Donna L. Sorkin, M.A., is the executive director of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA), a national organization devoted to expanding access to cochlear implantation for all who may benefit. She hears with a cochlear implant and has a long career in advocacy for people with hearing loss at nonprofits, including as former executive director of HLAA and for-profit entities. She has served on federal, corporate, and university boards, including the U.S. Access Board as a presidential appointee, the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders at the National Health Advisory Board, and the Gallaudet University Advisory Board.