Institute Board
Dr. Michael Carter
Division of Special Education and Counseling
California State University, Los Angeles
Dr. Sibnath Deb
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development
Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. Brian Gerrard
Chief Academic Officer
Western Institute for Social Research
Berkeley, California
Dr. Emily Hernandez
Division of Special Education and Counseling
California State University, Los Angeles
Dr. Ray Hillis
Emeritus Faculty
Division of Special Education and Counseling
California State University, Los Angeles
In Memoriam
Founding Members
Dr. Emily Girault
Counseling Psychology Department
University of San Francisco, San Francisco
Dr. George Hong
Division of Special Education and Counseling
California State University, Los Angeles
Dr. Maria Marchetti-Mercer
Department of Psychology
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Ms. Toni Nemia, LMFT
Executive director
Center for Child & Family Development
Western Institute for Social Research
Berkeley, California
Dr. Jackie Shinefield
Family Therapist, New York, NY
Board of Directors
Center for Child & Family Development
University of San Francisco
Dr. Marcel Soriano
Family Therapist, Fontana, CA
Emeritus Faculty
Division of Special Education and Counseling
California State University, Los Angeles