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Debra Meyerson, PhD (she/her/hers)

Co-Founder and Co-Chair
Stroke Onward
Portola Valley, CA, United States

Debra Meyerson, Ph.D. co-founded Stroke Onward in 2019 and currently serves as the volunteer co-chair of this nonprofit organization. Stroke Onward's mission is to ensure stroke survivors, families, and caregivers have the resources they need to successfully navigate the emotional journey critical to rebuilding their identities and rewarding lives. Debra is an author, advocate, and a professor at Stanford University Graduate School of Education. Prior to her stroke in 2010, her academic work focused on feminism, diversity, identity, and organizational change. Debra’s most recent book, Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves after Stroke (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2019) helps stroke survivors and those closest to them think about the process of rebuilding identities after trauma, and navigate the emotional journey that she has found very difficult—and rewarding. In addition to her work with Stroke Onward and her ongoing rehabilitation therapy, Debra currently serves on the board of the Pacific Stroke Association (PSA), the BU Sargent Clinical Advisory Board, and the Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Aphasia Stakeholder Advisory Board (University of Pittsburgh). Debra received her B.S. and M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Stanford University.

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