Board Members
The Board of Directors of IPDA reflects the Institute's multidisciplinary approach to serving the addictions professional. Board members include staff, educators, and administrators from treatment, prevention, research, professional associations, training organizations, and academic institutions. Board members represent diverse professional roles such as executive directors, nurses, research scientists, CASAC's, professors, social workers, and physicians. The valuable knowledge, skills, and experience contributed by Board members help make IPDA a rapidly emerging leader in the advancement and improvement of the addictions professional in New York State.
Officers of the Board
President
Ira J. Marion - www.aecom.yu.edu
Vice President
Nancy J. Smyth, PhD - University of Buffalo, School of Social Work
Treasurer
Barbara Gordon Cohen, M.B.A. - KeyBanc Capital Markets
Secretary
Jeffrey R. Savoy, LCSW, CASAC - www.odysseyhouseinc.org
Members:
Cheryl A. Bobe, LCSW, ACSW, CPP - Student Assistance Services Corporation
Marylee Burns, M.Ed., M.A., CRC - NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation www.nyc.gov/hhc
Gerard J. Connors, PhD - Research Institute on Addictions
Patrick T. Crotty - Libertas Partners
Charles J. Devlin, CASAC - World Federation of Therapeutic Communities Daytop Village
Jack C. Fitzpatrick, PhD, CASAC - ANYCAP/Lutheran Medical Center
Suzanne Hall-Westcott, MS - Daytop Village
Merrill Herman, MD - , Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
Patti Juliana, ACSW - Beth Israel Medical Center
Scott Kellogg, PhD - New York University - http://www.psych.nyu.edu/kellogg
Charles E. Lattuca, Senior VP, Public Affairs Group - Praxiis Business Advisors - www.praxiis.com
Valerie Lyons, MSEd, CRC, LMHC - Hunter College OASAS Work Study
Madeline A. Naegle, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN, CS - New York University, Division of Nursing
John Pietropaolo, MPA, CASAC - Chemical Dependency Counseling Program at Finger Lakes Community College
Debra Pantin, MSW - Outpatient Services, Palladia Inc.
Kathleen A. Riddle, President - Outreach Project
Ruth Smith, LCSW, MA, C-CATODSW, CASAC - VIP Community Services
Lala Ashenberg Straussner, DSW - Post Master's Program at TADAC - New York University - Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work
Andrew Tatarsky, Ph.D. - Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and Training Associates
Kevin Wadalavage, MA, CASAC, MAC, NCAC II - Outreach Project
Caroline Waterman, MA, LCRC - Cicatelli Associates Inc