Keynote Address
Raymond Miltenberger, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Raymond G. Miltenberger, Ph.D., BCBA-D, is a Professor of Child and Family Studies and the Director of the Applied Behavior Analysis Program at the University of South Florida. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Western Michigan University. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science. His research focuses on behavioral approaches for teaching safety skills, increasing physical activity, and enhancing sports performance. He has published over 300 journal articles and chapters and has written a behavior modification textbook, now in its 7th edition and published in seven languages. Dr. Miltenberger has received numerous teaching and research awards including the APA Division 25 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Behavioral Research, the ABAI Outstanding Mentorship Award, and the FABA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Behavior Analysis.
Workshop
Ally Dube Ph. D, BCBA-D, LBA, IBA
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Dr. Ally Dube (She/Her) is a doctoral-level Behavior Analyst with more than two decades of experience serving people with autism and developmental disabilities, as well as in organizational leadership. She serves as President of the Behavior Analyst Leadership Council (BALC), where she advances leadership, clinical integrity, and operational excellence across the field of applied behavior analysis. Ally also serves on the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis (FABA) Board of Directors as a member-at-large, acts as the Community Liaison for the Palm Beach Applied Behavior Analysis Association (local chapter of FABA), and founded the Safety, Outreach, Assessment and Resources (SOAR) non-profit agency dedicated to ensuring the safety of people with developmental, psychological, and physical differences.
Ally earned her Ph.D in Behavior Analysis from The Chicago School, with her research focused on supervision, effective feedback, and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. She is a published author in Behavior Analysis in Practice, a BACB Authorized Continuing Education (ACE) provider delivering 25+ CEUs annually, and the creator of a bilingual (Spanish/English) RBT training program built to reach diverse learners.
Ally's expertise centers on supervision and staff development, ethical and evidence-based practice, performance management, and building systems—standard operating procedures (SOPs), key performance indicators (KPIs), and clinical outcomes dashboards—that enable ABA organizations to scale without sacrificing quality. Above all, Ally is a proud parent of four neurodiverse adult children and remains driven by a deep passion for elevating the standard of care in ABA and equipping the next generation of behavior analysts to lead with integrity.
Invited Presenter
Jacob Sosine M.A., M.B.A., B.C.B.A.
Jacob Sosine, M.A., M.B.A., BCBA, is a Behavior Analyst turned Data Scientist whose work sits at the intersection of behavior analysis, machine learning, and software engineering. He began his career in behavior analysis 15+ years ago and gained experience ranging from one-on-one clinical work to leading teams of clinicians before turning to data science and software engineering to build tools for practitioners.
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Jacob holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology from Chico State University, an M.A. in Professional Behavior Analysis from Florida Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. with an emphasis in Business Analytics from Saint Mary's College of California. Jacob proudly collaborates with the Behavioral Data Science Research Lab, where his current projects leverage a dataset of more than 10,000 peer-reviewed publications to map trends, gaps, and citation networks across the behavior analytic literature.
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Jacob is the founder of Behaviorchain LLC (behaviorchainllc.com) and is a co-host of the Behavioral Data Science Podcast. Outside of work, he remains convinced the S.F. Giants will win the World Series every year, and can often be found at a game with his wife and young daughter.