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Mission, Leadership and Advisory Board
Mission
Working in collaboration with academic departments, the division
of student affairs (College Counseling Center), and community
leaders, the SUNY New Paltz Institute for Disaster Mental Health
(IDMH) offers education and training in disaster mental health
for students, professionals, and paraprofessionals, including
conferences and workshops that reflect recent research and
best practices. The Institute comprises scholars and practitioners
dedicated to teaching, research, and service to the community
in the area of disaster mental health.
Leadership and Advisory Board
The Director of the Institute is Dr. James Halpern, Professor of Psychology at SUNY New Paltz. Dr. Halpern is Chair of Disaster Mental Health Services of the Ulster County Chapter of the American Red Cross and has responded to both local and large-scale national disasters. He is the co author of Disaster Mental Health: Theory and Practice (2007, Thomson Brooks/Cole).
The IDMH is guided by an advisory board of experienced and
committed professionals and community leaders active in fields
directly related to the work of the Institute. The board assists
in identifying community and professional needs for disaster
mental health training; identifying funding sources; and disseminating
the work of the IDMH to the public.
Former Dean of the Graduate School at SUNY New Paltz, Phyllis
R. Freeman, Ph.D. and currently Associate Professor of Psychology, is chair of the Advisory Board. Board Members
include:
SUNY New Paltz
Pamlyn Atkins, Ph.D.— Director, Psychological Counseling
Center
Gerald Benjamin, Ph.D.— Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Maryalice Citera, Ph.D.— Associate Professor of Psychology
Phyllis Freeman, Ph.D.—Institute Chair, Professor of
Psychology
James Halpern, Ph.D.— Institute Director, Professor
of Psychology
Douglas Maynard, Ph.D.—Chair, Department of Psychology
Community
Marshall Beckman, MPA— Director, Ulster County Mental
Health Department, Kingston, NY
Karen Jacobs - Management Consultant (retired), New Paltz, NY
Arthur J. Lange— Board Secretary – Health and
Safety Coordinator, Orange/Ulster BOCES, Middletown, NY
Charlene Mayville— Deputy Director for the Hudson River Field Office
of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), Poughkeepsie, NY
Susan Rounds— Chapter Solutions Manager, American Red Cross, Serving chapters in eastern NY & Greenwich, CT
Barbara Scherr—Vice-President of Volunteers, NYS Cerebral
Palsy, Newburgh, NY
Art Snyder—Director of Emergency Communication and
Emergency Management, Kingston NY
Eleanor Troy— Public Health Preparedness Coordinator,
Ulster County Health Dept, Kingston, NY
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