Board of Directors

Officers

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Chair

Frank A. Ghinassi, PhD, ABPP

President & Chief Executive Officer, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care 

Senior Vice President, Behavioral Health and Addictions Service Line, RWJBarnabas Health

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Vice Chair

Alan DeStefano, MSW

Executive Director

Cape Atlantic Integrated Network for Kids

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Treasurer

Jacques Hryshko, LPC, ACS

Chief Executive Officer

Family Connections

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Secretary

Derry Holland, LCSW

Chief Executive Officer 

Oaks Integrated Care

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Immediate Past Chair

Anthony Comerford, PhD

Chief Executive Officer

New Hope Integrated Behavioral Health Care

At-Large Members

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Kathryn Colhoun, LCSW

Director of Community Resources and Advocacy

Ocean Partnership for Children, Inc.

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Robert N. Davison, MA, LPC

Chief Executive Officer

Mental Health Association

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Anthony DiFabio, PsyD

President and Chief Executive Officer

Acenda Integrated Health

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Eman Gibson, MBA, LCSW, LCADC

Chief Clinical Officer

Integrity, Inc.

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Howard L. Haughton

Chief Executive Officer Eva’s Village

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Brigitte Johnson, Esq.

President & Chief Executive Officer CarePlus NJ, Inc.

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Erika Kerber, Esq.

President/Executive Director

Community Health Law Project

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Lisa Merritt, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, NE-BC

Chief Nurse Executive

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton

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Louis A. Schwarcz, MA

Chief Executive Officer

Family and Children’s Service

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Shavonda Sumter, MBA

President & Chief Executive Officer

Children’s Aid and Family Services

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Kimberly Veith, MBA, MSW, LCSW, LCADC

Chief Executive Officer

Bright Harbor Healthcare

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Kathy White-Thomas, MS

President and Chief Executive Officer
Volunteers of America-Delaware Valley

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Regina Widdows, MA

President and Chief Executive Officer

SERV Behavioral Health System, Inc.

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Barrett Young, MS

Chief Executive Officer

Rescue Mission of Trenton

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