Lisa Albury, L.I.C.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.-C, is a licensed clinical social worker in the District of Columbia and Maryland. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Social Work and has been in the helping field for over 15 years. Ms. Albury is currently the Home and Community Based Services Coordinator for the District of Columbia, Department of Behavioral Health. Ms. Albury’s professional experiences include directing crisis mobile, residential programs, and family preservation teams. Her career has been dedicated to supporting children, youth, and families exposed to abuse, neglect, and mental health issues. Ms. Albury has also studied trauma through the University of Maryland Continuing Education Certification program. She has also provided field instruction to several students from the Howard, Morgan, Maryland, and Bowie State universities. She is passionate about clinical supervision and is known for her interactive training style with professionals.

Diana Bruce,

Prior to joining DCPS, Ms. Bruce was the Director of Policy and Government Affairs of AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families in Washington, D.C., and served temporarily as its Co- Interim Executive Director. Ms. Bruce’s other past experience includes working as the Senior Policy Analyst for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and Assistant Director of Clinical Services for Planned Parenthood of New York City. An alumna of the University of Texas at El Paso with a Bachelor’s in Journalism, Ms. Bruce also holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

PowerPoint Presentation: Creating A Strong Behavioral Health System in the District of Columbia Public Schools

Deitra Bryant-Mallory, M.A., L.I.C.S.W.,

As a graduate of Howard University, Ms. Bryant-Mallory has embraced the responsibility of working with and for underserved communities. She has worked in various professional and leadership roles in the District of Columbia public sector for over 15 years.

A doctoral candidate in the field of clinical psychology, Ms. Bryant-Mallory has pursued research in the area of trauma in her personal studies as well as in the rich environment of schools. Over the last four years, she has introduced to the public school system, several evidence-based treatment options for students as well as data-based decision making in therapeutic work. Her goal is to continue a campaign for a trauma-informed school system that is aware of and responsive to the needs of students, in both policy and practice

Lori Beyer, L.I.C.S.W., is the Director of Training and Consultation, trauma training and education, at Community Connections, a private not-for-profit agency providing a full range of human services in metropolitan Washington, D.C. Ms. Beyer specializes in providing workshops, trainings, and ongoing supervision and consultation to agencies and clinicians nationally on issues related to trauma-specific and trauma-sensitive service provision. Ms. Beyer has over 24 years of experience working with adults who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance abuse disorders, and have histories of homelessness and violent victimization. She was an original member of the Community Connections Trauma Work Group, which developed the Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM), has co-led numerous group treatment interventions in areas such as Trauma Recovery and Empowerment, Parenting Skills, and Domestic Violence. She also has served as a clinical case manager, clinical housing coordinator, and as a supervisory trauma clinician in two federally-funded research projects.

Betsy Biben, L.I.C.S.W., is the Chief of the Office of Rehabilitation & Development at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, a unit composed of forensic social workers and forensic professional counselors who are sentencing specialists. These professionals work with clients who present a broad range of emotional, social, psychiatric, and substance abuse related problems. They provide attorneys with psychosocial assessments, and develop individualized treatment plans and sentencing recommendations for clients to whom they are assigned. Ms. Biben’s staff also produces a comprehensive annual Directory of Resources for Adults: Community & Confinement and a biennial Directory of Youth Resources that list a wide range of services available to those in the criminal justice system.

Erin Clegg, L.C.S.W., is a clinical social worker licensed in the District of Columbia and Maryland, where she has practiced for the past eight years. She relocated to the District of Columbia from North Carolina in 2007 after receiving her Master’s degree in Social Work and Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ms. Clegg is a Trauma Trainer at the Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) in the District of Columbia. Prior to joining CFSA in February of 2015, she worked at the National Center for Children and Families as a Therapist and Clinical Supervisor providing trauma-informed services to children, adolescents, and families in traditional and therapeutic foster care placements. She specializes in Trauma Systems Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy.

PowerPoint Presentation: De-escalating Victims of Trauma

Michelle Dodge, J.D., M.S.W., is a licensed clinical social worker with a private practice in Takoma Park, Maryland. Her practice focuses on children and families affected by domestic violence, child abuse, and trauma. As a Senior Program Specialist with the Office on Violence Against Women, Michelle developed and implemented national policies, guidelines, and trainings on supervised visitation and safe exchange. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, she worked for the United States Attorney’s Office and the District of Columbia Department of Health and Human Services. Michelle has served as a guest lecturer and adjunct professor with the National Catholic School of Social Services at The Catholic University of America. She has also provided national and international training on family violence, child maltreatment, and supervised visitation. Michelle received a B.A. from Wellesley College and dual degrees in law and social work from The Catholic University of America.

PowerPoint Presentation: No One Goes Untouched ~Secondary Trauma~ Managing Responses to Helping Children and Families

Philip W. Lucas, D.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., L.C.S.W., A.C.S.W. is a consultant, trainer and psychotherapist with more than 30 years of direct practice and administrative experience. Licensed as a clinical social worker in the District of Columbia and Florida, Dr. Lucas is the owner and founder of Clinical / Administrative Services and Training (C.A.S.T), PLLC. He contracts with a number of domestic and international organizations. His ongoing work includes clinical supervision and consultation, professional ethics, trauma, and behavioral health and sexuality. He has been a university professor for more than two decades. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Howard University, an Adjunct Professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Trinity University’s Graduate Counseling, and The George Washington University’s School of Public Health. Dr. Lucas has extensive experience working with diverse populations impacted by trauma and disaster. He is formerly the Clinical Director for Project D.C., a community capacity building trauma response team, responding to 911, Sniper and Anthrax attacks, with the D.C. Department of Behavioral Health. Dr. Lucas is a contract therapist with the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing. He is a consultant, specialized in disaster behavioral health, with the Disaster Technical Assistance Center in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and a mental health volunteer with Red Cross Disaster, certified to work with military families. He is a member of a number of local and national Boards, and immediate past Chair of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, D.C. In 2011, Dr. Lucas received the Educator of the Year Award from the National Association of Social Workers, D.C. Metro Chapter and is also a previous Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Dr. Lucas most recently completed a national certification as an expert in transgender care.

PowerPoint Presentation: When “Just Get Over It” Just Isn’t Enough:Toward a Trauma-Informed System of Justice

Shawn C. Marsh, Ph.D., is the Chief Program Officer for Juvenile Law at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, headquartered at the University of Nevada - Reno. In this capacity, he oversees numerous dependency and delinquency related projects, including those focused on school engagement issues, courts and the military, trauma-informed justice, and juvenile drug courts. Dr. Marsh is a social psychologist with research and teaching interests in the areas of psychology and the law as it relates to social cognition, adolescent development, trauma and resiliency, and juvenile justice. Prior to his work in social psychology, he worked with youth in alternative schools, detention, and correction settings as an educator, counselor and licensed mental health clinician. Dr. Marsh is affiliated with several academic departments at the University of Nevada, and he has published numerous journal articles, textbook chapters, and technical assistance manuscripts on topics including trauma, resiliency, helping relationships with at-risk youth, and specialized secure placements.

PowerPoint Presentation: Trauma-Informed Legal Advocacy

PowerPoint Presentation: Trauma & Suicide:Considerations for the Children & Adolescents We Serve

Sherry Davis Molock, Ph.D., M.Div, is an Associate Professor of Psychology at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Molock graduated with honors from Dartmouth College in 1979, earned a master’s degree in 1981, and a doctoral degree in clinical/community psychology in 1985 from the University of Maryland, College Park.  In May,
2000 she graduated with honors with a Master’s of Divinity degree from Howard University.

Dr. Molock teaches undergraduate and doctoral courses in the field of clinical psychology and conducts research on depression and suicidal behaviors in African Americans. She received a K -01 award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study suicidal behaviors in African American adolescents. Dr. Molock is currently developing HIV and suicide prevention programs for youth in African American churches. Her work has appeared in a number of professional journals, including the Journal of Black Psychology, the Journal of Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, and the American Psychologist. She has served on a number of local and national boards, including Adoptive Families of America, the National Organization of People of Color Against Suicide (NOPCAS), and the American Association of Suicidology. Dr. Molock is also on the editorial board of the Journal of Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior and on the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. She also serves as a grant reviewer for NIMH, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Loral Patchen, MA, MSN, Ph.D., CNM, is the Director of the Section of Midwifery and Executive Director of the Teen Alliance for Prepared Parenting (TAPP) Program. Her experience prior to joining MedStar Health includes serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras and as a consultant for the World Bank.

At the Hospital Center, Ms. Patchen is responsible for strategic and operational leadership for midwifery services, and she is responsible for research and grant activities for the Section of Midwifery. She also directs overall program implementation, management and service delivery for the Center for Adolescent Women and the TAPP Program. Ms. Patchen’s current programming initiatives include strategies to prevent sexually transmitted infection and re- infection, improve reproductive and sexual health decision-making among youth, and promote the use of dual-method contraception among teens.

Ms. Patchen has published several articles on adolescent reproductive and sexual health in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. She is a frequently invited speaker at professional meetings, presenting topics ranging from sexually transmitted infections to the continuum of adolescent development. She is board certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives, and is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Ms. Patchen has published several articles on adolescent reproductive and sexual health in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. She is a frequently invited speaker at professional meetings, presenting topics ranging from sexually transmitted infections to the continuum of adolescent development. She is board certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives, and is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

Amy Phillips, J.D., is a trial attorney at the D.C. Public Defender Service. Her practice focuses primarily on the defense of juveniles charged with the most serious delinquency offenses in D.C. Superior Court. Ms. Phillips holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and an undergraduate degree from New York University.

Kristen Pisani-Jacques, J.D., has been the senior supervising attorney in the Guardian ad litem (GAL) Project at the Children’s Law Center since 2014. She joined the GAL project as a staff attorney in 2008. Ms. Pisani-Jacques supervises staff attorneys and attorneys who represent children who are in the abuse and neglect system. She also carries a limited caseload of Guardian ad litem cases and cases where she represents caregivers seeking adoption, guardianship, or custody. Ms. Pisani-Jacques has her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. from Loyola University in Maryland.

Jamie Argento Rodriguez, J.D., is the Chief of the Community Defender Division at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. The goal of the community Defender Division is to provide representation for individuals who are seeking to address the collateral consequences and barriers to reentry that result from involvement in the criminal and juvenile justice systems. Ms. Argento Rodriguez conducts trainings for judges and attorneys in local and national audiences and has been a featured presenter at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s Substantive Law Conference, the National Juvenile Defender Center’s Annual Leadership Summit, the American Bar Association, and the Louisiana Judicial College and Louisiana State Bar Association’s Joint Summer School. Ms. Argento Rodriguez earned her law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – School of Law and her bachelor’s degree in Government and Politics from George Mason University.

Jen Samuel is dedicated to defending endangered species while working to uplift communities through social change and justice for all. She is a writer, retired journalist, poet and pianist. Ms. Samuel loves to teach art, writing, and music and spending time with her family. Today Ms. Samuel works as a public relations and social media specialist for a marketing and associated management firm in Princeton, N.J. Ms. Samuel is the President of Elephants DC.

Stephanie Wilson, M.D., obtained her medical degree at the University of Illinois, College of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois where she also completed psychiatry residency serving as Chief Resident. Following residency, Dr. Wilson completed a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN), by which she is board-certified in General and Forensic Psychiatry. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL).

Dr. Wilson serves as the Medical Director at the Urgent Care Clinic in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She also participates in medical education and is a faculty member at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Psychiatry Residency Training Program..

Dr. Wilson provides treatment to adults with a broad range of mental health conditions utilizing both psychotherapeutic techniques as well as medication management. She has a particular interest in mood and anxiety disorders. Dr. Wilson also performs forensic evaluations for criminal and civil matters.