Theresa Wrangham has served the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) since 2010, initially as Executive Director through 2025. She now holds the roles of Comptroller and Human Resources Director.
With over 30 years of business administration experience—including more than 20 years in non-profits—Theresa brings expertise in project management, accounting, and risk assessment that has strengthened her contributions to NVIC. For over a decade, she served as a peer consumer reviewer for systematic reviews, protocols, and plain language summaries with the Cochrane Collaboration.
Her advocacy stems from her daughters' health challenges: life-threatening asthma in her youngest and an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis in her oldest. A former AMTA massage therapist and Usui Reiki Master, she approaches health holistically and offers an experienced parent's perspective on raising children with asthma and ASD.
Theresa co-founded the Autism Society of Boulder County (ASBC) in 2001, serving five terms as president and seven years on the board. She also held board positions with the Autism Society of Colorado and SafeMinds, and served as an advisory board member for the US Autism Association (USAAA). Locally, she contributed to the Boulder Valley School District Special Education Advisory Committee and the Design Advisory Committee for the 18-21 Education Facility.
To promote awareness of biomedical approaches to autism and available treatments, she co-authored Colorado's first autism-specific resource guide. In 2005, she worked with Imagine! to launch a parent-directed treatment program for autistic individuals ineligible for state services, that has funded over $1 million in treatments and for more than 200 families. She also collaborated with Google on Project Spectrum to help the autism community explore career paths, equip educators, and secure special education services.
Theresa has engaged in CDC-funded public processes on the H1N1 pandemic vaccine, meningococcal vaccine, Colorado's 2013 personal belief exemption law, and 2016 meningococcal stakeholder efforts. Since 2013, she has represented NVIC in CDC Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) revision consultations. In 2020, she presented to the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) on the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
Her writing includes articles for NVIC's eNewsletter, Mothering Magazine, The Autism File, Age of Autism, and Pathways. She has been featured in local, national, and international media.
Recognition includes the 2006 Boulder County Business Report Health Care Hero award and the 2012 Chairman's Award from the US Autism & Asperger's Association.
