Our Team

Chantelle Walker is CEO of REED Autism Services and oversees the organization’s family of programs, including REED Academy, REED Next, Greens Do Good, and the REED Foundation for Autism. Prior to joining REED in 2020, Chantelle served as the President and CEO of the Adler Aphasia Center, a New Jersey-based nonprofit serving stroke survivors and their families in 14 locations statewide. Her career spans 20 years in nonprofit management, including roles in finance and operations, business development, fundraising, and marketing for organizations ranging from acute care hospitals to autism service providers. She earned her MBA with a concentration in healthcare administration from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.

Chantelle is passionate about pursuing innovative solutions to address the complex challenges of a growing autism community and changing the conversation around what’s possible for individuals with autism.

Dr. David Wilson is the Chief Clinical Officer for REED Autism Services overseeing the strategic and qualitative direction of clinical services across the entire family of programs including REED Academy, REED Next, Greens Do Good, and REED Intensive Behavior Services (RIBS). David joined REED in December 2021 overseeing the launch of the RIBS, a clinic-based day program focused on state-of-the-art assessment and treatment for individuals who engage in severe challenging behaviors.

David is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral level (BCBA-D) with more than 25 years of experience serving children, adolescents, and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities across a variety of settings. His work history includes clinical leadership positions within nonprofit and for-profit behavior health organizations. In 2020, Governor Murphy appointed David to the inaugural New Jersey State Board of Behavior Analyst Examiners.

Prior to joining REED, David directed the graduate program in applied behavior analysis at Georgian Court University where he was a tenured associate professor of psychology. David’s areas of expertise include assessing and treating severe challenging behavior, skill acquisition, stimulus control, mentoring clinical staff, strategic planning, and quality improvement. He received clinical training at the Kennedy Krieger Institute Neurobehavioral Unit (NBU) and completed his doctorate in behavior analysis, with a minor in special education at the University of Florida under the mentorship of Dr. Brian A. Iwata.

Ben Groff is a human resources professional with over 20 years of experience leading Human Resources functions and teams within industries such as manufacturing, commodities trading, Arboriculture, financial, and Human Services. Ben’s experiences include leadership in areas such as employee relations, benefit design and administration, payroll administration including transitions, creating corporate culture, employee engagement, and more.

Ben has led Human Resources involvement in areas such as acquisitions, new program implementation, new systems implementation, and new process implementation. Throughout his career he has collaboratively strived toward making his employer an employer of choice regardless of industry or geographic location.

Ben has most recently served as Chief Human Resources Officer at People USA in Poughkeepsie, NY.