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

Description of the Summit Initiative
List of Summit Participants.
Press Release on the release of the State Call to Action.
Executive Summary of the State Call to Action
State Call To Action Full Report