Donna Sorkin, MA is executive director of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, a national organization devoted to expanding access to cochlear implantation for all who may benefit. She has had a long career in advocacy for people with hearing loss at for-profit and non-profit entities. She was previously executive director of two US organizations: Hearing Loss Association of America and Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Ms. Sorkin served for 11 years as Vice President, Consumer Affairs at Cochlear Americas where she led public policy initiatives and other activities aimed at the broad life needs of cochlear implant users including insurance coverage and reimbursement, habilitation for children and adults, and educational needs of children with cochlear implants. She has served on federal, corporate and university boards including the U.S. Access Board as a Presidential appointee and the National Institute on Deafness, NIH Advisory Board. She previously served on the Advisory Board of Gallaudet University. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
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