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Thomas J. Wolff, Ph.D.
Office: Residence:
** ***** ******** ****** *** Cave Hill Road
Amherst, Massachusetts 01002 Leverett, Massachusetts 01054
abqaw8@r.postjobfree.com
www.tomwolff.com
Education: B.A. Clark University, 1964 cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester, 1968
Awards: For the People Against the Tide Award from Health Care for All for
outstanding efforts to energize and educate local communities in all areas
of health care justice; June 2000
Henry V. McNeill Award for Innovation in Community Mental Health
from the American Psychological Foundation and the Society for
Community Research and Action; 1993
Distinguished Practice in Community Psychology, Award from Division
27, American Psychological Association; 1985
Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to Prevention in Mental
Health, from the Prevention Section of the National Council of
Community Mental Health Centers; 1984
Honorable Mention for Outstanding Research, The American Personnel
and Guidance Association; 1971
Professional Experience
2002 present President, Tom Wolff & Associates
Training, Consultation, Community Development, Organizational Consultation,
Facilitation, and Evaluation. Full description at http://www.tomwolff.com .
Services provided for a wide variety of clients across the U.S. and North America
including: government (local, state, federal), foundations, professional
associations, non-profits, businesses, health and human service providers, mental
health systems, public health systems, and grassroots groups.
1994 2002 Founder, Healthy Communities Massachusetts (HCM)
This is a statewide network aimed at supporting community development efforts
that build healthy communities in towns and cities across the Commonwealth.
HCM projects include an HCM newsletter, work on the Attorney General s
Guidelines for Community Benefits for Hospitals and HMOs, and development of
the HCM Institute, training community teams in the principles of community
development. HCM is funded by: The Boston Foundation, the Department of
Public Health, WellChild Foundation, the Toxics Use Reduction Institute, the
Department of Health and Human Services, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
1994 present Community Tool Box consultant and contributor
Resource person on Community Development and Coalition-Building with the
University of Kansas Work Group on Health Promotion and Community
Development (http://www.ctb.lsi.ukans.edu).
1996 present Consultation and Technical Assistance for the Institute for Community
Peace
Formerly the National Funding Collaborative on Violence Prevention. Specific
technical assistance to sites in: Washington, D.C.; Santa Barbara, CA; Rockford,
IL; and East Tennessee.
1977 2002 Private practice: Consultation
Training, Consultation, Community Development, Organizational Consultation,
Facilitation, and Evaluation. Services provided for a wide variety of clients across
the U.S. and North America including: government (local, state, federal),
foundations, professional associations, non-profits, businesses, health and human
service providers, mental health systems, public health systems, and grassroots
groups.
1985 2002 Director of Community Development, Area Health Education Centers,
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Responsible for development and implementation of local Health and Human
Service Coalition in areas of high need in Massachusetts-Athol/Orange, Northern
Berkshire, and Cape Cod. Supervise coalition staff, start coalitions, obtain
funding, work with state and local government officials, evaluate programs, link
to appropriate federal, state and local organizations.
1990 2002 Director, AHEC Community Partners
Created and directed organization that develops community programming in
Massachusetts, with 16 employees and a budget of over $1 million.
1996 2002 Principal investigator, Healthy Connections and Moving Beyond
Enrollment
A federally funded initiative out of the Office of Rural Health Policy. Supported
innovative community outreach program in three communities to increase health
access for those in need. Principal investigator, Healthy Connections, 1996 1999.
Principal investigator, Moving Beyond Enrollment, 1999 2002.
1998 2002 Project supervisor, Health Access Networks
Funded by the Division of Medical Assistance at the University of Massachusetts
Medical School. This project provided six network meetings across the
Commonwealth to bring all those concerned with health access for children and
families together to exchange information, review policy, and maximize the
capacity to enroll children.
1975 2001 Private Practice Psychotherapy and Consultation, Amherst, Massachusetts
1996 1999 Community-Based Community Development Curriculum, The Boston
Foundation
Curriculum developer and trainer for the Boston Persistent Poverty Project of The
Boston Foundation.
1996 1998 Coordinator for Public Policy Forum for Partners for Public Health
A Community Based Public Health Initiative funded by the W. K. Kellogg
Foundation.
1995 1997 Principal investigator, Healthy Communities/Healthy Schools.
This School-Linked Services project, funded by the Massachusetts Executive
Office of Education, created partnerships between parents, schools, and
community-based agencies in communities across Massachusetts. Technical
assistance was provided by AHEC/Community Partners.
1990 1996 Principal investigator, Community Partners project
Funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to implement, disseminate, and evaluate
a technical assistance model of coalition development in ten communities across
Massachusetts.
1995 Collaborator on US AID project working to develop a citizens' academy in
Russia focusing on community development issues. Hosted Russian
activists for tour of Massachusetts.
1981 1990 Special consultant to Mayor, City of Northampton, Massachusetts
1981 1990 Chair, Mayor's Task Force on Deinstitutionalization, Northampton,
Massachusetts
1987 1990 Consultant, Early Intervention Task Force, City of Northampton,
Massachusetts
1985 1987 Principal Investigator, "National Technology Transfer Project
Promoting the implementation of effective primary prevention programs at the
community level"
1981 1982 Director, Outpatient Clinic, Franklin/Hampshire Community Mental
Health Center, Northampton, Massachusetts
1977 1981 Director, Consultation and Education (C&E), Franklin/Hampshire
Community Mental Health Center, Northampton, Massachusetts
Academic Experience
1983 1985; 1995 present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Public Health,
School of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, Massachusetts
May 1989 July 2002 Associate in Family Medicine and Community Health, the
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester,
Massachusetts
Jan. 1984 1988 Visiting Scholar, Stone Center, Wellesley College,
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Publications
Berkowitz, B., & Wolff, T. (1998). Rethinking social action and community
empowerment: A dialogue. In M. Brinton Lykes, et al. (Eds.), Unmasking social
inequalities: Victims, voice and resistance (pp. 296 317). Philadelphia: Temple
University Press.
Berkowitz, B., & Wolff, T. (2000). The spirit of the coalition. Washington, DC:
American Public Health Association.
Cancela, V., Alpert, J., Wolff, T., & Dachs, S. (2004). Psychological approaches to
community health: Community health psychology. In R. H. Rozensky, et al.
(Eds.), Psychology builds a healthy world (pp. 155 185). Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
DeChiara, M., Unruh, E., Wolff, T., & Rosen, A. (2001). Outreach works: Strategies for
expanding health access in communities. Amherst, MA: AHEC Community
Partners.
DeChiara, M., & Wolff, T. (1998) Topics of our times: If we have the money, why is it so
hard? American Journal of Public Health, 88 (9), 1300 1302.
DeChiara, M., Wolff, T., & Unruh, E. (2001). Health access networks: Advocating social
justice from the ground up. AHEC Bulletin, 28 (2), 6 7.
Fawcett, S., Francisco, V., Schultz, J., Berkowitz, B., Wolff, T., & Nagy, G. (2000). The
Community Tool Box: A web based resource for building healthy communities.
Public Health Reports, 115 (2/3), 274 278.
Gallant, R., Cohen, C., & Wolff, T. (1985). Change of older persons' image, impact on
public policy result from Highland Valley empowerment plan. Perspective on
Aging, 14 (5) (September/October), 9 13.
Hazel, K., Meissen, G., Snell-Johns, J., & Wolff, T. (2006). Without community practice,
where art thou community psychology? The Community Psychologist, 39 (2), 42
44.
Lee, P., Fuccillo, R., & Wolff, T. (2000). Key components of a statewide healthy
community effort. Public Health Reports, 115 (2/3), 134 138.
Pierce, R., & Wolff, T. (1970). Modification of group therapy for use on the college
campus. Journal of the American College Health Association, 18, 234 237.
Shultz, J., Fawcett, S., Francisco, V., Wolff, T., Berkowitz, B., & Nagy, G. (2000). The
Community Tool Box: Using the internet to support the work of community
health and development. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 17 (2/3),
193 216.
Snow, D., and Wolff, T. (1983). Developing guidelines and standards for the delivery of
consultation and education services. Consultation, 3 (1), 38 46.
Wolff, T., & Swift, C. (2008). Reflections on real world community psychology.
Journal of Community Psychology (forthcoming).
Wolff, T. (1969). Undergraduates as campus mental health workers. Personnel and
Guidance Journal, 48, 294 304.
Wolff, T. (1973). Consumer participation course. WICHE Newsletter, Western Interstate
Commission for Higher Education (December).
Wolff, T. (1974). Helping students change their environments. Personnel and Guidance
Journal, 52 (8) (April), 552 556.
Wolff, T. (1974). Reflections of a campus social change agent. WICHE Newsletter,
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (February).
Wolff, T. (1982). Consultation and education in community mental health centers: A
setting for applied community psychology. Division of Community Psychology
Newsletter, (Summer).
Wolff, T. (1986). The community and deinstitutionalization: A model for working with
municipalities. Journal of Community Psychology, 14, 228 233.
Wolff, T. (1987). Community psychology and empowerment: An activist's insights.
American Journal of Community Psychology, 15 (2) (April), 149 166.
Wolff, T. (1990). Coalition building: One path to empowered communities. Amherst,
MA: AHEC/Community Partners.
Wolff, T. (1994). Communities and prevention: a cause for celebration or worry.
National Mental Health Association Quarterly Prevention Newsletter, 5 (3)
(Fall/Winter), 1-4.
Wolff, T. (1995). Healthy Communities Massachusetts: One vision of civic democracy.
Municipal Advocate, 14 (2) (Spring), 22 24. Reprinted: Michigan Municipal
Review, March 1996; Western City, League of California Cities, August 1996.
Wolff, T. (1996). An assets-based approach to building communities. The National
AHEC Bulletin, 13 (1) (Winter), 6-12.
Wolff, T. (1999). Coalition building tip sheets. Amherst, MA: AHEC/Community
Partners. Originally issued as inserts in Community Catalyst, bi-monthly
newsletter of AHEC Community Partners, 1992 1998.
Wolff, T. (2000). Applied community psychology: On the road to social change. In J.
Rappaport & E. Seidman (Eds.), Handbook of community psychology (pp. 771
778). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
Wolff, T. (2001). A practitioner s guide to successful coalitions. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 29 (2), 173 191.
Wolff, T. (2001). Community coalition building contemporary practice and research:
An introduction. American Journal of Community Psychology, 29 (2), 165 191.
Wolff, T. (2001). The future of community coalition building. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 29 (2), 263 268.
Wolff, T. (2003). The Healthy Communities movement: A time for transformation.
National Civic Review, 92 (2), 95 113.
Wolff, T. (2003). A practical approach to evaluating coalitions. In T. Backer (Ed.),
Evaluating community collaborations (pp. 57 112). New York: Springer
Publishing.
Wolff, T. (2005). Creating a vision for the future of community psychology. The
Community Psychologist, 38 (4), 36 38.
Wolff, T. (2007). My life as a community activist. In J. G. Kelly & A. V. Song (Eds.),
Community psychology in practice: An oral history through the stories of five
community psychologists (pp. 61 80). Journal of prevention & intervention in the
community, v. 35, no. 1. New York: Haworth Press.
Wolff, T. (2009) Social change and social innovation: creating collaborative solutions.
Social Innovation, Portuguese Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity, Lisbon,
Portugal
Wolff, T (2010) Tools for Sustainability, Global Journal of Community Psychology
Practice. 1 (1) www.gjcpp.org
Wolff,T. (2010) The power of collaborative solutions. San Francisco. CA. Jossey-
Bass/John Wiley.
Wolff, T. (Ed.) (1992, 1995). Coalition sampler. Amherst, MA: AHEC/Community
Partners.
Wolff, T. (Ed., special issue). (1994). Working in communities. The Community
Psychologist 27 (3) (Summer), 28 47.
Wolff, T. (Ed., section). (2000). Practitioners perspectives. In J. Rappaport & E.
Seidman (Eds.), Handbook of community psychology (pp. 741 778). New York:
Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
Wolff, T. (Ed., section). (2001). Community coalition building: Contemporary practice
and research. American Journal of Community Psychology, 29 (2), 163 329.
Wolff, T., & Kaye, G. (1999). The Boston Community Building Curriculum Principle V:
Ensuring access to fundamental opportunities and removing obstacles to equal
opportunity. The Boston Foundation.
Wolff, T., & Kaye, G. (Eds.). (1995). From the ground up: A workbook on coalition
building and community development. Amherst, MA: AHEC/Community
Partners.
Wolff, T., & Levine, J. (1977). Peer intervention in a married student community.
Personnel and Guidance Journal 56 (April), 490-493.
Selected Presentations
Stakeholder analysis and partnership development. New England Health Equity
Summit, Boston, MA, September 2009
How do we actually do this? A look at the nitty gritty of health equity work New
England Health Equity Summit, Boston, MA, September 2009
Creating a Legacy: Sustaining your coalition and your programs Oral Health Florida,
West Palm Beach, August 2009
Building and sustaining effective and successful coalition. Oral Health Florida, West
Palm Beach, August 2009
Building effective coalitions. Principles and applications of engagement and
mobilization SABES State Conference, Worcester, MA June 2009
Creating Collaborative Solutions: Building successful coalitions from the ground up
Pre-conference workshop. SCRA Biennial, Montclair NJ June 2009.
The Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice SCRA Biennial, Montclair NJ,
June 2009.
The future of community psychology in a global perspective SCRA Biennial,
Montclair NJ June 2009.
Social Change and Social Innovation: Creating Collaborative Solutions, Powering a
new future conference, EQUAL, European Union, Lisbon, Portugal, December
2008
Stakeholder Analysis and Partnership Development, New England Health Equity
Summit, Boston, MA, October 2008
Creating a Vision, Developing a Plan, REACH 2010 Center of Excellence, Ashland,
Massachusetts, September 2008
Power and Influence in Coalitions, Creating a Legacy: Sustaining Your Efforts Healthy
Wisconsin Leadership Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin,
September 2008
Building Healthy Communities through Collaborative Solutions, Second International
Community Psychology Conference, Lisbon, Portugal two-day coalition-
Building training, June 2008
Principles and Applications of Community Engagement and Mobilization Metrowest
Health Leadership Program, Metrowest Community Health Foundation,
Framingham, Massachusetts, April 2008
Building Effective Collaboration Recognition Grant Conference, Kansas Health
Foundation, Wichita, Kansas, April 2008
Building a Vibrant Spartanburg through Its Non Profit Sector, Mary Black Foundation,
Spartanburg, South Carolina, March 2008
Building Healthy Communities in Healthcare through Collaborative Solutions. Oregon
Health Sciences University and the Oregon Center for Children and Youth with
Special Healthcare Needs, visiting scholar, Portland, OR. October 2007.
Building and Sustaining Asthma Coalitions. North Carolina Asthma Program,
Asheville, NC. August 2007.
Visioning Policy for the 21st Century. Keynote address, Conference Society for
Community Research and Action, biennial conference, Pasadena, CA. June 2007.
Principles and Applications of Community Engagement and Mobilization. Metrowest
Health Leadership Program, Metrowest Community Health Care Foundation.
Framingham, MA. May 2006; June 2007.
Creating a Legacy: Sustaining Your Efforts. Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute,
Community Teams Program, Madison, WI. April 2007.
Collaborative Solutions for Communities. Kansas Health Foundation Recognition
Grant Conference, Wichita, KS. April 2006; April 2007.
Building and Sustaining Tobacco Coalitions. Wyoming Tobacco Coalitions, Casper,
WY. April 2007.
Creating a Legacy: Successfully Sustaining Your Efforts. First National Conference for
Caregiving Coalitions, Chicago, IL. March 2007.
Building Effective Substance Abuse Prevention Collaborations. Vermont Conference
on Addictive Disorders, Fairlee, VT. October 2006.
Building Effective Oral Health Coalitions. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) Oral Health Program, Atlanta, GA. October 2006.
Building Community Across America: Collaborative Solutions. Georgia State
University, Psychology Department, Atlanta, GA. October 2006.
Building a Vibrant Spartanburg through Its Non Profit Sector. Mary Black Foundation,
Spartanburg, WV. September 2006.
Building Effective Collaborations. Prevent Institute (a program of the National
Training Initiative for Injury and Violence Prevention, jointly sponsored by the
State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association [STIPDA] and the
Society for the Advancement of Injury Research [SAVIR]), Developing Leaders
in Violence Prevention, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. August
2006.
Building Community Across America. American Psychological Association annual
meeting, invited address. New Orleans, LA. August 2006.
Where Art Thou Community Practice? First International Conference on Community
Psychology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR. June 2006.
Principles and Applications of Community Engagement and Mobilization: Building
Effective Coalitions. Nevada Oral Health Coalitions, Las Vegas, NV. June 2006.
Building Effective Collaboration for Nutrition and Physical Activity. Kansas Health
Foundation, Wichita, KS. May 2006.
Practicing Community Psychology Trials and Tribulations. Wichita State University,
Psychology Department and Self Help Network, Wichita, KS. April 2006.
Building Effective Coalitions. Massachusetts SABES (State Adult Basic Education
Programs), Worcester, MA. April 2006.
Building Effective Coalitions: Principles and Applications of Community Engagement
and Mobilization. Connect to Protect: HIV Prevention, Rockville, MD. March
2006.
Creating a Legacy: Successfully Sustaining Your Efforts. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) Violence Prevention Meeting, Atlanta, GA. January 2006.
Community Engagement in Coalitions. Meharry Medical College, visiting scholar,
Nashville, TN. January 2006.
Coalition Building: Key Elements of Success. National Conference of U.S.
Breastfeeding Coalitions, Alexandria, VA. January 2006.
Mission Possible: Leadership Development. West Central Initiative, Fergus Falls, MN.
September, October, and November 2005.
Community Engagement and Mobilization for Parkinson Care. Community Partners
for Parkinson Care, National Parkinson Association, San Francisco, CA. October
2005.
Principles and Applications of Coalition Building. Campus Community Partnerships,
Boston University School of Public Health, Worcester, MA. September 2005.
Principles and Applications of Community Engagement and Mobilization. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Annual Rape Prevention and Education
Meeting, Atlanta, GA. July 2005.
Creating the Future of Community Psychology: A Visioning Process. Society for
Community Research and Action, biennial conference, Urbana, IL. June 2005.
Building Healthy Communities in the Arts. Arts Extension Service, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. June 2005.
Building and Sustaining Coalitions. Tennessee Department of Public Health TASK
Conference, Nashville, TN. March 2005.
Creating a Legacy through Collaborative Solutions. Keynote address, Healthy
Communities Access Program (HCAP) annual meeting, Bureau of Primary Health
Care (BPHC), Washington, DC. November 2004.
Building Healthy Communities from the Ground Up: Engaging the Grassroots. New
England Rural Health Roundtable, Nashua, NH. October 2004.
Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods. Northern Kentucky Poverty Symposium, Covington,
KY. May 2004.
Coalition Building from the Ground Up. Cooperative Extension Service, Durham, NH.
May 2004.
Building Hope through Collaborative Solutions. Champions for Progress Children
with Special Health Care Needs. April and June 2004.
Sustainability: Defining a Legacy, Creating Community Peace Immersion training
Institute, Institute for Community Peace, San Diego, CA. March 2004.
Engaging the Community in Asthma. Connecticut Statewide Asthma Coalition,
Hartford, CT. 2003.
Creating Social Change from the Ground Up: Rallying Points. National End of Life
Coalitions, Boston, MA. 2003.
Building Successful Asthma Coalitions. Ohio Statewide Asthma Coalition, Columbus,
OH. 2003.
Moving the American Cancer Society to a Community Development Model. American
Cancer Society, Framingham, MA. 2002.
Coalition Building for Olmstead. Wyoming Department of Mental Health, Casper,
WY. 2002.
Healthy Communities: Building Communities from the Ground Up. American
Psychological Association, annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2001.
Creating Social Capital through Healthy Communities. NECON Conference (The New
England Coalition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention), Waltham, MA.
2001.
Community Development Workshop. American Cancer Society, Alexandria, VA.
2001.
Coalition Building: Models, Methods, Tools and Resources. State Mental Health
Olmstead Coordinators, annual training institute, Washington, DC. 2001.
Collaboration Clinic. New Ventures in Philanthropy, Washington, DC. April 2000.
Building Structures For Success. Catamount Partnership, community-building
workshop, Bennington, VT. October 1999.
Building Healthy Communities: A New Opportunity for the Medical School and
Clinicians. University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Family
Medicine and Community Health, grand rounds, Worcester, MA. October 1999.
The AHEC Role In Building Community Capacity to Improve Health. National AHEC
(Area Health Education Center) Conference, workshop, Louisville, KY. August
1999.
Healthy Cape Cod. Keynote address. Barnstable County Department of Health &
Human Services, annual meeting, Hyannis, MA. April 1999.
Learning about Coalition Effectiveness. Building with Communities towards The New
Millennium Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prevention of
Teen Pregnancy Conference, workshop, Atlanta, GA. March 1999.
Building Hope and Inspiration through Community Coalitions. Rural Poverty
Conference, Gill, MA. March 1999.
Working in Collaboratives. Celebrating Youth and Families Conference, Pro-Youth
Coalition, Santa Barbara, CA. October 1998.
Coalition Building. Keynote address. Community Foods Security Coalition, annual
meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. October 1998.
Collaboration of Partnerships. Department of Mental Retardation Leadership Training,
Holyoke, MA. September 1998.
Creating Healthier Communities from the Ground Up. Healthcare Forum Leadership
Retreat, Colorado Springs, CO. July 1998.
Organizational Consultation and Training (selected listing)
Selected Clients: National
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
New Ventures in Philanthropy
The Boston Foundation
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
American Optometric Association
National Community Food Security Programs
National Council on Aging
Institute for Community Peace
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Selected Clients: Regional and local
California: Sierra Health Foundation
Canada: Manitoba Public Health Institute
Connecticut: Connecticut Hospital Association
Connecticut MATCH Tobacco Coalition
Florida: Depart of Health, Oral Health Office
Kentucky: Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission
Maine: Keeping Children Safe Downeast
Maine Lung Association
Massachusetts: Baystate Medical Center Community Medicine Residency Program
Boston Public Health Commission, Center for Health Equity and Social
Justice
CARE (Collaborative for Abuse Prevention in Racial and Ethnic Minority
Communities)
Chicopee Public School System
Children s Trust Fund
Cleghorn Neighborhood Center
Dentaquest
Department of Mental Health Supervision, Prevention
Early Intervention Task Force, City of Northampton, Consultant
Elder Services of Berkshire County
Franklin County Commissioners
Governor's Highway Safety Bureau Saving Lives Program
Greater Lowell Alliance for People
Health Care For All
Healthy Boston Boston Department of Health and Hospitals
Highland Valley Elder Services, Inc. Special Consultant
Holyoke Community Partnership
Institute for Non Profit Development at Mount Wachusett Community
College
Lawrence Teen Pregnancy Coalition
Martha s Vineyard Health Council
Massachusetts Attorney General s Hospital Community Benefit Program
Massachusetts Department of Education
Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Department of Social Services
Massachusetts Department of Social Services, Community Connections
Massachusetts Governor s Highway Safety Bureau
Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance Consultation on
Prevention
Merrimack Valley Elder Services
North Central Massachusetts Minority Coalition
North Quabbin Community Coalition
Stavros Advocates for Independent Living
The Boston Foundation
Toxics Use Reduction Institute
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Leeds
Western Massachusetts Regional Libraries
Western Massachusetts Training Consortium
New Hampshire: New Hampshire Extension Service
Washington: Washington State Medicare Savings Coalition
Wyoming: Wyoming Department of Mental Health
Professional Status and Memberships
Global Journal of Community Psychology
Co- Founder and Senior Associate Editor 2009-
Society for Community Research and Action
Co-Coordinator Practice Group 2005 -
American Psychological Association
Fellow, Division 27, Community Psychology
Chair, Visioning and Practice Task Force, 2005 present
Chair, Division 27, Task Force on Community Psychologists in Applied
Settings, 1979, 1989
Massachusetts Psychological Association
Fellow
Member, Legislative Committee, 1987
Karuna Center for Peacemaking
Member, Board of Directors, 2003 2007
Community Partners, Inc.
President, Board of Directors, 2001 2003
Licensed Psychologist in Massachusetts, 1974 1999
(In 1999, I switched my private practice from clinical work to consultation.)
Community Catalyst
Contributing Editor, 1991 1998
Leverett/Amherst (MA) School Committee, 1988 1991
Massachusetts Self-Help Clearing House
Board Member, 1989
National Register of Health Services Providers in Psychology
Member, 1987
Journal of Community Psychology
Consulting Editor, 1983 1986
Prevention News, published by National Council of Community Mental Health Centers
Quarterly column on legislative issues, 1983 1986
Council on Prevention, National Council Community Mental Health Centers
Member 1978 1983
Chair, 1980 1982
Community Mental Health Journal
Editorial Advisory Board, 1980
Book Reviewer, 1983
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