Executives & International Certification Advisory Committees, Board of Directors, and Administration

Founding Trustees

Norman E. Zinberg, MD, CAS - (1921-1989)

Thomas N. Cummings, BS, BA, CAS - (1921-1998)

Executive Certification Advisors

Howard J. Shaffer, PhD, CAS - Chair
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Richard Rogers, MSC, CAS - Co-Chair
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

Francisco Napolitano, PhD, JD, CAS - Counsel
Attorney at Law, Boston, MA

Elizabeth M. George - Public Policy
North American Training Institute, Duluth, MN

Janice F. Kauffman, RN, MPH, CAS
North Charles Institute for the Addictions, Boston, MA

Edward J. Khantzian, MD, CAS
Harvard Medical School, The Cambridge Hospital, Boston, MA

David A. Korn, MD, CAS
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

John A. Renner Jr., MD, CAS
Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Boston, MA

International Certification Advisory Committee

Thomas E. Bratter, EDD, CAS
John Dewey Academy, Great Barrington, MA

Stephanie Brown, PhD, CAS
The Addictions Institute, Menlo Park, CA

Milton E. Burglass, MD, MDiv, MPH, MS, FAAFP, CAS
Homestead, FL

Patrick J. Carnes, PhD, CAS
The Meadows Institute, Wickenburg, AZ

Robert H. Coombs, PhD, CAS
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

David A. Deitch, PhD, CAS
University of California, La Jolla, CA

George De Leon, PhD, CAS
Center for Therapeutic Community Reasearch, New York, NY

Rita E. DiCaprio, MS, CAC, CAS
Abrahamsen Counseling Associates, Schenectady, NY

Ernest Drucker, MD, CAS
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Raymond F. Hanbury Jr., PhD, CAS
Private Practice, Manasquan, NJ

Robert Ladouceor, PhD, CAS
University Laval, Ste-Foy, QC Canada

Ann W. Lawson, PhD, CAS
Alliant International University, San Diego, CA

Gary W. Lawson, PhD, CAS
Alliant International University, San Diego, CA

Robert M. Lichtman, PhD, CAS
New York State Office of Mental Health, Mount Vernon, NY

Joyce H. Lowinson, PhD, CAS
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY

G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, CAS
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

William E. McAuliffe, PhD, CAS
National Technical Center for Substance Abuse Needs Assessment, Cambridge, MA

John D. McPeake, PhD, CAS
The Dublin Group, Dublin, NH

Harvey B. Milkman, PhD, CAS
Project Self-Discovery, Denver, CO

Janice D. Milligan, MD, MEd, FAAP, CAS
Homestead Health & Wellness Center, Homestead, FL

Lisa Najavits, PhD, CAS
McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA

Peter E. Nathan, PhD, CAS
University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA

Lynn John Rambeck, PsyD, CAS
Independant Practitioner, Minneapolis, MN

Howard "Chip" Silverman, PhD, CAS
Green Spring Health Services, Columbia, MD

Selwyn M. Smith, MD, FRCPC, FAPA, FRC, DABPN, DPM, CAS
St. John of God Medical Center, Sydney, Australia

George E. Vaillant, MD, CAS
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Marsha Vannicelli, PhD, CAS
Appleton Clinic McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA

Ken C. Winters, PhD, CAS
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Joan Ellen Zweben, PhD, CAS
East Bay Community Recovery Project, Berkeley, CA

Board of Directors

Stuart Sivertson (President)
Micro-North Systems, Duluth , MN

Murray George (Vice President)
Investment Trust Officer, Duluth, MN

Sharon Johnson
Executive Presbyter
Presbytery of Northern Waters, Duluth, MN

Lynn John Rambeck, Psy. D.
Private Clinical Practice, Edina, MN

Administration

Cheri L. Swensson - Executive Director
cswensson@americanacademy.org

Minnesota Council on Addictions

Elizabeth M. George - Chief Executive Officer
bgeorge@nati.org