The Vista School ®

The Vista School® Board of Directors &

Executive Management Bios

Michael G. Jarman is the Founder, a board member, and the President of The Vista School® and The Vista Foundation®. Mr. Jarman is the father of twin teenage boys with autism and, after discovering that quality services for children with autism were beyond the reach of many of Central Pennsylvania’s families, worked tirelessly to develop and establish Vista’s programs. Mr. Jarman also served on Pennsylvania’s Special Education Advisory Panel for three years and is currently working on a number of cooperative endeavors for persons with autism and other disabilities in Pennsylvania. Mr. Jarman is a member of the law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick, LLC, with more than 20 years of experience in corporate, transactional, securities, and tax law, with subspecialties in employee benefits and health care law.

David R. Fine is a board member and corporate Secretary of The Vista School® and The Vista Foundation®. The father of a teenaged son with autism, Mr. Fine has been active in promoting disability rights and services for a number of years. In addition to his work with the Vista entities, he has served on Pennsylvania’s Special Education Advisory Panel for three years, was a participant in the Pennsylvania Autism Task Force and has worked with a number of advocacy endeavors for persons with autism and other disabilities. Mr. Fine is a member of the law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, and his practice focuses on commercial litigation. He is an appointed member of the Lawyer’s Advisory Committee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the chair-elect of the Civil Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Thomas W. (Tom) McCormick is a board member and corporate treasurer of The Vista School® and The Vista Foundation®. A retired CPA, Mr. McCormick has been active in the Central Pennsylvania community as an advisor to several newly formed not-for-profit organizations. He is a retired officer from the US Army. Mr. McCormick is an internal finance manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. His focus with the firm is with national Sales and Business Development initiatives. Mr. McCormick and his family have lived in the Harrisburg area since 1991.

Martin F. Jackson is a board member of The Vista School® and The Vista Foundation®. He has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Select Medical Corporation since February 2007. He was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from May 1999 to February 2007. Before joining Select Medical, Mr. Jackson served as Managing Director of the Healthcare Investment Banking Group for CIBC Oppenheimer from January 1997 to May 1999. Prior to that time, he served as Senior Vice President of Health Care Finance with McDonald & Company Securities, Inc. from January 1994 to January 1997. Mr. Jackson has also held senior financial positions with Van Kampen Merritt, Touche Ross, Honeywell and L'Nard Associates.

Michael J. Murray is a board member of The Vista School® and The Vista Foundation®. The father of a teenaged son with autism, Mr. Murray is also Child Psychiatrist and Director of Child Psychiatry at Penn State Psychiatry. Dr. Murray's ongoing research projects include study of the efficacy of the Comprehensive Social Skills Training program (based on a validated social anxiety disorder program) in adolescents with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder.

James N. Bouder is the Chief Operating Officer of The Vista School® and The Vista Foundation®. From the date of school’s opening in February 2002 through June 2005, he served on The Vista School’s Board of Directors until hired to oversee the program’s administrative, operations, regulatory compliance, and financial functions. Mr. Bouder is a graduate of Penn State University with a Master of Public Administration. In 2003, he served as the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Autism Task Force’s Funding Streams Subcommittee and was the primary author of the Subcommittee’s Final Recommendations. He is also the original author of Pennsylvania House Bill 1150 of 2007 pertaining to private health insurance coverage for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

Kirsten K. L. Yurich is the Clinical Director of The Vista Foundation® and The Vista School®. Kirsten has been involved with the Vista organization for five years. Through this affiliation she has been an active supporter providing effective, research-based treatments to individuals with autism. Kirsten is a Certified Behavior Analyst and has presented at professional conferences such as the American Psychological Association, Association for Behavior Analysis International and is published in Intervention in School and Clinic. Prior to working with children with autism, Kirsten supervised a variety of programs supporting adults with chronic mental illness across various settings including inpatient hospitals, residential facilities and by providing outpatient counseling.

Haley M. Fox is the Special Education Supervisor of The Vista School®. Ms. Fox has been involved with the Vista organization for five years and has been instrumental in the school’s growth and development. Serving first as a teacher, and subsequently as the Education Director, Ms. Fox began serving as the school’s Special Education Supervisor in 2005. Ms. Fox is responsible for system development, teacher supervision and training, regulatory compliance, and education program quality control. She completed her Master of Education in Special Education at The Ohio State University in 2002, and is also a Certified Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Trainer and a Competent Learner Model (CLM) Coordinator.