Susan B. Glaser, MA

• Educational Psychologist
• National Consultant on Early Childhood Education

Ms. Glaser is an educational psychologist and early childhood educator with more than 30 years of experience in supporting families of young children. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University, where she worked with noted educator Dr. Jane Kessler in a school for children with special needs, and received her Master of Arts Degree from John Carroll University.

Ms. Glaser served for 15 years as the Director of Early Childhood Services for the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. She currently works as a national consultant in this field and travels the United States and Canada to assess early childhood centers and present workshops for parents and teachers. She contributes to the parent Web site of the national association of Jewish Community Centers. Susan is an instructor and lecturer for Who's The Boss? Parent Education Center.

Ms. Glaser is the chairperson of the Infant/Toddler Network of the Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education (CAJE), a national group devoted to furthering and improving education. She is also a member of the Universal Pre-K Committee of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Her articles on parenting appear in newspapers and national publications in the field of early child development. She is the co-author, with Dr. Lavin, of "Who's the Boss: Moving Families from Conflict to Collaboration" (Collaboration Press, 2006) and of "Baby & Toddler Sleep Solutions for Dummies" (Willey Publishing 2007).

Arthur Lavin, M.D.

Arthur Lavin, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician in private practice and an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Case Medical School in Cleveland, Ohio.

He was trained and then taught at Harvard and MIT in pediatrics and the specialty of newborn medicine.  He has published original research in such journals as Science.

He is, with Ms. Susan Glaser, the co-author of two books on parenting:

Who’s the Boss? Moving Families from Conflict to Collaboration (2^nd Ed., Collaboration Press, 2010)

Babies and Toddlers Sleep Solutions for Dummies (Wiley,2007).

Dr. Lavin’s professional experience includes training by Drs.T. Berry Brazelton and Mel Levine and he has since been in practice for more than 20 years.

He has served on a number of national committees of the American Academy of Pediatrics, helping to create standards for community pediatrics and to draft manuals for teaching American pediatricians to care for children with special health care needs.

Microsoft showcased Dr. Lavin’s pediatric practice, Advanced Pediatrics, in its launch of Office 2003.  In 1998, Dr. Lavin accepted an invitation by the United States government to participate in an overseas health partner mission.  In 2009 he was invited to represent the State of Ohio at a special Rose Garden event with President Obama.

Dr. Lavin’s advice for parents has been sought by and featured on Parent TV, CNN, and CPR. He is a contributor to www.wtboss.com, www.advancedped.com, and www.MyTwinLink.com  and can be found on FaceBook and Twitter.

Dr. Lavin is married and has three children, one married, and two identical twins.

Dr. Gerard Letterie is a board certified reproductive endocrinologist with over 20 years of clinical and academic experience. He completed his fellowship training at the National Institutes of Health and served in the United States Army Medical Corps for 12 years of active duty service and 8 years of reserve duty that ended in 2002.

Dr. Letterie was a clinical reproductive endocrinologist at the Center for Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology at Virginia Mason Medical Center from 1991 to 2003 when he left to start the Northwest Center for Reproductive Sciences.

He is a fellow and diplomat in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG) and the American College of Physicians (FACP).

He is the author of over 125 scientific articles, 25 chapters and mongraphs on infertility and in vitro fertilization. The second edition of his text Surgery, Assisted Reproductive Technology and Infertility was well received within the medical and academic community and it continues to serve as a reference for practitioners in infertility and reproductive endocrinology.

Dr. Letterie has also designed several surgical instruments and modifications including the first catheter for ultrasound guided embryo transfer currently used in several centers world wide.

His research interests include fertility preservation in cancer patients through hormonal protection and oocyte freezing and as an elective option in patients who want to preserve fertility.

Dr. Letterie is an ad-hoc editor for several journals including Fertility and Sterility, Human Reproduction, American Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Gynecology Clinical Genetics, Journal of Pelvic Surgery, Drugs and the Journal of Reproductive Medicine. He is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle and member of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology as an examiner. He continues his military affiliation by serving as a consultant at Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA.

Dr. Letterie was recently selected as one of the areas leading infertility practitioners by the Puget Sound Consumers Guide and is listed in Guide to America’s Top Obstetricians and Gynecologists for 2004-2005 by the Consumers Research Council of America. Dr. Letterie has also been named one of Seattle’s Top Docs over the past several years including 2007.

Dr. Letterie is happily married and the father of two daughters, Mia (age 12) and Ava (age 6). His wife, Jan, is an enthusiastic rower with Martha's Moms rowing club.

Shane Borrowman

Shane Borrowman is a freelance writer and editor, currently living in northern Nevada.

He teaches writing at the University of Nevada, Reno, and is the author/editor of six

collections of original scholarship and three writing textbooks. This does not impress

his twins, John and Samantha, who will turn five in March. They are impressed, however,

by his ability to read aloud, his red snow shovel, and his knowledge of what is a

snack versus what is a treat.