About IVUN

Learn about our organization, mission, and the dedicated people behind IVUN.

Who We Are

Our Mission

International Ventilator Users Network's mission is to collect, preserve, and make available research and knowledge to promote the well-being and independence of polio survivors, home ventilator users, their caregivers and families, and to support the health professionals who treat them.

Post-Polio Health International (PHI), incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 1960, also "does business as" International Ventilator Users Network (IVUN).

IVUN is governed by a Board of Directors and has a paid staff of two. Accounting, design, and editorial services are provided by independent contractors.

Leadership

Board of Directors

IVUN is governed by a dedicated Board of Directors committed to advancing the mission.

Allison Roller, MA

President

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Mark Mallinger, PhD

Vice President

Emeritus Professor of Applied Behavioral Science, Pepperdine University

Ann B. Crocker, MBA

Secretary

Gardiner, Maine

Mike Mrozowicz

Treasurer

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Katherine DeLong

Board Member

Newport Beach, California

Marny K. Eulberg, MD

Board Member

Mountain & Plains Post Polio Clinic, Wheat Ridge, CO

Vijaya Goli

Board Member

Clearwater, Florida

Jennifer Thieme Kehres

Board Member

Bridgeport, Michigan

Frederick M. Maynard, MD

Board Member

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Retired)

Rhoda Olkin, PhD

Board Member

Alliant University

Daniel Ryan, MD

Board Member

Warren, Michigan

Martin B. Wice, MD

Board Member

Saint Louis, Missouri

Expert Guidance

Medical Advisory Committee

Health care professionals who are experts in their field and support IVUN's philosophy about independent living.

John R. Bach, MD

University Hospital, Newark, NJ

Joshua Benditt, MD, FCCP

University of Washington Medical Center

Brenda Jo Butka, MD

Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital

Selma H. Calmes, MD

UCLA Medical Center (Retired)

Karen Dikeman, MA, CCC-SLP

Silvercrest Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation

Peter C. Gay, MD, FCCP

Mayo Clinic/Rochester

Diana Guth, BA, RRT

Home Respiratory Care, Los Angeles

Nicholas S. Hill, MD

Tufts-New England Medical Center

Virginia Simson Nelson, MD, MPH

University of Michigan Health System

Anita K. Simonds, MD, FRCP

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London

Recognition

Honorary Board Members

Honorary Board Members are recognized for their contributions and loyalty to IVUN and to the disability community at large. (These members do not have voting privileges and are not entitled to participate in meetings or other activities of the directors.)

Allen I. Goldberg, MD, MM, FAAP, FACPE, FCCP

Pediatric Home Health, Loyola University Medical Center (retired) Chicago, Illinois

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

Community and Education Relations, The Boeing Company Chicago, Illinois

Maurice Sonnenberg

New York, New York

Stanley K. Yarnell, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (retired) San Francisco, California