PHYLLIS C. HUTSON, MDIV, F/AOGPE founded the Language Skills Academy in 1981 to provide diagnostic and therapeutic educational services to dyslexic children and adults. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Orton- Gillingham Practitioners and Educators, a Trustee of the Academy and Secretary of the Board, a past president of the Indiana Branch of the International Dyslexia Association and was a founding member of the Board of Governors of the Indianapolis 32nd Degree Masonic Learning Center for (dyslexic) Children in Indianapolis.

As an adjunct instructor at Butler University, she taught graduate-level Orton-Gillingham teacher training courses in dyslexia studies for many years. In 2000 she was honored when a private school for dyslexic children in Indianapolis - The Hutson School - was named for her.

In recognition of her work in dyslexia, she was named the 2003 recipient of the Distinguished Alumna Award by Hood College in Frederick, MD. She now resides in northern Michigan.