Description: Marilyn Spivack is Neurotrauma Outreach Coordinator at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Co-founder of the Brain Injury Association of America. This story is adapted from remarks delivered to the CIMIT Brain Injury Symposium on November 15, 2007, which as noted by Marilyn Spivack in her keynote speech, was the "first symposium focused on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Boston sponsored by such a unique collaborative group, representing the private sector in research, medicine, and rehabilitation; biotechnology and the Department of Defense."