About Us

Network Chair  Marleen Westerveld, PhD, is a Professor in Speech Pathology in the School of Allied Health, Social Work and Sport at Griffith University, Australia. Marleen is the founder and chair of the Global TALES Network.

Deputy Chair Pamela Filiatrault-Veilleux, PhD is an assistant Professor and a Speech-Language Pathologist at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - Communication Sciences & Disorders at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.  

Executive Committee Member Jelena Kuvač Kraljević, PhD is a Professor in Speech and Language Pathology Department of Speech and Language Pathology at the University of Zagreb, Croatia.  

Executive Committee member Vani Gupta is a Speech Pathologist in Sydney, Australia, and a Doctoral candidate at Griffith University researching school-age children’s personal narrative abilities.  

Network member Cibelle Amato, PhD is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Professor in the Graduate Program in Human Development Sciences at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil.