The Blosser Center Staff

Director/ Instructor: Catherine Wood Wyrick M.S.

Fellow, Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators

Instructor/trainer in the Orton-Gillingham Approach since 1996
Conference/workshop speaker
Professional tutor
Advocate for fairness in high stakes tests
Parent of dyslexic college graduate
Former Boards of Directors - ORBIDA, Language Skills Therapy, Gately Academy and Portland Public Schools Special Ed Parent Advisory Committee

Assessment Specialist / Instructor: Sharon Cody Marsh Ed.D.

Fellow, Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators

Instructor/trainer in the Orton-Gillingham Approach since 2000
Former Director, Commonwealth Learning Center, Needham MA
Former Director of Education, Carroll School (for dyslexic students), Lincoln, MA
Designer of Orton-Gillingham based reading instruction software for Lexia Learning Systems

Emerita Instructor: Dorothy Blosser Whitehead M.S.

Founding Fellow, Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators

Instructor/trainer in the Orton-Gillingham Approach since 1965
Author of Unlocking the Power of Print: A Tutor Manual
Workshop speaker at numerous International Dyslexia Association national and local conferences
Founder of Language Skills Therapy
Past president: Oregon Branch, International Dyslexia Association
Founder Oregon Branch of Association of Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities

Office Administrator: Patty Hobizal

Summer School Director: Kate Franken, M.A.T.

Professional Tutors:

Leslie Davis, M.A. Associate AOGPE

Cecilia Deulen, B.A. Associate AOGPE

Bronwen Edwards, M.S

Elizabeth Johnson, B.S.

Rita Petherbridge, B.S. Associate AOGPE

Susan Thomson, B.A. Associate AOGPE

Patty Sullivan, DMD Associate AOGPE

Blosser Center Advisory Council

Jean Foss M. Ed.

Director of Clinical Teaching and Research
Pine Ridge School
Williston, VT

David A. Horowitz Ph.D.

Professor of History
Portland State University
Portland, OR

Muriel D. Lezak Ph.D.

Retired, Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, OR

Susan A. Vogel Ph.D.

Presidential Research Professor
Literacy Education Department
Northern Illinois University
De Kalb, IL

Sid Wolinsky

Director of Litigation
Disability Rights Advocates
Oakland, CA

Blosser Center Board of Directors

Vicki Bauer

Real Estate Broker, RE/MAX , Equity Group Realty

Carolyn Nesbitt

Language Skills Therapy Tutor

Robin Plopper