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The Children's Plan |
| Improving the Social and Emotional Well-Being of New York’s Children and Their Families |
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Workgroup Members
Workgroups
- Accountability and System Integration Workgroup Members
- Family Engagement & Support, Early Identification and Evidence-Based Practices Workgroup Members
- Social Emotional Workgroup
- Workforce Workgroup Members
- Youth Advisory Workgroup
Stewart Gabel, MD, Workgroup Co-Chair
Medical Director, Children and Family Services
New York State Office of Mental Health
Jean C. Stevens, Workgroup Co-Chair
Associate Commissioner
Office for Elementary, Middle, Secondary & Continuing Education
New York State Education Department
Mark Barth, PhD
New York State Education Department
Office of School Improvement
Scott Bloom, LCSW
Director of School Mental Health Services
New York City Department of Education
Joyce Burrell
Deputy Commissioner, Division of Rehabilitative Services
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Anthony D’Amore
Retired Pupil Personnel Services Director
Member, Office of Mental Health Planning Advocacy Council
Member, Board of Visitors, Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center
Owen Donovan
New York State Education Department
Office of School Improvement
Robert Frawley, Early Childhood/Special Populations Subcommittee Lead
Director Policy, Planning and Research and the New York State Head Start Collaboration Project
Council on Children and Families
Sonia Garcia, LCSW-R
Director, School-Based Mental Health Clinic
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center
North Brooklyn Health Network and
Member, Office of Mental Health Multicultural Advisory Committee
Thomas Gill
Supervisor of Special Education
Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES
Annette Johnson, MS, RD
Public Health Representative V, Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health
New York State Department of Health
John Kelley
Vice President for Behavioral Health Services
St. Mary's Hospital
John Kelly, K–12 Subcommittee Lead
School Psychologist
Commack High School and President, New York Association of School Psychologists
Peter Konrad
Director of Community Services
Greene County Mental Health Department
James Langford
Director of Quality Improvement
Children’s Aid Society
Jane Lynch
Deputy Commissioner, Division of Development and Prevention Services
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Jennifer Mane, MSW
Program Manager, Coordinated School Health
New York State Department of Health
Joseph Munisteri
YOUTH POWER! Advisory Board
Eileen Myers
School Mental Health and Family Support Coordinator
New York State Office of Mental Health
Division of Children and Families
Jill Pettinger, PsyD
Assistant Commissioner of Behavioral and Clinical Solutions
New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Laurie Rivera
Lead Parent Partner
Families Together in Albany County
Dawn Scagnelli
Associate in the Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support
New York State Education Department
Ryanna Soule
Chemung County Youth Advisory Council
Barbara Sperling
Director of Pupil Personnel Services
Lansingburgh Central School District
Dora Lee Stanley
Manager, Special Education Partnerships
New York State Department of Education
Dorothy Worrell, MPA
Executive Director
Harlem Dowling – West Side Center for Children & Family Services
Family Engagement & Support, Early Identification and Evidence-Based Practices Workgroup Members
Jenn O'Connor, Workgroup Co-Chair
Senior Policy Associate
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
Mary McKay, PhD, Workgroup Co-Chair
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor, Community and Preventive Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Douglass Bailey
Consultant
Bailey Collaboration Solutions, LLC
Evelyn J. Blanck, LCSW
Associate Executive Director
Manhattan Center for Early Learning
Donna Bradbury
Division of Children and Families
New York State Office of Mental Health
Susan Burger
Parent Advisor
NYS Office of Mentalh Health
Long Island Field Office
Janet Chassman
Division of Children and Families
New York State Office of Mental Health
Carmen Collado, LCSW-R
Director of Public Policy & Immigrant Latino Services
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
Ruth Fennelly
Parent
Leslie Fuld
Statewide Family Support Services Coordinator
Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
E. Marie Graczyk-Holt
Office of Mental Health Child and Family/Evidence-Based Practices Project Manager
SUNY Buffalo School of Social Work
Sandra Hagan
Executive Director
Child Center of New York
Kimberly Hoagwood, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Director of Research on Child and Adolescent Services
New York State Office of Mental Health
Deborah B. Johnson, MS
Director of National Services
Children's Institute
Christopher A. Kus, MD, MPH
Pediatric Director
Division of Family Health
NYS Department of Health
Katherine Maciol, LCSW
Commissioner
Rensselaer County Department of Mental Health/Unified Services
James McQuide
Bureau of Inspection and Certification
New York State Office of Mental Health
Dawn Miller, LMSW
Director
Cattaraugus County Community Services
Stella V. Pappas, LCSW-R, ACSW
Chief Operating Officer
Institute for Community Living, Inc.
Cheryl Qamar, LCSW-R
Program Supervisor
LGU for Children & Family Services
Ulster County Mental Health Department
Dally Sanchez
YOUTH POWER! Coordinator
Families Together in NYS
Lois Shapiro, PhD
Director, Bureau of Behavioral Health Services
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Gary Weiskopf, MPA
Project Director
Mental Health Financial Restructuring Project
New York State Office of Mental Health
Accountability and System Integration Workgroup Members
Myra Alfreds, MSW, Workgroup Co-Chair
Director, Children's Mental Health
Westchester County DCMH
Robert C. Long, MPA, Workgroup Co-Chair
Acting Commissioner
Onondaga County Department of Mental Health
Deborah Benson
Executive Director
Council on Children and Families
Robin Boyd
SPOA Coordinator
Schenectady County Office of Community Services
Lauri Cole, LMSW
Executive Director
NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
John Donnelly, Jr.
Secretary
YOUTH POWER! Advisory Board
Carol Hardesty, LMSW, MPA
Executive Director
Family Ties of Westchester
Heather Lane
Division of Children and Families
New York State Office of Mental Health
May Lum
Children & Families Field Coordinator
Hudson River Field Office
Moira Manning, LCSW-R
SAMHSA Project Director/Albany County System of Care Coordinator
Albany County Department for Children, Youth and Families
Christopher Marcello
Supervising Budgeting Analyst
NYS Office of Mental Health
Western New York Field Office
James McGuirk, PhD
Executive Director/CEO
Astor Home for Children
Alan Metevia
Children's Services Coordinator
New York State Office of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities
Upstate Regional Office
Marie Morilus-Black, LCSW-R
Director
Erie County Department of Mental Health
Maria L. Morris-Groves, MSEd, RD
Adolescent, Women and Children's Services
Bureau of Treatment
NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
Stephanie Orlando
Director, YOUTH POWER!
Families Together in NYS
Cathryn Passman , LCSW
Director
Children's Community Mental Health Services
Child and Family Institute
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Paige Pierce
Executive Director
Families Together in NYS
Sheila Poole
Associate Commissioner
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Marleen Radigan, DrPh
Associate Director, Bureau of Youth Services
Center for Information Technology
and Evaluation Research
New York State Office of Mental Health
Laura Rosenthal
Associate Budget Examiner
New York State Division of the Budget
Mental Hygiene Unit
Tyler Spangenberg
CCSI Statewide Coordinator
New York State Council on Children and Families
Euphemia Strauchn FDC, MSW
Executive Director
Families on the Move of New York City
Norma Tyler
Community Correction Representative
Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives
Darlene Ward
Statewide Program Manager
NYS Unified Court System, Office of Court Administration
Court Appointed Special Advocates Assistance Program
April Wojtkiewicz
Supervising Budget Analyst
Office of Financial Management
New York State Office of Mental Health
Fern Zagor
Executive Vice President/COO
Staten Island Mental Health Society
Chait Memorial Center
Myla Harrison, MD, MPH, Workgroup Co-Chair
Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Child and Adolescent Services
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Phil Endress, LCSW, ACSW, Workgroup Co-Chair
Commissioner
Erie County Department of Mental Health
Samuel Bastien, PhD
Executive Director
St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center
Holly Brown, MS, RN, NPP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
University of Rochester School of Nursing
Jeanette Burgos
Director of Mental Health Services
Coalition for Hispanic Family Services
J. Michael Daly, LCSW
Executive Director
Kids Oneida
Susan Delehanty, LCSW
Director of Community Services
Franklin County Community Services
Rachel Flores
Vice-Chair, YOUTH POWER! Advisory Board
David Hamilton, PhD, LMSW
Executive Secretary
New York State Board for Social Work
Carol Barth Lanzara, MS, JD
Research Scientist
New York State Office of Mental Health
Danielle Laraque, MD
Professor of Pediatrics / General Pediatrics
Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Bette Levy, EdM, MA, CTRS
New York City Field Coordinator
Division of Children & Families
New York State Office of Mental Health
Andrew Malekoff, LCSW, RD
Executive Director/CEO
North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center
Mary McCarthy, PhD, LMSW
Director, Social Work Education Consortium
Assistant Dean for School Advancement
SUNY-University at Albany
School of Social Welfare
William McLaughlin
Director of Regional Operations and Practice Improvement
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Edward Ross, LCSW
Director–Behavioral Health Division
ICD–International Center for the Disabled
Raymond Schimmer
Chief Executive Officer
Parsons Child and Family Center
Manoj Shah, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Chair, Committee on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
New York State Psychiatric Association
Andrea Smyth
Executive Director
New York State Coalition for Children’s Mental Health
RueZalia Watkins
Education Services Specialist
Mental Health Association of New York City
Rachel A. Zuckerbrot, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Chair of the Primary Care Liaison Committee
New York Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Stephanie Orlando, Workgroup Chair
Director of YOUTH POWER!
Families Together in New York State
YOUTH POWER! Youth Members
Rachel Flores
Vice-Chair
YOUTH POWER! Advisory Board
John Donnelly, Jr.
Secretary
YOUTH POWER! Advisory Board
Joseph Munisteri
Member
YOUTH POWER! Advisory Board
Dally Sanchez
Coordinator, YOUTH POWER!
Families Together in New York State
Chemung Youth Council Youth Members
Doug Church
Joshua Church
Brad Snyder
Ryanna Soule
Joshua Tobias
Lethia White
Advisors
Patricia Breux
Lisa Norton