Mark DeRuiter, MBA, PhD, CCC-A/SLP

Mark DeRuiter is the Director of the Clinical Doctorate in SLP program at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. He is also trained as a Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist. Mark earned B.A. and Master’s degrees from Michigan State University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Augsburg College and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Mark’s work history includes experience in a large otolaryngology practice, several hearing instrument manufacturers, and a rehabilitation center. He has taught courses in audiology and aural rehabilitation in the United States and Taiwan.

Mark has a long history of service to his discipline. He has served in multiple roles with the American Speech-Language Pathology (e.g., Council for Clinical Certification, Council on Academic Accreditation site visitor, Chair of Speech-Language Pathology Scope of Practice Committee) and the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (e.g., Vice President for Professional Development, Treasurer, and President-Elect in 2016). On a state level, Mark served as a Member At-Large for the State of Minnesota’s Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard of Hearing Commission, as well as serving as a member for the Minnesota Department of Health’s Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Advisory Council. Mark is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association as well as a Distinguished Scholar and Fellow of the National Academy of Practice in Speech-Language Pathology.