Governance
The Coalition for Global Hearing Health is a 501c3 nonprofit entity registered with the United States Internal Revenue Service.
The CGHH is managed by an executive board (James E. Saunders, Jackie Clark, Karl White, David Molter, and King Chung supported by the Advocacy, Education /Training, Family / Community Empowerment, Best Practices, and Technology committees.
Board of Directors
Co- Chair
James E. Saunders, MD, MS, practices at Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and specializes in Otology and Neurotology and Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat).
Dr. Saunders has been involved with many projects related to the etiology, prevention and treatment of hearing loss in the developing world including collaborations with the World Health Organization and the Global Burden of Disease Project.
Co- Chair
Dr. Jackie Clark joined the Master’s Level faculty in Audiology at UT Dallas, and within a few years the program became a Doctoral Level in Audiology.
She currently teaches a variety of classes and provides clinical services at the Callier Center. In addition, she has been awarded an appointment as Research Scholar with the University of Witwatersrand School of Speech and Hearing Therapy in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the Past President of the American Academy of Audiology.
Treasurer
Dr. Karl White is a Professor of Psychology at Utah State University and the founding director of the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management. For the past 40 years, he has devoted his professional career to conducting research and providing training globally about issues and evidence related to implementing and improving early hearing detection and intervention programs for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. It almost didn’t happen.
Technology Director
David Molter is Professor of Otolaryngology at Washington University in St Louis.
Best Practice Director
Dr. King Chung is an educator, a researcher, an inventor, and a humanitarian. Her areas of expertise are in amplification, calibration, and humanitarian audiology.
Her research team developed an automated hearing test app to improve the access to hearing loss identification, especially in low- to mid-income countries.
Communications Director
Professor Karin Joubert is an Associate Professor of Audiology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Her research focuses on preventive audiology, public health audiology, and person-centered care. She has received significant research funding for the establishment of the Ndlovu Wits Audiology clinic that offers accessible and comprehensive community-based audiological services in a rural community in the Limpopo province. In addition to her academic work, Professor Joubert is the co-chair of the University of the Witwatersrand’s non-medical ethics committee.