It is with a bittersweet emotion that we can announce that the United States Brain Injury Alliance (USBIA) Board of Trustees recently voted unanimously to start the process of dissolving the organization. We have been working closely with the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) and have agreed to reunite to better serve the brain injury community as one unified organization under the Brain Injury Association of America.

This decision will mean that most of the USBIA state-level affiliates will be joining the Brain Injury Association of America, forming the nation’s largest network of direct support and advocacy for people with brain injury across the US. We have been working hard over the past two years to get to the point where we believe it is time to become one national organization again.

This important milestone in the brain injury community promises deeper impact for brain injury survivors and their loved ones by:

• Aligning around a shared vision: Driving toward common objectives builds momentum and enables a scalable movement to advance prevention, awareness, research, treatment, education and advocacy.
• Speaking with one voice: Standing together we leverage our collective influence to change public perceptions of brain injury and affect policy.
• Elevating shared learnings: Working hand-in-hand, we foster stronger connections and communication so we can learn from one another and improve our overall effectiveness.
• Reduce community confusion.

We are incredibly proud of the work USBIA has done over the past 14 years and are grateful to everyone for their support.

We expect to have complete the process of closing the organization by the end of February 2025. In the meantime, please direct any questions you may have about this announcement to:

Gavin Attwood, USBIA CEO GAttwood@USBIA.org or Rick Willis, CEO of the Brain Injury Association of America rwillis@biausa.org.