About Us

Dr. Newfield is the Chief Operating Officer of Beacon ABA Services in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology with a focus in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior from Adelphi University. In addition to being a licensed and board certified behavior analyst, he is also a licensed psychologist in Connecticut. Dr. Newfield has been the Director for Behavioral Services at a private non-profit in Connecticut for the past 18 years. During his tenure, he was responsible for the agency’s dynamic growth in Connecticut where he oversaw development of a variety of behavioral services for children in school settings including founding a state approved special education school for students with high functioning autism and other disabilities. Under his supervision, the School Consultation Division began as a start-up and grew to become a division serving thousands of individuals and their families and over 50 school districts. Dr. Newfield was a founding member of a collaborative Master’s Program with Fitchburg State, MA in Applied Behavior Analysis. He began his career serving as a Behavioral Consultant for the ACES school programs in Connecticut for 10 years.

Dr. Gallaway is the Senior Vice President of Operations for Beacon Services of Connecticut and a licensed clinical child psychologist with a board certification in applied behavior analysis.  He completed his undergraduate training at the University of Connecticut and attended the University of Hartford Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology for his doctorate.  Dave previously worked as the Senior Director of Operations at a multi-state, non-profit, human services agency. Prior to this role, he served for over 15 years as a clinical director, specializing in early, intensive education programs for young children with autism and other developmental delays in urban school districts.  He has also worked as project lead for the start-up of a private special education school, in a consultant role for the State of Massachusetts, and as a consultant to an inpatient hospital unit supporting individuals with developmental delays.  Dr. Gallaway has a long-standing passion for and commitment to supporting children and families through evidence-based educational and clinical services. 

Daniel Almeida is the Executive Vice President of Clinical Services and Graduate Study.  He is also the Program Director for the Ph.D. in ABA program at Cambridge College.  Previously, he was the District Supervisor of ABA Services for a major public school district in Greater Boston and held a variety of director level positions at private, ABA-based schools is Massachusetts. He received his Ph.D. in ABA from Simmons College. Dan has provided ABA services to students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and related disabilities for over 30 years.  He has published original research on staff training and interventions for students with autism in peer-reviewed journals and has presented research at national and regional conferences.  He has also conducted professional development workshops in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).  He served as adjunct faculty since 2002, teaching classes in certificate and graduate degree programs in ABA.  Dan is passionate about training and supporting staff to provide culturally responsive, evidence-based ABA treatment to families.

Dr. Ross is the Chief Clinical Officer at Beacon ABA Services of Massachusetts and Connecticut. He received his Master’s in Applied Behavior Analysis from Northeastern University and his Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Ross oversees all research activity at Beacon. He also provides direct and consultation services to families, schools and educational programs throughout the U.S. and Canada. He is a founding member and current Past President of the Massachusetts Association for Applied Behavior Analysis. Dr. Ross is also the President of the Autism Special Interest Group (SIG) of ABAI, and has served three terms on the ABAI Practice Board.