The Team

We promote the positive identity, community, and achievement of dyslexic people.

Co-Founders of Dyslexic Advantage

FERNETTE EIDE MD

Co-Founder and CEO of Dyslexic Advantage

Dr. Fernette Eide is co-author of The Dyslexic Advantage and The Mislabeled Child and is an international authority on dyslexia and learning differences.

The Eides have been consultants to the US President’s Council on Bioethics, visiting lecturers on dyslexia at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education and Hunter College, and have lectured and keynoted at many conferences and events throughout the world. Their work has been featured in The Times (of London), The Washington Post, The New York Times, Scientific American Mind, Wired, and many other publications, as well as many documentary and television appearances. They have also consulted and given presentations for corporations including Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, F5, the BBC, and GCHQ on topics including the cognitive benefits of dyslexia, neurodiversity in the workplace, and workplace accessibility.

Dr. Fernette Eide directs all teacher and parent training, positive dyslexia awareness, and student talent programs in addition to being editor-in-chief for the Dyslexic Advantage newsletter and Premium magazine.

BROCK EIDE MD
Co-Founder and Board of Directors of Dyslexic Advantage, CEO Neurolearning SPC

In addition to the above, Dr. Brock Eide is serves on the Board of Directors of Dyslexic Advantage and is also CEO of Neurolearning.com, a mission-driven company that seeks to provide high-quality, low-cost, mobile app-based dyslexia screening to English-speaking individuals age 7 to 70, education about dyslexic MIND strengths, and strength-focused education about dyslexia.

Our Board

Thomas G. West

Author In the Mind’s Eye and Thinking Like Einstein

Joan Bisagno

Past Director of the Stanford Office of Accessible Education

 

Tanya Wojtowych

Founder Agricultural Development Group

Stu Shader

Business Development, NGINX, F5 Networks

Emeritus Board

Cinthia Coletti
Erin Egan
David Flink
Kurt Heusner
David McComas
Claudia Koochek
Gerald Rittenberg
Nathan Stooke
Linda Yates

Team Members

Lady Grace Belarmino – Graphic Design
Leila Leoncavallo – Government Liaison
Claudio Limongi – Web Design
Sarah Macapobre – Administrative Assistance
Trish Seres, Michelle Williams, Shelley Wear, Cheryl Kahn, Jack Martin – Editorial Assistance
Christy Schneider – Statistical Consulting