MaryEllen Salamone
Title
Advisory Board Member
Bio
MaryEllen Salamone served as a Board Member and Board President of the Families of September 11 (FOS11) and remains a dedicated advocate for family and children's issues related to crisis events. She has practiced as a pediatric physical therapist and a special education attorney and previously worked with New Jersey's Office of Education.
Ms. Salamone was key in helping to develop appropriate questions for the online 9/11 Grief Survey and she continues to work with schools and trauma specialists to assess special needs of children affected by 9/11. She served as a member of the New Jersey Governor's Council on Emergency Response and Trauma Preparedness, addressing issues affecting adults and children and making recommendations for legislation.
Her husband, John Salamone, worked in the World Trade Center and died on September 11, 2001.
Salamone is an advisory board member for the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement.
