Traumatic Brain Injury Regional Advisory Council

Group photograph of Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council

Members of the Traumatic Brain Injury Regional Advisory Council meet twice a year to oversee the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System. They supply guidance for program development and issues concerning the health and human services needs of people with traumatic brain injuries.

Council members are:

  • Justine Ashokar, Ph.D., Neurogenesis LLC
  • Thomas F. Bergquist, Ph.D., L.P., Mayo Clinic
  • Erwin Concepcion, Ph.D., L.P., Minnesota Department of Human Services
  • Brad Donaldson, Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance
  • Dmitry Esterov, D.O., M.S., Mayo Clinic
  • Maggie Ferguson, M.S., C.R.C., C.B.I.S., Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
  • Jacob Finn, Ph.D., Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System
  • Joan M. Griffin, Ph.D., Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic
  • Jerry Hoepner, Ph.D., Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
  • June Klein-Bacon, B.S.W., CBIST, Brain Injury Association of Iowa
  • Logan McCool, D.O., On With Life
  • Audrey Nelson, M.S., C.S.W., survivor with brain injury, Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin
  • Rebecca Quinn, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., CBIST, Center for Rural Health, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
  • Jean Shelton, Ph.D., M.B.A., FACHE, CBIS, On With Life
  • Benjamin Siebert, M.D., FAAPMR, Neuroscience Group
  • Toby V. Yak, M.P.H., Ph.D., Iowa Department of Health and Human Services