Table Of Content2013 Annual Conference
2013 Annual Conference ~ Saturday, December 14, 2013 ~ Crowne Plaza Monroe, Jamesburg, NJ
PATHWAYS TO
RECOVERY
Treatment Options
& Approaches
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Crowne Plaza Monroe
Jamesburg, NJ
Agenda
8:30
AM
REGISTRATION
9:30
AM
WELCOME
Mark Perrin, MD, NAMI NJ President
Sylvia Axelrod, MA, NAMI NJ Executive Director
9:45
AM
OPENING
REMARKS
Lynn Kovich, MEd Deputy Commissioner, Division of Mental Health & Addictions Services
10:00
AM
INTRODUCTIONS
Aruna Rao, MA, NAMI NJ Associate Director
DSM5
AND
RDOC:
PERSPECTIVES
ON
DIAGNOSIS
&
TREATMENT
Steven Silverstein, PhD, Director of Research, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care;
Professor of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Robert Stern, MD, Director of Treatment Programs, Essex County Hospital Center &
Institute for Mental Health Policy, Research and Treatment, Associate Clinical
Professor, RWJ Medical School
10:45
AM
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS:
MENTAL
DISORDERS
IN
THE
GENOMIC
AGE
Jay A. Tischfield, PhD, FFACMG, Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Distinguished Professor
of Genetics, Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School, Scientific Director & CEO, RUCDR, Executive Director, Human Genetics
Institute of New Jersey
12:00
PM
LUNCH/BOOK
SIGNING/SALES/DISPLAYS
12:45
PM
DRUM
PERFORMANCE
Mike Veny, Drumming Facilitator
1:00PM
LUNCHEON
PANEL
–
EXPRESSIVE
ARTS
&
RECOVERY
Jacquese Armstrong, Writer & Poet
Jason Insalaco, NAMI NJ In Our Own Voice Presenter
Mike Veny, Drumming Facilitator
Celina Grey, Acting Executive Director, Governor’s Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse,
Panel Moderator
1:50
PM
BREAK
2:00
PM
CONCURRENT
WORKSHOPS
AND
WHITE
HOUSE
DIALOGUE
ON
MENTAL
HEALTH
3:30
PM
ADJOURNMENT
3
Afternoon Workshops
1.Finding
Success
Through
High
School
and
Beyond:
Discussing
EffecUve
Services,
Supports,
Programs,
AcUviUes
and
Resources
for
Children
and
Young
Adults
in
School
&
College
Loca)on:
Windsor
Judy Thompson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, SHRP, Rutgers
Michelle G. Mullen, MS, CRC, CPRP, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, SHRP, Rutgers
Erin Seigh, Transition Coordinator, Transition to Adult Life Project, The Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
2.Aging
Well:
Mental
Health
Among
Seniors
Loca)on:
Brunswick
Dale L. Ofei-Ayisi, MA, LCSW, Coordinator of Community Services, COPSA Geriatric Services, Rutgers
University Behavioral Health Care
Michelle Zechner, MSW, LSW, CPRP, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation &
Counseling Professions, Rutgers School for Health Related Professions
3.Training
the
Judiciary
on
Mental
Illness
Loca)on:
Princeton
Anthony Kearns, Prosecutor, Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office
Theodore J. Romankow, Attorney at Law, Javerbaum Wurgaft
Philip Lubitz, MSW, Associate Director, NAMI NJ, Panel Moderator
4.CogniUve
Behavioral
Therapy:
How
it
Helps
Depression
&
Anxiety
Loca)on:
Kingston
Seth J. Gilihan, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Haverford College
5.Caring
for
Your
Whole
Body:
Hearts,
Minds
&
More
Loca)on:
Forsgate
Kristen Heckeroth & Neha Mehta, NAMI NJ Hearts & Minds
Jill Williams, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Rutgers
Megan Maroney, PharmD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatric Pharmacist, Ernest Mario
School of Pharmacy, Rutgers and Monmouth Medical Center
Meena Murthy, MD, FACE, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Nutrition and Metabolism, Associate Professor
of Medicine at Drexel University & Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
6.Ask
the
Doctor
Loca)on:
Middlesex
Robert Stern, MD, Director of Treatment Programs, Essex County Hospital Center & Institute for Mental
Health Policy, Research and Treatment, Associate Clinical Professor, Rutgers
7.The
Affordable
Health
Care
Act
and
its
Impact
on
New
Jersey
Loca)on:
Mercer
Maura Collinsgru, Health Policy Advocate, NJ Citizen Action
8.Thinking
Outside
the
Box:
Non-‐TradiUonal
&
AlternaUve
Therapies
Loca)on:
Nassau
Tricia Baker, Co-Founder of Attitudes In Reverse, Director of the AIR Dogs: Paws for Minds Program
Mei T. Liu, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Assistant Professor and Psychiatry Clinical Pharmacist, Ernest Mario
School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University and Princeton House Behavioral Health
Kathy Lutz, LCSW, LCADC, CP, TRI, Clinical Coordinator, Rocking Horse Rehab
Donald A. Rauh, MD, PhD, Panel Moderator
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Featured Speakers
Mark
Perrin,
MD
currently
serves
as
Board
President
on
the
NAMI
NJ
Board
of
trustees.
He
has
been
an
Educa)ng
the
Educators
Program
Presenter
and
is
the
author
of
“Psychiatric
Medica)ons
for
Children”.
Mark
has
served
as
President
of
the
NJ
Parent’s
Caucus,
which
spearheaded
the
Children
and
Family
Ini)a)ve
in
order
to
obtain
beVer
mental
health
services
for
children.
He
has
served
as
Chair
on
the
NJ
Community
Mental
Health
Ci)zens
Advisory
Board,
the
State
Mental
Health
Board
and
the
Warren
and
Sussex
County
Mental
Health
Boards;
a
member
of
the
Governor’s
Task
Force
on
Mental
Health
Children’s
CommiVee.
He
is
a
family
member
with
two
sons
who
suffer
from
a
mental
illness.
A]er
comple)ng
his
bachelor’s
degree
at
Princeton
University,
he
earned
his
MD
Degree
at
NYU
School
of
Medicine.
He
has
been
a
physician
for
50
years
and
currently
serves
as
the
Medical
Director
at
Crystal
Lake
Healthcare
&
Rehabilita)on
Center
which
has
become
a
residence
for
many
individuals
with
serious
and
persistent
mental
illness.
Sylvia
Axelrod,
MA
is
the
Execu)ve
Director
of
NAMI
NEW
JERSEY.
During
her
tenure
at
NAMI
NJ,
Ms.
Axelrod
has
ini)ated
a
wide
range
of
programs
focused
on
providing
educa)on,
support
and
advocacy
for
families
and
consumers.
She
was
also
a
pioneer
in
the
fight
for
parity
legisla)on,
promo)ng
comprehensive
services
for
mentally
ill
chemical
abusers,
and
mental
health
educa)on
to
reduce
the
s)gma
of
mental
illness
across
cultures.
Ms.
Axelrod
has
served
on
numerous
governmental
and
stakeholder
advisory
commiVees
and
is
currently
the
Chair
of
the
Governor’s
Council
on
Mental
Health
S)gma.
She
has
received
numerous
awards
for
comba)ng
s)gma
and
promo)ng
understanding
about
mental
illness,
including
the
New
Jersey
Community
Health
Law
Project
Ann
Klein
Advocacy
Award,
the
Eli
Lilly
“Welcome
Back”
Award
for
De-‐s)gma)za)on,
the
NJ
Psychiatric
Associa)on
Ci)zen
of
the
Year
Award,
and
the
Kindred
Spirit
Award.
Lynn
A.
Kovich,
MEd
is
the
Assistant
Commissioner
for
the
New
Jersey
Division
of
Mental
Health
and
Addic)on
Services
(DMHAS)
in
the
Department
of
Human
Services
and
is
the
single
state
authority
for
Mental
Health
and
Substance
Abuse
Disorders.
The
Division
is
responsible
for
the
coordina)on,
administra)on,
management
and
supervision
of
the
ins)tu)onal
and
community
public
mental
health
system,
and
is
also
responsible
for
regula)ng,
monitoring,
planning
and
funding
substance
abuse
preven)on,
treatment
and
recovery
support
services.
Prior
to
her
appointment,
she
was
the
Director
of
Human
Services
in
Lehigh
County,
Pennsylvania.
Ms.
Kovich
holds
a
Bachelor’s
degree
in
psychology
from
Allentown
College
of
St.
Francis
DeSales
and
a
master’s
degree
in
educa)onal
administra)on
from
Lehigh
University.
Aruna
Rao,
MA
is
the
Associate
Director
for
NAMI
New
Jersey
where
she
is
responsible
for
educa)on
and
community
outreach.
She
has
helped
develop
and
sustain
mul)cultural
programming
and
cultural
competence
training,
manages
the
state
NIMH
Outreach
Partnership
Program,
and
the
annual
NAMI
NJ
Walk.
Aruna
is
the
recipient
of
the
2002
NAMI
Na)onal
Mul)cultural
Award,
the
2003
NJ
Asian
American
Associa)on
for
Human
Services
Leadership
Award
and
the
2010
South
Asian
Americans
Leading
Together
Changemaker
award.
She
received
her
BA
from
Bangalore
University
and
a
Masters
in
Mass
Communica)on
from
Temple
University.
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Featured Speakers (cont.)
Steven
Silverstein,
PhD
is
Director
of
Research
and
of
the
Division
of
Schizophrenia
Research
at
Rutgers
University
Behavioral
Health
Care
(UBHC).
He
is
also
Execu)ve
Director
of
the
Violence
Ins)tute
of
New
Jersey
at
Rutgers-‐UBHC;
Execu)ve
Director
of
the
Predoctoral
Internship
Program
in
Clinical
Psychology
at
Rutgers-‐UBHC;
and
Professor
of
Psychiatry
at
Rutgers’
Robert
Wood
Johnson
Medical
School.
He
is
the
former
Chair
of
the
American
Psychological
Associa)on’s
Task
Force
on
Serious
Mental
Illness,
a
member
of
the
execu)ve
commiVee
for
the
NIMH
Cogni)ve
Neuroscience
Treatment
Research
to
Improve
Cogni)on
in
Schizophrenia
project,
a
member
of
the
Adult
Psychopathology
and
Disorders
of
Aging
NIH
study
sec)on,
and
an
Execu)ve
CommiVee
member
of
the
Society
for
Research
in
Psychopathology.
Dr.
Silverstein
received
his
PhD
in
Psychology
from
the
State
University
of
New
York
at
Buffalo
in
1989,
and
completed
his
internship
and
fellowship
at
Cornell
Medical
College
from
1988-‐1990.
His
research
interests
are
in
cogni)ve
and
perceptual
impairments
in
schizophrenia,
rehabilita)on
of
these
problems,
and
psychometric
and
methodological
issues
related
to
their
assessment.
He
has
over
150
publica)ons
related
to
schizophrenia,
is
currently
Principal
Inves)gator
(PI)
on
mul)ple
grants.
Dr.
Silverstein
received
the
2008
US
Psychiatric
Rehabilita)on
Associa)on’s
Armin
Loeb
Award,
the
2009
New
Jersey
Psychological
Associa)on’s
Dis)nguished
Researcher
Award,
and
the
2010
American
Psychological
Founda)on’s
Alexander
Gralnick
Research
Inves)gator
Prize.
Robert
G.
Stern,
MD
is
the
Director
of
Treatment
Programs
at
Essex
County
Hospital
Center
and
Clinical
Associate
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Psychiatry
at
Robert
Wood
Johnson
Medical
School
in
Piscataway.
For
the
past
20
years
Dr.
Stern’s
clinical
work
and
research
have
focused
on
the
treatment
of
pa)ents
with
severe
mental
illness
in
general
and
schizophrenia
in
par)cular.
Dr.
Stern
has
published
over
100
ar)cles,
book
chapters
and
abstracts.
Dr.
Stern
graduated
from
Sackler
School
of
Medicine,
University
of
Tel
Aviv,
and
completed
his
residency
training
and
fellowships
at
Mount
Sinai
School
of
Medicine
in
NYC.
Dr.
Stern
currently
serves
as
the
chairperson
of
the
Public
Psychiatry
CommiVee
of
the
New
Jersey
Psychiatric
Associa)on.
Dr.
Stern
was
inducted
in
2013
as
a
Board
Member
on
the
State
Board
of
Trustees
for
NAMI
NJ.
Jay
A.
Tischfield,
PhD,
FFACMG
is
Founder,
CEO
and
Scien)fic
Director
of
RUCDR
Infinite
Biologics
and
is
responsible
for
its
scien)fic
direc)on,
funding
and
overall
mission.
His
over
200
publica)ons
describe
the
gene)cs
of
severe
combined
immunodeficiency
disease,
inherited
kidney
stone
diseases,
alcoholism,
limb-‐girdle
muscular
dystrophy,
au)sm
and
ToureVe
syndrome,
as
well
as
basic
science
related
to
our
understanding
of
gene)c
stability
in
soma)c
and
pluripotent
stem
cells.
Jay
is
among
the
top
five
percent
of
Na)onal
Ins)tutes
of
Health-‐funded
researchers
for
over
38
years,
with
over
$350
million
in
total
funding
during
the
past
15
years.
Jay
has
current
cer)fica)on
in
two
Medical
Gene)cs
sub-‐special)es
and
is
a
Founding
Fellow
of
the
American
College
of
Medical
Gene)cs.
He
received
the
Dis)nguished
Alumnus
medal
from
Brooklyn
College
and
was
elected
a
Fellow
of
the
American
Associa)on
for
the
Advancement
of
Science.
He
served
as
a
biomedical
infrastructure
advisor
to
Singapore
for
nearly
two
decades.
He
has
held
professorial
appointments
at
five
U.S.
Schools
of
Medicine
and
is
currently
MacMillan
Dis)nguished
Professor
at
Rutgers,
Professor
of
Pediatrics
and
Psychiatry
at
Rutgers
Robert
Wood
Johnson
Medical
School
and
Director
of
the
Human
Gene)cs
Ins)tute
of
New
Jersey.
He
received
his
MPhil
and
PhD
degrees
from
Yale
and
did
a
postdoctoral
fellowship
in
Pediatrics
at
the
University
of
California,
San
Francisco.
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Featured Panel
Jacquese
Armstrong
is
an
In
Our
Own
Voice
presenter,
group
facilitator
for
NAMI
Connec)on,
a
volunteer
at
the
NAMI
NJ
office
and
the
volunteer
coordinator
of
the
Expressive
Arts
Poetry
Program
for
NAMI
NJ.
She
is
also
a
freelance
poet
and
writer
in
Edison,
NJ.
Jacquese’s
work
can
be
seen
most
recently
in
SZ,
Anchor
Magazine,
Black
Magnolias
Literary
Journal,
Blackberry:
a
magazine,
Linden
Avenue
Literary
Journal
and
Vintage
Script.
Jason
Insalaco
began
his
recovery
in
April
1995
following
a
drug-‐induced
manic
episode
that
led
to
his
dual
diagnosis
of
bipolar
I
and
alcohol/drug
addic)on.
Since
that
)me,
he
has
self-‐published
a
book,
No
More
Crutch,
which
is
a
collec)on
of
poetry,
feelings,
and
thoughts
from
early
recovery.
He
also
is
producing
videos
and
speaking
publicly
about
his
personal
experience
with
mental
health
and
addic)on
issues.
Jason
serves
the
mental
health
community
as
a
trained
presenter
and
speaker
for
the
NAMI
NJ
In
Our
Own
Voice
educa)onal
and
advocacy
program.
Visit
his
website:
ins)nc)vebird.com
Mike
Veny
is
a
drummer,
entrepreneur,
speaker,
consultant,
and
has
been
able
to
parlay
his
love
of
music,
and
of
drumming
in
par)cular,
into
mul)ple
successful
career
paths
and
charitable
endeavors.
Mike
is
the
founder
and
owner
of
FastDrumSkills.Com,
MusicLessonBusiness.Com,
and
SupportMusicEduca)on.Com.
Mike
is
on
the
Board
of
Directors
for
the
Fender
Music
Founda)on
and
a
member
of
the
NAMM
Founda)on’s
SupportMusic
Coali)on,
which
seeks
to
strengthen
community
commitment
and
support
for
quality
music
educa)on
in
schools.
As
a
person
who
struggles
with
mental
health
challenges
on
a
daily
basis,
he
is
commiVed
to
sharing
his
experience.
He
is
a
mental
health
speaker
at
mental
health
events
throughout
the
world.
MODERATOR
Celina
Gray
is
a
graduate
of
Brooklyn
College
and
the
Juilliard
School
of
Music.
Celina
currently
serves
on
efforts
that
include
New
Jersey
Veterans
Services
Enhancement
Coali)on,
Monmouth
County
Suicide
Preven)on
Task
Force,
Bergen
Community
College
Wellness
Planning
CommiVee,
Division
of
Mental
Health
and
Addic)on
Services
Suicide
Preven)on
CommiVee,
and
the
New
Jersey
Youth
Development
Council.
She
is
currently
the
Ac)ng
Execu)ve
Director
of
the
Governor’s
Council
on
Alcoholism
and
Drug
Abuse
(GCADA).
In
her
previous
posi)on
as
Execu)ve
Director
of
the
Governor’s
Council
on
Mental
Health
S)gma,
Celina
developed,
implemented
and
oversaw
the
Council’s
signature
statewide
mental
health
and
an)-‐s)gma
public
awareness
campaign,
“A
Community
Effort,”
working
with
community
partners
across
New
Jersey
and
beyond
to
help
change
the
conversa)on
about
mental
health.
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Speaker Biographies
Tricia
Baker,
CPDT-‐KA
(Cer)fied
Professional
Dog
Trainer-‐
Knowledge
Assessed)
is
a
Therapy
Dog
Specialist.
Tricia
is
the
Co-‐Founder
of
AIR
Aqtudes
In
Reverse®,
with
the
mission
to
educate
about
mental
health
&
suicide
preven)on.
Tricia
is
the
Director
of
AIR
Dogs:
Paws
for
Minds™
program
which
is
helping
to
improve
the
overall
mental
well-‐being
of
humans
by
bringing
dogs
into
their
lives.
Tricia
is
a
Cer)fied
American
Kennel
Club
(AKC)
Canine
Good
Ci)zen
Evaluator
(CGC)
and
Cer)fied
Bright
&
Beau)ful
Therapy
Dog
(B&BTD)
Evaluator.
She
and
her
six
dogs
are
involved
in
many
dog
ac)vi)es,
but
most
especially
therapy.
Maura
Collinsgru
is
the
Health
Policy
Advocate
for
NJ
Ci)zen
Ac)on.
She
coordinates
the
development
and
implementa)on
of
public
advocacy
campaigns
on
health
care
issues
and
facilitates
the
organiza)on
and
work
of
the
NJ
for
Health
Care
Coali)on.
Creator
NJ
for
Health
Care
ACA
Ambassador
Program,
Maura
has
trained
hundreds
of
individuals
around
the
State
on
the
new
health
reform
law.
Prior
to
joining
NJ
Ci)zen
Ac)on
Maura
served
as
Execu)ve
Director
of
the
Parent
Informa)on
Center
of
NJ.
Maura
completed
her
BA
in
Communica)on
and
Public
Service
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania
gradua)ng
Magna
Cum
Laude
in
the
spring
of
2012.
Born
and
raised
in
South
Central
New
Jersey,
Maura
currently
resides
with
her
family
in
Palmyra,
Burlington
County.
Seth
J.
Gillihan,
PhD
is
a
Clinical
Assistant
Professor
of
Psychology
in
the
Psychiatry
Department
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania,
and
a
visi)ng
Assistant
Professor
of
Psychology
at
Haverford
College.
Dr.
Gillihan
completed
his
doctoral
training
in
clinical
psychology
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania
where
he
also
was
on
the
faculty
at
the
Center
for
the
Treatment
and
Study
of
Anxiety,
Department
of
Psychiatry,
from
2008-‐2012.
His
research
publica)ons
include
ar)cles
and
book
chapters
on
the
effec)veness
of
cogni)ve-‐behavioral
therapy
(CBT)
for
anxiety
and
depression,
how
CBT
helps
people
to
get
beVer,
and
the
use
of
brain
imaging
to
study
psychiatric
disorders.
Kristen
Heckeroth
is
the
Hearts
&
Minds
coordinator
and
Development
and
Database
Manager
at
NAMI
NJ.
She
serves
on
the
Board
of
Trustees
for
NAMI
Ocean
County,
where
she
also
serves
as
a
NAMI
Connec)on
facilitator.
As
part
of
her
advocacy
efforts
she
is
an
In
Our
Own
Voice
speaker
and
has
tes)fied
before
Congressman
Patrick
Kennedy
on
the
topic
of
mental
health
insurance
parity.
She
completed
her
BA
in
English
Literature
at
Thomas
Edison
State
College.
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Speaker Biographies (cont.)
Anthony
P.
Kearns,
III
Former
Prosecutor,
Hunterdon
County
Prosecutor’s
Office,
graduated
from
Suffolk
University
Law
School
a]er
previously
receiving
a
Masters
in
Counseling
from
Loyola
College.
Prior
to
that,
he
graduated
with
a
double
major
in
Psychology
and
Spanish
from
Saint
Anselm
College.
In
private
prac)ce,
Mr.
Kearns
focused
on
Criminal,
Family,
and
Land
Use
Law.
As
Prosecutor,
Mr.
Kearns
announced
the
launching
of
Hunterdon
County’s
Law
Enforcement
Adolescent
Program
(L.E.A.P.),
which
is
an
early
youth
interven)on
program
that
will
serve
as
a
diversion
from
the
legal
system
and
help
young
offenders
and
their
families
receive
the
necessary
services
to
help
avoid
further
entanglement
in
the
criminal
jus)ce
system.
He
has
worked
with
county-‐based
organiza)ons
to
encourage
and
support
the
preven)on
of
substance
abuse
and
other
preventa)ve
and
educa)onal
programs.
Mr.
Kearns
recently
worked
on
several
statewide
commiVees,
including
being
appointed
to
the
New
Jersey
Supreme
Court
Mental
Health
CommiVee
by
Chief
Jus)ce
Rabner.
Mr.
Kearns
served
as
the
President
of
the
Hunterdon
County
Bar
Associa)on.
He
is
also
a
trained
as
a
family,
adolescent
and
individual
therapist.
Mr.
Kearns
has
dis)nguished
himself
as
Deputy
AVorney
General
for
the
State
of
New
Jersey.
Mei
T.
Liu,
PharmD,
BCPP
received
her
Doctor
of
Pharmacy
degree
from
the
Ernest
Mario
School
of
Pharmacy
in
2004.
A]er
gradua)on,
she
completed
a
pharmacy
prac)ce
residency
at
Saint
Barnabas
Medical
Center
and
psychiatry
specialty
residency
at
University
of
North
Carolina
Hospitals.
Dr.
Liu
is
currently
the
Clinical
Assistant
Professor
at
Ernest
Mario
School
of
Pharmacy
and
Psychiatry
Clinical
Pharmacist
at
Princeton
House
Behavioral
Health.
She
also
achieved
cer)fica)on
as
Board
Cer)fied
Psychiatric
Pharmacist
since
December
2007.
Philip
Lubitz,
MSW
is
the
Associate
Director
of
NAMI
NJ
where
he
is
responsible
for
advocacy
programs
and
law
enforcement
educa)on.
He
has
more
than
30
years
of
experience
in
the
public
mental
health
system
as
a
therapist,
administrator
and
family
advocate.
He
has
served
as
the
New
Jersey
Family
Support
Coordinator
for
15
years
and
is
responsible
for
adop)ng
the
State
Family
Support
Plan
for
Persons
with
a
Serious
Mental
Illness
under
P.L.
1995,
c314
a
law
he
helped
to
write.
He
is
currently
the
Chair
of
the
New
Jersey
Mental
Health
Planning
Council.
He
was
awarded
the
Senator
Paul
Wellstone
award
for
Mental
Health
Advocacy
by
the
NJAMHA
and
The
Governor
Richard
J.
Codey
Mental
Health
Champion
Award
from
NAMI
New
Jersey.
He
received
a
BA
from
the
George
Washington
University
and
a
Masters
in
Social
Work
from
the
Rutgers
School
of
Social
Work.
Kathy
Lutz,
LCSW,
LCADC,
CP,
TRI
is
a
Licensed
Clinical
Social
Worker,
Licensed
Clinical
Alcohol
and
Drug
Counselor,
a
Cer)fied
Psychodrama)st
and
a
PATH
Intl.
Registered
Cer)fied
Riding
Instructor
at
Rocking
Horse
Rehab
(RHR)
providing
equine
assisted
therapies
to
children,
adolescents
and
adults.
Kathy
developed
RHR’s
equine
assisted
mental
health
services
and
is
the
interna)onally
known
author
of
the
social
skills
training
manual,
Horsemanship/Humanship
Skills:
How
Horses
Make
Us
BeVer
People.
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Speaker Biographies (cont.)
Megan
Maroney,
PharmD
earned
her
Doctor
of
Pharmacy
degree
with
highest
honors
from
the
Ernest
Mario
School
of
Pharmacy
at
Rutgers,
the
State
University
of
New
Jersey
in
2009.
A]er
comple)ng
a
one
year
pharmacy
prac)ce
residency
with
a
focus
in
psychiatry
at
Barnabas
Behavioral
Health
Center
in
Toms
River
New
Jersey,
she
went
on
to
join
the
faculty
at
the
Ernest
Mario
School
of
Pharmacy
as
a
Clinical
Assistant
Professor
in
2010.
She
provides
clinical
pharmacy
services
and
pa)ent
medica)on
educa)on
at
Monmouth
Medical
Center
in
Long
Branch,
New
Jersey
in
both
the
inpa)ent
and
outpa)ent
programs.
Neha
Mehta,
MPP
Candidate
graduated
from
Rutgers
University
with
a
BA
in
Poli)cal
Science
and
a
minor
in
Psychology
and
Philosophy.
She
is
cer)fied
as
an
ESL
(English
as
a
Second
Language)
instructor
with
over
2
years
of
teaching
experience.
Currently
she
is
geqng
her
Masters
in
Public
Policy
at
the
Bloustein
School
of
Planning
and
Public
Policy
at
Rutgers
University
and
interns
at
the
Na)onal
Alliance
on
Mental
Illness
New
Jersey
(NAMI
NJ).
She
is
currently
the
Resident
Advisor
at
the
Rutgers
Recovery
House,
for
students
who
are
ac)vely
in
recovery
from
alcohol
and
substance
abuse.
She
serves
the
mental
health
community
as
a
trained
presenter
and
speaker
for
two
of
NAMI
NJ’s
educa)onal
and
advocacy
programs:
In
Our
Own
Voice
and
NAMI
NJ
Hearts
&
Minds.
Addi)onally,
she
is
a
facilitator
at
NAMI
NJ’s
SAMHAJ
consumer
support
group.
Michelle
G.
Mullen-‐Gonzalez,
MS,
CRC,
CPRP
is
an
Assistant
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Psychiatric
Rehabilita)on
of
the
School
of
Health
Related
Professions
at
Rutgers.
She
is
director
of
a
research
team
at
Rutgers
that
focuses
on
developing
and
evalua)ng
psychosocial
interven)ons
that
aim
to
improve
func)onal
outcomes
of
individuals
with
psychiatric
condi)ons
through
a
focus
on
career
development.
She
is
currently
implemen)ng
several
NIDRR-‐funded
projects
focused
on
supported
educa)on
and
other
career-‐development
services
targe)ng
college
students
and/or
transi)on-‐age
youth
with
psychiatric
condi)ons.
Ms.
Mullen-‐Gonzalez
is
the
statewide
technical
assistance
advisor
and
trainer
for
the
supported-‐educa)on
programs
in
New
Jersey
and
has
provided
trainings
na)onally
and
interna)onally
on
supported-‐
educa)on
service
elements
and
research.
Meena
Murthy,
MD
is
Chief
of
the
Division
of
Endocrinology,
Nutri)on
and
Metabolism
at
Saint
Peter’s
University
Hospital.
She
is
the
Director
of
Saint
Peter’s
Thyroid
and
Diabetes
Center
and
Community
Outreach
Director
for
the
Department
of
Medicine.
She
is
an
Associate
Professor
of
Medicine
at
Drexel
University
College
of
Medicine
and
at
Rutgers
–
Robert
Wood
Johnson
Medical
School.
Dr.
Murthy
serves
as
master
trainer
for
Stanford
Chronic
Disease
Self-‐Management
Program
(CDSMP)
and
works
with
New
Jersey
Department
of
Health
and
Senior
Services
(DHSS)
to
develop
peer
leader
par)cipants
for
this
program.
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