Our 38th Annual IAOM Convention was held in Downtown San Diego, Ca Oct. 16-18, 2009. It was a total success! We had over 100 people in attendance from the USA, Brazil, Spain, Canada, and Jamaica! Many of our attendees felt this was the best convention they have attended, adding that the level of academic information presented by our speakers was superb! Our Hospitality Event of a dinner cruise on the Horn Blower was very well attended and great fun. We had amazing food, dancing and members mingling with one another.
I would like to thank all the speakers and poster session presenters for such excellent presentations and sharing their information. It was through their contribution that we will all become better Orofacial Myologist!
I would like to extend special gratitude to my entire Convention Committee, Barbara Green/Sandra Coulson-Program Chair & Co-Chair; Nicole Goldfarb/Debbie Munoz Hospitality Chair & Co-chair; Emily Clayton-IAOM Executive Coordinator; and for their commitment and dedication in the planning and hard work needed to organize a convention.
I would like to give a big thank you to our Sponsers/Market Place Exhibitors/Raffle Contributors:
- Licia Coceani-Paskay, Sponsor
- The Coulson Institute - Sandra Coulson, Sponsor/Exhibitor/Raffle Contributor
- Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy - Barbara J. Greene, Sponsor/Exhibitor/Raffle Contributor
- Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy - Joy Moller, Market Place Exhibitor/Raffle Contributor
- My O'Lip Boutique - Susemarie Swenson, Sponsor/Exhibitor/Raffle Contributor
- Neo Health Services - Sandra Holtzman, Exhibitor/Raffle Contributor
- Myo-Munchie USA - Kimberly Benkert, Exhibitor/Raffle Contributor
- Spry/Xlear, Inc - John Peterson, Exhibitor
- Suburban Myo-Functional Therapy - Christine Mills, Exhibitor
- Space Maintainers Laboratory - Renee Jackson, Exhibitor
- Better Speech & Feeding Center/Tizuna Bria Publishing Comp - Dianne Lazer & Brian Crimmins, Exhibitor
- Myo Made Easy - Rhonda Collier, Exhibitor/Raffle Contributor
- Suzanne Kiechle, Voice Coach, Exhibitor
- Justine Sherman & Assoc., Inc - Justine Sherman, Exhibitor
- Alari & Associates Business Consulting - Derrek Alari, Exhibitor
- Next Step Enterprises, Inc - Control It, Raffle Contributor
- Charles C. Thomas Publishers, Raffle Contributor
- Jenny Gularte, Raffle Contributor
- Zimco Products - Diana & Joe Zimmerman, Raffle Contributor
- Super Duper Inc., Raffle Contributor
- Talk Tools, Raffle Contributor
- Rosemarie Van Norman, Raffle Contributor
- Tracey McNair, Raffle Contributor
Lastly, for the other IAOM members not on the committees, who pitched in and helped with whatever needed to be done. I remain grateful to all of you.
Jenny Lou Gularte, RDH
Orofacial Myologist
2009 IAOM Convention Chairperson