Conference Planning Committees

NIMH Consortium on Family and HIV/STD Research

Willo Pequegnat, Ph.D., Chair, National Institute of Mental Health
Susannah Allison, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
Laurie Bauman, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Carl C. Bell, M.D., Community Mental Health Council, Chicago
Cheryl A. Boyce, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
James Bray, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Joyce Hunter, D.S.W., Columbia University
Larry Icard, D.S.W., Temple University
Beatrice Krauss, Ph.D., Hunter College
Celia Lescano, Ph.D., Bradley/Hasbro Children’s Research Center
Mary McKay, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Velma McBride Murry, Ph.D., University of Georgia
Hilda Pantin, Ph.D., University of Miami
Bruce Rapkin, Ph.D., Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center
Gail E. Wyatt, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles

The Providence Conference Planning Committee:

• Bradley/Hasbro Children’s Research Center
• Larry K. Brown, M.D.
• Celia Lescano, Ph.D.
• Wendy Hadley, Ph.D.
• Christopher Houck, Ph.D.
• Christie Rizzo, Ph.D.
• Marina Tolou-Shams, Ph.D.
• April Peters
• Erin Richard

• The Miriam Hospital
• Charles Carpenter, M.D.
• Kenneth Mayer, M.D.

• Bradley Hospital
• Jessica Grimes

• Brown University AIDS Program (BRUNAP)
• Bradford Briggs

• AIDS Care Ocean State
• Nicole Mollica
• Jill Sabatine

• Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy (CHisPA)
• Carolyn Campos

• Family Service of Rhode Island
• Matthew Roman, LICSW

• International Institute
• Matthew McLaren

• Joseph Jenks Junior High School
• Linda Mendonca, B.S.N., M.Ed., NCSN

• Katie Brown Educational Program
• Andy Robinson, B.A.
• Fran Errante, B.A.

• Progreso Latino
• Vinnie Velazquez

• Rhode Island Department of Health
• Paul Loberti, M.P.H.
• Peter Simon, M.D., M.P.H.

• Rhode Island Family Court
• Chief Judge Jeremiah S. Jeremiah, Jr.
• Kevin Richard, M.A.

• Urban League of Rhode Island
• Dennis Langley, M.A.

• Youth Pride, Inc.
• Stump Olsen