Martha Summa-Chadwick has attained a national reputation as an educator, presenter, performer, and advocate for the cause of music in therapy.  She has a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Kansas, where she majored in piano performance and studied music therapy.  She is the Executive Director of the nonprofit organization Music Therapy Gateway in Communications, Inc., and is a frequent guest speaker at both national and regional conferences discussing the use of biomedical music techniques for challenged children.  She lives in Tennessee.