Dr. Tamara Rosier is an author, speaker, and founder of the ADHD Center of West Michigan, where a multidisciplinary team offers assessment, therapy, coaching, and medication management for individuals with ADHD and their families. She also co-leads PTS Coaching, which offers ADHD coaching training, professional development, and support for parents and educators.

Tamara began her career in education as a K–12 teacher and later became a professor of education. Her work now focuses on helping people understand ADHD at the intersection of neuroscience, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and everyday experience.

She is the author of Your Brain’s Not Broken, You, Me, and Our ADHD Family, and Your Brain’s Not Broken for Teens and Young Adults. She serves on CHADD’s Professional Advisory Board and co-chairs the International Conference on ADHD.

Aimee is a speech and language pathologist (SLP) and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) who has over 15 years of experience serving students with autism in public, private and home settings. In addition to providing workshops and training in schools across the country and Puerto Rico, Aimee works with STAR Autism Support to manage and develop large projects.

Her work includes developing workshops, building training sites, and coaching staff to successfully implement The STAR Program and Links Curriculum in several states, regions, and districts. Aimee is passionate about raising awareness for autism in her community and has led fundraising efforts at the local and regional levels.

Shelli, a training specialist based in Central Texas, brings years of experience in special education as a teacher and coordinator to her role on the STAR team. She holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and a Master of Education degree with an emphasis in applied behavior analysis, achieving Board Certified Behavior Analyst status in 2023. Shelli’s demonstrated dedication to improving outcomes for students with autism led to receiving the Texas Education Agency Autism Grant for her district in 2020 and 2022.

Shelli’s professional passions center on relationship-building and evidence-based strategies in her work with teachers and caregivers. She seeks to create strong outcomes by building others up and adding value as she supports teachers and students in classrooms implementing STAR, SOLER, and LINKS curricula.

Beyond her work with STAR, Shelli enjoys cooking and baking, especially for others, and being outside while hiking, walking, and sitting at the pool. She and her husband, who met while working at the same school, enjoy a family with three sons, a daughter-in-law, and a new granddaughter.

Cami Ferguson is a speech-language pathologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst with 20 years of experience across public schools and private practice. Her background includes autism support, assistive technology, AAC, functional life skills, structured teaching, and speech and language services, and she brings a practical, supportive approach to helping educators and families strengthen communication opportunities for students.

Jamilyn Cole is a Learning Specialist, neuroinclusion educator, speaker, and trainer who brings together professional expertise and lived experience to help educators understand executive functioning, neurodiversity, and inclusive learning environments.

A former IEP student who received special education services from early childhood through high school, Jamilyn has lived with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, developmetnal delays and ADHD and now supports students and educators from the other side of the table. She has spent more than a decade working in special education and learning support, including years in low-incidence special education, Montessori education, and independent schools. She has also trained educators and adult learners for more than two decades.

Jamilyn is the creator of the ESARAS™ Framework, a practical approach to reducing friction by Externalizing, Simplifying, Automating, Regulating, Advocating, and Sustaining. Her work challenges deficit-based assumptions and asks a different question: What happens when we design environments that work with, rather than against, how people’s brains actually function?

Follow Jamilyn at @jamilyncole.speaks or visit jamilyncole.com to explore her speaking, training, and professional learning offerings.

Nate has worked in public education, with students with autism and developmental disabilities, since 1999. As a training specialist for STAR Autism Support, Nate provides on-site consultation to teachers to implement evidence-based practices. Nate holds a degree in Special Education from Weber State University and has an Early Childhood Special Education license from Utah State University.

Nate has been a Behavior/Autism Specialist and a Special Education Teacher. As an early childhood educator, Nate implemented the STAR curriculum as part of the Utah Statewide Autism Education Project. He has been a member of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) for over 15 years, and has been actively involved on the Utah board, as well as contributing to CEC’s Student Committee, Program Advisory Committee, and the Maltreatment Policy Statement Workgroup.

Nate is passionate about advocating for the needs of students, families, and educators, and is engaged in ongoing work to influence local, state, and federal policy. He currently lives in Utah with his wife and four children.

Laura Kern, JD, PhD is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Child & Family Studies at the University South Florida within the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities (FCIC; www.flcic.org), a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). She is a partner with the national Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS; www.pbis.org).  A parent of a child with disabilities, Laura served in the family seat for the Association for Positive Behavior Support (www.apbs.org).  Prior to entering the field of special education, Laura was a practicing attorney for over a decade.