About

Co-founder of CALIPSO, Laurel Hays, is a speech-language pathologist who served as the Director of Clinical Education for the Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Program at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, SC from the inception of the CSD Program in 1997 until 2010. Laurel developed the clinical curriculum for the CSD Program, underwent a CAA initial accreditation and re-accreditation visit, and coordinated both internal and external clinical placements.

Satyajit Phanse is a programmer and system administrator working with web-based systems, data engineering, and Amazon AWS. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.

Renee Wendel joined the CALIPSO team as a consultant in July of 2013. She earned her M.S. from Texas State University in 1994, and has 10 years of University experience as a Clinic Director and practicum course instructor. Renee’s clinical and teaching interests include autism spectrum disorders, emergent literacy, applied ethics, and technology applications in clinical education.

Amy Dickson, MHA, M.S., CCC-SLP joined the CALIPSO team in January of 2015. She earned her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from the Medical University of South Carolina in 2000. Amy served as Assistant Director of Clinical Education for the Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) program at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, SC from 2006 until 2010. In this role, Amy coordinated internal and external clinical placements and taught academic courses.

Prior to her role in the CSD program at MUSC, she routinely served as a clinical supervisor to numerous graduate students. Amy remains active in clinical practice and clinical supervision. Her clinical interests include communication and swallowing in the medically fragile population. 

Jordan Gilbert joined the CALIPSO team in October of 2017. She earned her B.S. in Graphic Communications from Clemson University in 1999. Prior to joining CALIPSO, Jordan worked for 15+ years in the printing and pre-media industry in client services, project management, database management, color management and software support, followed by 3 years of service as Clergy Administrator and Director of Communications at historic St. Philip’s Church in downtown Charleston. This diversity in her career background brings a unique mix of technical expertise and customer service to CALIPSO.

Stuart Pennebaker was thrilled to join the CALIPSO team in 2020 as the contracts manager. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a BA in English Literature in 2018 and obtained her Certificate in Paralegal Studies from USC shortly thereafter. She has worked in the legal industry since and has experience in both Family and Real Estate law.