Lori Hare, MS, CCC-SLP

Lori is the owner of Dogwood Pediatric Therapy.  As a practicing speech language pathologist, she has experience working with the pediatric population in a variety of settings, including clinical, schools, and in-home.  Lori graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2004 with a BA in Elementary Education and concentration in Spanish.   She taught briefly before deciding to pursue a graduate degree for Speech-Language Pathology, eager to work in a more personalized manner with children with special needs.   Lori graduated from East Carolina University with her Master’s Degree in 2008, where she was awarded the Berbecker Fellowship for accomplishment, commitment, and skill in the allied health sciences.   She has been working with children with speech and language needs ever since. 

Lori is nationally certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and also holds North Carolina state licensure to practice speech pathology.   Her areas of interest and expertise include working with children with developmental delays, articulation/phonological delays and disorders, and pragmatic/social communication disorders.  She has vast experience working with children on all ranges of the autism spectrum and greatly enjoys working with this population.  Another passion for Lori is working with families who speak Spanish, and she truly loves providing bilingual speech therapy services to Spanish speaking children. 

In her free time, Lori can't get enough of her husband and two children.  She enjoys camping, hiking, and kayaking, and can be found cheering on the New Zealand rugby team - the All Blacks, and the Pittsburgh Steelers!    

Sarah Hilts, MS, CCC-SLP

Sarah has served children aged 1-18 with a variety of communication disorders. She grew up here in Raleigh, and became interested in speech and language therapy when her younger brother benefited greatly from treatment to address the speech and language issues caused by genetic disorders and autism. Sarah went on to earn her MS in Speech and Hearing Sciences from UNC-CH in 1998.

Sarah began her career working in a WCPSS elementary school, where she implemented a speech-language treatment program which served two preschool classrooms, two self-contained classes serving autistic children, one cross-categorical classroom, as well as the mainstreamed population. Since the birth of her own two children, Sarah chose to continue her therapy career working with children in home and community based environments. She specializes in highly individualized treatment, partnering with clients and their families to facilitate communication across settings.  Sarah is licensed by the State of North Carolina and holds a national Certificate of Clinical Competence through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Kaitlyn is a North Carolina native as she was born in Asheville and attended UNC- Chapel Hill where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a minor in Speech and Hearing Sciences. She went on to receive her Masters degree in Speech Pathology at the University of South Carolina. Following graduation, she returned back to NC where she has served the pediatric population presenting with a wide variety of diagnoses and difficulties in areas of Receptive, Expressive, and Pragmatic Language, Articulation and Phonological Processing, Fluency, as well as those related to a need for Augmentative and Alternative Communication methods. Kaitlyn has experience working in daycare, home, community-based and clinic settings. She is passionate about establishing positive relationships with and attaining meaningful outcomes for patients and their families. Kaitlyn strongly believes in the importance of an engaging, play-based/child-led therapy environment and strengthening functional skills necessary for completion of daily tasks and overall development. She works to empower and support all individuals involved in helping a client reach their full potential - placing importance on collaboration with parents/caregivers, teachers, and other treating professionals.

In her spare time, Kaitlyn enjoys time with her family (which absolutely includes her two pups) and friends, hiking, as well as traveling. Kaitlyn holds her license to practice speech-language pathology in the state of North Carolina alongside her Certification of Clinical Competence in speech language pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Sierra Sunshine, MS, CCC-SLP

Kimberly Griffin,  administrative assistant

Sierra grew up in both Lyme, CT and Westerly, RI. She attended Colgate University for her undergraduate degree where she double majored in Anthropology and Native American Studies. After graduation, Sierra became a social worker for young adults with autism, and eventually made the decision to attend North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC for her Master’s of Science in Communication Disorders. 

Sierra has experience working with both children and adults with a wide variety of diagnoses in areas of receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language, fluency, feeding and swallowing disorders, and voice disorders. Additionally, as a neurodivergent person herself, Sierra has ample personal experience with children and young adults on the autism spectrum. She is one of five autistic people in her immediate family, and as such, is passionate about helping both clients and their families understand and address neurodivergent difficulties while also celebrating autistic strengths and joys.

In her spare time, Sierra enjoys listening to audiobooks, drinking too much coffee, trying out and inevitably discarding new hobbies, and spending quality time with her husband and two precious cats, Rhea and Rye. Sierra is licensed by the state board of North Carolina and is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Kaitlyn McAnulty, MSP, CCC-SLP

Jennifer comes from many places! She grew up in St. Louis, MO, though she completed her speech-language therapy studies in Arizona. She double-majored in Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences and Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Arizona. Then, after a couple of gap years living abroad in Mexico, Ecuador, and Brazil (as a Fulbright scholar) to both teach and learn about multilingual education, Jennifer returned to complete her graduate studies in Communication Disorders at Arizona State University with a multilingual focus. She then completed one year of research studies at ASU with a concentration on Spanish-English language development and disorders. Jennifer now practices therapy in Raleigh, NC where she’s thrilled to visit both the mountains and ocean within just a few hours!

Across Jennifer’s clinical experience, she has promoted holistic communication across languages and ages with an individualized, family-based approach. Her main passion is to encourage people to ‘develop their own communication’ to navigate their daily routines in meaningful ways. She has special experience in supporting the communication of individuals with: articulation and phonology delays/disorders, receptive and/or expressive language delays, tongue thrust, dyslexia, apraxia of speech, cleft lip+/-palate, VPI / resonance disorders, selective mutism, Autism, sensory and/or social-emotional disorders, and general developmental delays. One of her favorite clinical mottos is to ‘adjust the strategy, not the child’ to connect naturally with children’s communication interests and needs.

Jennifer provides clinical services in English, Spanish, and/or Brazilian Portuguese. Outside of work, she enjoys going on hikes with her husband and dog. She also enjoys videogames, doing her nails, and cooking / eating Brazilian food.

Kathryn is from Charlotte, North Carolina, and received her Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Appalachian State University. She then went on to receive her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of South Carolina. Kathryn has experience serving children and young adult clients from birth - 21 with augmentative and alternative communication needs, articulation, phonological, fluency, receptive and expressive language delays, and feeding aversions secondary to diagnoses such as developmental delay, autism, cleft lip and palate, tongue tie, cerebral palsy, Williams syndrome, speech sound disorder, and stuttering. Kathryn believes in the importance of child-led therapy, and an empowering environment that promotes growth and independence in daily activities, overall development, and functional communication. She also believes in, and encourages, the importance of all individuals involved in caring for and assisting a child as they grow towards their highest abilities, and works to build connections and collaboration with all parents, caregivers, and other professionals working with each and every client.

Kathryn holds a license in speech-language pathology in North Carolina, as well as her Certification of Clinical Competence in speech language pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

In her spare time, Kathryn enjoys spending time with family and friends, and being outdoors.

Kimberly is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. She received a Bachelors of Science in Occupational Therapy from Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, NC. After graduating, she worked as a pediatric occupational therapist in outpatient clinics in Charlotte and Raleigh for 15 years.

Kimberly left patient care in June 2020, during the COVID pandemic, to care for her young children at home. Now that her children are older, she is looking forward to rejoining a team that shares her passion for serving children with special needs and their families. She understands the unique challenges and rewards these families face everyday. This experience enables her to empathetically assist families with scheduling, billing/insurance concerns, and general questions regarding what to expect during therapy.

In her free time, Kimberly enjoys spending time with her husband, their 2 children, and fur baby, Oakley. Days are filled playing outside, running, hiking, cooking, and operating her embroidery business. 

Kathryn Wallace, MS, CCC-SLP

​​Jennifer DiLallo, MS, CCC-SLP