About

Home to Healing, Helping, and Hope

Twinless Twins Support Group International™ (TTSGI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by Dr. Raymond W. Brandt, an identical twinless twin who found healing by reaching out to other twinless twins.

TTSGI is made up of twins who have lost their twin due to death at any age. Members at different stages in their bereavement listen to each other and reach out in the spirit of "Healing By Helping." We focus on healing and sharing our twinship with the belief that "Once a Twin, Always a Twin." Hope can be renewed for the future.

Mission

TTSGI provides a safe and compassionate community within which twinless twins can experience healing, understanding, and the opportunity to help others cope with the loss of their twin.

5 Guiding Principles

OATAAT

Once a Twin, Always a Twin

YANA

You Are Not Alone

HBH

Healing By Helping

JTH

Journey To Healing

UODC

Uniting Our Diverse Community

Organizational Structure

TTSGI is governed by an elected volunteer Board of Directors and managed by a part-time paid Executive Director. TTSGI also has several working Committees, Affinity Group volunteers, Facebook Moderators, a team responsible for producing the quarterly Twinless Times newsletter, and many dedicated volunteer Regional Coordinators throughout the United States and Canada.

Executive Director

Michelle Getchell
Executive Director, Michigan

Board of Directors

Matt Vierling
President, Board Member, Michigan


Alyssa Pratt
Vice President, Board Member, Oklahoma


Beverley Smyk
Secretary, Board Member, Canada


Larry Adams
Treasurer, Board Member, North Carolina


Margaret Daffin
Board Member, Texas


Phillip Drange
Board Member, California


Jan Konya-Grabill
Board Member, Ohio


Ed Echeverria
Board Member & Regional Coordinator, California


Domenick Abbate, Jr.
Board Member, New Jersey


Dena Stitt
Emeritus Board Member, Arizona

Regional Coordinators

Patricia Wilbee-Matesic
Canada's Regional Coordinator


Carolyn Shane
Northeast Regional Coordinator


Ed Echeverria
West Coast Regional Coordinator & Board Member


Garry Rayno
New England Regional Coordinator


Gloria Chiantella
Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator


Patty Kuhns
Southeast Regional Coordinator


Kim Lifton
North Central Regional Coordinator


Joyce Blade
Midwest Regional Coordinator


Margaret Gron
South Central Regional Coordinator


Lia Woodall
Southwest Regional Coordinator

Affiliate Member

Janet Baird
International Affiliate, United Kingdom

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