Presenters and Panel Members
Listed alphabetically by last name.
Andrew Bennett, Ph.D.
Dr. Bennett is a Professor of Government at Georgetown University, where he has taught since 1990. He has taught courses on international relations, the U.S. foreign policy process, and qualitative research methods. He has also worked in the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Senate, and advised several presidential campaigns on foreign policy. His research has focused on decision making and the use of force, civil and ethnic conflicts, alliance burden sharing, the making of U.S. foreign policy, political psychology, and case study research methods.
He is the President of the Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods, and is currently writing a book on why some of the proponents of intervention in Iraq have changed their minds and others have not. This case provides insight into the more general questions of why, how, and under what conditions political actors recognize error, update their expectations, and either displace blame or accept responsibility for policies that produce bad outcomes.
He holds B.A. degrees in Political Science and Economics from Stanford University; and MPP and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Steven R. Berg
Vice President for Programs and Policy at the National Alliance to End Homeless ness, specializes in the impact on homeless ness of public policies regarding employment, human services and housing. He also oversees most of the programmatic work of the Alliance. He came to the Alliance from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, where he worked on state-level welfare reform and employment. Before coming to Washington he spent 14 years as a legal services attorney in California and Connecticut, working on housing, government benefits, employment and family integrity issues. His experience includes nonprofit management and staff training and development.
Justin Brown, MD
Dr. Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Neurosurgery Division at UCSD and Director of the Neurosurgery Peripheral Nerve Program and Co-Director of the Center for Neurophysiology and Restorative Neurology. He is also a member of an international scientific group that is exploring techniques for restoring function in related central nervous system disorders, such as spinal cord injury.
Brown earned his medical degree from the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. He went on to complete a surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and a peripheral nerve fellowship in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Brown joins the Neurosurgery Faculty at UCSD from his prior position as Co-Director of the Peripheral Nerve Center at Washington University in St. Louis.
Brown specializes in peripheral nerve and spinal neurosurgery. His clinical interests include brachial plexus injury and other peripheral nerve trauma of the upper and lower extremities, nerve transfers, nerve sheath tumors, thoracic outlet syndrome, and nerve compression syndromes, including carpal and cubital tunnel syndromes.
Cherie Castellano
Ms. Castellano, MA, CSW, LPC, AAETS is the Program Director for Cop 2 Cop, the first legislated law enforcement crisis hotline in the United States. She is a faculty member of the New Jersey Medical School Department of Psychiatry – UMDNJ where she has honed her clinical skills as an expert in law enforcement psychological services. She is also a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. As the Director of Cop 2 Cop, Ms. Castellano has facilitated response to over 25,000 calls from law enforcement officers in need and averted 171 suicides to date. Over the last decade Cherie has “answered the call” from New Jersey law enforcement officers, firefighters, Emergency Medical Service personnel and military heroes in need through more than 50,000 contacts. The hallmark of her program’s success has been the “peer to peer” support component combined with clinical professionals. The American Association of Suicidology certified Cop 2 Cop with the highest score ever awarded by that organization. Cop 2 Cop is the only law enforcement hotline in the United States accredited by the American Association of Suicidology.
Ms. Castellano has been recognized internationally as an expert in the field of behavioral healthcare and crisis intervention for Law Enforcement Professionals. Her experience as a lecturer has included international forums such as Australia and Europe as well as prestigious national forums such as the FBI National Academy. As a member of the 9/11 New York Emergency Services Delegation for the Port Authority Police Department she traveled to Ireland, Belfast and England to share “9/11 Lessons Learned”.
Ms. Castellano co-authored two books “Psychological Counterterrorism and World War IV” with Dr. George Everly receiving national attention and “Law Enforcement Families; The Ultimate Back-Up” with Dr. Jim Reese. Cherie has authored several book chapters and over 100 articles in the field of law enforcement and military crisis intervention and has a column in The International Association of Counterterrorism & Security Professionals magazine.
She has received various awards including: Governors Proclamations, NJ Governors Excellence Award, N.J. Attorney General Recognition Award, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation World Congress Award, Commerce Bank New Jersey Hometown Hero, Unico Woman of the Year, and the New Jersey Interfaith Coalition for the Disabled Lay Person Award for her faith based activity. Ms. Castellano was selected as one of five individuals in New Jersey “People Who Made A Difference in 2005” featured in the Star Ledger. In 2009 she received the Italian American Police Society of New Jersey “Woman of the Year” and was also awarded the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Civilian Commendation Medal. More recently Cop2Cop Cherie was asked to testify to the Department of Defense Military Suicide Prevention Task Force with Colonel Stephen Abel sharing Cop2Cop and the New Jersey Veterans Helpline information as a national “best practice”. Cherie and her team at Cop2Cop recently received the Governor’s Council on Mental Health Stigma Ambassador Award.
Ms. Castellano served on Governor Codey’s Mental Health Task Force and recently served on Governor Corzine’s Task Force on Police Suicide. Cherie is certified instructor for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, QPR for Law Enforcement Institute and is an appointed member of the Rapid Assessment Deployment and Recovery Team (RADAR) by the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management and Emergency Preparedness Task Force.
Following September 11, Cherie coordinated a critical incident response to over 1,900 first responders in New York and New Jersey. Her crisis intervention services were featured in the New York Times as a “model for the nation.” Utilizing a “Rescuer Victim” concept, more than three million dollars in grant funding was awarded by the Department of Defense Appropriation Act of 2002 for 9/11 victims. In September, 2004, Attorney General Harvey appointed Ms. Castellano to direct the “For You New Jersey 9/11” program serving eight million New Jersey residents impacted by 9/11.
Ms. Castellano responded to the Hurricane Katrina Disaster First Responders and was awarded FEMA funding and national media coverage for these efforts.
In December 2005, Cherie transitioned her peer model to a “Veteran to Veteran” concept serving veterans and their families throughout New Jersey to cope with the psychological impact of war. In 2009, Cherie enhanced the federal Yellow Ribbon Guidelines in a “Welcome Home” Reconstitution project and 60-Day Reintegration program utilizing her successful 9/11 “re-entry model” for the Port Authority Police Department. Ms. Castellano has co-chaired the New Jersey PTSD Task Force for the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs since 2008 and utilized that venue to create our statewide military volunteer core. Cherie was selected to serve on the SAMSHA 2010 Returning Service Members, Veterans and their Families Policy Academy and has provided data on Cop2Cop to the Department of Defense Center for Excellence.
Cherie’s advocacy as a mother has prompted her to create a faith based group entitled “And A Child Shall Lead Us” to provide support and prayer for mothers with special needs children. In 2008 she successfully testified for legislation to be passed regarding this issue and is an advocate for families struggling with disabled children.
On a personal note, Cherie is an expert in law enforcement families as she is married to Mark, a Detective Supervisor with the Morris County Prosecutors’ Office, has two (2) young sons Louis John and Domenick, and believes her role as a police wife is her greatest achievement.
Jason Gatliff, Ph.D.
Dr. Gatliff is the IntegratedEthics Program Officer at the Cleveland Louis Stokes VA Medical Center and Director of Ethics Consultation at Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Biomedical Ethics at MetroHealth Medical Center where he serves as a clinical ethicist. He received a B.A. in philosophy and a M.A. in history from Boise State University, a M.A. in philosophy from Texas A & M and a M.A. and PhD in Applied Philosophy from Bowling Green State University. He is a graduate of the Cleveland Fellowship in Advanced Bioethics and has served as the William Lyon’s Chair in Professional Ethics at the United States Air Force Academy. His dissertation, “Terrorism and Just War Tradition: Issues of Compatibility,” was published in 2007 (VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller). Dr. Gatliff has served over eighteen years in active and reserve components of the military, including four years in the USAF as a military working dog handler. His areas of specialization are military and medical ethics and currently his research focus includes the reintegration of military members into civilian life and the influence of the military culture on the expectations and experiences of patients in the VA health care system.
Lawrence C. Hartlage, Ph.D.
Board Certification: Neuropsychology; Clinical Psychology
Court/Trial Background: Expert witness in 18 states and Canada; 3,000 disability hearings in Georgia and South Carolina
Consultantships: Army Medical Department; Assistant U.S. Attorney; Canadian Research Council; Center for Disease Control; NATO; Public Health Service; Surgeon General; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Presidencies: American Psychological Association, Division of Neuropsychology; National Academy of Neuropsychology; American Board of Professional Neuropsychology; National Brain Injury Research Foundation; Georgia Psychological Association
Editorships: Clinical Neuropsychology; International Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology; Journal of Head Injury
Publications: 14 books; 57 invited chapters; 412 papers, abstracts and encyclopedia entries
Honorary Appointments: Governor's Task Force (Neurotoxic Health Hazards); American Psychological Association Distinguished Lecturer Program, Ethics Committee, Committee on Social and Ethical Responsibility; Research and Scientific Affairs
Listings: American Men of Science; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care; Who's Who in the Word; International Who's Who in Medicine
Specialty: Brain injury from traumatic or neurotoxic putative etiologies
Faculty Appointments: Professor of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia and Indiana University Medical School
Affiliation: Director, Augusta Neuropsychology Center in Evans, Georgia
Judy C. Kelly, PsyD
Dr. Kelly earned a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degree from of American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University in 2007. She completed a Bachelor of Science degree from East Carolina University in Child Development and Family Relations in 2000 and a Master of Science degree also from East Carolina University in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2003. She was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force in 2006. In 2009 she was deployed to Afghanistan where she served as a Combat and Operational Stress Control provider. She remains on active duty while completing a clinical neuropsychology fellowship at the University of Virginia.
Cecil Reynolds, Ph.D.
Cecil R. Reynolds, PhD, ABPN, earned his Doctoral Degree from the University of Georgia in 1978 under the tutelage of Dr. Alan S. Kaufman, with a major in School Psychology and minors in Statistics and in Clinical Neuropsychology. He served an internship divided between the Medical College of Georgia and the Rutland Center for Severely Emotional Disturbed Children. Prior to joining the Texas A & M University faculty in 1981, Dr. Reynolds was a faculty member at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where he served as Associate Director and Acting Director of the Buros Institute of Mental Measurement, after writing the grants and proposals to move the Institute to Nebraska following the death of its founder, Oscar Buros. His primary research interests are in all aspects of psychological assessment with particular emphasis on assessment of memory, emotional and affective states and traits, and issues of cultural bias in testing. He is the author of more than 300 scholarly publications and author or editor of 33 books including the Handbook of School Psychology, the Encyclopedia of Special Education, and the Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology. He is the author of several widely used tests of personality and behavior including the Behavior Assessment System for Children and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. He is also senior author of the Test of Memory and Learning and co?author of several computerized test interpretation systems.
Col. Timothy V Shindelar, MA, MS
Colonel Timothy Shindelar is assigned to the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies as the Senior U.S. Military Fellow.
He has over two decades of operational military experience that includes command at both the tactical and operational level. In September 2007, Colonel Shindelar reported to Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) to assume duties as the Senior U.S. Military Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff (CoGS), Afghan National Army.
In October 2008, he was nominated and selected to be the first Senior Military Fellow at NESA. As the senior military fellow, he does research with Dean John Ballard, in the process both offering his perspective as a longtime member of the Armed Forces and engaging with participants and faculty at NESA to gain insight from their viewpoints.
His experience includes participation in the following Operations: Earnest Will, Persian Gulf; Fiery Vigil, Republic of the Philippines; Desert Shield/Desert Storm & Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; Joint Guardian/Joint Task Force Falcon, Kosovo; Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan.
His personal decorations include: Bronze Star Medal w/ (1) gold star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal w/ (2) gold stars, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Marine Corps Commendation Medal w/ (3) gold stars, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal w/ (2) gold stars, Combat Action Ribbon, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan First Degree Baryal Medal, and various unit, service and campaign awards.
Education
- M.S, Strategic Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
- M.A., Security Studies, Georgetown University
- M.A., National Security & Strategic Studies, U.S. Naval War College
- U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School
- B.S, Physical Science, U.S. Naval Academy
Elizabeth Stanley, Ph.D.
Dr. Stanley is an Assistant Professor of Security Studies in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University. Previously, she served as Associate Director of Georgetown's Security Studies Program and the Center for Peace and Security Studies. She served in Bosnia, Germany, Macedonia, Italy and Korea as a US Army military intelligence officer, leaving service with the rank of Captain.
Blending her military experience, research, and experience teaching mindfulness techniques, she created Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT) to build warrior resilience and optimize individual and team performance. She has taught MMFT to Marines and Army Soldiers before their deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Stanley is the founder of the non-profit Mind Fitness Training Institute, which teaches MMFT to organizations operating in high-stress operational environments. She has extensive practice with mind fitness techniques, including longer-term retreats in the US and Burma (Myanmar), and she has training in somatic-based trauma therapies.
Stanley has served on the National Security Advisory Board of the Sandia National Laboratories, the US Army Science Board and the executive board of Women in International Security (WIIS). She was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard’s Olin Institute for Strategic Studies. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Smith Richardson Foundation, the G.D. Searle Foundation, the John Kluge Foundation, the Department of Defense Centers for Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, the Office of Naval Research, and Sandia National Laboratories.
Education
- PhD (2002) Harvard University, Government
- MBA (1999) MIT Sloan School of Management, Technology Strategy/Organizational Behavior
- BA (1992) Yale University, Soviet and East European Studies
Raphael K. Works, Ph.D.
Dr. Works has the unique experience of serving in the Army as an enlisted member and officer for over 20 years. During that time he has completed over 70 training courses, obtained several officer branch qualifications & functional areas of expertise. During his tenure in the Armed Forces, Dr. Works has acquired extensive academic education throughout many institutions.
Among the many degrees are PhD’s in Organizational Leadership, Business Management, Nonprofit Management, Clinical Psychology, Public Health and International Relations from various academic institutions across the continental U.S. and internationally.
His previous work experience was as President & COO for SBE, Inc., an organization that provides strategic business and ownership plans tailored to those creating initial start-up organizations, to include a complete business guide outlining various platform development. Dr. Works has held numerous directorship positions for nonprofit and financial institutions.
Dr. Works has also taught as an interim adjunct professor in the subjects of advanced English, education, psychology, and career planning for those seeking entry into post-secondary colleges and universities. He's continued to consult students on advancing their education and collectively working with them to strategically assess subject criteria to suit many job demands and their need.
He's collaborated on various occasions with the New York City Mayor's Office of Veteran Affairs under the direction and leadership of the late Michael J. Handy on numerous Fleet Week activities. He was recommended and awarded the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal for his recognition, selfless service and dedication to the Mayor's Office. He is also a certified grant writer assisting those to formulate proper grant content for current and start-up entities.
Dr. Works has held various positions within the Army, which include; Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Battalion Adjutant, Civil Affairs Special Operations Officer, Assistant Team Chief and Deputy Operations Officer for the G-5 section in Kosovo for Task Force Falcon. He's held a variety of positions and volunteered at the Battalion level to enhance readiness and accountability of many Army wide inspections.
He's received numerous training certificates in finance, logistics, transportation, program management and emergency management operations (FEMA). He has extensive skills in the areas of operations, administration, technical, strategic and organizational management. He's worked with various organizations in which veterans are the topic of concern. He's also distinguished himself as a lifetime member of the Reserve Officer's Association and the Civil Affairs Association.
Dr. Works is also a member of the American Society for Association Executives (ASAE) which collectively collaborates with CEO's around the country to formulate and discuss ways to enhance organizational readiness, strategic preparedness, fiscal accountability, personnel, management and other various methods to effectively determine the macro-economic picture by producing significant outcomes of cutting-edge leadership throughout corporate America.
He is also a member of C.O.V.O. (Coalition of Veteran Organizations) which was created by several nonprofit Veteran Service Organizations (VSO's) in collaboration with the Chairman of Veterans Committee of the New York City Council, former Councilman Hiram Monserrate (Queens-21st District). This collective group was established as a think tank organization to determine, strategize and create legislative bills that would directly impact assisting veterans within the five boroughs. C.O.V.O. has several prolific organizations that seek to achieve due reciprocity of the most pressing issues affecting veterans on a daily basis. Dr. Works is also a member of the Veterans & Military Business Owners Association (VAMBOA).
