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
Once a Twin, Always a Twin
You Are Not Alone
Healing By Helping
Journey To Healing
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