Sally J. Peterson-Falzone is one of the leading experts in the world on cleft palate speech, having served as president of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association and the Society for Ear, Nose, and Throat Advances in Children. She published the first report on communication disorders in patients with congenital craniofacial conditions to be dually supported by the American Speech and Hearing Association and the National Institutes of Health. She spent most of her career at the University of California-San Francisco’s Craniofacial Center, retiring in 2002 as clinical professor emerita. In 2017, she received ASHA Honors of the Association, the highest award granted by the organization. She also earned the distinguished service award from the ACPCA in 2001 and has served as lead author on two textbooks on cleft palate speech