2008 Board of Directors

President
Gary Beckham, Director of Foster Care, Intermountain Centers for Human Development, Tucson, AZ

President-Elect
Kathy Joyner, Program Director, Omni Visions, Inc., Nashville, TN

Treasurer
Sally Buchanan, Executive Director, Creative Community Services, Inc., Norcross, GA

Secretary
Jeffrey Greene, Ph.D., LPCC, CEO, House of New Hope, Saint Louisville, OH

Member, Executive Committee
Viviane Ngwa, LCSW, State Director, Illinois MENTOR, Matteson, IL

Immediate Past-president
Amelia Franck Meyer, Executive Director, PATH Wisconsin, Inc., Hudson, WI

Chairperson, Council of Chapter Chairs
Lisa Martin, BA, MA, Treatment Director, Children's Sanctuary, Ironton, OH

Board Members
Jorge Acosta, Executive Director, Nuevo Amanecer Latino Children's Services, Los Angeles, CA

Jay Berlin, Ph.D., Executive Director, Alternative Family Services, San Francisco, CA

Cathleen Clements, Esq., Dir., Office of Public Policy and Client Advocacy, The Children's Aid Society, New York, NY

Irene Clements, Vice President for Advocacy, Child and Family Services, Lutheran Social Services of the South/Texas Foster Family Association, Austin, TX

Frank H. Crawford, Jr., Executive Director, Youth Homes, Inc., Charlotte, NC

Kimberly Cummins, LMSW, Vice President, Northeast Parent and Child Society, Schenectady, NY

Doug Fellrath, CEO, Choices for Life Foster Care, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK

Patrick Foster, Executive Director, Caring Family Network, Austin, TX

Michelle Grabarczyk, LPC, State Manager, Youth Villages of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Scott Hasselman, V.P., TFC & Community Based Services, Pressley Ridge, Cleveland, OH

Ben Kerman, Ph.D., Director or Research, Casey Family Services Headquarters, New Haven, CT

Rose Lopez, COO & V.P. of Finance, Growing Home Southeast, Cayce, SC

Brian F. Lynch, Executive Director, Children's Community Programs of Connecticut, Inc., New Haven, CT

Ken Olson, LCPC, Regional Director - GA, ME, NC, KidsPeace National Centers, South Portland, ME

Mario Tommasi, Ph.D., ABPP, V.P., Clinical Affairs, Community Treatment Solutions, Moorestwon, NJ

Marianne L. Werth, LCSW , Director of Foster Care , Adolescent & Family Growth Center, Inc ., Springfield, VA

Dru Whitaker, CEO, SAFY, Delphos, OH

Jimmy L. Wilson, MSW, LMSW, Program Director, Meritan Stepping Stones, Carterville, GA

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