Miriam Hellreich

Miriam Hellreich was appointed to the CPB Board of Directors by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate in March 2019.

Ms. Hellreich, originally from Alabama, began her career as a speech and language pathologist when she founded the first speech and language therapy program at Taipei American School in Taiwan. She later moved to Hawaii and established a private practice, delivering speech, language, and voice therapy services to a culturally diverse group of adults and children.

Ms. Hellreich was President of the Hawaii Speech-Language & Hearing Association (HSHA); she developed the first professional continuing education program for its members and later became the Chairman of the HSHA Legislative Affairs Committee. She authored the first professional licensure bill for Hawaii’s Speech and Language Pathologists.