Successfully Speaking is located in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan area and is directed by Lynda Katz Wilner, M.S., CCC-SLP, a Maryland licensed Speech and Language Pathologist and a Corporate Communication and Voice Specialist. Ms. Wilner is certified by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) and has been working with clients for the past twenty-eight years. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Hearing and Speech Science from the University of Maryland and a Masters of Science degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Michigan. She is certified by the Institute of Language to provide foreign accent modification with the Compton P-ESL program and by LDS and Associates to provide foreign accent modification with the Mastery of Effective English program. She is a member of TESOL (Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages), with a particular interest in the English for Specific Purposes division. She is also a member of ASTD (American Society of Training and Development), a member of Chesapeake Human Resources Association (CHRA), and was the Vice President of CORSPAN (Corporate Speech Pathology Network) for 2005-2006.

Her company, Successfully Speaking, provides professional speaking skills training for individuals and groups. She has worked with major hospital systems, corporations, technology firms, research laboratories, and law offices in the Baltimore and Washington area. She has developed her own unique and comprehensive training program for accent modification with the medical profession and has collaborated with her colleague, Marjorie Feinstein-Whittaker, to publish RULES and Medically Speaking RULES, an innovative, comprehensive, cutting-edge approach to accent modification designed for intermediate to advanced English speakers.

Lynda Katz Wilner operates a clinical practice and evaluates and treats children and adults with speech, language, voice, fluency, and swallowing disorders.

Individual and group treatment and training are offered in our Owings Mills office or at the workplace.