Ann W. Kummer, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA-F has been director of the speech pathology department at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center since 1981. She also holds the faculty position of Field Service Professor, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. She is invited to speak to state, national and international audiences on a regular basis and volunteers with Project Smile to provide free services in underserved parts of the world where children are born with cleft palate and craniofacial disorders