Board of Directors 2009 - 2010


Officers

President
Suzanne Silverstein, M.A., A.T.R.
Co-Founder
Psychological Trauma Center

Board Chair
Daniel Bandari, M.D.
Associate Director
Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive
Care Center & Research
Division of Neuroimmunology
Department of Neurology
USC, Keck School of Medicine

Vice Chair
Diane C. Shapiro, Ph.D.
Director of Human Resources,
A & M Southern California,
The Boeing Company

Secretary
Evelyn Feintech
Past President of Cheerful Helpers,
Board of Directors,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Treasurer
Jon S. Strauss, C.P.A.
Certified Public Accountant

Directors

Larry Baum
Emeritus Director-Internal Consultant,
Community Relations,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

Irving Feintech
Past Chairman,
Board of Directors,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
President, Liberty Building Company

Syed Naqvi, M.D.
Director Pediatric
Psychopharmacology Clinic,
Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Neurosciences
Cedars Sinai Medical Center

David Rimoin, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman of Pediatrics, and
Director of Medical Genetics,
Birth Defects Center,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Robert Silverstein
Past Chairman,
Board of Directors,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
President, Silverstein Investments

Jeffery N. Wilkins, M.D., D.F.A.P.A.
Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Neurosciences
Director, Addiction Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Frank Williams, M.D.
Chief of Family, Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Psychological Trauma Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Board of Advisors

William Arroyo, M.D.
Medical Director for Children's System of Care
Los Angeles Department of Mental Health

John Bendheim, Jr.
President, Inland Homes

Irving Berkovitz, MD
Child Psychiatrist
Specializes in school consultations

Saul L. Brown, MD
Child Psychiatrist
Past Chairman
Department of Psychiatry, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Robert Cohen, Ph.D., M.D.
Steven C. Gordon Family Foundation Chair in Memory Disorders,
Professor in Residence, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
Director, Memory Disorders Center, Research, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences,
Chief of Research for Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Imaging
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Wendy Feintech
Consultant

Martin L. Firestein, J.D.
Attorney

Jackie Goldberg
Assembly Member
45th Assembly District

Kenneth Haber
Consultant Business Development
Warner Bros. On Line

Ben Hoberman
ABC Radio Member

Joseph Kenan, MD
Chief of Forensic Psychiatry
Psychological Trauma Center

Richard Lambert
Consultant
Lambert Fundraising

Enrique Lopez, PsyD
Clinical Neuropsychologist,
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Wendy Wachtell Schine
Program Director
Joseph Drown Foundation

Mark Schwartz
President, Specialty Merchandise Corp.

Rose Selesnick, MA
Educator

Alice Healy-Sesno, Ph.D.
Educational Consultant

Mark Slavkin
Music Center
Director of Public Engagement

Fredrick Spinrad
Attorney

Roxy Szeftel, MD
Director of Family and Child Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences,
Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Thomas Trott, MD
Child Psychiatrist

Robert Tiedemann
Senior Vice President and Regional Manager U.S. Bank

Marleen Wong, Ph.D.
Director, Crisis Counseling and Intervention Services, LAUSD
Director, Trauma Services Adaptation Center for Schools, National Child Traumatic Stress Newtwork