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List of Discussion Group Participants and Interviewees
The following is a list of people who participated in interviews or discussion groups regarding
Geriatric Mental Health Policy
* Indicates Person Participated in Discussion Group
*Sheila H. Akabas, PhD
Director, Center for Social Policy and
Practice in the Workplace
Columbia University School of Social Work
*George S. Alexopoulos, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Weill-Cornell School of Medicine
*Anita Altman
Deputy Managing Director
UJA Federation of New York
Kenneth Abramowitz
Healthcare Securities Analyst
*Jeff Apotheker
Director of Geriatric Services
Westchester Jewish Community Services
*Allison Avery
Community Outreach and Public Education
Mental Health Association of NYC
*Darcy Babyak
United Hospital Fund
*Jane Bardavid
Director
Community Advisory Program for the Elderly
*Jennifer Benedict
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
*Barbara Berkman, DSW
Helen Rehr/Ruth Fizdale Professor
of Health and Mental Health
Columbia University School of Social Work
*Jackie Berman
Director of Research
NYC Department for the Aging
Ann Berson
Public Policy Consultant
Alzheimer’s Association – NYC Chapter
*Becky Bigio
Director of Person to Person Mental Health Services
Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.
Rabbi Leonard Blank
Co-Chair, The Manhattan Coalition on MH Issues of the Elderly
Director of Special Programs
United Jewish Council of the East Side, Inc.
*Harvey Bluestone, MD
Board, Mental Health Association of NYC
*Diane Booker
Director of Operations
Westchester Department of Senior Programs and Services
*William Bookman
The Journal News
*Martha Bruce, PhD
Professor of Sociology
Department of Psychiatry
Weill-Cornell School of Medicine
Robert Butler, MD
President/CEO
International Longevity Center
Mae Carpenter
Commissioner
Westchester Department of Senior Programs and Services
*Rebecca Chandler
New York Community Trust
*Beverly Collier
Associate Executive Director
Services for the Underserved
*Sherry Cranmer
Director of Clinical and Social Services
West Side Federation for Senior Housing
*Debra Del Toro-Phillips
Director, Stepping Together
Mental Health Association of Westchester
*Rose Dobrof, PhD
Brookdale Professor of Gerontology and Founder
Brookdale Center on Aging of Hunter College
*Amy Dorin
Senior Vice President for Behavioral Health
Federation Employment and Guidance Service
*Mary Dugan
Assistant Director
James N. Jarvie Commonweal Service
*Susan Erway
Program Director
Westchester Department of Community Mental Health
*S. Lawrence Feit
Board, Mental Health Association of Westchester
*Marcia Feuer
Director of Advocacy
Mental Health Association of Nassau
Paul Feuerstein
President/CEO
Barrier Free Living, Inc.
Beth Finkel
Director of State Operations
AARP-NYS
Kathy Fitzgibbons
Senior Policy Analyst of Elderly
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
Sylvia Friedman, EdD
Member, Mental Health Committee
Medford Leas Life Care Community
*Patricia Gallo Goldstein
Deputy Executive Director
The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies
*Shelley Garnet
Director, Mainstream Institute
SUNY/Westchester Community College
*Barbara Geist
Board, Mental Health Association of Westchester
*John Genke
Senior Social Worker
Senior Action in a Gay Environment
*Aileen Gitelson
Acting Executive Vice President
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged
David Glazer
Vice President for NYC Operations
Value-Options
Jane Gould
President/CEO
Visiting Nurse Regional Health Care Systems
*Steven Greenfield
Executive Director
Mental Health Association of Nassau
Ann Gregor
Joint Public Affairs Committee for Older Adults
*Catharine Grimes
Associate Director Integrated Mental Health
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
*Ed Hanin, MD
Professional Advisory Committee
Mental Health Association of NYC
*Nancy Harvey
Executive Director
NY Service Program for Older Persons
*Irfan Hasan
Program Officer, Health and People with Special Needs
The New York Community Trust
*Carol Hedlund, PhD
Executive Director
Mental Health Association of Westchester
*Reva Hoffman
Helpline Coordinator
Alzheimer’s Association – NYC Chapter
*Alene Hokenstad
Project Director, Managed Long Term Care
United Hospital Fund
*Leslie Garcia
AARP
*Laura Jervis
Executive Director
West Side Federation for Senior Housing
*Rachelle Kammer, PhD
Director, Community Outreach and Public Education
Mental Health Association of NYC
*Wendy Katt
Director of Mental Health Nursing Program
Visiting Nurse Association of Hudson Valley, Inc.
Gary Kennedy, MD
Professor and Director
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Montefiore Medical Center
Christopher A. Langston, PhD
Senior Program Officer
John A. Hartford Foundation
*Melinda Lantz, MD
Director of Psychiatry
Jewish Home and Hospital
Richard Larson
Director of Social Services
Catholic Charities
Antonia Lasicki
Executive Director
Association for Community Living
*Joseph Lazar
Director of New York City Field Office
NYS-OMH
Jed Levine
Director of Programs and Services
Alzheimer’s Association – NYC Chapter
*Geoffrey Lieberman
Executive Director
The Coalition of Institutionalized
Aged and Disabled
*William Lienhard
Project Director, Mental Health Project
Urban Justice Center
*Melissa Louie
Associate Coordinator for Elder Care Services
Catholic Charities
Ilene Margolin
Former Depurty Secretary to Governor Cuomo
for Health and Human Services
Leila McGuire-Krastek
Clinical Social Worker
Medford Leas Lifecare Community
*Shelley B. Mayer, JD
Health Industry Counsel
Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips
*Barnett Meyers, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Weill-Cornell School of Medicine
*Peg Moran
Vice President, Administrative Services
Behavioral Health Services
St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center
Ann Nolon
President/CEO
Hudson River Health Services
*Patricia Ogden, Esq.
Board, Mental Health Association of Westchester
*Elizabeth Olofson
Executive Director
Guttman Foundation
*Carol Peng
Assistant Director of Research
Asian American Federation of NY
*Charles Phillips
AARP
*Neil Pessin, PhD
Director of Mental Health Services
Visiting Nurse Service of NYC
Martha Pollack
Co-Chair, The Manhattan Coalition on MH Issues of the Elderly
Director of Social Services
United Jewish Council of the East Side, Inc
*Joseph Reilly
NYS-OMH
Hudson River Field Office
*Aviva Rice
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill – NYC
*Izzy Rice
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill – NYC
*Evelyn Roberts, PhD
Executive Director
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill – NYC
*Katharine Roberts
Joint Public Affairs Committee for Older Adults and
Older Women’s League
*Karen Roth
Office of Behavioral Health
NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation
*Bobbie Sackman
Director of Public Policy
Council of Senior Citizen Centers
*Sharon Salit
Senior Health Policy Analyst
United Hospital Fund
*Ebba Sayre
Older Women’s League
*Robert S. Schachter, DSW
Executive Director
National Association of Social Workers - NYC
Karen Schimke
President/CEO
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
Lloyd Sederer, MD
Executive Deputy Commissioner for Mental Hygiene
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
*Oscar Serrano
Mental Health Community Liaison
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
*Carole Siegel, PhD
Director, Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health
Nathan S. Kline Institute
*Jody Silver
Director of Advocacy
Community Access
*Alan Siskind, PhD
Executive Vice President
Jewish Board of Family and Children Services
Marvin Spieler
Consumer Advocate
Mental Health Association of NYC
*Giselle Stopler
Executive Director
Mental Health Association of NYC
*Ann Sullivan, MD
Regional Director of Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
*Martha Sullivan, DSW
Deputy Commissioner for Community Liaison
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Jeanette Takamura, PhD
Dean
Columbia University School of Social Work
*Sioux Taylor
President
National Association of Social Workers – NYS/Westchester
*John Toner, EdD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology
Director, PI Geriatric Fellowship Program
Columbia University School of Public Health
*Julio Urbina
Senior Program Officer, Healthcare Program
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
Marlena Vega
Director, Latino Outreach
Mental Health Association of NYC
*Fredda Vladeck
Project Director, Aging in Place Initiative
United Hospital Fund
Tom Volkert
Project Director, Mental Health and Aging
Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA
Patricia Volland
Senior Vice-President
New York Academy of Medicine
*Nancy Wackstein
Executive Director
United Neighborhood Houses
*Joyce Wale
Assistant Vice President, Behavioral Health
NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation
*Jessica Walker
Policy Analyst
United Neighborhood Houses of New York
*Bridget Walsh
Senior Policy Associate
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
*Frances Walsh
Director of Public Relations
Four Winds Foundation
*Regina Weber
Program Manager
Value Options
Audrey Weiner
President/CEO
Jewish Home and Hospital
*Lauren G. Weisenfeld
Program Officer, Healthcare Program
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
*Amy West Poley
Director, Joint Public Affairs Committee for Older Adults
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged
*Daniel Wollman MD, PhD
Medical Director
Institute on Aging, Jewish Home for the Elderly
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