About
Founder & Owner
Dr. Geneva Mayne, SLPD, CCC-SLP is a New York and Connecticut licensed speech-language pathologist and a NCVS trained vocologist. She has over fifteen years experience habilitating and rehabilitating communication skills throughout the lifespan. Dr. Mayne recently completed doctoral studies at Kean University (2022), where her research interests included health and health care disparities in persons with communication disorders, psychosocial risk factors in patients with voice disorders and trauma-informed care. During her studies, she completed a clinical internship at the Lions Voice Clinic and a voice research internship at the Emory Voice Center. Dr. Mayne is founder and owner of Parts of Speech Therapy in Bronxville, NY. She is also a writer at The Informed SLP and co-host of the Agentic Voice Podcast.
Professional Affiliations
Vocologist & Singing Voice Specialist
Kristen Ruiz is an NCVS trained vocologist and the founder of Sonaura. She is an experienced teacher of voice pedagogy and a trainer of voice trainers. Kristen maintains an active schedule of workshops and masterclasses in the NY Metro area and online. She is a guest writer for the Parts of Speech Blog and co-host of he Agentic Voice Podcast. As an educator, Kristen’s experience includes directing NYU’s post-graduate advanced voice pedagogy program and teaching voice in academia, conservatory, arts organizations, schools and in private instruction. She also works with recovering voices as a singing voice specialist who partners with the medical voice care team. Kristen’s experience working as a singer across genres enables her to understand the unique challenges singers face — vocally and otherwise. As a researcher, Kristen is currently involved on a research project that synthesizes voice pedagogy, adult learning and development theory. More specifically, she is investigating the work of Dr. Barbara Doscher, examining her pedagogy through the lens of adult learning and development theory.