GSPP Faculty

Counseling Psychology (Pleasant Hill)
Counseling Psychology (Campbell)
Sport Psychology
PsyD (Doctor of Psychology)
Organizational Psychology

Counseling Psychology (Pleasant Hill)

Gail Kinsley-Dame, Program Director, MA Counseling Psychology
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Professional Psychology. B.A., John F. Kennedy University, 1987 ;M.A., 1988, John F. Kennedy University. Ms. Kinsley- Dame has been teaching for the University since 1989, and became the Program Director in 2004. She currently teaches Clinical Skills B and C, and Group Theory and Practice. Ms. Kinsley Dame oversees the Child and Adolescent, Couple and Family, Addiction, Expressive Arts, and Independent Specialization options as well as the External Field Placement External Field Placement component. In addition to her role as Program Director, Ms. Kinsley-Dame provides clinical supervision to trainees at the John F. Kennedy Community Counseling Center in Pleasant Hill. As a California licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, she maintains a private practice in Walnut Creek, CA and works to bring the richness of her clinical practice into her teaching. As part of her commitment to community, she consults and teaches Group Process to staff at the Mount Diablo Medical Pavilion in Concord. Kinsley-Dame is an active member of CAMFT as well as AAMFT.

Rina J. Baker
Adjunct Faculty. B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1976; MSW and PPSC University of California at Berkeley, 1978; PhD, California State University at San Diego, 1983. Dr. Baker teaches Clinical Skills and is a supervisor at JFKU's Counseling Center. Additionally, she provides supervision for the school-based program. Dr. Baker's areas of theoretical focus include Developmental models of therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Existential Theory, and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

William E. Barron, II
Adjunct Faculty, John F. Kennedy University Pleasant Hill Community Counseling Center, Professor of psychology. B.A., B.J., University of Texas, 1967; M.A., John F. Kennedy University, 1982; Ph.D., San Francisco School of Psychology, 1995. Dr. Barron has been teaching at John F. Kennedy University as an adjunct professor since 1984 and as a full-time faculty member since 1991. He teaches Clinical Skills A, B and C, Special Issues in Family Therapy, Ethics and the Law, and Human Sexuality. He supervises at the university Community Counseling Center in the Child and Adolescent Program. Dr. Barron oversees the Review and Advisement process and is a member of the Curriculum Committee. He founded the Benicia Family Therapy Clinic in Benicia and is able to integrate current clinical practice into the courses he teaches.

Louise G. Bettner
Adjunct Faculty. B.A. Music Illinois Wesleyan University, 1964; MA, PhD, Clinical Psychology Adelphi University Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies, 1974. Dr. Bettner has been teaching at JFKU since the late 1970's. She currently teaches Specific Theories of Change and Theory and Practice Integration (Psychodynamic Theories) and Continuing and Extended Education classes on clinical supervision and mental health issues in older adults. Dr. Bettner has been a Supervisor at the JFKU Community Counseling Center - Pleasant Hill for more than twenty years. She maintains a private practice in Davis, CA with a specialiation in the psychology of aging and geriatric mental health.

Margo Chapin
Adjunct faculty. B.A., 1983; M.A., University of Wisconsin, 1985; M.S., California State University, Hayward, 1989. Ms. Chapin teaches in the alcohol and drug abuse studies certificate program and the counseling and psychotherapy program at University of California, Berkeley extension. She heads up the East Bay affiliate of the Addictions Institute. Ms. Chapin has a private practice in Oakland where she sees adults in individual and couple's therapy, and provides consultation. She has a general practice with a specialization in trauma and addiction. Ms. Chapin has been studying psychoanalytic theory and clinical technique at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Extension since 1994. She has a special interest in psychological development, trauma and addiction from a psychoanalytic perspective.

Francis Dreher
Adjunct faculty and faculty advisor. B.A., Portland State University, 1977; M.A., John F. Kennedy University, 1982; Ph.D. from American School of Professional Psychology. Mr. Dreher teaches hypnosis classes at the university. He has a private practice as an MFT and teaches hypnosis classes in Mexico and Europe for the Institute for Educational Therapy. His interest in hypnosis and the mind/body connection has led to research in psychoneuro-immunology.

Paul Ehrlich
Adjunct professor of psychology. M.A., Sonoma State University, 1974. Mr. Ehrlich is currently a member of the faculty of the Alcohol and Drug Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley. He also conducts a private consulting practice in San Anselmo, CA. He has worked in the field of chemical dependency treatment since 1970. His work encompasses direct services, clinical supervision, research and administration. Mr. Ehrlich is highly regarded as an educator with special interest in the prevention and treatment of alcohol and other drug problems. He has provided training seminars for therapists and health care and criminal justice professionals throughout the United States and abroad. Formerly, he was co-founder and program director of Forest Farm, a chemical dependency recovery program for adolescents, young adults and their families. Mr. Ehrlich has served as the president of the Bay Area Private Providers Association, a coalition of 35 private chemical dependency treatment programs.

Kristin A. Hancock
Adjunct faculty. B.B., University of California, Berkeley (Slavic Languages & Literature), 1970; B.A., California State University, Hayward (Psychology), 1973; M.S., California State University, Hayward (Counseling), 1975; Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley (Clinical Psychology), 1978. Dr. Hancock has taught Psychopathology, Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Psychology, Consultation and Education, and Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues in Professional Psychology. In 1996, Dr. Hancock was awarded Fellow status in the American Psychological Association (APA) in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the science and profession of psychology. In 2004, she received an award from the National Council of Schools of Professional Psychology (NCSPP) for her work in gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues. Dr. Hancock is currently serving on APA's Board of Professional Affairs. She is past-chair of the Committee on Professional Practice and Standards, the Committee on Women in Psychology, and the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns (CLGBC). She is a past-chair of the Association of Lesbian and Gay Psychologists, past-president of APA's Division 44, and currently represents that division on APA's Council of Representatives. Hancock was the co-chair of a CLGBC/Division 44 Joint Task Force on Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients and, in this capacity, coauthored these guidelines which were adopted by APA in February, 2000. She also assisted in the review of APA's Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change which were adopted by APA in 2002. Dr. Hancock served as clinical supervisor and consulting psychologist at the Project Eden Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program in Hayward from 1992-96 and provided supervision at John F. Kennedy University's Community Counseling Center in Pleasant Hill from 1992-95.

Rhonda James
Adjunct Faculty. B.A., California State University, Sacramento, 1980; M.A., John F. Kennedy University, 1984. Professor James' post-graduate work included extensive and intensive study of cross-cultural and unlearning racism models of training for psychotherapists. Ms. James continues to develop her work and expertise in meeting the clinical needs of children through traditional means, while incorporating art and play therapies. She has developed a Play Therapy Certificate in the university's Continuing and Extended Education department and has been integrally involved in developing the Supervisors' Training curriculum for licensed California therapists. Additional areas of expertise include post-trauma theory and practice with children and adults. Professor James continues to work within her community providing direct psychotherapy service and consultation.

Marilee James King
Adjunct faculty. B.A., Florida Atlantic University, 1971; M.A. in Clinical Psychology and in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, John F. Kennedy University, 1982. Ms. King teaches Sandplay/Sand Tray Therapy and Imagery and The Healing Arts. A licensed marriage, family and child therapist, she has been in private practice specializing in the treatment of women and couples. She is a founding member of the Women's Institute for Counseling. Ms. King lectures and presents at conferences and universities throughout the Bay Area in the use of sandplay and imagery in psychotherapy. She is interested in mind-body healing, especially when it is facilitated through sandplay and interactive imagery.

Sandra Mattar
Adjunct Faculty. MA, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello; PsyD, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Mattar is a licensed psychologist with more than 10 years experience. Her main professional work focuses around immigrant families, the psychology of acculturation, ethnic and racial identity, cross-cultural mental health issues and trauma. Mattar currently teaches in the PsyD and M.A. in Counseling Psychology Programs at John F. Kennedy University and has taught courses for the University of California, Berkeley Extension.

Thomas Michahelles
Professor of psychology. Law degrees in Bavaria, 1972 and 1975; Ph.D. in Law, University of Munich, Germany, 1982; M.A. in Clinical Psychology, John F. Kennedy University, 1985; MFT licensed, 1987. Dr. Michahelles began his teaching career in 1976 as a professor's assistant in law at the University of Augsburg, Germany. After completing his M.A. in California, he started teaching at John F. Kennedy University in 1986, advancing to full professorship in 1996. Dr. Michahelles teaches Ethics and the Law, Psychopathology A and B, Group Process, Specific Theories of Change: The Masterson Approach, Cross-Cultural Counseling, and Family and Systems. He also supervises students at the university's counseling center in Pleasant Hill. He maintains a private psychotherapy and mediation practice in Berkeley and San Francisco and also directs Bay Area Psychotherapy Services, an agency that he founded in 1991 in order to provide low-to-moderate-fee counseling to the general public and training to post-master's interns.

Matthew Mock
Adjunct faculty. B.A., Brown University, 1977; M.A., 1984 and Ph.D., 1991, California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley. In addition to practicing privately in Berkeley as a psychotherapist and consultant, Dr. Mock is program supervisor of the Family, Youth and Children's Multicultural Services for the City of Berkeley Mental Health Division. As an adjunct faculty with the California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda, he focuses on the teaching of sociocultural and psychotherapeutic considerations with Asian-Pacific Americans. Dr. Mock has given recognized presentations locally and nationally to community groups, universities, at conferences, on television and radio, and has written on many subject areas. As a third generation Chinese American, he is highly committed to diversity training, consultation and community issues.

Francine Ostrem
Adjunct Faculty and Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in Expressive Arts Therapy. B.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1984; PhD in Literature, University of California at Berkeley, 1991. In her private practice in Berkeley, Dr. Ostrem focuses on working with artists as well as with children and adolescents. She is particularly interested in creative and educational blocks. Dr. Ostrem currently directs JFKU's Expressive Arts Camp.

Stephen Polin
Adjunct faculty. B.A., City College of New York, 1969; M.A., San Jose State University, 1975. Professor Polin teaches Psychopathology and Specific Theories of Change and supervises at the John F. Kennedy University Counseling Center. He is founder and director of the Oak Creek Counseling Center. In the past he has supervised a county crisis/psychiatric evaluation unit at Marin General Hospital and has counseled and consulted at the Marin County Jail. Currently, he is working on an intersubjective approach to the exploration of resistance and negative transference. Professor Polin presents psychotherapeutic concepts to the general public through his series of articles in the Contra Costa Times. He was honored as Outstanding Teacher of Psychology at John F. Kennedy University in 1993.

Stephen Sardella
Adjunct faculty. B.A., 1973 and M.A., 1974, John F. Kennedy University. Professor Sardella teaches Clinical Skills B and C and Systemic Theory and Family Therapy A and B. He also participates as an examiner on the oral boards for the master's exam and for CE classes at the Counseling Center. He has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1978, providing psychotherapy, supervising interns and directing non-profit programs. Professor Sardella's special interests are control mastery theory in long term psychodynamic therapy and intimacy and communication in marital therapy. He is the co-director of The Center for Family Solutions in Walnut Creek.

Peter H. VanOot
Adjunct faculty. Ph.D., Penn State University,1988. Dr. VanOot has taught at the graduate level for over 15 years and has been with John F. Kennedy University since 1995. He teaches Biological Basis of Behavior, Psychopharmacology, Neuropsychological Assessment, Health Psychology, and Cognitive-Behavioral Theory. His research background includes neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of epilepsy, sleep and anxiety disorders; and he continues to focus on the physiological or medical processes that underlie or contribute to psychological disturbances. Dr. VanOot maintains a private practice in Oakland, specializing in neuropsychological and general psychological assessment/evaluation and is a member of APA Division 38 and 40, as well as the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN).

Eric B. Vogel
Adjunct Faculty. BA, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1991; PsyD, John F. Kennedy University, 2002. Dr. Vogel currently teaches a number of courses, including social and cultural bases of behavior, cognitive and affective bases of behavior, foundations of professional psychology - history and systems, the dissertation proposal sequence, and cognitive psychotherapy for children and adolescents. His research and scholarly interests include cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, art therapy, psychotherapeutic game development, wisdom psychology, and stereotype threat. His most recent professional publication is Land of Psymon: A Cognitive Psychotherapy Game, (Western Psychological Services).

Counseling Psychology (Campbell)

Harvey Cohen, MA, MFT.
Professor; Co-Director, Expressive Arts Kids Camp. BA, California State University, Northridge, 1972; MA, JFK University, 1991. Professor Cohen teaches Group Process, Clinical Skills, Family Systems, and Personality and Psychotherapy. He also holds workshops on "How to Lead Children's Groups" and "How to Teach Parenting Skills Classes." He holds a lifetime teaching credential (K-9). He is in private practice in Sequel and Aptos and can be seen on Santa Cruz Cable's "Parent Talk." Mr. Cohen's special interests are group process and effectiveness, training and development of trainees and interns, team building, and community development.

Craig Clark, MA, MFT.
Director of the School Based Program, Sunnyvale Counseling Center and Core Faculty. BA, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1973; MA, JFK University, 1996. Mr. Clark's interests include adoption issues, fostering children, parenting techniques with oppositional children, Asperger's Syndrome, attachment and bonding, grief and loss issues, trauma, abuse, ADHD, chemical dependency; couples and family therapy. In addition to teaching Child and Adolescent Therapy at JFKU and working in the Sunnyvale Counseling Center, Clark maintains a private practice in Santa Clara and Soquel, California.

Larry Lachman, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist.
Adjunct Faculty. MS, California State University Fuller-ton, 1985; MA, California School of Professional Psychology, 1996; PsyD, California School of Professional Psychology, 1999. Dr. Lachman is a Registered Psychologist with a specialization in Psycho-Oncology at the Family Service Agency of Monterey County, Salinas, California, an Animal Behavior consultant at the Family Animal in Carmel, California, and a Cancer Support Group Facilitator at the Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Salinas, California. He is the host of "The Family Animal Show, which airs weekly on KAZU-90.3 FM, and has published three full-length books: "Dogs on the Couch", (1999 Overlook Press), "Cats on the Counter" (2000 St. Martin's Press), and the upcoming, "Birds off the Perch" (Simon & Schuster, Fireside Books, Fall of 2002). Dr. Lachman is currently writing two new books: All I Learned About Love, I Learned From My Dog: A New Canine Psychology for People and Their Partners, and The Path of Courage: A Patient's Survival Guide to Coping With Cancer.

Ellyn D. Herb, Ph.D., Psychologist.
Adjunct Faculty. BA, University of Cincinnati, 1974; MS, San Jose State University, 1978; Ph.D., Fielding Institute, 1986. Dr. Herb is a licensed psychologist, a certified eating disorders specialist and a certified group psychotherapist. She maintains a private practice in San Jose and currently also works as a psychologist for Santa Clara County Office of Education. Dr. Herb has taught many courses in clinical skills for JFKU and currently teaches electives in the eating disorders certificate program.

Bret K. Johnson, Ph.D., Psychologist.
Adjunct Faculty. BA, University of Colorado, 1981; MA, 1984 and Ph.D., 1987, California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno. Dr. Johnson teaches Psychopathology A/B, Child and Adolescent Therapy, and Special Issues in Family Development. He has also supervised at the JFKU Community Counseling Center in Sunnyvale since its inception, and is a Continuing Education instructor for JFKU, teaching the mandatory HIV/AIDS class. Dr. Johnson is a licensed psychologist in private practice in San Jose and Santa Cruz specializing in divorce therapy, forensic custody and psychological evaluations, gay/lesbian issues, HIV/AIDS issues, and child, couple and adult psychotherapy.

Jim Walt, M.A. MFT.
Adjunct Faculty, BA Psychology California State University Sacramento 1972, M.A. Counseling Psychology CSU Sacramento, 1977. Jim was first licensed as a California Marriage and Family Therapist in 1982. He was President of the 29,000 member California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists in 1994-1995, and is currently on the board for the third time, serving his second term as a member-at-large. Jim is a Professor at John F. Kennedy University, in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology, and has taught there since 1990. He teaches and supervises aspiring MFTs in the art and science of psychotherapy, specializing in Ethics and the Law, Couples Therapy, Brief Therapy, and Professional Outcomes and Accountabilities. He edits and publishes the annual, California MFT Code Reader, a compilation of legislative and disciplinary board codes/rules and regulations for California MFTs. Jim is an seasoned, accomplished and entertaining presenter, using humor and respect for professional intentions to highlight current research that enables practitioners to improve their effectiveness in private practice and agency settings, and reduce professional burnout.

Sport Psychology

Core Faculty

Gail Solt, Program Director, Sport Psychology
Professor. BA, California State University, Hayward, 1965; MA, John F. Kennedy University, 1987. Professor Solt has taught Sport Psychology as Life Skills, Performance Enhancement, Group Process, Optimal Performance, and Adolescents in Sports. She currently oversees the Sport Psychology Program at JFK University. Her professional focus has been on work with children in sports. She initiated the work with at-risk youth at the challenge camp at the Oren Allen Rehabilitation Center in 1993 and, in 1996, she developed the LEAP program, which has become the cornerstone of the fieldwork experience for students. She also designed the Linked MA-PsyD program. Gail has served as the director of Sport Psychology conferences at JFK University from 1989-1995, the Director of Continuing & Extended Education from 1998-2006, and acting Dean of the Graduate School of Professional Psychology from March-October 2006.

Gail has had a private practice in sport psychology since 1987, working with individual athletes and teams, including the UC Davis tennis team. She has presented at Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) conferences, given a number of professional presentations, appeared on television and radio shows and been interviewed by magazines and newspapers. She has been a board member of Community Violence Solutions and the Junior League of Oakland/East Bay.

Gail may be contacted at 925.969.3413 or by email at gsolt@jfku.edu.

Alison Rhodius
Associate Professor and Director of Research for Sport Psychology. BSc (Hons.), Psychology, University of Stirling; MSc, Sport Science, Liverpool John Moores University; PhD, Sport Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University. She oversees the Master/s research process in the sport psycholoogy program and teaches the main introductory class and some of the group supervision classes for the students. She also teaches the introductory sport psychology class for the Continuing & Extended Education department. She is the coordinator of the MA/PsyD linked program.

Alison is accredited for applied work through the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and is certified as a sport psychology consultant through the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). She is on the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Register for Sport Psychology and is a Chartered Psychologist in the United Kingdom with the British Psychological Society.
She has her own private practice in the San Francisco Bay area and works with athletes and coaches from all sports, but has specialized in elite performers. She worked with the British archery team for several years and has worked with both the U.S team and the team from India since moving to the U.S. in 2000. She is the only person to be on the international governing body's (FITA) approved expert list for sport psychology, has travelled the world working with archers and coaches and regularly writes for the international archery magazine, Archery Focus.

2004 was a monumental year for Alison and involved travelling to India, Thailand, Italy, Turkey and Athens to work with elite the archers from various countries. At the Olympics in Athens, she worked with the US team and the British number one archer, who won the bronze medal.

Alison may be contacted at 925.969.3414 or by email at arhodius@jfku.edu.

Karlene Sugarman
Associate Professor, Director of Certificates and Fieldwork Coordinator. BA, St. Mary's College; MA, John F. Kennedy University. Karlene oversees all the Sport Psychology internships. She teaches Ethics, Performance Enhancement, Developing a Consulting Practice, and the Sport Psychology Practicum for the MA/PsyD linked students.

Karlene works as a Sport Psychology Consultant with many athletes and teams from recreational to professional. She has worked with elite athletes in sports such as gymnastics, figure skating, tennis and golf; as well as college and professional athletes in sports such as baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, football and many others. She has been the Sport Psychology Consultant for the University of San Diego baseball team since 1999 and the University of San Francisco baseball team the four years prior to that.

Karlene is the author of Winning the Mental Way. She is a member of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP) and was a member of the Sports Science Committee for the U.S. Tennis Association, Northern California until the committee was dissolved in 1999. She has written articles for magazines such as Collegiate Baseball, New Living, U.S. Handball, FastPitch World, and U.S. Roller Skating, plus many others. She has been quoted in numerous newspaper and sports magazines articles and featured on many radio talk shows. She was the guest speaker for the First Lady's Luncheon at the 1999 Northern Marianas Sports Challenge in Saipan. Karlene was also interviewed with the late Dr. Bruce Ogilvie on the television show "Great Leaders". She has been a guest lecturer for the University of Loughborough in the UK and the Rocky Mountain University of Health Professionals in Utah. She was the keynote speaker at Dominican University in February 2007 for the PsiChi Society Awards Ceremony.

Karlene may be contacted at 925.969.3431 or by email at sugarman@jfku.edu.

C.A. Ramsay
Associate Professor and Director of LEAP. Dip Ed. Physical Education, Australian College of Physical Education; B.A. Physical Education, California State University, Long Beach; M.A. Sport Psychology, John F. Kennedy University. C.A. supervises and supports sport psychology student interns working with sporting teams in the LEAP high school setting. (The LEAP program works with at-risk high school student athletes.) She teaches Theory and Practice of Sport Camps, Team Building and Communication, and Supervisted Field Experience: Clinical Case Seminar. She is also the Director of the Summer Challenge Camp.

C.A. has worked in the field of sport psychology for over ten years and has experience working with athletes of all sports from professional to recreational. Her small private practice in specializes in working with golfers at all levels.. She also works as a life coach for youth, specializing in sport psychology techniques. Throughout the year, C.A. conducts numerous workshops focusing on the mental side of golf in Palm Desert and the Monterey Peninsula area. C.A. contracts with several "at-risk" youth facilities where she designs and implements Inter-Active life skills programs through sport psychology for "at-risk" and incarcerated youth. She is also involved in training staff to teach these programs. C.A. has worked extensively with at-risk youth, teaching sport psychology as life skills. She has worked in residential treatment facilities and juvenile halls all across the country, designing and implementing inter-active life skills programs through sport psychology for incarcerated youth.

C.A. may be contacted at 925.969.3432 or by email at cramsay@jfku.edu.

Alette Coble-Temple, PsyD
Affiliate faculty, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology for MA/PsyD Linked Program. B.S. Santa Clara University, 1993. M.A. Sport Psychology, JFK University, 1995. PsyD, JFK University, 1999. Dr. Coble-Temple teaches Counseling Skills I & II, Psychological Dimenisions of Youth Sport, Psychopathology in Sport, and Clinical Sport Psychology.

She maintains an active consulting practice in which she integrates performance enhancement training with clinical skills to provide culturally sensitive services for individuals, families and teams. Prior to coming to JFK, she worked as a therapist with adolescent girls in a residential treatment facility. Dr. Coble-Temple does ongoing work for the Board of Prison Terms as an independent evaluator for mentally disordered offenders. Her professional interests include injury rehabilitation, team cohesion, performance anxiety, and culturally competent psychotherapy for persons with disabilities. Her personal interests include traveling, public speaking, skiing, and spending time with her family.

Alette may be contacted at 925.969.3439 or by email at act@jfku.edu.

Adjunct Faculty

Ben Bernstein
BA, Bowdoin College, M.Ed. and Ph.D. University of Toronto; MA, Mills College. Dr. Bernstein is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in performance. In his private practice he works with recreational and professional athletes of all ages, training them in his original system of nine core tools to improve performance by reducing stress. The Bernstein Performance Model (BPM) is the basis of Ben's forthcoming book, How to Succeed on Every Test. A second book, The Way to Win applies the BPM to the stress and performance of competitive athletes and is based on the material in Dr. Bernstein's JFK class with the same title. Over the last 25 years he has coached thousands of clients, from executives to Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Academy Award winners and has received numerous awards and grants from the U.S. and Canadian governments. The first director of improvisation at Robert Redford's Sundance Institute in Utah, he has also been selected for a coveted spot on the national speaker's circuit of the American Dental Association. A guest lecturer at many universities in this country and abroad, he is also a master coach at the San Francisco Opera.

Gia Biagi
MA, University of Georgia. Gia has over 12 years of experience in the Sports Management field. She started her career at Stanford University, as the athletic department's marketing coordinator fulfilling sponsorship contracts and managing a $1.3 million budget. Moving to Santa Clara University in 1996, Gia became the Assistant Director of the Bronco Bench Foundation where she raised money for athletic scholarships and organized a range of fundraising events. From 1999 to 2001, while obtaining her Master's in Sport Management from the University of Georgia, she managed the ITA and Southern Collegiate Men's Tennis tournaments as well as worked on the 1999 Women's Final Four and the 2000 Super Bowl. Going back to Santa Clara's Athletic Department in 2001, Gia became the Director of Ticket Operations and Special Projects and then joined the Women's Professional Soccer Association's San Jose CyberRays as Director of Ticket Operations in 2003; there she increased group ticket sales by 40%. Since the leagues closure, Gia has worked as a contractor on special events and at the ticket office of HP Pavilion and San Jose Spartan Stadium.

Erika Carlson
BS, Psychology, Colorado State University; MA, Sport Psychology, John F. Kennedy University. Erika has her Northern California based private practice where she works with recreational to professional athletes of all ages. Erika specializes in youth sports and is the Sport Psychology Consultant for Bodymax Sports Training in Pleasanton, CA. She also works extensively with The National Champion Girls Soccer Club Pleasanton Rage providing services for the clubs teams and individual athletes to increase teamwork and performance. Additionally, she provides coaching education workshops and parent education workshops for all Division I & II teams of The Rage and several other clubs. Other sports that Erika works with include baseball, basketball, softball, football, lacrosse, track volleyball, golf, gymnastics, equestrian, BMX and wrestling. She is a member of Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology and IDEA Health and Fitness Association. She is one of the Sport Camp Director in the sport psychology program at JFKU is an internship supervisor, co-instructor for Theory and Practice of Sport Camps and teaches various Directed Study courses.

Randall Cockshott
MA, Sport Psychology, John F. Kennedy University; PhD, Florida State University. Dr. Cockshott provides sport psychology services to both individuals and teams of all competitive levels in the sports of tennis, golf, basketball, football, baseball, track & field, and swimming and diving. Dr. Cockshott's professional area of expertise includes stress management, motivation, and team cohesion. He has served as a consultant for several of Florida State University's athletic teams, including the Men's Tennis team and Men's and Woman's Diving team as well as consultant for El Salvador's National Institute of Sport (INDES). Dr. Cockshott is a certified consultant through the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology and listed on the United States Olympic Committee's Registry of Sport Psychologists. Dr. Cockshott is currently completing hours towards licensure as a psychologist and is the primary individual responsible for conducting neuro-cognitive assessments in a study of the effects of Deep Brain Stimulation surgery on cognition in individuals with advanced Parkinson's Disease at UCSF and the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

Michael Forde
MSc, Liverpool John Moores University. Michael is a personal and organizational consultant to several leading professional sports in the UK including Bolton Wanderers Football Club, Wigan Warriors Rugby League team and England Rugby Union and numerous others including athletes from professional cricket, PGA golf and motor racing. His academic background is in Sport Science (BSc) and Sport Psychology (MSc) with additional qualifications in Counseling. Mike has presented at numerous conferences in the UK, Europe and the US. He is in his fifth season as a full-time consultant with Bolton Wanderers FC, in the English Premier League, focusing on individual and organizational change. He is a co-guest speaker (with John Murtough) for us on the topic of "Reflections on providing full time sport psychology support with two English Premier League Professional Soccer Clubs: Understanding the roles of the modern sport psychologist within the volatile world of Professional Team Sports".

Jeff Greenwald
MA, John F. Kennedy University; MFT. Jeff was ranked #1 in the world in 2002 in the Men's 35 age division in singles and #1 in the U.S. in both singles and doubles this past year. He is the author of the recently released CD-audio program, FearlessTennis: The 5 Mental Keys To Unlocking Your Potential, now on Amazon.com. He holds a master's degree in clinical psychology with a specialization in sport psychology from John F. Kennedy University. Jeff has been a keynote speaker, focused on performance enhancement, for such diverse organizations as the United States Tennis Association, the USPTA, UCLA Medical Center, NBC and numerous universities, and tennis and golf clubs in the U.S. and Germany. He is a member of the National Speakers Association and is in private practice in San Francisco conducting high-performance training for corporate employees and competitive and recreational athletes in all sports. His seminars in the sports world have ranged from tennis, golf and fitness club owners and directors; to college coaches; to league captains; to parents seeking guidance on relating effectively to student athletes.

Tonya Johnston
MA, John F. Kennedy University. Tonya maintains a sport psychology practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with professional and amateur athletes from a variety of sports including equestrian, volleyball, figure skating, baseball, golf, cycling, bowling, swimming, rodeo, basketball, rowing, and tennis. Tonya specializes in equestrian disciplines such as hunter/jumper, three-day eventing, and dressage. Clients in the hunter/jumper discipline range from youngsters just starting out in the pony divisions, to professionals in the grand prix. She conducts sport psychology clinics and consults with individual clients throughout the US. Tonya has appeared in Ride, Hoofbeats, and Riding magazines.
Tonya teaches Optimal Performance A/B and Psychology of Injury at JFK. For 12 years she was Director of JFKU's Challenge Camp, an internship placement in which optimal performance techniques are taught to incarcerated youth as life skills.

Bruce Keeler
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Keeler received his doctorate in the area of Sport Psychology through the Kinesiology Department at University of California, Los Angeles. He is an AAASP Certified Consultant and is listed on the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology registry. He has an extensive background in research and applied Sport Psychology in the area of competitive youth sport and performance enhancement for elite athletes.

Zoe Knowles
MSc, Liverpool John Moores University. Ms. Knowles is a senior lecturer in coaching science and sport psychology at Liverpool John Moores University in England teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is an accredited sport psychologist with the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and on the British Olympic Association's (BOA) register of sport psychologists. She currently works with the Great Britain archery team and in GB modern pentathlon and Premier division soccer. Zoe also coaches at the elite level and works with two gymnasts within the GB Under 12's squad. Her PhD is exploring the psychological processes of reflection and the professional development, using reflective practice, in coach education. She has written several peer reviewed articles on reflective practice for coach education publications and presented at many international conferences and workshops on this specialist topic. Reflective practice is now a compulsory component in BASES accreditation for sport psychologists and Zoe is an advisor for this process. She is a guest speaker for us on the topic of "Reflective Practice in Sport".

Tom Morin
MA, John F. Kennedy University; MFT. Tom is a psychotherapist in private practice with offices in Oakland and Marin County. He teaches Introduction to Psychology and Abnormal Psychology at Chabot College in Hayward. Tom also works at MPI Treatment Services, a Chemical Dependency treatment center in Oakland. At JFK Tom teaches Couseling Skills I and II, case seminar and a class on substance abuse in sports. He is also a supervisor and was named JFK's supervisor of the year in 2003. Tom is a former swim coach and was Matt Biondi's personal coach for the 1992 Olympics.

John Murtough
John is currently a senior sport scientist and sport psychologist with Fulham soccer Club in the English Premier League, after a very successful seven years with Everton. He has an academic background in Coaching Science (BSc) and Sport Psychology (MSc) and additional qualifications in Counseling and has presented at numerous coaching and sport psychology conferences throughout Europe and the US. John has worked at all levels of player development from under 16 through to senior international first team players. He is a co-guest speaker (with Michael Forde) for us on the topic of "Reflections on providing full time sport psychology support with two English Premier League Professional Soccer Clubs: Understanding the roles of the modern sport psychologist within the volatile world of Professional Team Sports".

Mark Nesti
Dr. Nesti is a reader in sport psychology at York St. John College in the UK. Mark is BASES accredited and has worked as an applied sport psychologist for 15 years. He has an extensive publication record that includes published papers from his PhD on the psychology of anxiety and has recently made several conference presentations that highlight the importance of the spiritual aspect of the sport experience. He is the author of the new book Existential Psychology And Sport: Theory And Application published by Routledge. He also is currently working part-time with one the of the top soccer teams in the English Premier League. He is a guest speaker for us on the topic of "Existential Psychology in Sport".

Ken Ravizza
Dr. Ravizza is a professor in the Division of Kinesiology and Health Science at California State University at Fullerton. He teaches courses in the areas of Sport Philosophy, Applied Sport Psychology, and Stress Management. He has been a Sport Psychology consultant for the U.S. Olympic Field Hockey, Water Polo, and Baseball teams along with numerous individual Olympic Athletes. He also worked with the USA Softball team in preparation for the 2000 Olympics. Ken has been a Sport Psychology Consultant for the Anaheim Angels, the University of Nebraska and Arizona State Football teams, Cal State Fullerton Baseball, Gymnastics, and Softball teams, and Long Beach State Baseball team. He has conducted over 100 Sport Psychology Workshops nationally and internationally. He is co-author of the book Heads-Up Baseball. He also sits on the editorial boards of the journal The Sport Psychologist and Quest. He is a Fellow in Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology.

Doctor of Psychology
A dedicated faculty of practitioner-scholars offers a student-faculty ratio of approximately 13 to 1. In its selection of faculty and program staff, John F. Kennedy University aims to reflect diversity in gender, race, ethnicity, physical ability, sexual orientation, class and other areas.

Sukie Magraw, Program Director, PsyD Program
B.A., Harvard University, 1978; Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology, 1992. Before coming to John F. Kennedy University, Dr. Magraw worked in residential facilities with troubled adolescents as the director of training. Her professional interests are in the areas of integrating psychodynamic, systemic and societal influences when working clinically; resilient children; feminist therapy; and the effects of oppression on the psyche. She is past president of the Association of Family Therapists of Northern California.

Sarah Carroll
Core faculty. Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology. Director of Research. B.S. Duke University, 1983. PhD The Wright Institute, 1998. Dr. Carroll teaches classes in the research sequence including Research Methods, Quantitative Research, and Dissertation Proposal. She also developed the new Writing Like a Psychologist course. Prior to coming to JFK, Dr. Carroll worked as the Immunization Branch Research Coordinator for the California Department of Health Services and as the Research Office Coordinator for The Wright Institute where she helped design the PsyD Program. Prior to returning to school for her doctorate, Dr. Carroll held a number of positions in the computer world, working as a programmer and systems analyst. Her professional interests include Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender issues, the intersection of the personal and political, and psychoanalytic theory. Sarah’s personal interests include sailing, poetry, jazz and Mac computers.

Alette Coble-Temple
Core faculty. Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology. B.S. Santa Clara University, 1993. M.A. Sport Psychology, JFK University, 1995. PsyD, JFK University, 1999. Dr. Coble-Temple teaches IPS-II, IPS-III, Lifespan Development, Child and Adolescent Psychopathology and Treatment, Disability Culture, and Adoption & Psychology. Prior to coming to JFK, she worked as a therapist with adolescent girls in a residential treatment facility. Dr. Coble-Temple does ongoing work for the Board of Prison Terms as an independent evaluator for mentally disordered offenders. Her professional interests include attachment theory and resiliency in children and adolescents, sexuality and disability, forensic psychology, sport psychology, group process, and culturally competent psychotherapy for persons with disabilities. Her personal interests include traveling, public speaking, skiing, and spending time with her family.

Alejandrina Estrada
Core faculty. B.A., University of Puerto Rico, 1975; Ph.D., Wright Institute, 1987. Dr. Estrada has been teaching at John F. Kennedy University since 1993. She teaches Child Development, Child & Adolescent Therapy, Management and Supervision, Cross-Cultural Psychology and the Integrated Professional Seminar for the PsyD Program. She has worked in Outpatient Mental Health for ten years where she provides direct services to low-income children and families. Dr. Estrada acted as the associate director of the Internship Training Program for five years and assisted in the development and implementation of the training program. Currently, she is involved with mentoring and supervision, as well as teaching a seminar on Clinical Interventions with Children and Families of Color. Dr. Estrada is a frequent speaker on such topics as the psychological impact of migration, children's psychological adjustment to parental divorce and family reorganization in blended families. She is in private practice in Concord, CA.

Kristin Hancock
Professor of Psychology. B.B., University of California, Berkeley (Slavic Languages & Literature), 1970; B.A., California State University, Hayward (Psychology), 1973; M.S., California State University, Hayward (Counseling), 1975; Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley (Clinical Psychology), 1978. Dr. Hancock has taught Psychopathology, Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Psychology, Consultation and Education, and Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues in Professional Psychology. In 1996, Dr. Hancock was awarded Fellow status in the American Psychological Association (APA) in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the science and profession of psychology. In 2004, she received an award from the National Council of Schools of Professional Psychology (NCSPP) for her work in gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues. Dr. Hancock is currently serving on APA's Board of Professional Affairs. She is past-chair of the Committee on Professional Practice and Standards, the Committee on Women in Psychology, and the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns (CLGBC). She is a past-chair of the Association of Lesbian and Gay Psychologists, past-president of APA's Division 44, and currently represents that division on APA's Council of Representatives. Hancock was the co-chair of a CLGBC/Division 44 Joint Task Force on Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients and, in this capacity, coauthored these guidelines which were adopted by APA in February, 2000. She also assisted in the review of APA's Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change which were adopted by APA in 2002. Dr. Hancock served as clinical supervisor and consulting psychologist at the Project Eden Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program in Hayward.

Sandra Mattar
Core faculty. M.A., Universidad Catolica Andres Bello; PsyD, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Mattar is a licensed psychologist with more than 10 years experience. Her main professional work focuses around immigrant families, the psychology of acculturation, ethnic and racial identity, cross-cultural mental health issues and trauma. Mattar currently teaches in the PsyD and M.A. in Counseling Psychology Programs at John F. Kennedy University and has taught courses for the University of California, Berkeley Extension.

Tiffany Mimms
Core faculty. Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology. B.A. Claremont McKenna College, 1998. M.A. in Psychology, 2000, and Theology, 2003, from Fuller Theological Seminary. PhD Fuller Theological Seminary, 2004. Dr. Mimms teaches the first year Integrated Professional Seminar. In addition to her work at JFK University, Dr. Mimms is the Special Consultant for Campus Community Programs at UC Davis where her responsibilities focus on communities of color including recruitment, retention, and cultural programming. Her professional interests include gender and ethnic development, sexual assault, religion/spirituality, women of color, and body image issues.

Haydee Montenegro
Core faculty. Professor of clinical psychology, Director of Training. Studies in Licenciatura en Psicologia Clinica, University of Habana, Cuba, 1967; Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, University of Madrid, Spain, 1968; M.A., Social and Personality Psychology, New School University, NYC, 1973; PsyD in Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 1986. Licensed as a Psychologist in New York State. In addition to her role as Training Director, Dr. Montenegro chairs the Training Committee and teaches core courses in the Psychology Department. Dr. Montenegro specializes in forensic psychology, trauma and culturally-based resilience to traumatic events. She represents the World Federation for Mental Health at the United Nations. Dr. Montenegro has an extensive clinical experience. This has been coupled with many years of national and international advocacy in mental health and human rights, as well as labor issues activism. Her labor/management background focuses on leadership training, mediation and conflict resolution. She is bilingual in Spanish and English. Dr. Montenegro is a member of APA and the APA HOPE Program.

Jimmie Turner
Core faculty. B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1969; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1971; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1976. Dr. Turner has taught the Integrated Professional Seminar, World Culture and Post-Modern Theory, and Diversity Issues in the Treatment of Addictions and Chemical Dependency. He oversees the PsyD Review and Advisement Committee. He currently is a member of the Association of Black Psychologists and specializes in the treatment of African American adolescents and adults in private practice.

Peter H. VanOot
Core faculty. Ph.D., Penn State University,1988. Dr. VanOot has taught at the graduate level for over 15 years and has been with John F. Kennedy University since 1995. He teaches Biological Basis of Behavior, Psychopharmacology, Neuropsychological Assessment, Health Psychology, and Cognitive-Behavioral Theory. His research background includes neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of epilepsy, sleep and anxiety disorders; and he continues to focus on the physiological or medical processes that underlie or contribute to psychological disturbances. Dr. VanOot maintains a private practice in Oakland, specializing in neuropsychological and general psychological assessment/evaluation and is a member of APA Division 38 and 40, as well as the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN).

Eric B. Vogel
Core faculty and assistant professor. BA, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1991; PsyD, John F. Kennedy University, 2002. Dr. Vogel currently teaches a number of courses, including Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior, Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior, Foundations of Professional Psychology - History and Systems, the Dissertation Proposal sequence, and Cognitive Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents. His research and scholarly interests include cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, art therapy, psychotherapeutic game development, wisdom psychology, and stereotype threat. His most recent professional publication is Land of Psymon: A Cognitive Psychotherapy Game, (Western Psychological Services). Outside the field of psychology, Dr. Vogel has had work published in literary journals such as Stand, The Antigonish Review and Sanskrit; he also wrote and directed the film Reflected (Human Artifacts Productions).

Kayoko Yokoyama
Core faculty and assistant professor. BA, American University, 1993; MA/EdM, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1996; PhD, Arizona State University, 2003. Dr. Yokoyama joined the PsyD faculty in 2004 and has taught World Cultures and IPS-I. She has worked at university counseling centers in New York, Arizona, and California and has specialized training in eating disorders and body image. Her areas of interest include feminist therapy, multicultural counseling competencies, body image, mind/body connections, and integrative psychotherapy.

Organizational Psychology

Core Faculty

Sharon Mulgrew, M.P.H.
Coordinator of Master's Projects in Organizational Psychology. B.A. in Psychology, Towson University, 1965; M.P.H. in Health Systems Administration, Yale University, 1977. Mulgrew teaches courses on work group process. In 1985, she received the USF, College of Professional Studies "Faculty of the Year" award for her teaching and course design work. Mulgrew brings to her teaching more than 17 earlier years as a therapist, overlapping 25 more recent years as an organizational analyst, consultant, and strategic training designer. She has designed several innovative programs for managers that increase system-wide coordination and effectiveness at Fortune 500, Health Care, and eCommerce companies, and has presented several national talks and workshops and published articles on Internal Service Agreements and Work Group Effectiveness.

Jan Schmuckler, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, B.A., Temple University, 1965; M.Ed., Temple University, 1971; Ph.D., The Wright Institute, 1981. Schmuckler teaches Self as Instrument. Her teaching is based on 25 years of leadership development experience with companies in high-tech, finance, bio-tech and nonprofit organizations. Schmuckler recently conducted research on coaching practices in Bay Area companies. She was the chair of the Graduate Management Program for the John F. Kennedy University School of Management for four years and directed the M.A. in Management for three years. She currently maintains a leadership coaching and management consulting practice. She has numerous articles published in local and national journals.

Beverly Scott, MHRD
Adjunct Faculty, University of Puget Sound, B.A.; University of Iowa, M.A.; University Associates Graduate Program, MHRD, Doctoral Study, Adult Education and Planned Change, University of Michigan. Scott is a consultant to organizations with more than 25 years of experience. She brings clarity, focus, integrity and a sense of purpose to her work. She served for 15 years as the Director of Organization and Management Development for McKesson Corporation. She has a broad range of experience, including large systems change, employee involvement and culture change. She is the author of Consulting on the Inside: An Internal Consultant's Guide to Living and Working Inside Organizations. Her current work includes coaching and development of internal consultants, team development and executive coaching. She also serves as chair of the OD Network Board of Trustees.

Adjunct Faculty

Aaron D. Anderson, PhD
Adjunct Faculty of Organizational Psychology. University of Connecticut, BA 1987, Indiana University, MA 1990, University of Michigan MS 2000 & Ph.D. 2003. Anderson teaches the Human Dynamics of Organizational Change. His primary field of study is organizational behavior within college and university settings. He has worked for over ten years as an administrator on college campuses across the country. His specific area of expertise centers on understanding how people navigate through the turbulence of change and transformation. His academic specialization is on empirical explorations of the processes and practice of leading organizational change and transformation with the intent to expand existing and extend new theoretical models.

Paul DeLapa, M.A.
Adjunct Professor of Organizational Psychology. Center College of Design, B.F.A., 1988; California Institute of Integral Studies, M.A., 1997. DeLapa works as a meeting facilitator, independent OD consultant and learning coach for all types of groups and organizations. He specializes in teaching consensus decision making and facilitation, and working with interpersonal and group dynamics.

Elizabeth Elliott, M.A.
Adjunct Professor of Organizational Psychology. M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language, University of Arizona, 1974; B.A. in English, University of Arizona, 1970. Elliott is an organizational development and performance consultant, who works with clients in private and public sector institutions to expand their capacity to implement improvements in organizational effectiveness. Her teaching is based on 20 years of experience in creating learning organizations in financial services and high-tech businesses and in institutions of higher education. Elliott has extensive experience in international consulting and coaching where she has worked with clients in Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Mexico to build collaborative leadership teams, manage large-scale change, and develop employee capacity to succeed in competitive markets. She consults on training design, organizational change and process improvement.

John Ford, LL.B.
Core faculty, B.A., LL.B., University of Cape Town, South Africa. Ford has more than 15 years of relevant experience conflict resolution, helping organizations prevent destructive conflict from exacting its toll on workplace productivity and morale. His specialty is training employees to deal with conflict themselves. He has extensive experience successfully mediating workplace disputes for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the United States Postal Service, the Contra Costa Superior Court and Conciliation Forums of Oakland. His passion is helping organizations refine their conflict management systems.

Emily Jarosz, MPA
Adjunct Professor of Organizational Psychology. University of Washington, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa; Golden Gate University, Masters, Public Administration in Human Resources, International Personnel Management Association Fellowship. Jarosz teaches Principles of Consulting and conducts Field Experience group advisement. With over 20 years of experience, she provides organization development consultation, training, facilitation and coaching in the areas of organizational/team effectiveness, diversity, performance management and leadership/management development. Clients include organizations from the private, public, education and non-profit sectors. Emily is known for her integrity, honesty and warm humor.

Maurice L. Monette, Ed.D.
Adjunct Professor of Organizational Psychology.M.A. Program. St. Stephen's College, B.A., 1969; Weston School of Theology, M.Div., 1974; Boston University, M.Ed., 1971; Columbia University, M.A. and Ed.D., 1977. Monette teaches Self as Instrument and other courses in leadership, team development and professional growth. His teaching is based on 25 years of leadership development experience with medium-sized and Fortune 500 companies in high-tech, finance, pharmaceuticals, health care, religion, education and consulting. Monette researched liberation education in South and Central America from 1974 to 1985. He was a visiting scholar on the faculty of Harvard University in 1989. He currently maintains a leadership coaching practice, consults on training design, and conducts workshops on the Enneagram Personality Types.

Judith G. Noel, M.A.
Adjunct Professor of Organizational Psychology. B.S.Ed., M.A., Lesley College, 1968; M.Ed., Counseling Psychology, University of New Hampshire, 1971; ABD, Organization Development, Whittemore School of Business and Economics at University of New Hampshire, 1974; and Certificates of Advanced Graduate Study at NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, Esalen Institute, and Self-Differentiation and Percept Orientation Professional Trainers' 3-year Program. Noel teaches courses in women's leadership. She is a founder and co-director of the LUNA Institute for Women's Leadership and Learning. Since 1981, Judith has been president of Seapoint Consulting Corporation, an organization and management consulting firm with offices in Maine and California. Judith has studied and worked with leaders and their organizations in Africa, India, Israel, Western and Eastern Europe, and throughout North America.

Helen Spector, MM
Adjunct Professor of Organizational Psychology. A.B., Brown University, 1967; MM, Northwestern Graduate School of Management, 1978; post-graduate studies at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, 1985-89. Spector is the president of Spector & Associates. She bases her teaching on more than 24 years of general management, strategic planning, organizational development and change management consulting. Her practice includes service industry clients, including religious institutions, banking, community development banking, energy corporations, education and nonprofit organizations, health care institutions and community projects. Her services include designing and facilitating large group processes and individual/team coaching. Spector also serves as vice-chair of the Board of Trustees for the Council for the Parliament of the World's Religions, as board development chair for the Board of Directors of the Katalysis North-South Partnership, and as a local convener for the West Coast Future Search Network.