Board of Scientific & Professional Advisors 

 

Mark D. Lerner, Ph.D.

Chairman & CEO, The National Center for Emotional Wellness

Clinical & Forensic Psychologist, Author, Speaker, Consultant

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Erin B. Doyle

Vice President, Talent Development at First Midwest Bank

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Bobby Senn, FDNY, Ret.

9/11 Collapse Survivor

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Jeffrey T. Mitchell, Ph.D.

Clinical Professor of Emergency Health Services

University of Maryland Baltimore County

Co-Founder and President Emeritus

International Critical Incident Stress Foundation

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Paul J. Rosch, M.D., FACP

Chairman of the Board, The American Institute of Stress

Clinical Professor of Medicine & Psychiatry

New York Medical College

In Memoriam

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Jim Dolan

Executive Director, Laurus Foundation

 

Vincent J. McNally, MPS, CEAP

Ret. Unit Chief for FBI Employee Assistance Program

President, Trauma Reduction, Inc. 

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Mary Vietzke, BSN, RN

Nurse Educator

GAGO Center for Fertility, PLLC.

 

Robert B. Kronenberg, Esq.

Attorney at Law

Former New York City Police Captain

 

Catherine G. Caronia, M.D., FAAP, FCCP

Chairman, Department of Pediatric Medical Education

Chairman, Department of Pediatrics

Good Samaritan University Hospital  

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Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP

President, Meducate Global, LLC

Prova Education

 

Rick Rader, M.D., FAAIDD

Director Habilitation Center

Orange Grove Center

Editor-in-Chief, Exceptional Parent Magazine

 

David M. Colen

Director, Ethics & Compliance Investigations

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Darryl Whitaker, D.B.S.

Certified Biblical Counselor

Founder, God’s Repair Shop

 

James T. Reese, Ph.D.

CEO, James T. Reese and Associates

Former Assistant Unite Chief, FBI Behavioral Science Unit

Founder, FBI Stress Management Program

 

Robert "Trebor" A. McDowell

CISM Team Base Leader, Southwest Airlines

In Memoriam

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Felix P. Nater, CSC

Nater Associates, LTD., 

Security Management Consultant

U.S. Postal Inspector, Ret.

 

Raymond F. Hanbury, Ph.D., ABPP

Clinical & Police Psychologist

NJ State Clinical Director, Trauma Response Team

 

Rabbi Simcha Lefkowitz

Congregation Anshei Chessed

President of Labor and Industry for Education (LIFE)

Departmental Chaplain, Nassau County Police Department

 

Sam D. Bernard, Ph.D.

President and Lead Clinician

Bernard & Associates, PC and PAR Foundation

 

Chaplain David J. Fair, D.Min., Ph.D., CMC

Chairman, American Board of Certified Master Chaplains

 

Steven Eric Handwerker, Ph.D., D.Div.

Founder and CEO, The International Association for the

Advancement of Human Welfare, Inc.

 

Raymond D. Shelton Ph.D.

Executive Consultant, Insurance Industry

Clinical Director, Nassau County Fire/EMS Service

Traumatic Stress Program

 

Tori Bourguignon, M.Ed., NCC

Crisis Response Coordinator

Amberly’s Place

 

Daniel L. Kirsch, Ph.D., DAAPM, FAIS

President, American Institute of Stress

 

Allen R. Kates, MFAW

Author of books on Stress, Trauma and PTSD

CopShock.com

 

Laurence Miller, Ph.D.

Consulting Psychologist

West Palm Beach Police Department

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office

Troop L, Florida Highway Patrol

 

Judith Greve, LPN

Senior Clinical Education Specialist

Walgreens Specialty

 

George Rogu, M.D., FAAP

Pediatric Medicine

Founder, AdoptionDoctors.com

 

Robert S. Cook

Sr. Consultant, Emergency Management

LSC Consulting, LLC

 

Daniel J. McGuire

President, CISM Perspectives, Inc.

 

Paige Valdiserri, LPC, NCC, RMT

Director of Behavioral Health, 

Comprehensive Health Services, Inc.

President, Paige Valdiserri, LLC

Traumatic Stress & Intuitive Healing Consultant

 

David M. Diamond, Ph.D.

Professor, Departments of Psychology and 

Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology

University of South Florida

Center for Preclinical and Clinical Research on PTSD

Director, USF Neuroscience Collaborative

 

Lorie T. DeCarvalho, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychologist, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Loma Linda University Medical Center, Author, Speaker,

International Trauma and Military Consultant

 

Kathy Platoni, Psy.D.

Clinical Psychologist

Colonel, Medical Service Corp, USAR

Army Reserve Psychology Consultant

Assistant Clinical Professor, Wright State University 

School of Professional Psychology