Mark J. Ashley, Sc.D., CCC-SLP, CCM

Mark Ashley is Co-Founder and President/CEO of Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS), which has operated postacute brain injury rehabilitation programs at facilities in Bakersfield, California, Encino, California, and Irving, Texas, since 1978. In addition to his responsibilities with CNS, Dr. Ashley serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Brain Injury Association of America and California Brain Injury Association. He is the immediate past-Chair of the Corporate Advisory Committee of the American Academy for Certification of Brain Injury Specialists and member of the California TBI INterim Advisory Board. Dr. Ashley serves as the Liaison for the Brain Injury Association of America and the Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. He has participated in preparation of Traumatic Brain Injury Medical Treatment Guidelines for the State of Colorado Department of Labor and Employment and served on the grant review committee for the Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund. Dr. Ashley also serves on the Board of Ernie Irvan's Race 2 Safety Foundation, dedicated to Prevention and Awareness of Brain Injury.

Dr. Ashley founded the Centre for Neuro Skills Clinical Research and Education Foundation, a non-profit research organization. His work has been published in numerous professional and research publications and he has written two books - one entitled Working with Behavior Disorders: Strategies for Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation and the other entitled Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation, now in its second edition.

"CNS is different from other rehabilitation facilities because of a combination of experience focusing on a specific population and our attention to detail in the implementation of our services. I'm most proud of the impact we've made in people's lives and being able to see our patients go from being completely dependent to returning to work, to home, to their family -- it's very gratifying." -- Dr. Mark Ashley

Dr. Ashley received his Masters Degree in Speech Pathology and a Doctorate of Science from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. In 1995, Dr. Ashley was named Distinguished Alumni of the Year by Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He is currently an Adjunct Professor for the University's Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences in the College of Education, specializing in brain injury and cognitive deficits. Dr. Ashley is a licensed Speech/Language Pathologist in California and Texas and is a Certified Case Manager.