Carla Beyer-Smolin was part of our staff in the 1990s working in both the chapter and membership departments. During Carla’s time with our organization in previous years, she also coordinated the Children’s Workshops for our conventions. She developed and managed “Heroes for Hearing Loss,” a mentoring program for children with hearing loss. Carla also helped created some key publications. She wrote the “ADA Begins with You” column in our then hard-copy publication, “SHHH News,” that went to chapters. She also created and published the “SHHH Ventures” newsletter that went to young adults with hearing loss. Carla left to raise her family and is now back with the HLAA family. She looks forward to connecting and working with our membership and strengthening our chapter network to help make a difference for people living with hearing loss and their families. Carla met her husband, Mark, through the SHHH Young Adults Group. They live in Maryland and have two children, a son in college and a teen-age daughter.