Sheila H. Akabas, Ph.D.
Director, The Workplace Center
Columbia University School of Social Work

Carol Blessing, CSW
Project Coordinator
Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Gary Bond, Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

David Burganowski, Ph.D.
Project Director
State University of New York - Buffalo

Judith A. Cook, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of National
Research & Training Center
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

Kate Donegan, Ed.D.
Executive Director
Matrix Research Institute

Corinne Eckhardt, M.Dc.,OTReg.
Consultant

Marianne Farkas, Sc.D.
Director of Training
Boston University Center for
Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Connie Ferrell, M.S.W.
Director
Integrated Services

Paul Gorman, Ed.D.
Director
West Institute New Hampshire

Barbara Granger, Ph.D.
Director of Training & Dissimination
Matrix Research Institute

Kathy Griffin, M.S.
Mental Health Program Specialist
New York State Office of Mental Health

Susan Harris, Ph.D.
Program Director
New York WORKS
New York State Department of Labor

Debra Hutchins, M.A.
(formerly COO, RRTI)
Chief Operating Officer
I-TRADE

Joe Marrone, M.Ed.
Program Manager Public Policy Consultation
Institute for Community Inclusion

Mat Mathai
Deputy Director
New York Association for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services

Valerie Melburg, Ph.D.
Research Director
New York WORKS
New York State Department of Labor

Alan Menikoff, M.S.W., M.B.A.
Deputy Director
New York Work Exchanage

LaVerne D. Miller, Esq.
Director
Howie T. Harp Center

Robert Myers, Ph.D.
Deputy Director of Division ofCommunity Care Systems Management
New York State Office of Mental Health

Edmund O'Donnell, CSW, CRC, RPRP
Assistant V.P. for Rehabilitation Programs
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York, Inc.

Alysia Pascaris, M.S.
Director
New York Work Exchange

Jane D. Plapinger, MPH
Acting Assistant Commissioner
Bureau of Strategic Planning
New York City Department of Public Health

Carlos Pratt, Ph.D.
Program Director
University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Wendy Quarles
Training Coordinator
RRCEP II
State University of New York - Buffalo

Cathy Reardon
Job Training Specialist III
Department of Labor — NYS

Grant Revell, M.S., M.B.A.
Research Associate
Virginia Commonwealth University

Douglas Rosenberry, M.B.A.
Special Assistant for the Associate Commissioner for Standards and Quality Assurance
Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services

Harvey Rosenthal
Executive Director
New York Association for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services

Marilyn Sachar, M.A.
Deputy Director of Adult Services
New York State Office of Mental Health

Anthony Salerno, Ph.D.
Co-Director
Evidence Based Practices Initiative
New York State Office of Mental Health

Phillip A. Saperia, M.A.T.
Executive Director
Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies, Inc.

Martha Schaefer Hayes, Ph.D.
Director of Finance
Division of Community Care Systems Management
NYS Office of Mental Health

Marian Schwager, M.A.
Director of Rehabilitation Services
New York State Office of Mental Health

Sharon Stewart
Rehabilitation Specialist
New York State Office of Mental Health

Jessica Wolf, Ph.D.
Consultant; SWEAB Facilitator
Decision Solutions

Michael Wolf, CRC
Regional Training Coordinator
Personnel Development Team
VESID