representative
Chair

Erin Beckemeier MEd
Patient/Family Representative
Vice Chair

Heart Mom and Educator

Gina Boucher MSN
Database & Implementation Co-Chair

Phoenix Children’s Hospital

Erica Sood PhD
Database & Implementation Co-Chair

Nemours Children’s Health

Kristi Glotzbach MD
Database & Implementation Co-Vice Chair

University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital

Marian Morris PhD MPH RN
Database & Implementation Co-Vice Chair
Dell Children’s Medical Center

Elizabeth Willen PhD
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Co-Chair
Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Alexander Tan PhD ABPP-CN
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Co-Chair
Children’s Hospital of Orange County

Jeffrey P. Jacobs MD
Cardiology in the Young Editor-in Chief

Laurence Beaulieu-Genest MD FRCPC
Learning & Resource Chair

CHU Sainte-Justine

Ari Rabkin PhD
Learning & Resource Vice Chair

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Amanda Shillingford MD
Program and Meetings Co-Chair

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Andrea Smith RN BSN
Program and Meetings Co-Chair

University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital

Kelly Wolfe PhD ABPP-CN
2025 Institutional Host

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Richard James MSLIS
Publications Chair
Nemours Children’s Health

Marie Brossard-Racine PhD
Publications Co-Vice Chair
McGill University Health Center

Anne Gallagher PhD
Publications Co-Vice Chair
Université de Montréal

Corinne Anton PhD ABPP
Quality Improvement Co-Chair

Children’s Medical Center
Children’s Health Dallas

Sarah Plummer MD
Quality Improvement Co-Chair
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital

Susan Saleeb MD
Quality Improvement Vice Chair
Boston Children’s Hospital

Justin Elhoff MD
Research Chair
Sunrise Children’s Hospital

Adam R. Cassidy PhD ABPP-CN
Research Co-Vice Chair

Mayo Clinic

Sarah Morton MD
Research Co-Vice Chair

Harvard Children’s Hospital

Core Lab Leadership

Caren S. Goldberg MD
Lead, Data Coordinating Center
2018-2024

Michigan Medicine

Jacqueline H. Sanz PhD ABPP-CN
Lead, Neurodevelopmental Core Lab
2018-2024

Children’s National Medical Center

David Wypij PhD
Lead, Data Analysis Core
2018-2024

Boston Children’s Hospital