Leadership Team

Susan H. Glasgow, MA, CCC-SLP

Executive Director

Susan H. Glasgow has been the executive director of The Hearing and Speech Agency since 1994. She is responsible for strategic initiatives, formulating policies and implementing the policies of the Board of Directors, overseeing all of the organization’s activities and representation of the organization to the public.

Susan has chaired and served on national, state and local boards and committees dedicated to agency partnerships, strategic planning and legislative advocacy for people who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have speech and language disorders. She is the immediate past chair of the National Association of Speech and Hearing Centers, a member of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Alexander Graham Bell Association. Susan has a master’s degree in speech-language pathology from the University of Tennessee. She is a certified, licensed speech-language pathologist.

Donna E. Roberts
Chief Financial Officer

Since Donna joined the Agency in 1995 as the chief financial officer, she has worked with an annual budget that increased from $2.7 to $8 million. She directs accounting systems, client billing and collection, and payroll operations.

Donna previously served as director of administration and real estate for the Disabled American Veterans. She earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Towson University.

Jill Berie, MS

Educational Director, Gateway School

Jill Berie brings 25 years of experience in special education to the management of the Gateway School. This non-public, special education program serves children ages 3 to 12  with mild to severe speech, language, or other communication difficulties. The school is approved by the Maryland State Department of Education. 

Jill received her Master of Science degree in special education from Bank Street College of Education in New York City and holds an Advanced Professional Certificate in Special Education: Infants to Grade 3; Special Education: Principal/Supervisor, and Reading Specialist: Grades K-12. She is a member of the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Council of Exceptional Children, and the National Staff Development Council.

Tina Montgomery
Program Director, Centralized Interpreter Referral Service

Tina joined HASA in an administrative support capacity in 1986. Along with her sign-language skills, she brought her passion to provide the Maryland business community with qualified interpreters. Through Tina’s work and advocacy, numerous clients have become familiar with the value of Deaf culture.

In 1986, Tina assisted Miriam Zadek, a current board member, to establish the Centralized Interpreter Referral Service (CIRS), a program that offers sign-language and oral interpreters, American Sign Language (ASL) courses, interpreting internships, and deaf awareness programs and advocacy in the community. Today, HASA’s CIRS program is one of the largest providers of sign-language and oral interpretation services in Maryland and the only one with nonprofit status.

Olga Polites, MS, CCC-SLP
Director, Clinical Services

Olga Polites graduated from Loyola College in Maryland, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Pathology. She began her career working for the Baltimore City Public School System. In 1983, Olga joined the staff at The Hearing and Speech Agency, where she has worked for 29 years.

Olga began as a speech-language pathologist in Gateway School, and then transferred to the Clinical Program where she worked at the Agency’s Scottish Rite Center. Since then, she was promoted to Director of the Clinical Services Program, where she is responsible for all audiology, speech-language pathology and occupational therapy services. 

Olga and her staff have developed the following programs: The Center for Fluency Enhancement, The Auditory-Oral Program, Maryland Keys to Communication, The Parent Resource Center for parents of children newly identified with hearing loss and the Cochlear Implant Lending Library for professionals working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

John Sloan, MS, CCC-Fellow
Director of The Center for Fluency/Director Continuing Education

John is a speech-language pathologist with 30 years of service in public school, university, and clinical settings. He is a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a board-certified specialist in the treatment of stuttering. John has presented more than 100 professional workshops and taught speech-language pathology and special education at Loyola University in Maryland and Stevenson University.

Helen N. Snyder
Director of Development

Helen works with the HASA Board of Directors and senior management in securing public and private funding. She is responsible for grant writing, donor research, support for all board-related fundraising efforts, and supervision of development staff. 

Before joining HASA, Helen served as the director of major gifts for the American Lung Association of Maryland and was the corporate and foundation gifts manager for the Baltimore Opera Company.

She earned a bachelors’ degree in elementary education at the University of Maryland, College Park and maintains membership in the Association of Fundraising Professionals.