Ally Dube

Professional Biography

For more than two decades, behavior analysis has been my profession, my purpose, and my life. As the mother of four adult children, three with autism and one with significant mental health needs, I know intimately what it means to be the parent searching for care, and that lived experience has become my life's work: advocating for the families who need our services most.

I am a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and I still practice. I personally continue to oversee cases so that I never lose connection to our science or to the people who depend on it. As Co-Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of a NH ABA practice, I built clinical operations from the ground up, scaling to four locations and more than 150 team members and establishing an integrated school and a dedicated transportation division to remove systemic barriers to care. Within this role, I successfully advocated with New Hampshire Medicaid to reform the ABA reimbursement model, expanding access for vulnerable children and opening the door for dozens of new providers.

Today, as Co-Founder of ABA Growth Team, I use organizational behavior management to mentor practice owners and deliver clinical and leadership CEUs worldwide. I am especially devoted to preparing the next generation of analysts to become confident BCBAs, not simply to pass the test. Through a practical, hands-on approach, I teach the skills our credential assumes but rarely covers: conflict resolution, defending clinical recommendations, understanding healthcare policy and law, and leadership. I am also a published author in Behavior Analysis in Practice, and my doctoral research on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act reflects both my scholarship and my commitment to ensuring consistent high-quality, accessible, and ethical care.

My leadership is rooted in advocacy and community service. Within FABA, I am honored to serve as a Member-at-Large on the Board of Directors and as the Community Liaison for the Palm Beach local chapter. I currently serve as President of the Behavior Analyst Leadership Council and previously served as President of the New Hampshire Association for Behavior Analysis (2020–2022). During my NHABA presidency, I guided the association through the COVID-19 pandemic and hosted its first in-person conference afterward, deliberately expanding the program to support business owners alongside clinicians. I am also the Founder and President of SOAR, a nonprofit dedicated to creating safer environments for people with special needs and their families, and I spent more than a decade volunteering as a coach for Destination Imagination teams with special-needs children.

I eat, sleep, and breathe applied behavior analysis. It is not simply my profession; it is my calling. As a parent who has fought for services for my own children and a clinician who still practices today, I understand what Florida's families and practitioners truly need, because I have lived it on both sides. I have worked 80-hour weeks as a practicing BCBA and business owner. I know what it means to struggle to hire and retain staff, to make payroll, and to work collaboratively with insurance companies. I bring a creative, solutions-driven approach to every one of those challenges. That real-world experience is what I want to put to work for our members.

Florida is full of talented analysts who know our science, yet too often lack the connections and support to advance it. If elected, my term will center on three priorities:

1. Above all, unity through connection. Our field is strongest when we stand together, especially in a time of policy change, and that unity begins locally. I will invest in building and strengthening FABA's local chapters so that BCBAs across the state form real connections and mentorship in their own communities. I will also create communication structures that hear from our members at their level. Connection is what makes advocacy possible.
2. Broadening the reach of our science beyond autism. By building transdisciplinary connections between research and practice, FABA can help behavior analysis serve the full range of people it can help.
3. Truly preparing the next generation of practitioners. Through mentorship programs and university partnerships, FABA can equip new analysts with the practical skills the task list never taught.

I will always advocate for our profession and the families we serve, and it would be my honor to listen, serve, and lead FABA forward.