Leadership Team

Julie Martin M.A. CCC-SLP/L
Executive Director Program Development
Licensed Speech Language Pathologist
Julie is a licensed and certified speech language pathologist specializing in the area of autism. With over 8 years of working with students with moderate to severe
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Laura O’Rourke M.S., BCBA
Laura holds a Master of Science degree in special education and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She has over 10 years of experience working with children and has worked as a behavior therapist with children who have autism since
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Tracy Tuyn, M.A., SLP-CF
Tracy holds a Master of Arts degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She has five years experience providing speech and language therapy to children with autism, including some with
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Josephine Cassidy, M.S. CCC-SLP
Jo is a certified speech-language pathologist holding a Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology and a minor in Spanish for the Health Professions from Marquette
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Kathyrn Neenan, M.S. CCC-SLP
Kat is a certified speech-language pathologist holding a Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has
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Rachel Montgomery, M.S., CCC-SLP/L
Rachel is a certified speech-language pathologist holding a Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. She has six years of experience working with children ages birth through
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Lauren L. Rasor M.S., CCC-SLP/L
Lauren is a certified speech-language pathologist holding a Master’s of Science in Speech and Language Pathology and a Bilingual English-Spanish certificate from Marquette University. She has experience working with Spanish and
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Ashley Eichorst M.S., CCC-SLP/L
Ashley Eichorst began working Part-time at By Your Side in February 2010. She began her career this past school year, 2009-2010, at Elim Christian Services, providing speech-language therapy to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Anneli Liesman, B.S. in Speech and Hearing Science
Therapy Facilitator
Anneli currently holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has experience working
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Craig Martin
VP - Finance/Operations
Craig is a co-founder of BY YOUR SIDE and responsible for all financial and center day to day operations. Craig is committed to working with parents to ensure
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Matthew Croke
Enrollment Manager/Office Coordinator
Matthew is responsible for all therapist scheduling as well as addressing enrollment related questions including programming evaluations and parent assistance in
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