About Us

Board Of Directors

Executive Committee

President

Jonas Waizer, Ph.D., F.E.G.S.

Vice President

Donna Colonna, Services for the Underserved

Treasurer

Thelma Dye, Ph.D., Northside Center for Child Development

Secretary

William S. Witherspoon Jr. CSW, Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center, Inc.

Past President

Peter Campanelli, Psy.D., Institute for Community Living

Rosa Gil, DSW, Communilife, Inc.

Maria Elena Girone, Puerto Rican Family Institute, Inc.

Executive Director

Phillip A. Saperia, Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, Inc.

Directors

Nancy Arnow, LMSW, Safe Horizon
Jane C. Bardavid, ACSW, CAPE Samuel Field YM & YMHA, Inc.
Peter Beitchman, The Bridge, Inc.
Robert M. Brewster, LCSW, Riverdate Mental Health Association
Susan Buchanan, CRC, CASAC, Brooklyn Bureau of Community Services, Inc.
Joel Copperman, Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment
Joan DiBlasi, Ph.D., Astor Child Guidance Center
Fern Lynn Fleckman, LCSW, William F. Ryan Community Health Center
Sandra Hagan, The Child Center of New York
Tony Hannigan, Center for Urban Community Services, Inc.
Hannah Achtenberg Kinn, The League Treatment Center
Elliott Klein, New York Psychotherapy & Counseling Center
Roy Leavitt, Greenwich House, Inc.
David Lehmann, Venture House
Paul Levine,LCSW, Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
Richard P. Motta, Volunteers of America – Greater NY
Stella Pappas, Institute for Community Living, Inc
Edward Ross, International Center for the Disabled
Frederick Shack, LMSW, Urban Pathways
Martha Adams Sullivan, DSW, Fordham-Tremont CMHC
Jane Velez, Palladia, Inc.
Matthew Warner, Psy.D., St. Vincent's Services
Fern Zagor, ACSW, Staten Island Mental Health Society, Inc.