Academic and Community Partners
Leslie Alexander, PhD
Professor of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College
Amy Blank-Wilson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
Cathy Bolton, PhD
Director of Continuous Quality Improvement, Community Behavioral Health, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disabilities
Jim Connell, PhD, BCBA, NASP
Associate Professor in the College of Education at Drexel University, and Research Fellow and Director of the Clinical Core in the AJ Drexel Autism Institute.
Arthur Evans, PhD
Commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services; Clinical Associate Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
John Fantuzzo, PhD
Albert M. Greenfield Professor of Human Relations, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
Jody Foster, MD, MBA
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Hennessy, PhD, MPH
Research Analysis Manager, The Annenberg Public Policy Center, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Patricia Inacker, MS
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Tiffany Hughes, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Matthew Hurford, MD
Medical Director, Hall Mercer Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Naoru Koizumi, PhD
Associate Director of the Center for Study of International Medical Policies and Practices and Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University
Lindsay Lawer, MS
Senior Manager, A.J. Drexel Institute
Jung Min Park, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jennifer Plumb, DSW, LSW
Social Worker in the Division of Child Development, Rehabilitation, and Metabolic Disease at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s in the Regional Autism Center
Larry Real, MD
Medical Director of Horizon House and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Center of Excellence and Innovation in Public Psychiatry
Joe Rogers
Chief Advocacy Officer, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Daniel Romer, PhD
Director of the Adolescent Risk Communication Institute, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
Phyllis Solomon, PhD
Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice; Professor of Social Work in Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Sara Ann Steber, PhD
Director, Technical Assistance and Education Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Irene Wong, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice; Associate Professor of Social Work in Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
