2013 DBSA Board of Directors

Executive Members

Lucinda Jewell, Ed.M., Chair 
Writer, Philanthropist, Principal, Bon Mot, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
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Rev. Cheryl T. Magrini, Ph.D. Vice Chair
Clergy, United Methodist Church
Northern IL Conference
Chicago IL

Mike Kuhl, Secretary
System Analyst, Humana
Louisville, KY

Christy B. Beckmann, Treasurer
Director of Marketing & Development, Harris House
St. Louis, MO

Gregory Simon, M.D., M.P.H., SAB Chair
Senior Investigator, Psychiatry, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative
Seattle, WA

William Gilmer, M. D., Member-at-Large
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Directors

James J. Blaha
Owner, BHC/ JJB
Fort Walton Beach, FL and Naperville, IL

Martha Ekhoff 
Project Director, Idaho Office of Consumer & Family Affairs
Boise, ID

Ellen Frank, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychology, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Pittsburgh, PA

Gina LaRoche
Consultant, Steven Stone Leadership
New Haven, CT

Gregory E. Ostfeld
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Chicago, IL

Manuel Silverman, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Chicago, IL

John S. Tamerin, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College
Greenwich, CT

John Wade II
Author, Investor, Philanthropist, Retired CPA
New Orleans, LA