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Cultural Competence Standards
in Managed Care Mental Health Services:
Four Underserved/Underrepresented
Racial/Ethnic Groups


APPENDIX B - Panel Members

Panel Members, Project Officers, and Sponsor

African American Panel

Chair

King Davis, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Social Work
Virginia Commonwealth University
1001 West Franklin
Richmond, VA 23284

Members

Marian Brown, M.S.W.
Vice President for Quality Assurance
Options Mental Health Corp.
240 Corporate Boulevard
Norfolk, VA 23502

Frances M. Christian, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
Virginia Commonwealth University
PO Box 980710
Randolph Minor Annex, 3rd Floor
Richmond, VA 23298-0253

Jacqui Ennis, M.P.A.
Department of Health Administration
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 980203
Richmond, VA 23226

Ronald O. Forbes, M.D.
Selman & Associates
Richmond, VA

Hikmah Gardiner
Mental Health Association of
Southeast Pennsylvania
1211 Chestnut Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Olivia Garland, M.P.A.
Director, Managed Behavioral Health Care
Trigon Blue Cross
2221 Ed Holland Drive
Mail Drop 44-E
Richmond, VA 23230

Mareasa Issacs-Shockley, Ph.D.
2262 Hall Place, NW, Suite 204
Washington, DC 20007

Linda James-Myers, Ph.D.
Black Studies Department
Ohio State University
University Hall, Room 484
230 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210

Delores Macey, Ph.D.
Director, Cultural Action Program
Sout Carolina Department of Mental Health
2414 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29202

Napoleon Peoples, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Multi-Cultural Training
University Counseling Services
907 Floyd Avenue, Box 842525
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 23284-2525

Vernellia R. Randall, J.D., R.N.
School of Law
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-1320

Altha Stewart, M.D.
Vice President and C.O.O.
AMOORE Health Systems, Inc.
570 West DeKalb Pike
Building 4, Suite 116
King of Prussia, PA 19406

Cheryl Taylor, Ph.D., R.N.
School of Nursing
North Carolina State University
1601 East Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27411

JoAnn Thomas-Wilson, Ph.D.
Director, Psychological Services
Virginia State University
Box 82
Petersburg, VA 23803

Wilma Townsend, M.S.W.
Chief, Office of Consumer Services
Ohio Department of Mental Health
30 East Broad Street, Room 1180
Columbus, OH 43215

Jean Turner, Ph.D., R.N.
School of Nursing
McCleod Hall
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22903-3395

Ivan Walks, M.D.
Associate National Medical Director
Options Mental Health
240 Corporate Boulevard
Norfolk, VA 23502

Edilma Yearwood
Child Day Hospital
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
21 Bloomingdale Road
White Plains, NY 10605

Asian American & Pacific Islander Panel

Co-Chairs

Evelyn Lee, Ed.D.
RAMS Clinic
3626 Balboa Avenue
San Francisco CA 94117

Stanley Sue, Ph.D.
National Research Center for Asian
American Mental Health
Department of Psychology
Young Hall
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616

Members

Bart Aoki, Ph.D.
Clinical Director
Asian American Recovery Services
785 Market Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103

Jean Lau Chin, Ed.D.
Executive Director
South Cove Community Health Center
145 South Street
Boston, MA 02111

James Chou, M.D.
New York Coalition for Asian-American
Mental Health
Nathan Kline Institute
140 Old Orangeburg Road
Orangeburg, NY 10962

Sandy Fong
Former President
Chinese Family Alliance of the Mentally Ill
1130A Clay Street
San Francisco, CA 94108

Tessie Gullermo, M.S.
Executive Director
Asian & Pacific Islander American
Health Forum
116 New Montgomery Street, #531
San Francisco, CA 94150

Larke Huang, Ph.D.
Consultant
CASSP Technical Assistance Center
Center for Child Health and
Mental Health Policy
Georgetown University
Child Development Center
9012 Mistwood Drive
Potomac, MD 20854

Frank Kim, Ph.D.
Clinical Director
Asian/Pacific Center for Human
Development
1825 York Street
Denver, CO 80206

Jennifer Abe-Kim
Department of Psychology
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Boulevard at West 80th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Luke Kim
National Research Center on Asian
American Mental Health
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616

Karen Kurasaki
National Research Center on Asian
American Mental Health
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616

Ford Kuramoto, D.S.W.
1887 Maplegate Street
Monterey Park, CA 91755

Paul Leung, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry Department
Oregon Health Sciences University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97201

May Lorenzo Ph.D.
Private Practice
72 Kneeland Street, Suite 204
Boston, MA 02111

Francis Lu, M.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
San Francisco General Hospital
University of California
San Francisco, CA 94110

Julie Oliveria, M.S.W., L.S.W.
Adult Service/Director
Waranae Coast Community Mental
Health Center, Inc.
85-670 Farrington Highway
Waranae, HI 96792

Walter Phillips, L.O.S.W.
Director of Mental Health Program
Union of Pan Asian Communities
1031 - 25th Street
San Diego, CA 92102

Steve Shon, M.D.
Medical Director
Texas Department of Mental Health
and Mental Retardation
P.O. Box 12668
Austin, TX 78711

Shobha Sninivasan
National Research Center on
Asian American Mental Health
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616

Chong Suh, Ph.D.
Director, Asian/Pacific Counseling Center
3550 West 6th Street, Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90020

Rieko True, Ph.D.
Former Deputy Director of Health for
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
City and County of San Francisco
5326 Silva Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94103

Tina Yee, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Cultural Competence
and Consumer Relations
Division of Mental Health
City and County of San Francisco
1380 Howard Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103

Latino Panel

Co-Chairs

Hank Balderrama, M.S.W.
Mental Health Division
Washington Department of Social
and Health Services
P.O. Box 45320
Olympia, WA 98504-5320

Andres Pumariega, M.D.
Professor and Chair,
Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Science
James H. Quillen College of Medicine
107 Hillrise Hall
PO Box 70567
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN 37614

Members

Carmen Acosta-Johnson, Ph.D.
Family Advocate
P.O. Box 1687
Taos, NM 87571

Rose Garduno, M.S.W., P/MHNP
8125 SW Ruby Terrace
Portland, OR 97219

Sara Gonzalez
Family Advocate
Nueces County Mental Health/
Mental Retardation Center,
Youth Services
1546 South Brownlee
Corpus Christi, TX 78404

Pablo Hernandez, M.D.
Administrator
Wyoming State Hospital and
Wyoming Division of Behavioral Health
P.O. Box 177
Evanston, WY 82931-0177

Floyd H. Martinez, Ph.D.
Multnomah County Department
of Community and Family Services
421 SW 6th, 7th Floor
Portland, OR 97204-1618

Roberto Quiroz, M.S.W.
Executive Director
Mental Health Corporation of Denver
4141 East Dickenson Place
Denver, CO 80222-6060

Gilberto Romero
Customer Relations Consultant
Division of Mental Health
New Mexico Department of Health
P.O. Box 26110
Santa Fe, NM 87502-6110

Josie Romero, L.C.S.W.
JTR & Associates
5253 Edenvale Avenue
San Jose, CA 95136

Javier Saenz, Ph.D.
Counseling Associates
2787 East 4510 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84117

Joseph Torres, Ph.D.
Consultant for Equal Educational
Opportunity
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
25 Staniford Street
Boston, MA 02114-2575

Native American Panel

Co-Chairs

Candace M. Fleming, Ph.D.
(Kickapoo-Oneida-Cherokee)
National Center for American Indian
and Alaska Native Mental Health Research NCAIANMHR,
UNP A011-13
4455 East 12th Avenue
Denver CO 80220

Jeff King, Ph.D. (Muscogee Creek)
Director, Native American Counseling
and Psychological Consultation
1777 South Bellaire Street, Suite 444
Denver, CO 80222

Members

Naleen Andrade, M.D. (Native Hawaiian)
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry,
University of Hawaii at Manoa
1356 Lusitana Street, 4th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813

Marla Bull Bear (Lakota)
Native American Advocacy Project
P.O. Box 527
Winner, SD 57580

Debbie Carter, M.D.
(African American-Cherokee)
Program for Public Psychiatry
UCHSC Psychiatary, CPH C249-27
4200 East 9th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80262

Marlene Echo Hawk, Ph.D.
(Otoe-Missouria)
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Programs Branch
5300 Homestead Road NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110

Anita Ethelbah-Eicke (Santa Clara Tewa)
Project Consultant
Native American Advocacy Project
038 South Santa Clara
Espaņola, NM 87532

Ralph Forquera (American Indian)
Executive Director
Seattle Indian Health Board
611-12 Avenue South, Suite 200
Seattle, Washington 97144-2007

John W. Gastorf, Ph.D. (Osage)
Director, Behavioral Health Services
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
PO Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465

Joyce Kramer, Ph.D. (Omaha)
Professor, Department of Social Work
220 Bohannon Hall
University of Minnesota at Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812

Teresa LaFromboise, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Education
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-3096

Ron Morton, Ph.D.
(Cherokee-Creek-Choctaw)
Executive Director
San Diego American Indian Health Center
2561 First Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103

Gordon L. Neligh, M.D.
Director, Programs for Public Psychiatry
UCHSC Psychiatry, CPH C249-27
4200 East 9th Avenue
Denver, CO 80262

Scott Nelson, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Office of Mental Health and
Social Service Programs
National Headquarters,
Indian Health Service
5300 Homestead Road NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110

Grace Elaine Sage, Ph.D. (Oneida)
PO Box 238
Arlee, MT 59821-0238

Sharyne Shiu-Thorton (Cherokee)
Department of Health Services
University of Washington - Seattle
Seattle, WA 98165

Noelle Yeun, M.D. (Native Hawaiian)
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
University of Hawaii at Manoa
1356 Lusitana Street, 4th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813

Ben Young, M.D. (Native Hawaiian)
387 Auwinala Road
Kailua, HI 96734

Center for Mental Health Servces
Project Officers

Harriet G. McCombs, Ph.D.
Public Health Advisor
Special Programs Development Branch
Center for Mental Health Services
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18C-05
Rockville, MD 20857

Paul Wohlford, Ph.D.
Chief, Human Resources Planning and
Program Development Branch
Center for Mental Health Services
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15C-18
Rockville, MD 20857

Contracting Organization

A. Marie Sanchez, Project Coordinator
Western Interstate Commission for
Higher Education (WICHE)
Mental Health Program
P.O. Box 9752
Boulder, CO 80301-9752

For further information about the Standards, contact Anne Mathews-Younes, CMHS, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17C-05, Rockville, MD 20857 (301) 443-7790
To receive addional copies of the Standards call SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center, 1-800-789-2447 or visit the Information Center web site mentalhealth.samhsa.gov to view the Standards online.

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