To support our mission to foster the development of a continuum of care across services delivery systems, IHR staff have expertise in policy issues confronting child welfare, child development, criminal justice, vocational, public health, housing, and health care professionals as related to substance use, abuse and dependence. Over the past ten years, IHR staff have published various articles and developed informational and organizational products for policy makers and program development professionals interested in fostering the further development and implementation of cross-disciplinary, collaborative systems of comprehensive care.
Staff
Norma Finkelstein, PhD, Executive Director
Dolly Almonte, Outreach and Engagement Specialist, Project RISE
Vanessa Aluia, BS, Director of Operations
Laurie Baumgartner, Family Care Coordinator, Project RISE
Yvette Benton-Hill, BA, Director, Family Residential Access Services
Terri Bogage, MSW, Director, Family and Children's Services
Mary Ceballos, MA, Family Recovery Specialist, Family and Children's Services, Family Recovery Project
Etta Chin, BS, Business Manager
Dianna Christmas, MPH, Parent-Child Services Coordinator
Evangeline Marie Cobb, Outreach & Engagement Specialist, Project RISE
Andrea Cote, BS, Program Assistant
Marissa Daley, MPA, Operations Manager
Kim Daniels, MBA, Outreach and Engagement Specialist, Project RISE
Susan Dargon-Hart, MSW, LICSW, Director of Homeless Families and HIV Prevention Programs
Ellen DeBiase, BS, Business Manager Assistant
Kate DeCou, PhD, MSW, Trauma Integration Consultant
Harold du Four-Anderson, MEd, LADC-1 Regional Substance Abuse Specialist, Regional Access to Youth Services (RAYS) Project
Kathleen Egan, MSW, LICSW, Clinical Supervisor, Project RISE
Molly Froelich, MA, Access Coordinator for Community Housing
Monty Gada, MSW, Family Recovery Specialist, Family Recovery Project
Krissy Garrison, MSW, Family Care Coordinator, Families Living Together Project
Maggie Giles, MA, MTS, Director of Youth Services
Karen Gould, MSW, LICSW, Director, Families Living Together Project
Glinda Guzman, Outreach and Engagement Specialist, Project RISE
Dawn Haynes, MS, Youth Central Intake & Care Coordination
Marilyn Huffman, Master, CTTS, Tobacco Treatment Specialist
Susana Ismatul, Bilingual Access Coordinator for Family and Youth Residential Substance Abuse Programs
Malikah Jeffries, MS, Regional Substance Abuse Specialist, RAYS Project
Dana Johnson, Outreach and Engagement Specialist, Project RISE
Rich Kania, LADC-1, Regional Substance Abuse Specialist, RAYS Project
Frances Kennedy, BS, Bilingual Access Coordinator/Pregnant Women's Specialist
Christine LaClair, MPH, Outreach & Engagement Specialist, Project RISE
Steve Lucasi, MA, Research Assistant/Librarian
Suzanne Macaluso, Outreach and Engagement Specialist, Project RISE
Laurie Markoff, PhD, Director, Trauma Integration Services
Beth Marron, MSW, Parent-Child Specialist
Lisa Marshall, BA, Regional Substance Abuse Specialist, RAYS Project
Amarilis Martinez, Outreach and Engagement Specialist, Project RISE
Barbara Morse, PhD, FASD System Integration Specialist/Consultant, Project FAST
Jen Morse, AB, Program Assistant
Margaret Murray, MS, Human Resources Manager
Mira Naanes, MA, LADC-1, LMHC, Regional Substance Abuse Specialist, RAYS Project
Ethel Nixon, Youth Engagement Specialist, SAFE Project
Gloria Osorio de Aldaz, BA, Comprehensive Risk Counselor, Project Women RISE
Patricia Patterson, MEd, Parent-Child Specialist/Training Coordinator
Tiffany Pinto, FLT Intern
Katherine Rainwater, MSW, Family Care Coordinator, Families Living Together
Jennifer Rifkin, LICSW, SCAP Coordinator
Amelia Rutter, AB, Program Assistant
Betsy Sanchez, BS, Family Care Coordinator, Project RISE
Kath Schilling, MEd, CAS, LADC, Director, Project WAVE
Marzie Shameer, MSW, Youth Engagement Specialist, SAFE Project
Paula Shepard, Comprehensive Risk Counselor, Project Women RISE
Jacob Sievers, Media Coordinator
Phanide Simon-Ulysse, MSW, Youth Specialist, Suffolk County Adolescent Project
Janet Smeltz, MEd, Director, TAPE Project
Vannasang Souksavath, LICSW, Project Coordinator, SAFE Project
Kay Sweeney, MSW, Family Care Coordinator, Families Living Together Project
Katharine Thomas, BA, Assistant Director
Erin Thompson, MSW, LCSW, Youth Specialist, Suffolk County Adolescent Project
Michelle Walsh, MA, Central Intake Coordinator, Youth Residential Services
M. Enid Watson, MDiv, Director, Screening and Early Identification Programs