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ADJUNCT FACULTY PROFILES

NAME: Ellen Amstutz

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W., PhD Columbia University

COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

Social Policy 1: Policy and the Profession

Social Policy II: Analysis, Advocacy and Practice

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Ellen Amstutz has over 25 years of experience in social research, policy analysis and program

management. After receiving her MSW she worked for the Community Service Society of New

York (CSSNY) for 16 years where she developed a government benefits counseling program and

started the Public Benefits Resource Center, an information and training center for social service

providers. She moved into policy and advocacy work while at CSSNY and led the agency's work

on welfare reform while pursuing a PhD. From 2000-2009 she lived in London, England, and

worked as a social research consultant for a UK nonprofit working with local government's

children and family service programs. Ellen's most recent work is in child welfare/infant mental

health conducting program evaluation, grant writing and community outreach and developing a

two generation intervention that works with parents and their young children to improve child

welfare outcomes.

NAME: Robert Anderson, LCSW, CASAC, CARC, CRPA

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Fordham University (2006)


Generalist Practice 1


Generalist 1 and 2 Online


Robert Anderson currently serves as the Executive and Clinical Director of “The Counseling

Center at Yorktown Heights” in Westchester County, New York; which provides integrated

Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health services. He oversees the overall administrative and

clinical care operations dedicated to the Adolescent, Transitional Age Youth and Adult

Outpatient cohorts for this private, nationally based company under the auspices of Praesum

Healthcare Services, MSO. Robert also brings a wealth of clinical and training experience and

has instructed and developed curriculum both regionally and internationally. He is a NY State

licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and CASAC (Credentialed Alcohol and Substance

Abuse Counselor). He has used that expertise to advocate for clients, train staff and develop

clinical program tracks within a recovery oriented system of care, in addition to running a

successful private practice. Mr. Anderson is also a leader in NYS in helping to develop the

recovery effort through development and implementation of effective peer based services into

the chemical dependence and mental health system framework. He sits on local and State wide

recovery committees and is also a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach and trainer, as well as a

Certified Recovery Peer Advocate.

Mr. Anderson performed his graduate studies at the Fordham University Graduate School of

Social Service, where in addition to a clinical theory base Robert also majored in the effective

administration and management of non-profit organizations. He has been involved in a number

of cross system collaborative efforts focusing on treatment improvement protocols and

developing seamless access within the criminal justice, child welfare and adolescent intervention

services framework. As part of his previous portfolios, Mr. Anderson has overseen the

management of both residential and outpatient programs including project leadership for

multiple SAMHSA funded grant initiatives that implemented evidenced based practice services.

Robert has effectively collaborated and worked with various large human service systems

including NYC ACS, NYS OASAS and the Federal CSAT system. He has previously

successfully managed the overall clinical treatment services for multiple large not-for-profit

treatment agencies in the NY area. During his eighteen year career, Mr. Anderson has risen to

manage on an executive level for well-known pioneer agencies and leaders in the substance use

disorder field such as Daytop Village and Odyssey House, where he was responsible for leading

out multi-facility management of clinical and operational systems for residential, outpatient,

admissions and other ancillary services.

In other professional leadership endeavors, Robert is currently a member of the NY State

Provider Association’s (NYS ASAP) 501 (C) 3 Board of Directors and has been involved in

many of the planning efforts to professionalize and advance the field of addictions. Robert has

provided professional training in a variety of clinical and administrative areas including a

statewide dissemination of “Motivational Interviewing” after direct training under DR. William

Miller, founder of “MI”. He has integrated multiple evidenced based practices into the OASAS

provider system and has presented at varied local, state, national and international conferences.

Mr. Anderson is also an adjunct Professor at Fordham University and teaches generalist practice

foundation courses to fledgling Masters level social workers. He continues to advocate for both

the field as well his community, and is the immediate two time past President of his chapter in

the Bronx and Westchester Kiwanis organization; helping children and families throughout the

world. In addition to providing service; he is a practicing martial artist/and teacher and involved

in many sports related activities. A dedicated and impassioned individual, Mr. Anderson cites his

ability to give back as a driving force behind the efforts and time he devotes to his wife and

family, his community, the human services field and society overall.

NAME: Claudia Arlo

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW, Fordham University, 2005, Medical Degree, University of

Buenos Aires, 1991

COURSES TAUGHT at GSS:

Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis Part I and Part II

Clinical practice I.

Clinical Practice Seminar

Advanced Placement Integrative Seminar


Claudia Arlo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Group Psychotherapist and

Addiction specialist. She has received a Medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires.

Dr. Arlo has worked in the field of addiction for over seventeen years. She is versed in different

modalities including Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Contingency

Management, Motivational Interviewing and Psychodynamic and Analytic Group

Psychotherapy. She has devoted most of her career to the psychosocial and psychotherapeutic

treatment of traditionally considered multiply disordered and difficult to treat clients as well as

regular clinical and group therapy practice.

She has received intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) at Sheppard Pratt .

She has an Integrative and DBT informed private practice in New York. She is on Faculty at

Fordham University‘s Graduate School of Social Service, NYU’s Program “Clinical Approaches

to the Addictions” and the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society (EGPS) Training Program. She

has presented in numerous national and international conferences. She is a Clinician at Mt Sinai

Roosevelt Hosp. Addiction Institute NY, where she developed and coordinates an integrative

program for individuals with co-occurring disorders .She is a Board Member of EGPS, and the

Joint Board of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. She is in the editorial board of

the International journal of Group Psychotherapy.

NAME: Maria Astudillo, LCSWR

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW (1990) Yeshiva University




Social Work Practice in Schools


Ms. Astudillo has over 20 years of professional experience working with children, teens and

families as a mental health provider and administrator. She has focused her work in the clinical

treatment of children, adolescents, and families affected by trauma, such as foster care, sexual

abuse, immigration and terrorism among many others. At the present time she oversees mental

health services in schools and in two community clinics at The Children’s Aid Society where she

oversees their mental health services. In the past ten years she has obtained funding to provide

training to her staff on evidence practices/models such as Motivational Interviewing, TFCBT,

SBIRT and CPP. She is a member of the Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, The

Federation Children’s Committee NYC DOHMH, School Based Mental Health Committee and

other agencies/committees that advocate for the provision of mental health services to children in

NYC.

NAME: Roger Ball

DEGREES EARNED:

2015 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY – PhD, Religious Education, May

2015 Graduation

2010 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY - MA ‘10 (RELIGIOUS

EDUCATION)

2002 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY - MSW

2001 MERCY COLLEGE, DOBBS FERRY, NY – BSW


Dr. Ball has served as an Adjunct instructor of Psychology at Concordia College in Bronxville,

adjunct instructor of Human Diversity for Mercy College's Bronx campus, and an adjunct at

Monroe College teaching the Theory and Practice in Counseling and Psycho-therapy, also in the

Bronx. He currently teaches in the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University’s

Westchester campus. Over the last four years he has taught the following courses: Social Work

Policy, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Generalist Practice, as well as Human

Rights and Social Justice.


Roger Ball is a Director of Social Work and Counseling Department within the New York City

Department of Education and has over 14 years of social work experience. Prior to that he served

as Program Director and a Senior Life Coach for the African American Male Initiative division

of The Children’s Aide Society of New York. There he provided services to over 40 African-

American families in Harlem in an effort to stem incarceration and early drop-out rates for the

middle-schoolers in the program. Dr. Ball was previously a Program Director with the

Archdiocese of NY managing a program providing psycho-education and intervention services

for Elementary school-aged children in over 80 schools in New York City including Manhattan,

the Bronx, and Staten Island. He is also a motivational speaker at conferences, retreats and

camps and serves as the Senior Pastor of a growing church in NYC.

NAME: Julie Beatrice, L.C.S.W, A.C.S.W, NYS Licensed Psychoanalyst

DEGREES EARNED:

Master of Social Work - Adelphi University School of Social

Work, Garden City, NY

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology - Hofstra University, Hempstead,

NY

Certificate in Family Forensics - Washington Square Park Institute, New York, NY

Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - New York Center for Psychoanalytic

Training, New York, NY



Julie is a highly regarded Psychoanalyst and Clinical Social Worker with over 35 years of

experience in the mental health sector. She manages a thriving private practice using customized

psychoanalytic and psychotherapy therapy techniques with individuals, groups, couples and

families. Concurrently, Julie is a school social worker with the New York City Division of Non-

Public Schools – 21st Century Partners in Learning program under Title I Services. Julie counsels

children in crisis to help restore behavioral, emotional and mental stability as well as improve

academic outcomes. Julie is a certified court-mandated forensic evaluator in Nassau and Suffolk

counties. She is a Military Family Life Consultant (MFLC) and has developed psycho-

educational presentations for children in Purple Camps during summers. She has also evaluated

military service personnel returning from active duty during periods of return surges at Ft. Drum.

Julie’s work is not limited to school and private settings. As a past Director of Community

Support Services and at the Pederson-Krag clinic she developed a model programs for clients

with severe and persistent mental illness. Julie’s volunteer work includes:

Chair of Columbia University conference: 21st

Century School Social Work:

Changing the Discussion to Improve Mental Health In Our New York City

Schools

Group Leader - National Alliance on Mental Illness, Huntington, NY Chapter

Treasurer and New York City Representative - New York State School Social

Workers Association

NAME: Martha C. Bial

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Columbia University (1962), Ph.D. Fordham University (2001)


Social Policy II

Social Work Practice with Older People and Their Families

SIFI (Seminar in Field Instruction)

Policy I

Practice I

Crisis Intervention

Supervision


Dr. Bial is a Faculty Research Scholar at the Ravazzin Center on Aging at GSS. Her research and

teaching interests have included social work in long-term care, use of oral history and

reminiscence, workforce development in aging and substance abuse in older adults. Previously

she was Associate Director of Field Instruction and Director of the school’s Japanese and

American program in Aging. She has had 25 years of experience as a practitioner, supervisor and

consultant in the field of aging mostly in hospitals and long-term care facilities. She has worked

on several projects with the Westchester Department of Senior Programs and Services. She has

also served as Policy committee chair of the State Society on Aging of New York and is

currently a representative to the United Nations from the International Association of

Gerontology and Geriatrics.

NAME: Susan Bliss, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

DEGREES EARNED:

Ph.D. and M.S.W. from Smith College School for Social Work in

Northampton, M.A., and a B.A. in Psychology from Franklin and Marshall

College in Lancaster, P.A.


Generalist Practice I and II

Advanced Clinical Practice I

Advanced Clinical Practice with Adults

Advanced Clinical Practice with Children, Youth and Families


Dr. Bliss has nearly 30 years of practice experience working with children, youth, families and

adults. She has worked as a Director of Counseling at a residential school for adolescents with

emotional difficulties, the Supervisor of Child and Adolescent Services at a Jewish Social

Service Agency, and worked with adolescents and their families in the National Health Service

in London, England. She completed a training program in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

from 1987-1989. She currently maintains a small private practice working with adults and

families and teaches full time at Molloy College in the Social Work Department.

NAME: Roxia B. Bullock PhD, LCSW, RPT

DEGREES EARNED: MSW (Fordham University 1987), PhD (Fordham University 2002)


Clinical Practice I and II


Social Work with Children

Crisis Intervention

Child Abuse and Family Violence

Assessment and Diagnosis


I have worked at the New York City Board of Education as a high school teacher and in a

clinical capacity in a special Non-Public School Program as a guidance counselor /social worker.

This NPS Program serviced grades K-12 in a Title I program. This program afforded me the

opportunity to do individual, group, and family work in a school setting. I also have agency

experience working with a variety of clients including; depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and

children and adolescents. I received a certificate for completion of a course of study in

psychoanalytic psychotherapy training. I now have a private practice in Westchester working

with children and adults. I work with children under twelve. I am a Registered Play Therapist

(RPT), and apply Play Therapy when appropriate in my practice.

NAME: Diaon M. Clarke, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

Clinical Social Work Fordham University (PhD); M.S.W. Fordham University (2009); M.S.,

Fairfield University (2004); B.S. Psychology (2001), Syracuse University


Clinical Practice II

Clinical Practice I


Diaon M. Clarke, LCSW is a highly trained psychotherapist with expertise in trauma and related

experience in the field of child welfare and prevention services. She is a Clinic Manager for the

Mental Health Division of ANDRUS a leading provider of trauma informed services for children

and families throughout Westchester County and the tristate area. In addition, Diaon has a

private practice serving children, adolescents and adults. Diaon’s areas of specialty include:

depression, anxiety, physical and sexual assault, childhood trauma, job related stress and

transitional life issues. Diaon’s leadership in the field of mental health has increased awareness

and understanding about the complexities faced by many families to secure social capital; social-

emotional well-being, healthy living, access to quality health care, housing, education and

appropriate community supports.

NAME: Valerie Cursio

DEGREES EARNED:

J.D. Fordham School of Law (1995), M.S.W. Fordham University (2010)


Social Policy I

Human Behavior and the Social Environment I & II

Human Rights and Social Justice

Research I


Valerie began her social work career with JCY-Westchester Community Partners, where she

served as the director of volunteers. She has worked in the field of aging at all levels of social

work (micro, mezzo & macro) during her tenure as Livable Communities Coordinator for

Westchester County’s Department of Senior Programs and Services. Currently, she serves as

the director of afterschool programs at Family Service Society of Yonkers. Prior to becoming a

social worker, Valerie was a corporate attorney at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson,

where she was fortunate to work on a variety of pro bono matters involving startup nonprofits, as

well as issues relating to healthcare and social security.

NAME: Ralph Depalo

DEGREES EARNED:

Ph.D. New York University (1997). Clinical Social Work; MSW Fordham University (1983).

Casework; BA Iona College (1981). Gerontology

Certificate in analytic training in psychotherapy at The Alfred Adler Institute (1987).


Cognitive/Behavioral Brief Treatment with Children and Adults


Ralph De Palo, PhD., LCSW is currently the Director of Congregate Care for Religious Orders

@ Archcare Senior Life PACE program. He has over 30 years of clinical experience in both

mental health and health care. He is on the scientific advisory boards of Global Stress Initiative

and Stand for the Troops. He is an adjunct professor teaching in clinical practice and human

behavior areas. His clinical expertise, research and areas of interest are in trauma, PTSD,

neuroscience, transdisciplinary care, and palliative care.

NAME: Amanda de Jesús, LCSW-R

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW- Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College (2004)

Doctoral Candidate- Fordham University


Seminar in Clinical Social Work Practice


Amanda is a psychotherapist at a Bronx community health center. She is also the social work

consultant for the Foster Care Film and Community Engagement Project, a series of short films

profiling individual’s journeys through the U.S. foster care system. Her practice experience

includes: preventive services, community mental health, crisis intervention, supervision with

social work interns, and psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults.

Her areas of interest are social work practice with immigrants and refugees, human and labor

trafficking, mental health, and individuals who were previously in foster care.

NAME: Kelly Sullivan Dennis

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service (1995)

Currently a PhD Candidate FUGSSS


HBSE I

HBSE II

HBSE I Online

Clinical Practice I

Clinical Practice II CYF

Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis I


I have been practicing social work for over 20 years after graduating from FUGSSS in 1995.

With my L.C.S.W., my clinical practice has been primarily focused on working with children

and families in a variety of settings. My specializations include crisis intervention, play therapy,

bereavement and trauma. In 2007, I joined the Doctoral Program at GSSS to expand my work

into research and academia. My research interests include working with children and families,

the changing dynamics of older adults, clinical social work, and connecting technology with

social work. I have had the pleasure of teaching in all four of the Fordham GSSS campuses (LC,

WC, Molloy, and Online). I thoroughly enjoy the experience of developing and sharing the

knowledge of social work on clinical, policy and research levels. I look forward to all of the

experiences to come!

NAME: Ivan Diller, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

B.A. Hunter College of the City University of New York (1989), M.S.W.

Fordham University (2007)


Clinical Practice I

Clinical Practice II with Adults and Families

Seminar in Clinical Social Work, Faculty Advisor


Ivan Diller is a licensed clinical social worker providing individual, couple, family, and group

therapy in White Plains, New York. Areas of specialization include sexual orientation and

gender identity (LGBTQ) issues, mixed-orientation marriage, sexual abuse and other trauma,

depression, anxiety, parenting, bullying, divorce, grief and loss, high-school-to-college transition

and adjustment, mid-life, career, and chronic illness including HIV/AIDS.

NAME: Sebastian Douglas

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W., Fordham, GSS (1994)


Research I & II

Human Rights and Social Justice (campus & on-line program)


Over 20 years’ experience working with homeless, and persons living with HIV/AIDS.

Currently, serve as Program Director of a transitional housing program (58 bed- single room

occupancy) in the Bronx serving over 450 homeless adults living with HIV/AIDS per year, and

multiple contracts including HIV/AIDS Services Administration and Ryan White Part A. The

program, which was established in 1994, is recognized as the first of its kind located in Bronx,

New York. Services on site include emergency housing, meals, nutrition, case management,

recreation, harm reduction services and housing placement assistance. Participated on a number

of panels on topics surrounding homelessness and wellness, substance abuse/mental health, and

human rights and social justice related to poverty, education and mass incarceration. Successful

grant writer with over 15 years experiences in writing grants. Specific interest in the area of

research is homelessness, poverty and the integration of a human rights and social justice

paradigm in a social work/community base agency. Additionally, taught research in a Master’s

of Public Administration Program for over six years, and focused on theories of leadership,

research and ethics. Over 15 years’ experience as a research consultant for independent and

community based research.

NAME: C. Susan Feuerwerger

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W., Hunter College School of Social Work (1980)

Other Education: Post Graduate Certificate in Child

& Adolescent Psychotherapy, Fordham University (2008)


Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis


I have had 30 years of experience providing clinical and social work services for high school

students in special education programs both in groups and individually. I coordinated with

parents and caregivers as well as to community based health and mental health providers. We

focused on school success, improved social behaviors, problem solving. I ran groups for

bereavement, adoption and foster care, social skills. I also served on a borough-wide and school-

based crisis intervention teams. Before working in the school system I was a medical social

worker in a hospital where I did casework and psychotherapy in Pediatrics, Pediatric Oncology,

Orthopedics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Pain Management and Emergency Room services. I

helped families cope with the emotions of having a child going through cancer therapy as well as

helping them with their other children. As a social worker I collaborated with medical, nursing

and paraprofessional staff as well as administrative personnel insurance providers. I utilized

hypnotherapy and stress management for pain management and habit modification.

Besides being trained in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, I have completed EMDR training and use it

in the treatment of trauma.

Currently I have a private practice in Stamford, Connecticut.

NAME: Pearl Fisk

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW Fordham University GSSS 1977; MA Columbia University- Teacher's College 1977

other degrees in Education; EdD Fordham University GSSS 1995


Generalist SW Practice I

Generalist SW Practice II


Adjunct faculty almost 20 years….. 1997 (Generalist Practice, SW in Schools, Human

Behavior)

Primarily experience in

Director of Social Work NYC and Calif Hospitals

Supervisor Social Workers NYCDOE

School Social Worker

Hospital SW

NAME: Tracyavon S. Ford

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Adelphi University 1997

Certificate of Advanced Study (Educational Leadership) College of St. Rose 2015


Writing for the Helping Professionals

Social Work and Social Change

Foundations in Social Work Practice

Comparative Social Work

Domestic Violence

Social Work In Schools

Integrative Seminar

Field Instruction I

Field Instruction II

Field Instruction II Extended

Field Instruction IV Portfolio

Field Instruction IV Extended

Field Instruction V (OYR)


17 years’ experience as a School Social Worker (direct practice, clinical, supervisory and

administration- Pre-K to High School. Developed curriculums for regionally accredited BASW

program in a regionally accredited university. Nationally Certified Adult and Youth Mental First

Aid Instructor. Member of National Association of Social Workers, Clinical Social Work

Association and New York State School Social Worker Association.

NAME: Jessica Glass, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

BA Hunter College (1999)

MSW New York University (2002)


SWGS6413, Clinical Social Work Practice I


Jessica Glass, LCSW is a seasoned clinician with over 10 years of managerial experience

working in outpatient clinic settings serving disadvantaged populations. Ms. Glass currently

works in the capacity as Clinical Director at Fortune Society; an agency dedicated serving those

with histories of incarceration or as an alternative to incarceration. Her personal social work

philosophy directly correlates to serving those with histories of incarceration believing in the

possibility for clients to reach their potential and reintegrate and participate in their community.

She works with clients that have complex trauma to develop having their basic concrete needs

met and then using cognitive behavioral treatment to process trauma developing effective coping

strategies and effective relational patterns and support systems. She is dedicated to collaborative

treatment with consumers acting as active participants and in helping individuals rediscover

themselves by providing assistance in empowerment. Ms. Glass helps clients rediscover their

potential, experience integration in their communities, and work toward recovery. In addition to

strong clinical skills, she specializes in improving productivity, knowledge of OMH regulations,

and fiscal budgeting. Through her experience managing staff including psychiatrists, clinical

supervisors, direct social work staff and an administrative team, Ms. Glass notes that she has

learned the impact that policies and administration have on providing client centered

quality services. Through participation in numerous city and state funded projects, she has also

learned that the connection of evidenced practice has the greatest effect in formulating and

establishing sound policies which benefit clientele.

NAME: Denise E. Gosselin

DEGREES EARNED:

B.A. Fairleigh Dickenson University (2001), M.A. New School University

(2009)


Social Policy I: Policy and the Profession

Social Policy II: Human Rights Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Practice


Denise has worked as an educator since 2001. She has worked in elementary, high school and

higher education. She has taught history and social welfare policy at the college level since 2012.

She has also worked for AARP Office of International Affairs, and the United Nations,

Department of Economic and Social Affairs where she wrote the General Assembly Resolution

64/132 of December 2009. As a doctoral student, Denise has worked as a Research Assistant for

Dr. Pardasani and Dr. Berkman in the Innovative Senior Center Study and Dr. Perez in the Loss

of Homeland Study. As a Teacher Assistant, she has assisted Dr. Allyne-Green in Generalist

Social Work Practice I and II and Child Abuse and Family Violence course. She is currently

serves as an Executive Board Member of the Catholic Charities Junior Board of NYC and is a

member of the NGO Committee on Aging at the UN and the International Network for the

Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA). Her academic and research interest include older

immigrants, health disparities, structural inequalities and poverty.

NAME: Ralph A. Gregory, LMSW

DEGREE EARNED:

MSSA, Case Westchester Reserve University (1969)


Policy I & II


Mr. Gregory’s entire career has been in the not-for-profit human services sector. During his over

27 year tenure as the chief executive officer of the United Way of Westchester and Putnam, he

brought the public, private and not-for-profit sectors together to establish Hudson Valley 2-1-1,

the Westchester Not-For-Profit Leadership Summit, a community schools initiative, a range of

intergenerational programs as well as homeless and affordable housing projects. Prior to joining

United Way, he served as chief executive officer of two major direct service agencies in the

Midwest – a residential treatment center for neglected and dependent adolescent youth and a

multi-site senior center organization. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at GSS, he

currently serves as a member of the Children FIRST research team that is collaborating with the

Westchester County Department of Social Services on a federally-funded initiative that is

focusing on foster care youth who are at high risk of becoming homeless as they age out of the

system. He also provides consultation/coaching services to not-for-profit professionals and

organizations. In the past, he taught graduate level social policy and systems theory and change

courses at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University.

NAME: Lisa Henshaw, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW, Doctoral Candidate (’16).



Human Behavior in the Social Environment II (in class and online)

Social Justice and Human Rights (In Class and Online)


Lisa Henshaw, LCSW currently serves as the Coordinator for Licensing and Special Projects at

Adelphi University. She began her social work career working with the homeless population,

which led to her interest and passion in working with individuals challenged by mental health

and substance abuse difficulties. Lisa has experience in clinical practice and the community

mental health setting, working with those struggling with mental health and substance abuse and

their families. She also served in supervisory and administrative positions. Lisa maintains a small

private practice while she pursues her doctoral studies and continues her passion of teaching. The

focus of her scholarly and practice interests is on issues related to trauma, misdiagnosis and

military social work.

PUBLICATIONS:

Berger, R., Paul, M.S., & Henshaw, L.A. (2013). Women’s Experience of Infertility: A Multi-

Systemic Perspective. Journal of International Women’s Studies, 14(1), 54-68

NAME: Roberta Herche, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW, Yeshiva University, Wurzweiler School of Social Work (1976)


Leadership and Macro Practice (Fall 2015)

Supervision and Staff Development (Fall 2015)

Client Centered Management

Administration; Human Service Organizations

Social Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Practice

Policy and the Profession


Human Behavior and the Social Environment

Clinical Practice; Methods of Group Practice

Clinical Seminar.

Fordham Center for Non-Profit Leaders, Capstone Course: Creating a Charitable Organization


Roberta Herche, LCSW, has nearly 40 years of social work experience as both a clinician and an

agency administrator. With a specialty in psychiatric social work, she began her career as a

therapist and then clinical supervisor. As an agency administrator for 25 years on the senior or

executive level her practice has included all aspects of nonprofit management and leadership in

programs and agencies in the fields of psychiatric rehabilitation, national refugee resettlement

and immigration policy and advocacy, and comprehensive social services to immigrants

including immigration-focused legal services, economic development, domestic violence,

substance abuse and mental health services. For the past 10 years she has maintained a

comprehensive human services practice that includes psychotherapy, coaching and teaching.

She is also an adjunct instructor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work and at Lehman

College, City University of New York in the Social Work Department.

NAME: Debra Hertz

DEGREES EARNED:

B.A., International Relations & Latin American Studies, American

University, Washington, DC

M.S.W & Ph.D. Fordham University


Practice with Task Group

Client Centered Management

Leadership & Macro Practice I & II

Supervision & Staff Development


Debra Hertz is Managing Director of The Strategy Group, a strategic advisory firm that works to

help strengthen the impact of non-profits and private foundations. The firm works with

organizations on issues related to planning, leadership training, merger negotiations and

integration, and organizational effectiveness. Prior to opening The Strategy Group, Debra served

as Executive Director of the William Pitt Foundation, a private foundation that focuses on

education for low-income youth. Previously she served in several executive positions at a non-

profit agency in Stamford, CT serving families and women who are homeless, persons with

HIV/AIDS, and individuals with mental illness. Debra also brings extensive work serving on and

chairing boards. Most recently, she served as Chair of the Board of Liberation Programs, Inc., a

substance abuse treatment agency serving Fairfield County. Her other current volunteer work

includes serving as chair of the Darien Human Services Commission and on the Board of

Directors of Achievement First Bridgeport Academy.

NAME: Kirk Anthony James

DEGREES EARNED:


Social Policy II: Policy Practice and Human Rights Advocacy


Dr. Kirk Anthony James is an alumnus of the school of Social Policy and Practice at the

University of Pennsylvania (Penn). He completed his doctorate in May 2013. His dissertation

titled: “The Invisible Epidemic In Social Work Academia”, examined the complex phenomena

of mass incarceration utilizing a historical and contemporary analysis. He concluded by

developing curricula for Master level students to increase awareness, activism and holistic

practice in lieu of mass incarceration. Courses developed from his dissertation have currently

been implemented at City College, Columbia University, Temple University, and the University

of Pennsylvania.

During his doctoral studies at the Penn, Dr. James developed and led the Goldring Reentry

Initiative (GRI). The primary goal of the GRI is to reduce recidivism for individuals transitioning

from Philadelphia jails. The program trains clinical and macro level social work student interns

to work with incarcerated individuals (pre and post release) while simultaneously illuminating

(and challenging) macro challenges to successful reentry.

Dr. James has over a decade of leadership experience in various social service fields. He is a

well-respected speaker on issues pertaining to social justice and human rights. His primary

research focuses on deconstructing issues of mass incarceration – Specifically as it pertains to

trauma, cognitive development, culpability, and the examination of systems that perpetuate arrest

and recidivism. Dr. James also founded and co-leads EVOLVE –– A multifaceted human rights

intervention dedicated to ending mass incarceration through the utilization of transformative

education.

NAME: Suzanne W. Janczewski, LCSW, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED:

PhD Candidate, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service (Expected May 2016)

Master of Social Work, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service (May 2011)

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Lafayette College (May 2009)


Social Policy II: Analysis, Advocacy and Practice (Taught since Spring 2015)


Mrs. Janczewski has professional practice experience as a hospital clinical social worker. Since

July 2011, Mrs. Janczewski has worked at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT. She

provides counseling services and biopsychosocial assessments for patients and their families in

the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit and medical floors. From 2012-2013, Mrs. Janczewski also

worked on St. Vincent’s Medical Center’s inpatient psychiatric unit, assisting patients in

discharge planning and coordinating referral services to community resources for continued care.

Mrs. Janczewski developed the orientation curriculum on recognizing abuse and neglect in

vulnerable populations, which is presented to all new employees.

Since September 2010, Mrs. Janczewski has worked as a social worker at Silver Hill Hospital,

which specializes in the treatment of psychiatric and addictive disorders for adolescent and adult

patients. Mrs. Janczewski facilitates group therapy in both the inpatient and extended on-site

transitional living programs. Mrs. Janczewski has a commitment to community service. She is

currently a reading enrichment volunteer for the School Volunteer Association in Bridgeport,

CT. In 2009, Mrs. Janczewski participated in a mission trip to Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic

where she worked with Orphanage Outreach to help teach English to at-risk youths. Mrs.

Jancewski’s research interests include aging and older adults and social work within healthcare.

NAME: Alicia Joel, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:



Spring, 2016 Clinical Social Work Practice 2 with Children,

Youth and Families.


Currently a Part Time Lecturer at Rutgers University with experience teaching Diversity and

Oppression, Clinical Social Work 2 and Clinical Social Work with Adolescents at the Graduate

Level. Other current experience includes consulting for a state program in NJ working with the

criminal justice population. Some responsibilities include conducting evaluations, facilitating

anger management services, couples counseling and individual and group counseling. Past work

includes working with domestic violence victims, individual and family work at a mental health

agency and experience in school systems. Also experienced working with the psychiatric

population as well as within various correctional capacities. Professional credentials include NJ

Certified School Social Worker, Play Therapy Certificate, Clinical Social Work Supervision

Certificate, and SIFI certificate.

NAME: Mary Ann Johnson, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW


Social Work Practice in the Schools

Practice with Abusers of Alcohol and Other Substances


Mary Ann Johnson joined the Fordham GSSS faculty as an adjunct professor in 2012, teaching

Social Work Practice in the Schools and Practice with Abusers of Alcohol and Other Substances.

Mrs. Johnson provided school social work services for 29 years in public schools in Westchester

County, New York. During that time, she also maintained a private practice with adolescents

and their families. Over the years as she worked with students in the school setting, Mrs.

Johnson became interested in the disease of addiction and its impact on adolescents and their

recovery. She studied addiction at New York University School of Social Work where she

earned an Advanced Certificate in the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug-Abusing Clients.

Additionally, she studied with Nancy Boyd-Webb, Ph.D., in Fordham’s Post- Masters Certificate

Program in Child and Adolescent Therapy.

Besides her teaching at Fordham, Mrs. Johnson currently maintains a private practice for

addicted women in recovery in Madison, CT.

NAME: Pamela Jones-Brice

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Syracuse University (1976)


Human Behavior and the Social Environment I and II

Generalist Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups and Communities I and II

Crisis Intervention and Trauma Treatment

Social Work with Adolescents

A member of the adjunct faculty since 2003


Ms. Jones-Brice’s professional experience includes practice in the following areas:

Residential Treatment with adolescent males

Onondaga County (Syracuse) Psychiatric and Forensic Social Worker I and II

Onondaga County (Syracuse) Supervisor of Substance Abuse / Forensic Services / Pre

Admission Screening

School social worker in middle school substance abuse prevention programs and clinician in

outpatient substance abuse programs

Director of the Employee Assistance Program for Verizon (New York Telephone / NYNEX /

Bell Atlantic)

Director of the Social Work Department for the Criminal Defense Division of the Legal Aid

Society

Currently the Director of the Westchester County Employee Assistance Program

Professional Trainer

Private Practice Clinician for more than twenty (20) years

NAME: Karen Joseph DEGREES EARNED:

Masters of Social work, Masters of Business Administration COURSES TAUGHT (or teaching currently) at GSS:

Leadership and Macro Practice II


Social Services and Child Welfare.

NAME: Jeffrey W. Karaban, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

Certification in Psychoanalysis,

Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology 2006

Certification in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy,

Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy 2003

MSW,

Fordham University School of Social Service 1995

Seminar in Field Instruction

Fordham University School of Social Service 1995

LCSW 2005


Clinical Social Work Practice II with Adults and Families

Individual Oriented Treatment


Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis II

Relational Practice with Children, Adolescents and Adults

Modes and Methods of Clinical Supervision (Fordham at China Youth University, Beijing,

China


Jeffrey Karaban, LCSW is a graduate of Fordham University School of Social Service and the

Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology. He is a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist

in private practice in Columbus Circle. In a practice spanning over twenty years he has

developed specialties in working with individuals struggling with sexual and gender identity,

compulsive behavior and work with visual and performing artists. He also works with people

with addictions and eating disorders and with couples.

He is an adjunct professor at Fordham University, School of Social Service, as well as at the

Columbia University Graduate School of Social Work, specializing in clinical courses. He is a

founding member of Mosaic, an organization devoted to the study of theoretical psychological

orientations into a post-modern integrative sensibility. He worked for 16 years at the New York

NAME: Margaret Knapp

DEGREES EARNED:

B.A. Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz (2004), M.S.W. Fordham

University (2014)




Margaret Knapp, LMSW, worked with Easter Seals of Monterey Bay as an Applied Behavioral

Analysis Technician with children with autism for seven years. In addition, she served as the

Executive Director of Siena House in Santa Cruz, California. Siena House is a residence for

women who are pregnant and working to overcome issues of poverty, homelessness, drug

addiction, mental illness and/or involvement in the criminal justice system. Currently Margaret

works at Queens Community House, Eviction Prevention Unit in Jamaica, where she assists

families facing eviction or in the NYC Shelter System, to acquire permanent housing.

NAME: Rochelle Leiber-Miller

DEGREES EARNED:

MS, Hunter College; MSW, Fordham University


HBSE, Clinical 1

School Social Work Practice

Generalist I (Since Fall, 2012)

School-based Practice

Youth and Families

Teen Mental Health

Community Support Systems


Ms. Leiber-Miller has extensive school-based practice, having served in public schools as a

teacher, special educator, and school social worker. She was President of the School Social

Work Association of America from 2009-2012 and has been a board member of the New York

State School Social Workers Association, NASW, and GLSEN Hudson Valley.

Ms. Leiber-Miller published Families as Partners: Making the Connection, in 2012. She has been

a presenter at regional and national social work conferences; served on the Oxford University

Press Advisory Board from 2009-2012; and served as a participant in the President’s Task Force,

a symposium on Restriction and Seclusion in Public Schools, in 2009, at the White House in

Washington DC as well as the National Summit on Recovery for Youth with Substance Abuse.

NAME: Daniel Linhares

DEGREES EARNED:

Psychiatry Board Certification–American Board of Psychiatry and

Neurology (2014)

M.D. - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2009)


SWGS 6431: Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis II

SWGS 6422: Individual Oriented Treatment


Daniel Linhares, MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai. He completed his

medical training at the Federal University of Rio De Janeiro in Brazil. Daniel subsequently

moved to New York City and completed his Residency in Psychiatry at New York Medical

College, where he was Chief Resident. While in residency, he received the American

Psychiatric Association (APA) Resident Recognition Award and the New York Medical College

Award for Clinical Excellence. He also completed a 2-year course in Psychodynamic

Psychotherapy at New York Medical College Psychoanalytic Institute. Following residency,

Daniel completed a Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship at Mount Sinai St. Luke's and

Roosevelt. During his fellowship, he participated in a research project screening for psychiatric

illness in patients admitted to the Mount Sinai St. Luke's CCU and presented the findings in a

poster at the 2014 Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM) Annual Meeting. Daniel

organized and presented another poster at the 2015 American Psychiatric Association (APA)

Annual Meeting regarding the screening for post-partum depression at Mount Sinai Roosevelt.

Daniel has a strong interest in psychosomatic medicine and working within the integrated care

model.

NAME: Antoine Lovell, L.M.S.W, M.P.A

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. New York University (2014)

M.P.A. Long Island University (2006)

B.A. Hunter College, City University of New York (2001)


SWGS 6006 Social Policy I: Policy and the Profession

SWGS 6050, Human Rights and Social Justice, Foundation


Antoine Lovell, L.M.S.W, M.P.A has experience in the fields of housing, homelessness,

organizational management and leadership, workforce development and policy. He has dedicated

his practice career in these areas by working with marginalized populations in social service and

governmental organizations. Throughout his career, Antoine has successfully housed diverse

populations, and drafted economic development legislation for a state legislature. Most recently,

Antoine was the Director of a supportive housing division for a large child welfare organization

that served runaway homeless youth, along with youth in foster care. Antoine’s primary research

interest will focus on diversity and inclusion within the field of social work, youth, race and

racism, poverty, along with social/public policy and their impact on people of African descent.

NAME: Suzanne Marmo

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW, Stony Brook University 1995

Doctoral Candidate Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service


Social Work Practice in Research I, Social Work Practice in Research II

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE: Suzanne Marmo, LCSW is a doctoral candidate and adjunct professor at the Fordham University

Graduate School of Social Service. Her research and scholarly interests are in aging, palliative

care, hospice use by terminally ill cancer patients and the sustainability of social work in hospice

organizations. She is a practicing clinical social worker who specializes in oncology social work

and working with older adults.

NAME: Mary C. McCluskey, DSW, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Columbia School of Social Work (2005), D.S.W. University of Pennsylvania School of

Social Policy and Practice (2015)


TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Dr. McCluskey is an adjunct lecturer at The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy

and Practice and currently teaches Human Behavior in the Social Environment and has also

taught Mental Health Diagnostics. In addition, she teaches Human Behavior in the Social

Environment III at New York University Silver School of Social Work.


Dr. McCluskey currently works in private practice in New York City. She provides

psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for adolescents and adults. She has extensive experience in

the treatment of adult survivors of childhood abuse. She received a certification in

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy from the American Institute of Psychoanalysis in 2007, and is

currently a candidate in psychoanalytic training at AIP. She worked for 6 years at the Karen

Horney Trauma Treatment Center, as well as in various Employee Assistance Program settings.

She began her career in social work as a child protection coordinator at North Central Bronx

Hospital and remains invested and passionate about the prevention of child maltreatment. She is

currently doing research in this area.

NAME: Vera Mehta

DEGREES EARNED:

MS. Boston University (1966), Ph.D. Technische Universität Berlin (1986)


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Human Behavior in the Social Environment, and currently



A dual career as full time social work educator, now as an Adjunct, and with the United Nations

in various capacities. As Secretary of Association for Asian and Pacific Social Work Education

and Schools of Social Work globally, with outreach to 130 countries, provided programmatic

leadership for new and relevant social work curricular innovations to respond to emerging issues.

Specialized and generalist practice in multi-service centers, in counseling, administrative and

policy making positions. Utilization of public-private, civil society and media partnerships,

creative communications and resource mobilization to develop individual services and macro

approaches.

Assistance to governments and non-profit agencies of emerging and transition countries to shape

policy directives, plan and implement effective service delivery with relevant staff training,

evaluation and monitoring. Preparation of UN training materials on development strategies,

poverty eradication, health, peace education, conflict prevention and resolution, human rights,

and empowerment of women, children, youth, refugees, and AIDS for political and social

activism. Extensive writings on political, economic, social, human rights, sustainable

development and arms control issues.

Direct work for ten years on the front lines of the Balkan war, witnessing destruction and torture,

was a life changing experience, culminating in strong commitment to reverence for life, human

dignity and human rights. Currently, close liaison with Amnesty International, Human Rights

Watch, ACLU and other groups for the marginalized, homeless, politically disenfranchised,

immigrants, ethnic minorities, victims of torture, sexual violence and human trafficking, LGBT

and indigenous groups. These cumulative experiences provide a unique background for

transformative teaching to which I am deeply committed.

NAME: Megan Melamed, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW Columbia University (2006)


Clinical Practice 1


Megan is a clinically trained social worker with experience developing, implementing and

administering trauma-informed, person-centered programs for children, teens and adults. She is

dedicated to development and integration on all levels: personal, organizational, and societal.

Megan has worked with a variety of clients in a variety of settings including: ACT teams,

homeless services agencies, schools, and jails. Megan specializes in working with individuals

who are particularly marginalized including homeless individuals with serious mental illness,

individuals with histories of justice involvement, and communities affected by the intersection of

poverty and trauma. In 2011 she was one of 18 professionals in the state of Connecticut selected

to participate in an intensive educational experience aimed at developing and building on the

strengths of emerging leaders statewide. She is also a registered yoga teacher who believes

strongly in the connection of body and mind and regularly utilizes yogic techniques in her work

with clients and staff. Megan currently works as the Director of Reentry for the Manhattan Link

program at CASES.

NAME: Hans Menos

DEGREES EARNED:



Social Policy II


Hans is the Director of Youth Services at The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) in New

York City. He oversees CCA’s Youth Services Division, which advocates for policy change

within city and state government and provides alternative to detention programs for more than

400 court-involved young people each year. Prior to joining CCA, he was a forensic social

worker working with Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn Family courts.

NAME: Gwenith M. Mitchell

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Fordham University, NY (1998),



Clinical Practice I

Supervision and Staff Development


Human Behavior and the Social Environment 1 and 2

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

Gwenith M. Mitchell is an Adjunct Professor and a Faculty Advisor at Fordham’s Graduate

School of Social Service. Ms. Mitchell graduated from Fordham Class of 1998 with her MSW

and has over 20 years of extensive and diversified experience working in human services. Ms.

Mitchell is presently the Director of Training that covers three residential locations in

Westchester County. She also does training and staff development as a consultant to four

schools. Ms. Mitchell is an instructor for both Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid through

the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare. She has trained about 500 heath

care providers in many social service agencies throughout New York State. Mental Health First

Aid is designed to help healthcare and non-health care professionals recognize signs and

symptoms of people experiencing a mental health crisis. Ms. Mitchell teaches many of the

clinical and advanced classes to the students at Fordham. Those courses include: Human Rights

and Social Justice, Clinical Practice 1, Supervision and Staff Development, Clinical Practice

Seminar and Human Behavior and the Social Environment 1 and 2.

NAME: Abigail Nathanson

DEGREES EARNED:




Abigail Nathanson, LCSW is the Manager of Support Groups at the Alzheimer's Association of

New York. Prior to this position, she worked as a Social Work Supervisor at Metropolitan

Jewish Hospice, developing and running a clinical training and supervision program, and as part

of a research team through the Beth Israel Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care

working to identify and address educational and training needs of community geriatric social

workers. Her past experience includes work in multiple healthcare sectors including acute

hospital, nursing home, homecare, outpatient mental health and hospice settings. Ms. Nathanson

holds advanced post-graduate certificates in Clinical Supervision and in Palliative and End-of-

Life care from NYU.

NAME: Anne Marie Norberto

DEGREES EARNED:

LCSW-New York University 2000. Doctoral student Fordham University 2011-present.


HBSE1


My practice expertise is in working with children with special needs and their families. Particular

to children with autism spectrum disorder. I specialized in working with this population for over

the past 15 years. My doctoral studies have allowed me further opportunity to research, present

and enhance my knowledge base in order to better support my work with this population

NAME: Tanzilya Oren

DEGREES EARNED:

M.A. Samarkand University (Uzbekistan, 1997), M.S. in Social Work Columbia University

(2007)


Social Policy II: Human Rights Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Practice


Tanzilya Oren, LMSW, manages the New Immigrant Center at the English-Speaking Union of

the United States. The Center provides a welcoming space for recent immigrants and refugees

where they get to meet long-term Americans, received information on various resources attend

workshops on everyday issues of settling in the U.S., free English classes and one-to-one

conversation sessions with tutors. Previously, she worked at the NYS Department of Labor as an

Immigrant Workforce Counselor, a new position at the agency. In 2007-2009 she was in South

Africa at CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation working in advocacy projects on

protection of civil society and citizen participation in Eurasia and internationally. In her native

Uzbekistan Tanzilya coordinated the first domestic violence and rehabilitation center for victims

of self-immolation and human trafficking, and later led a National Community Development

Network there.

NAME: Anna Ortega-Williams

DEGREES EARNED:

PhD Candidate (2011-present) Fordham University

MSW (2001) Stony Brook University

BS Psychology (1999) Hunter College


SWGS 6605 Community Organization and Community Capacity Building (Adjunct)

SWGS 6321 Generalist Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, and Groups

(Teaching Assistant)


Anna Ortega-Williams, LMSW is the Director of Training and Evaluation at the Red Hook

Initiative (RHI). She is currently pursuing her PhD in Social Work from Fordham University’s

Graduate School of Social Service. Her research is exploring the meaning of organizing among

Black youth and the impact it has upon historical trauma. Ms. Ortega-Williams is a licensed

social worker and has provided individual, group and family counseling since 2002. Ms. Ortega-

Williams leads evaluation and research efforts in her organization, as well as enhances staff

capacity through professional development and training. She has presented at local, citywide,

national, and international conferences to strengthen the visibility and influence of social justice-

based, community-informed social work. She has served on several professional boards,

associations, and organizations that focused on group work, human rights, and community

empowerment. Ms, Ortega-Williams, born and raised in public housing in the Bronx, is a long

time organizer and activist. She connects her daily work and existence to her passion to create a

world where there is racial and economic justice, dignity for all people, and joy.

NAME: Victoria A. Osborne

DEGREES EARNED:

Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, (2008); MSW, Washington University in St. Louis

(1998)


Research I; Clinical Seminar


Dr. Osborne received her PhD in social work from Washington University in 2008. Since that

time, she was Assistant Research Professor at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, and

Assistant Professor in Social Work and Public Health at the University of Missouri. Her

research has been focused on Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

for alcohol misuse. She is particularly interested in training health professionals and students in

the SBIRT, studying effectiveness of implementing and maintaining SBIRT in primary care

practices, understanding marijuana use for pain in older adults, and developing substance use

patient education and health promotion campaigns.

NAME: Gerard Perna, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:



Clinical Practice I & II

Clinical Seminar,

Individual Oriented Treatment, Assessment and Diagnosis

Generalist SW Practice I.


Upon graduation from social work school, I worked with adolescents who lived in group homes

run by Covenant House and then later with runaways in Covenant Houses’s Under 21 program.

While pursuing and completing training in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, I

was working at a mental health clinic located in East New York. Initially I was hired and

worked as a staff therapist and eventually I became the clinical director. I was there for eight

years during the time when both the AIDS epidemic and the use of crack began to impact life

in New York.

Currently I am in full-time private practice. I treat adolescents and adults and do individual

and couples work. In addition to my practice and teaching, I have performed consulting work

and supervision for CASA at Manhattan Family Court and IHI, a mental health agency servicing

the LGBT community.

NAME: Colette Phipps

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. New York University (2004), Licensed (2006)

For instance…… M.S.W. New York University (2008), Ph.D. Fordham

University (2014)




Colette Phipps has been an active force in the geriatric social work field for over 15 years. Her

specializations include working with, advocacy and program development for older adults,

caregivers, and telehealth often with an intergenerational focus. Ms. Phipps is a Research

Analyst at the Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services. As such, she

analyzes demographics, recognizes trends and helps to shape policy for Westchester’s seniors.

Ms. Phipps is a SIFI certified field instructor and has participated in the 2005 and 2015 White

House Conferences on Aging. Other experience includes grant writing, public speaking, event

planning, supervision, and administration.

NAME: Fr. Francis Pizzarelli, SMM, LCSW-R, ACSW, DCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Fordham University, NY (1992), Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, St. Michael’s

College, VT (1990)


SWGS6321 Generalist SW practice I (Molloy Campus)

SWGS6322 Generalist SW practice II (Molloy Campus)

SWGS 6109 Meeting the Challenges of Poverty: Capacity Building with Faith Communities

SWGS6417 Practice with Abusers of Alcohol and Other Substances

SWGS6050 Human Rights and Social Justice

SWGS6014 Women, Work and Poverty

SWGS6007 Social Policy II: Policy Practice and Human Rights Advocacy (PRESENTLY)


In April 1980 I founded Hope House Ministries, a multifaceted human services agency that

reaches out to the poor, broken and wounded among us. In 1993 founded Hope Academy, a

long-term residential nontraditional treatment program for addictions. In 2000 founded the St.

Maximilian Kolbe Outpatient Treatment Center for Addictions. The focus of my social work

practice has been focused on the homeless and undocumented as well as with people battling

addiction. I have lobbied the criminal justice system to release drug addicts to our treatment

residence in lieu of long-term incarceration. In 1996, I was appointed by President Clinton to his

Task Force on Youth Violence, Drugs and Alcohol; I represented the Metropolitan New York

area.

NAME: Erica Ponteen, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED:

B.A. Pace University (2006), M.S.W. New York University (2009)


Human Behavior in the Social Environment I (via online)

Human Behavior in the Social Environment I

Human Behavior in the Social Environment II


Erica Ponteen received her Master of Social Work from the New York University, Silver School

of Social Work and is New York licensed Social Worker. Erica Ponteen has worked as a clinical

social worker in residential programs, schools, and preventive child welfare agencies. Her

academic, research, and professional interests include the bio-psycho-social adjustment of United

States military veterans, child welfare issues, women and youth transformation after crises. Her

unique clinical approach has been recognized as innovating. Consequently, she has presented and

consulted on research projects. Currently, Erica Ponteen is a Ph.D. student at Fordham

University. Erica Ponteen is an adjunct instructor at several universities and currently, the Field

Education Coordinator at Nyack College. She also continues to practice as a clinical Social

Worker.

NAME: Mary Powell

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Fordham University (1999), PhD Candidate (Present)


Human Behavior and the Social Environment I and II

Cognitive-Behavioral Brief Treatment of Children and Adults


I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Nationally Certified Psychoanalyst. I have treated

adults, children, adolescents, couples and groups for over 15 years in both private and public

practice. I received a post-graduate certificate in Psychoanalysis and a post-graduate certificate

in Spiritual Psychotherapy from the Blanton-Peale Institute (2002). I conduct a Dialectical

Behavior Therapy Skills Training group in my private practice. I am a Utilization Reviewer and

trainer for Bridging Access to Care at its mental health center and substance abuse clinics, where

I also provided individual and group supervision. I have taught at Adelphi University, Hunter

College, and New York University courses such as Diagnosis and Assessment; Crisis

Intervention, Brief Psychodynamic Treatment, & Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; and Research

II. I introduce DBT mindfulness exercises to MSW students and other beginning clinicians as a

self-care and clinical education strategy. My interests gravitate toward assisting practicing

clinicians and students with personal and professional self-care and how these can be

implemented into organizations and the educational curriculum. The consistent theme in my

work is related to the strengths and growing areas in organizations, the social work curriculum,

and in the helping professional him or herself, and how these ultimately affect clients.

NAME: Elizabeth Powers, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED: B.A. in Psychology, Webster University

(2004); M.S.W., Fordham University (2008)


Spring 2016: Forensic Social Work Practice


Elizabeth Powers is the Director of Youth Justice at the Children’s Defense Fund – New York

(CDF-NY) where she oversees the Juvenile Justice and Education Justice policy portfolios. Prior

to CDF-NY Elizabeth was a Forensic Social Worker at the Legal Aid Society working as part of

a legal team representing children in New York City’s Family Court. Following her work in the

Bronx and Brooklyn Legal Aid Society trial offices, she served on the Legal Aid Society’s

Special Litigation and Law Reform Unit where she contributed to class action law suits on behalf

of children in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice systems. Elizabeth earned her Bachelor of

Arts in Psychology from Webster University in 2004 and her Master in Social Work degree from

Fordham University in 2008. She completed her Master’s thesis as an intern for the New York

City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, analyzing a pilot mental health treatment

modality for inmates held in punitive segregation at Rikers Island.

NAME: Barbara Probst

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Fordham University (2000), Ph.D. Fordham University (2011)


Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis I and II

Clinical Practice I and II

Clinical Seminar

Human Behavior in the Social Environment I and II


Barbara Probst teaches advanced clinical practice and qualitative research methods (PhD level)

in the graduate schools of social work at Fordham University and Smith College. She has

published extensively in scholarly publications such as the Clinical Social Work Journal,

Families in Society, Journal of Teaching in Social Work, Research on Social Work Practice,

Qualitative Social Work, and Social Work in Mental Health, and has recently published her

second book entitled Critical Thinking in Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis, part of Springer’s

Essential Clinical Social Work Series. Dr. Probst has given dozens of presentations to public and

professional organizations across the country including the Council on Social Work Education

and the Society for Social Work and Research. She is a peer reviewer for a number of scholarly

journals and maintains a private practice specializing in “difficult” children and their families.

Her research focuses on the uses of reflexivity in qualitative research, the experience of receiving

and living with a mental health diagnosis, and how clinical social workers navigate multiple

perspectives in their work.

NAME: Dr. Dawn Ravella

DEGREES EARNED:


D.Min. New York Theological Seminary (2013)

COURSES TAUGHT (and teaching currently) at GSS:

Death and Dying


Dawn Ravella is a social worker who has organized faith communities to respond to human

suffering, poverty and injustice – both locally and internationally – for more than 25 years. She

mobilizes congregants to engage in direct service projects and programs.

Some of Dawn’s favorite accomplishments include the establishment of two overnight shelters

for homeless men; Co-founding East Side Congregations for Housing Justice, a vehicle to

mobilize people of faith to dialogue with elected officials regarding blueprint to end

homelessness in NYC; and the International Ministry she created to facilitate funding and

support for economic development projects in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and

Zimbabwe, Africa.

Currently as Director of Mission at The Reformed Church of Bronxville, Dawn created and

directs a “Coming Home Prison Ministry.” This program provides life skills empowerment

classes and mentoring to formerly incarcerated individuals within the context of supportive

trauma-informed community. This multilayered project has mobilized community members to

engage in many new ways, including systemic change efforts and restorative justice initiatives.

Dawn has also worked with Rainbows International as a National Registered Director –

providing training and leadership to individuals and organizations supporting children

experiencing crisis and loss.

She has maintained a practice of holistic psychotherapy including spirituality and mind/ body

practices.

NAME: Josué Rodriguez, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED:

Fordham University, Graduate School of Social Services, New York, NY

Masters in Social Work (MSW): 2000

Nyack College, Nyack, NY Bachelor of Science (BS) Organizational

Management. 1996

Advance Certificates:

Columbia University, Graduate Business School - Executive Education, New York, NY

Certificate in Business Excellence (CIBE). 2014

Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, New York, NY

Certificate in Management and Labor Relations. 1983


Adjunct Faculty: Social Policy II: Policy Practice and Human Rights Advocacy – 2015

Faculty Adviser: Advance Integrative Seminar 2008 – Present

Field Instructor: 2003 – 2008


I am presently the President and Founder of Leadership Practice Consultant. For over 23 years I

provide serves in The South Bronx in the following capacities; Associate Executive Director and

Chief Operating Officer (COO) of East Side House Settlement, Associate Director of Aspira of

NY, Inc. overseeing a Beacon School, and I worked with the NYC Office of the Mayor's Office

of Public Safety/Office of Drug Abuse Policy – assisting in the implementation of the Mott

Haven Restoration Project (A Federal Weed & Seed Program) addressing drug abuse, crime,

education, and economic development in the South Bronx.

In a partnership with NYC Department of Education and East Side House Settlement, I was the

NYS Certified School Social Worker (CSSW) who provided social work services to students (in

grades 9th

through 12th

) and their families. In addition, provided supervision of all social services

provided by social workers and social work interns from the agency’s Social Services Program.

Additionally, I provided supervision of the school’s College Preparation & Leadership Program

(CPLP).

NAME Paule Rogol, LCSW, CASAC

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW, Hunter College School of Social Work, 2006/ (now Silberman School of

Social Work)

COURSES TAUGHT (and teaching currently) at GSS:

Practice with Abusers of Alcohol and Other Substances (SWGS 6417)


Paule Rogol LCSW, CASAC, is a native New Yorker with nearly a decade of experience

working in the addiction field. She has worked in medical and other clinical settings specializing

in both group and individual treatment with diverse populations. She has presented at

professional conferences on substance use and aging at the annual NASW Addictions conference

and on art in recovery at the NYS Psychological Association. She has supervised social work

students during their internship at the Addiction Institute Opioid Treatment program, and has

been teaching, “Practice with Abusers of Alcohol & other Substances” at Fordham since 2012.

While utilizing various models of addiction, she emphasizes an empathic “harm reduction”

approach and working “where the client is at”. She has studied both psychodynamic and

behavioral approaches to counseling, and integrates motivational interviewing, CBT as well as

other techniques that allow a client to moderate their addictive behaviors when they are ready.

As an instructor, she is thrilled to share her passion about working in this field, and encourages a

dynamic, interactive process in class exploring the many aspects of addiction. She also believes

strongly that addressing the stigma of addiction is an important part of the work, and invites

students to reflect on their own beliefs. She hopes to help students develop a fuller understanding

of the challenges that an individual struggling with addiction faces, so that as future social

workers, they enter the work force with knowledge and compassion about a common, yet

stigmatized, illness.

NAME: Bethany Rogosin

DEGREES EARNED:

B.A. University of Maryland at College Park (1997)



Philanthropy and Resource Development, Fordham Graduate School of Social Service

Proposal Development and Submission, Fordham Non-profit Leadership Program

Fundraising, Fordham, MS in Non-Profit Leadership

Faculty Advisor, Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work


Bethany Rogosin is a non-profit professional with 10+ years of experience in relationship

management, donor strategy and solicitation and large-scale project management. She has

expertise in trustee relations, high-end donor engagement, and cultivation of relationships with

corporations and private foundations. Bethany is currently the Associate Director, KiDS of

NYU Langone Medical Center and her role includes managing the operations of KiDS board

activity and executing large scale projects such as electronic donor communications that reach

over 6,000 supporters and the annual gala, which exceeds revenue of $1 million. Bethany has

previously held positions at The Natan Fund and UJA Federation of New York.

NAME: Marjorie Saltzberg, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

Certificate in Family Therapy, Hunter College School of Social Work (1986)

MSW, Hunter College School of Social Work (1975)

BA, University of Pennsylvania (1969)


Family Treatment; Group

Clinical Practice I

Clinical Practice II (adults and families; children, youth, and families)

Clinical Practice Seminar; Crisis Intervention and Trauma Treatment


I have maintained a private practice with adults and families for 30 years. I published several

articles on clinical practice issues, most recently on group for postpartum mood disorders. I have

a background in medical and psychiatric social work (Manhattan Veterans Administration

Hospital), and was Employee Assistance Program Coordinator (NY Presbyterian Hospital). My

most recent consulting work was giving a Grand Rounds at Maimonides Medical Center on

"Self-Care for Therapists".

NAME: Liz Sak

DEGREES EARNED:

BA, Lehigh University; MBA in Nonprofit Management,

Yale School of Management


Community Organizing


Liz Sak is the executive director of the Cricket Island Foundation a private, family

foundation. CIF funds youth-led social change programs nationally with a particular emphasis on

emerging organizations that work with extremely marginalized populations. Liz came to Cricket

Island 8 years ago after almost two decades of experience running non-profit organizations –

from a Beacon School in the South Bronx to an arts and youth-led social change group in

Manhattan. She currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Philanthropy New York and

on the Executive Committee for the Just and Fair Schools Fund. She has also served on the

Boards of the Empire State Pride Agenda and Hetrick Martin Institute. She spearheaded an

effort to analyze the impact of the recession on social justice philanthropy that resulted in release

of Diminishing Dollars for Social Justice Philanthropy in partnership with the Foundation

Center.

NAME: Harry Schiffman

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW (1979) Hunter College Graduate School of Social Work

For instance…… M.S.W. New York University (2008), Ph.D.

Fordham University (2014)


The On-Line Social Policy 1 6006


Harry Schiffman is currently Community Liaison in the Office of New York State

Assemblymember James Brennen ~ 44 Assembly District. In this capacity Mr. Schiffman helps

constituents apply for social programs ie New York City Senior Citizen Rent Increase

Exemptions (SCRIE). He also represents the Assemblymember at Community Board, Precinct

Council and neighborhood organization meetings. Mr. Schiffman’s expertise is in Community

Organizing and Planning and has been a staff member, executive director and consultant to

neighborhood based organizations throughout the New York City Metropolitan Area. He has

worked in City Government and is active in politics and community organizations in Brooklyn

New York

NAME: Elizabeth Seidel

DEGREES EARNED:

B.A., Bard College (2002), M.S.W. Fordham University (2009)


Research 1 & 2


http://www.fordham.edu/images/academics/graduate_schools/gsss/master_syllabi/master_syllabi_fall_2012/6006.pdf

Elizabeth Seidel is the Manager for Research and Evaluation in the Applied and Translation

Research Program of ACRIA, focusing primarily on psychosocial needs of older adults living

with HIV.

NAME: J. Elisabeth Sheehey, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

N.D.D. (M.F.A. equivalent) University of Wales (1966); M.S.W. Fordham

University (1988); Post-Masters Certificate in Child and Adolescent

Psychotherapy Fordham University (1990)


Human Behavior

Generalist Practice

Clinical Practice



My experience has been varied. While living in London, I served as an administrator of a

residential school for disturbed adolescent girls between 1967 and 1975. After receiving my

MSW, I worked two years for United Hospital as a clinician in an out-patient substance abuse

clinic. Then, between 1990 and 2005 I worked for Westchester Jewish Community Services in a

mental health clinic whose catchment area took in a wide demographic; in 1996, the agency

presented me the Lillian Roemer Award for Clinical Excellence. While at WJCS, I supervised

MSW students from Smith College, NYU, and Fordham; I also taught and supervised students in

the Fordham Post-Masters Certificate program. For the past ten years, I have been in private

practice in Ardsley, New York.

NAME: Louise Skolnik

DEGREES EARNED:

MSW, DSW


Generalist Social Work Practice I

Generalist Social Work Practice II



Practice/ Professional Experience: Professor Emerita, Adelphi University; Associate Dean ,

Adelphi University School of Social Work; Director, The Adelphi Social Services Center;

Deputy Commissioner, Nassau County Department of Social Services; Director of Human

Services, Nassau County Health and Human Services

NAME: Mel A. Solis

DEGREES EARNED: M.A., Fairfield University (1984-Psychology), M.S.W. Columbia

University (1987-Social Work), Certificate in Psychoanalysis (2007-Westchester Institute for the

Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy)


Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis 1 and 2

Practice Seminar.


I have worked with incarcerated individuals and have worked in both in-patient and out-patient

substance abuse and mental health settings. I have been in private practice full time since 2001.

NAME: Helen A. Solomon

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Indiana University (1971)


Clinical Practice I

Clinical Practice II (Adults and Families)


Relational Practice for Children, Adolescents and Adults

Ego, Object Relationships and Self Psychology for Social Workers

Individual Oriented Treatment


Prior to becoming an Adjunct Professor at Fordham (2015) I completed a Post-Masters training

program at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Inc. (IPTAR). I worked

extensively in the child welfare field as both a caseworker and as an administrator in a residential

treatment center for children and adolescents. Additional work experience has been with an in-

patient psychiatric unit of a state hospital and as a clinical consultant to a unit at Mount Sinai

Hospital for sexual abuse and violence intervention. For the past 30 + years I have maintained a

private psychotherapy practice for the treatment of individuals, couples and families.

NAME: Alan I. Stein

DEGREES EARNED:

LCSW, Masters in Psychology, NY State Certification; Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy


Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis SWGS 6430

Seminar Clinical Social Work Practice SWGS 6415


Private Practice 1976- present

Director of Behavioral Medicine Winthrop University Hospital 2000-present

Mentor; Learning Communities Stony Brook Medical School 2013-present

Supervisor of Intake and therapist, Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy and Mental

Health

Staff Summit Child Evaluation Center, Jersey City, NJ

Staff Bernstein Institute at Beth Israel medical Center, drug and alcohol division

Therapist, Blanton Peele Institute

NAME: Allison Landy Treviño-Hartman, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

BA Loyola University

M.S.W. Fordham University




Allison received her BA from Loyola University where she also received the Jane Addams

Social Service Award. She completed her MSW from Fordham University and is a now doctoral

student with a concentration in Social Policy. She was chosen as the 2015 recipient of the Rogler

Fellowship Award and will focus her studies on Latino populations. She is a practicing hospital

social worker with research interests in the human rights of birth parents involved in Adoption,

Foster Care and Child Welfare. Currently, she serves on the Lynn Franklyn Fund Advisory

Committee at the Donaldson Adoption Institute and serves as an advocate for birth parents and

adoptees, groups who are often marginalized domestically and internationally. As a mixed

Mexican and Irish American adopted person, Allison understands the impact of policy and

human rights from a perspective that prompts her activism to advocate for marginalized

populations.

NAME:

Anthony Verdino, LCSW

DEGREES EARNED:

MA Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2004)

MSW, Loyola University Chicago (2007)


Seminar in Clinical Social Work Practice (6415)


Anthony has worked mostly in community-based, outpatient health and mental health settings

providing individual and group therapy. He has spent the majority of his career working with

LGB/T/Q communities, individuals living with HIV/AIDS, and people with mental health or co-

occurring mental health and substance use concerns. Anthony believes that all individuals

develop a unique perception of themselves and the world around them. It is important to assist

clients with acknowledging, connecting to, and internalizing the ways in which they have been

affected by life events and how they have come to understand, view, and interact with the world

around them. People can then begin to make informed decisions about what sort of change they

would like to make and the methods by which they may take action. At his foundation, Anthony

is a harm reductionist by focusing on meeting people at their level of desire or readiness for

change and minimizing the potentially negative impact of stressors, circumstances, and

behaviors. He also uses a strengths-based perspective to empower folks to identify areas where

they may regain control and an insight-focused orientation which involves exploring the needs

and purposes behind people’s reactions and responses to their environment.

NAME: David Vincent

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Boston University (1995), Ph.D. Candidate Fordham University


Supervision and Staff Development, Program and Proposal Development


David Vincent, MSW is the Deputy Executive Director with the Door. In his current capacity

he is responsible for the direction and leadership of a continuum of services targeted at the

social, physical and mental health of some of New York City’s most vulnerable adolescents.

Additionally, Mr. Vincent is responsible for the agency’s program expansion efforts and

enhancing the organization’s ability to integrate, deliver and measure its services.

Prior to joining the Door, Mr. Vincent was the Associate Executive Director of Callen-Lorde

Community Health Center in New York City. In this capacity, he was responsible for the

development, implementation and oversight of population and health condition specific services,

including HIV Services, Women’s Health Services, Mental Health, Oral Health Services,

Adolescent Health Services and Health Education, as well as adherence to government funding

requirements and regulatory compliance.

NAME: Linda White-Ryan

DEGREES EARNED:


Ph. D. Fordham University (2012)


Generalist Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations and

Communities

Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Social work Practice with Abusers of Alcohol and Other Substances


Linda White-Ryan, Ph.D, LMSW, R.N., CASAC, is Assistant Dean at Fordham University

Graduate School of Social Service. She received both her Ph.D. and MSW from Fordham

University. She currently teaches at Fordham University courses in advanced clinical assessment

and diagnosis and social work practice with abusers of alcohol and other substances. Dr. White-

Ryan has 25 years of experience working in the health care field working in mental health and

substance abuse in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings. She has developed alcohol and

substance abuse prevention workshops and presented them in many school systems throughout

Westchester County. Dr. White-Ryan is a social work clinician with a private practice

specializing in working with children, adolescents, and their families regarding behavioral

problems and issues involving alcohol and substance abuse. Dr. White-Ryan is also a researcher

and her current research interests involve older adults with alcohol and substance abuse

problems.

NAME: Terri L. Wilder

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. University of Georgia (1992), B.S.W. University of Georgia

(1989)


Social Work and HIV/AIDS; Social Justice, Practice with

Organizations and Communities


Terri L. Wilder, MSW is the Director of HIV/AIDS Education and Training with the Mt. Sinai

Institute for Advanced Medicine. She has worked in HIV services since 1989 providing HIV

social services, coordinating health education for clients and medical providers, and advocating

for policy change. She has presented information on HIV both locally and nationally, having

presented at the United States Conference on AIDS, the National Social Worker and AIDS

Conference, and the National HIV Prevention Conference, to name a few. Many of her articles

on HIV can be found in AIDS Survival Project's Survival News, The Body's Web site, POZ Web

site, as well as Project Inform's Web site. She is currently a doctoral student at Georgia State

University Department of Sociology and recently served on the New York Governor’s Task

Force to Ends.

NAME: Valerie Wood, LCSW, LCADC

DEGREES EARNED:

M.S.W. Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service (1997)


Field Work I

Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis II.


I have extensive experience in both clinical and administrative social work. My clinical

background includes the following experience: community mental health; Senior Clinician at an

urban inpatient substance abuse treatment facility where I supervised clinical staff and

specialized in diagnosing and treating clients with co-occurring disorders; Crisis Intervention in

both domestic violence and in a hospital setting; bariatrics; and a private practice where I have

continued to work with adolescents and adults, I hold a specialization eating disorders and

addiction. I have additionally held leadership positions within non-profit as well as corporate

environments. For example, as Clinical Director for a community mental health agency I

supervised staff, participated in strategic planning, Board development and created as well as

implemented programs and grants. One of my last positions, prior to entering the field of social

work, was as Vice President of Administration for a publicly held corporation. In most of these

positions I have worked extensively at defining new programs based upon community needs,

developed them within context of agency resources, marketed and then implemented them within

the communities they serve. I am additionally active in community outreach, macro-practice, and

I serve as a volunteer with several community organizations.

NAME: Joshua Yoselovsky, LMSW

DEGREES EARNED:

BA in Judaic Studies from CUNY Queens College, MSW from

Fordham University GSS




Social Worker at Brooklyn Community Services - Bed-Stuy Family Center, Staff Therapist,

Field Instructor, and Director of Professional Development at IHI Therapy Center, Instructor at

the HASA Training Academy at Fordham University, Psychotherapist in a group practice

NAME: Michael H. Zisser, Ph.D.

DEGREES EARNED:

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (1979)

MRP, University of Massachusetts – Amherst (1973)

B.A., University of Chicago (1969)


SWGS 6009, Advanced Social Policy Analysis and Planning


Michael H. Zisser is Chief Executive Officer of University Settlement and The Door, two

leading New York City nonprofits that together assist more than 40,000 vulnerable New Yorkers

every year. He’s successfully shepherded both organizations through a period of successful

growth and development, and oversees all operations of both organizations, as well as the

interface between the two. He serves on the boards of the International Federation of

Settlements and Neighborhood Centers and the NYC Human Services Council. He is also the

author of How The Other Sector Survives, a mix of personal narrative, managerial theory, real-

life case studies, classroom lectures and philosophical musings based on his 30+ years of

management experience, including maneuvering unique mergers and acquisitions with other

nonprofits. Previously, Dr. Zisser was the Chairperson and Associate Professor in the

Department of City and Regional Planning at Pratt Institute; he has also taught as an adjunct

professor at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He

holds a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania, and has taught

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