APPENDIX B

The Summit Initiative Participants 1999-2001

* Designates participation in Summit Work Groups.

Judy Abrahams - Area Director, Massachusetts Department of Social Services (DSS) - Framingham Area
Bettye Ackerman, Esq. - Staff Attorney, South Middlesex Legal Services
Jennifer Agosti - Director, Management, Planning and Analysis, DSS
Robin Anapol - SAIN Coordinator, Office of Plymouth County District Attorney
Jeannette Atkinson* - Executive Director, Parents Helping Parents
Suzin Bartley - Executive Director, Children's Trust Fund
Jetta Bernier* - Executive Director, Massachusetts Citizens for Children
Stephen R. Bing, Esq. - Special Committee on Family Support and the Child Welfare System
Holly Bishop, LICSW - Mental Health Consultant, Office of Suffolk County District Attorney
Maurice J. Boisvert - Executive Director, Youth Opportunities Upheld (YOU), Worcester
Jacquelynne Bowman, Esq.* - Associate Director, Greater Boston Legal Services
Carol Brill, MSW - Executive Director, National Association of Social Workers (NASW) - Massachusetts Chapter
Carolyn Burns, MSW - Executive Director, Berkshire Center for Families and Children
Virginia Burns, MSW - Founding Chairperson, Special Committee on Family Support and the Child Welfare System
Lori Button - Director of Child & Adolescent Services, Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership
Gary Calhoun* - Director of Training, DSS
Ann Capoccia - Child and Adolescent Services, Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH)
Jan Carey* - Behavioral Health/CAPTA Manager, DSS
Bonny Carroll* - Somerville Mayor's Office of Human Services, Somerville Community Services Center
Anne Cavanaugh - Children's Charter, Inc.
Barbara Cece - Program Manager, DSS - Pittsfield Area
Virginia Chan - DSS - Dimock Street Area Megan Christopher - South Middlesex Legal Services
Helen Chwaliszewski - Social Worker IV, DSS - Lynn Area
Sandra Clark - Deputy Director, Victim Compensation and Assistance Division, Office of the Attorney General
Bonnie Clarke - Program Manager, DSS - Coastal Area
Martha Coakley, Esq.* - District Attorney, Middlesex County
Susan Cole* - Director, Children's Law Support Project, Massachusetts Advocacy Center
Joseph Collins - Area Director, DSS - Greenfield Area
Carol Costanzo - Program Manager, DSS - Park Street Area
Ted Cross, PhD* - Professor, Department of Psychology, Brandeis University
Christina Crowe - Director or Educational, Clinical and Community Programs, Judge Baker Children's Center
Brian Cummings - Director, Community Connections, DSS
Julie Dale, Esq. - Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County
Lonna Davis, MSW - Clinical Supervisor, Domestic Violence & Family Support Unit, DSS
Susan Dillard, Esq.* - Co-Director, Children and Family Law Program, Committee for Public Counsel Law Services
Lou DiNatale - Director, Center for State & Local Policy, McCormack Institute, University of Massachusetts
Kate Dolan, LICSW - Child Clinician, Berkshire Children's Advocacy Center
Beryl Domingo* - Director of Field Support, DSS
Eleanor Dowd - Regional Director, DSS - Metro Area
Colette Doyle - Clinical Manager, DSS - Northeast Regional Area
Pat Dubus - Director of Programs and Evaluation, The Better Homes Fund
Mary Beth Dwyer - Flaschner Judicial Institute
Dorothy Eagan, MSW - Edna Gill Advocacy Fellow, NASW - Massachusetts Chapter
James Early - Administrator of Special Education Services, Watertown Public Schools
Peggy Enright - Center for Children and Families, Education Development Center, Inc.
Susan Farb - Learning Support Division, Massachusetts Department of Education
Margaret S. Fearey - Associate Justice, Juvenile Court, Middlesex
Donna G. Feinberg, LICSW - Norfolk Probate Court
Deborah Ferreri - Massachusetts Citizens for Children
Janet E. Fine* - Chief, Victim Witness Assistance Program, Office of Suffolk Count District Attorney
Sandra Fitzsimmons - Area Director, DSS - Fall River Area
Alcine Fleurinor - Healthy Baby / Healthy Child Program
Sally Fogerty - Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Family and Community Health, DPH
Lauren Frey - Director, Massachusetts Families for Kids, Children's Services of Roxbury
Brenda Gadson - Executive Director, Roxbury Multi-Service Center, Inc.
Janine Gannon - Director, Child Witness to Domestic Violence Project, Office of the Attorney General
Jack Gately - Executive Director, Citizens for Juvenile Justice
Jacqueline Gervais - Area Director, DSS - Cape Ann Area
Lynn Girton, Esq.* - -Chief Counsel, Volunteer Lawyers Project
Mary Gleaves, MSW - Family Service of Greater Boston
Susan Goldfarb - Office of Suffolk County District Attorney
Richard A. Goodman, PhD, MEd - Certified Psychoanalyst
Martha P. Grace - Chief Justice, Trial Court of the Commonwealth, Juvenile Court
Wanda Grant-Knight - Boston Medical Center
Michelle Griffin - Children's Law Center of Massachusetts
Linda Grillo - Parent Representative (Hingham), Adoptive Families Together Initiative
Betsy McAlister Groves, LICSW - Director, Child Witness to Violence Program, Boston Medical Center
Jack Hagenbuch - Wayside Youth & Family Support Network
Kim Hale - President, Gateways for Kids
Julie Hall, Esq.* - Children and Family Law Program, Committee for Public Counsel Law Services
Ray Hammond, MD, MA - Pastor, Bethel AME Church; and President, Ten Point Coalition
Diane Harold - Acting Director, Collaborative Assessment Program, DSS - Boston Region
Gordon Harper, MD* - Medical Director, Children & Adolescent Services, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH)
Constance M. Hilton - Attorney at Law
Mark Hinderlie* - President, Boston Children's Institute
Richard Ho - Massachusetts Department of Social Services (DSS)
Barry L. Hock - Kids Count Coordinator, Massachusetts Citizens for Children
Sharon Hoey - Executive Director, Advocacy Center for Children
Nancy Horber - Program Manager, DSS - Brockton Area
Stephanie Howard, PhD - Children's Charter, Inc.
Denise Howley - Deputy Executive Director, Germaine Lawrence, Inc.
Philip W. Johnston* - President, Philip W. Johnston Associates
Hubie Jones - Special Assistant to the Chancellor, University of Massachusetts
Christina Joyce - Area Director, DSS - Brockton Area
Carin Kale - Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Dolores Kane - Wediko Children's Services
Amy Karp, Esq. - Training Director, Children and Family Law Program CPCS
Bill Keaney, PhD* - Assistant Director of Field Education, Boston College School of Social Work
Robert Kelley - Regional Director, DSS - Southeast Region
Ed Kelly - Executive Director, Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps
Martin Kenney - Area Director, DSS - Attleboro Area
Patricia Kiessling* - Manager, Family Based Services, Children and Family Services of Greater Boston
Roderick K. King, MD, MPH* - Director, Boston Field Office, Health Resources & Services Administration, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
Robert Kinscherff, PhD* - Director, Juvenile Court Clinic Services, Trial Court of the Commonwealth
Gail Klopfer - Program Manager, DSS - Robert Van Wart Center
Alice Kubacki - Regional Director, DSS - Northeast Region
Joe Langione - Wediko Children's Services
Nancy Langman - Dorwart-Bristol Group, Inc.
Laurie Larkin - Wediko Children's Services
Craig Latham, PhD - Forensic Psychologist
Ellen Lawton, Esq.* - Staff Attorney, Family Advocacy Program, Boston Medical Center
Joseph Leavey - Executive Director, Communities for People, Inc.
Marilyn Lee-Tom - Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Hugh Leichtman, PhD* - Administrative Director, Wediko Children's Services
Sarah Levy - Greater Boston Legal Services
Jeffrey Locke, Esq. - Commissioner, DSS
Sandra Lopacki - Harvard School of Public Health
Joan Louden-Black - Assistant Commissioner, Placement and Family Based Services, DSS
JoAnne Luppino - Director, Dorchester CARES
Ann Marie Lynch - Area Program Manager, DSS - Harbor Area
Ed J. Malloy, Jr., LICSW* - Supervisor, DSS
Melinda Marble - Director, The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation
Steve McCafferty - Executive Director, Children's Study Home
Claire McCarthy, MD* - Martha Eliot Health Center
Kathleen McCarthy - Program Manager, DSS - Hyde Park Area
Robert McGowan - Principal, Bristol Group, Inc.
Joan McGregor* - Director of Special Projects, DSS
Peggy McLaughlin - Victim Witness Advocate, Office of Plymouth County District Attorney
Patricia McMahon - Program Manager, DSS - Arlington Area
Jay McManus* - Executive Director, Children's Law Center of Massachusetts
Gail Medeiros - Area Director, DSS - Lowell
Veronica Melendez* - Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region I
Neal Michaels - Director, Family Based Services, DSS
Joan Mikula - Assistant Commissioner, Child & Adolescent Services, DMH
Barbara Mitchell, Esq. - Greater Boston Legal Services
Kathleen Morrissey - Director, Victim Witness Assistance Program, Criminal Bureau, Office of the Attorney General
Richard Murphy - Regional Clinical Manager, DSS - Western Region
Eli Newberger, MD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; and Lecturer, Maternal and Child Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Lisa Noe* - Child Advocacy Center Coordinator, Office of Plymouth County District Attorney
Thomas J. O'Loughlin* - Chief, MBTA Police Department
Lori Ortiz - Area Program Manager, DSS - Lawrence Area
Sarah Ovenden - CAC Project Coordinator, Office of Northwestern District Attorney
Susan Pederzoli - Assistant Commissioner, Clinical Services & Intergovernmental Affairs, DSS
Raymond Pillidge - Area Program Manager, DSS - Haverhill Area
Maureen Pompeo* - President, Galloglass Consulting
Stephen G. Porter, MD - Private Practice
Anita Preble, MS* - Social Worker, Day Care Programs, Community Teamwork, Inc.
Nancy Prostak - Acting Area Director, DSS - North Central Area
Robert L. Quinan - Office of the Attorney General
Aileen Quintero - Victim Witness Advocate, Office of Plymouth County District Attorney
Debbie Rambo, LICSW* - Director of Services, Catholic Charities (Boston)
Robert Reece, MD* - Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Institute for Professional Education, Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC)
Olga Roche - Acting Area Director, DSS - Worcester Area
Allan G. Rodgers, Esq.* - Executive Director, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Laurie Roy - Area Program Manager, DSS - William E. Warren Center Area
Jacqueline Rufo - Commissioner's Office, DSS
Owen Ryan - Area Program Manager, DSS - South Central / Blackstone Valley Area
Bonny B. Saulnier - Vice President, Wayside Youth & Family Support Network
Mark Sawula - Area Program Manager, DSS - Springfield Area
Glenn Saxe, MD - Chairman of Child Psychiatry, Boston Medical Center
Ufuk Sezgin - Victims of Violence, Office of the Attorney General
Steven N. Shapse, PhD - Psychologist in Private Practice
Sharon Shay - President, Family Nurturing Center
Richard Sherman, LICSW* - Director of Public Policy, NASW - Massachusetts Chapter
Jack Simons, PhD - Director of Professional Services, Children's Friend and Family Services
Nora Sjoblom Sanchez, Esq.* - Children's Policy Analyst, Massachusetts Citizens for Children
Christopher Small - Executive Director, Italian Home for Children
Carla Smith Picariello, PhD - Children and the Law Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Pat Snyder-Mathews - Director, Child Abuse Project, Office of Essex County District Attorney
Cathy Speraw - Harvard School of Public Health
Barbara St. Pierre, LICSW - Director of Social Services, Child Development Programs of Cape Ann
Kim Stevens - Program Director of Education & Training, Children's Services of Roxbury
Frederick J. Stoddard, MD - Massachusetts Psychiatric Society
Joyce Strom* - President and CEO, MSPCC
Barbara Sullivan* - Special Committee on Family Support and the Child Welfare System
Michael J. Sullivan, Esq. - District Attorney, Plymouth County
Sarah Jane Swart - Editorial Director, Group & Online List Coordinator, Adoptive Families Together
Julie Sweeney-Springwater* - Director, New England Association of Child Welfare Commissioners & Directors
Barbara Talkov - Executive Director, Children's League of Massachusetts
Jacqueline Taylor - Wediko Children's Services
April Thibeault - Miss Massachusetts 1999
Robert Turillo - Northeast Regional Manager, Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership
Thomas N. Turner, Esq. - Attorney at Law
Kathleen Tuttman, Esq. - Assistant District Attorney, Office of the Essex County District Attorney
MaryAnn Ulevich - Director of Child Welfare Development, Children's Friend, Inc.
Bessel van der Kolk, MD - Director, Trauma Center at Arbour - HRI
David Van Kennan - Social Worker IV, DSS - North Central Area
Mary E. Walsh, PhD - Director, Boston College Center for Child, Family and Community Partnerships
Valora Washington, PhD - Executive Director, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Peter Watson - Director of Quality Assurance, Domestic Violence & Family Support Unit, DSS
Charles Welch, MD* - Director of Somatic Therapies, Massachusetts General Hospital; and Vice President, Massachusetts Medical Society
Debra Whitcomb - Education Development Center, Inc.
Kathryn A. White - Trial Court of the Commonwealth
Ronald E. White, PhD - Associate Director, Bear, Stearns & Company, Inc.
Sandra White, MEd - Private Citizen
Pam Whitney* - Director, Domestic Violence & Family Support Unit, DSS
Julie Boatright Wilson - Director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard University JFK School of Government
Margaret Winchester, Esq.* - Co-Director, Children and Family Law Program, Committee for Public Counsel Law Services
Hendrik Workman - Area Program Manager, DSS - New Bedford Area
Tera Wright, Esq. - Chief, Family Protection Unit, Office of Plymouth County District Attorney

Out of State Participants and Consultants
Susan Nall Bales - President, FrameWorks Institute, Maryland
Marno Batterson - Site Coordinator, Community Partnerships, Iowa
Brett Brown - Senior Research Associate, Child Trends, Inc., Washington, DC
Anne Cohn Donnelly, DPH - Consultant, National Call to Action, IL
Howard Davidson, JD - Director, ABA Center for Children and the Law, Washington, DC
Heitzi Epstein, Esq. - Senior Policy and Advocacy Specialist in Child Welfare, National Association of Child Advocates, Washington, DC
Jann Jackson - Executive Director, Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
A. Sidney Johnson, III - President and CEO, Prevent Child Abuse America, Chicago, IL
Mark Katz, PhD - Director, Learning and Developmental Services, San Diego, CA
Susan Notkin - Director, The Program for Children, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, New York, NY
David Osher, PhD - Director, Center For Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC
Lynn Porter - Executive Director, Safer Society Foundation, Inc., Brandon, VT
Pat Schene, PhD - Consultant, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, New York, NY
Linda Spears - Associate Deputy Director, Programs, Research, and Consultation Child Welfare League of America, Washington, DC
Anna Stone, MSW, LCSW - Missouri Department of Social Services
Ben Tanzer - Chapter Technical Assistance Coordinator, Prevent Child Abuse America, Chicago, IL
Paul Vincent, MSW, LICSW - Director, The Child Welfare and Policy Group, Montgomery, AL
Jay Whitworth MD - Executive Medical Director, Florida Child Protection Teams
Betsy Wood, RN, MPH - Unit Director, Florida Department of Health

 

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