W. Freda Wilson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP/FASHA
Greenville, NC 27858
E-mail: acwwdj@r.postjobfree.com
COMPETENCIES
Interpersonal:
• Excellent public relations and communication skills.
• Works well with others in group settings to reach common goals.
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills. Administrative:
• Solid executive level administrative skills.
• Senior administrative and development background in rehabilitative service delivery in large regional, national, and international settings. Grantsmanship:
• Initiated and administered successful grant applications, healthcare programs, higher education programs, and community service projects both on the national and international levels.
• Awarded competitive healthcare, educational, and community services grants (i.e. USDA, Duke, Community Health Centers of the USA, First Steps, King Faisel Foundation, and other.
• Recognized for excellence in grant writing, project development, teaching, clinical service delivery, community service, and research.
Leadership:
• Effective team development and staff recruitment background.
• Over thirty years of teaching and management experience in higher education in the United States and abroad.
Professional & Academic:
• Substantial experience in theoretical, educational, community service and clinical research.
• Formal and hands-on experience in fiscal and operational health service management.
• Expertise in NICU and Speech-Language Pathology Services for developmentally challenged infants and pre-school aged patients.
• Strong background in adult/pediatric neurogenic-based communication disorders. Specialized Training and Certification:
• Development, operation, and management of Non-Profit Projects.
• Joint Commission Healthcare policies and applications.
• Hands-on experience with orofacial myofunctional therapies across the life span.
• Rehabilitative Healthcare Administration
• SLP Healthcare Administration
• International Affairs/Healthcare
• Pediatric and Adult Dysphagia
• Autism
• Neurogenic Communication Disorders
• Multicultural Aspects of Communication
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OBJECTIVE
A challenging position in communication sciences, healthcare, education, development and/or service delivery.
EDUCATION
BA-Speech-Language Pathology, 1970
South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, South Carolina AM-Speech and Hearing Sciences, 1972
Ph.D.-Speech and Hearing Sciences, 1975
University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
Dissertation: Dialect Fair Evaluation of Children
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Lois Joan Sanders
EXPERIENCE
1975 - Present Consultant
VisionsWork! 101 Mary Beth Drive
Greenville, NC 27858
2009 – 2015 Head
Communication Disorders
Department of Otolaryngology
King Faisel Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2008 – 2009 Major Gifts Officer
Office of Institutional Development
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27701 1997 - 2008 Health Sciences Consultant/Visiting Professor South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 29301 1997 - 2008 Adjunct Professor
San Jose State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, California 95192
2004 - Present Senior SLP Project Development Consultant/Adjunct SLP Clinician LA Speech-Language Therapy Center
5761 Buckingham Parkway
Culver City, California 90230
2004 - 2009 Adjunct Professor/Visiting Professor/Online SLP Program Consultant Tennessee State Univ., 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd., Nashville, TN 37209 3
2004 – 2007 Chief Executive Director (CEO)
Regenesis Community Health Center
750 South Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29301
1998 - 2004 Director, Regional Center for Rehabilitation Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, 101 East Wood Street Spartanburg, SC 29303
1997 - 1998 SLP/Pediatrics Manager
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, 101 E. Wood Street Spartanburg, SC 29303
1991 - 1997 Executive Director
Jeddah Institute for Speech & Hearing, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 1986 - 1991 Professor/Department Head
Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences
King Saudi University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1986 - 1991 Director
Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology Department King Faisel Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1978 - 1986 Associate Professor/ Professor / Clinical Supervisor South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
1975 - 1978 Assistant Professor
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
1970 - 1975 Language Pathologist
Webber Elementary School, Urbana, IL
1972 - 1973 Assistant Professor/Clinical Supervisor University of North Carolina System/ Duke University Speech-Language Hearing Sciences Fellow, Durham, NC Medical Speech Language Pathology
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
• Recognized for Contributions to the Development of SLP in Saudi Arabia, 2013-2015
• Chair, Board of Visitors, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, 2005-2008
• Member, Board of Trustees, Claflin College, Orangeburg, SC, 2002-2009
• Leadership Spartanburg, 2004
• Palmetto Upstate Woman of the Year, 2004
• Upstate South Carolina Career Woman of the Year, 1999
• NAFEO Distinguished Alumni Award, 1996
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• Dwight D. Eisenhower Citizen’s Ambassador, Russia and the Czech Republic, 1996
• American Speech-Language and Hearing Association Fellow, 1995
• Invited Presentation - Rehabilitation Program Development, Queen of Sweden, 1995
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority International Mentorship Award, 1994
• University of South Carolina International Affairs Honors Board, 1993
• Member of US Secretary of State, His Honorable Richard Riley’s National Special Education Task Force, 1992
• Gubernatorial Appointee, South Carolina Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 1980-1986
• Fulbright Scholar to India, 1983-1985
• Florida State University Junior Faculty Merit Award, 1976-1977 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association(AMRPA)
• National Black Speech, Language and Hearing Association
• Phi Delta Kappa National Education Society
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
• International Rehabilitation Association
• Saudi Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Academy of Applied Myofunctional Sciences (AAMS)
• Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (AOMT) REFERENCES:
Will be provided upon request.