Laura White Whiteman, Cisa Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Oh

Embrace Dyslexia is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to increasing the awareness of dyslexia to educators and parents. We strive to help employ credentialed educators into all types of educational environments so that all type of learners can develop literacy skills. Our ultimate goal is to have a nation of strong readers whether you have a language deficit or not.Dyslexia touches nearly one in five people worldwide. We believe literacy scores can improve significantly once… Show more Embrace Dyslexia is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to increasing the awareness of dyslexia to educators and parents. We strive to help employ credentialed educators into all types of educational environments so that all type of learners can develop literacy skills. Our ultimate goal is to have a nation of strong readers whether you have a language deficit or not.Dyslexia touches nearly one in five people worldwide. We believe literacy scores can improve significantly once credentialed educators are in place to teach youngsters the necessary initial skills to understanding the English language.Literacy scores in the areas of fluency, comprehension, and spelling are not commensurate with their level of intelligence if you have a dyslexic child in an environment where multisensory language training is not provided. It is time our children learn to read during K-2 years without such anxiety, strife and battles. By working with preschools and elementary schools, it is the hope of Embrace Dyslexia to have schools equipped to deliver direct and explicit multisensory methods of teaching literacy skills to all types of learners. This will take time to implement. Be patient; it will happen.To start, we will work with one public school district to develop a process by which children are taught to learn a language by using the approaches mentioned above. The goal is to evolve into a nation where the English language is taught consistently, no matter the location, in a way that all children, no matter if they have dyslexia or not, will thrive.The gifts of dyslexia are many; the struggles are few in comparison. But, traditional ways of teaching literacy skills highlight these few struggles and send these children into a spiral that many cannot overcome. This must change.Through education and awareness, schools across this nation can begin to evolve into a literacy strong nation who no longer differentiates a dyslexic child from a “typical” reader. Show less

Cleveland, Oh

We are promoting literacy through research, education and advocacy.Recently, we had an extremely successful dinner and symposium to disseminate information related to dyslexia to close to 500 attendees.We are reaching out with communication, advocacy, membership, professional services, technology and direct services. We are currently offering 20+ classes this summer geared towards educators and parents wanting to further their knowledge to help individuals with… Show more We are promoting literacy through research, education and advocacy.Recently, we had an extremely successful dinner and symposium to disseminate information related to dyslexia to close to 500 attendees.We are reaching out with communication, advocacy, membership, professional services, technology and direct services. We are currently offering 20+ classes this summer geared towards educators and parents wanting to further their knowledge to help individuals with dyslexia.our website: www.nobida.org has all the information. Show less

I volunteer in ways to help my children as well as all others. I've done everything from being a room mom, to helping in the computer lab, classroom, coordinating council representative for elementary school, literacy word development program, reading circles, writing workshops, math pentathlon, library, lunch room, friday folders, fractured fairy tales, levy committees, kindergarten screening, fall festival and carnival committees, book reviewer, chair of the Huntley Scholarship award… Show more I volunteer in ways to help my children as well as all others. I've done everything from being a room mom, to helping in the computer lab, classroom, coordinating council representative for elementary school, literacy word development program, reading circles, writing workshops, math pentathlon, library, lunch room, friday folders, fractured fairy tales, levy committees, kindergarten screening, fall festival and carnival committees, book reviewer, chair of the Huntley Scholarship award committee, etc. Show less

Requested to join the Board for a start up Childcare program. Participated in the initial hiring of a director and creating the policies and guidelines for staff to follow. This program is very successful today.

I was requested to lead this group through an evaluation of processes and help navigate through some very emotional decisions. We came to mutual satisfaction on all issues.

Internal consultant for process improvement, development of internal training, re-engineering processes, market analyst for mass market.• Created strategies for customer segmentation; cultivating profitable relationships. • Performed and taught process improvement techniques utilized primarily in bank operations areas.• Utilized project management methodologies and practices throughout all projects.• Utilized Microsoft office products extensively.

• Performed large mainframe system development, implementation and data conversions.• Provided business consulting in a variety of industries.• Performed system assessments of many types of business software applications to determine if the software should be modified to meet a client’s needs.• Created training materials on how to use a business application created for a client.

Provided review of financial reports for the Board.

• Performed system assessments of financial applications and reported on them to executives.• Created and maintained audit software to support internal auditors.

Reviewed internal accounting systems for accuracy and completeness at the Cleveland and Cinncinati Branches.