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2023 PAPRS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Board members are elected by the general membership and may serve up to two consecutive three-year terms. There are presently 20 elected members of the board from all regions of Pennsylvania.  

                        

  • Ellwyn Andres, MA, CPRP (Office to 2024) 

Immediate Past President, Acting Treasurer, Executive Committee, Communications, Budget/Finance, & History Committees 

Retired (Cumberland County, Central) 

  • Denise Astaneh (T1 - 2025)

 Children's Service Center of Wyoming Valley, Wilkes Barre, PA (Luzerne County, NE)

  • Amanda Burke, MPA, CPRP (T1-2023) 

Education & Outcomes Committees 

Crawford County Mental Health Awareness Program (CHAPS), Meadville, PA (Crawford County, W) 

  •  Aaron Burkhart, CPRP (T2 – 2025) 

Chair-Conference Committee   

The Challenge Center, Franklin, PA (Venango County, NW) 

  •  Marcie Cole, MS, CPRP (T2 – 2023) 

Policy & Education/Consultation Committees 

Horizon House, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia County, SE) 

  • Collette D'Angelo, MPH  (T1 - 2024)

Policy Committee

Access Services, Trevose, PA (Montgomery County, SE)

  • Skyler Deitrick  (T1-2024)

Chair Communications Committee

Community Services Group, Lebanon, PA (Lebanon County, C)

  • Gwendolyn DeYoung, CPRP (T2 - 2023) 

Conference, Policy, & Budget/Finance Committees  

Wellspring Community Support Services, Mansfield, PA (Tioga County, NC) 

  •  Virginia Dikeman, MA, Licensed Psychologist (T1 - 2024)

Co-Chair Policy Committee 

DHS-OMHSAS Scranton Field Office, Scranton, PA (Lackawanna County, NE) 

  • Sara Dobson (T1 - 2025)
St Luke's-Penn Foundation, Sellersville, PA (Lehigh County, NE)
  • Liz Guerin (T1 - 2025)
Regional Counseling Center, Inc., Oil City, PA (Venango, NW)
  • Holly Knoll  (T1 - 2025)
 The Community Guidance Center (Clearfield County, NW)
  • Kim MacDonald-Wilson, ScD, CPRP, CRC (Office to 2024) 

President, Executive, Budget/Finance, Policy Committees & Chair-History Workgroup

Community Care Behavioral Health, Exton, PA (Chester County, SE) 

  •  Pamela Nabried-Abdullah, BA, CPRP, CESP (T2 – 2024) 

Membership Committee 

Horizon House, Inc, Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia County, SE)  

  •  Caitlin Needham (T1 - 2025)

  Stairways Behavioral Health, Erie, PA (Erie County, NW)

  •  Rochelle Reimert, MS, CPRP (T 2- 2025 & Office to 2024) 

President Elect, Co-Chair Education/Consultation Committee 

Salisbury Behavioral Health, Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh County, NE) 

  •  John W. Rosengrant, MPA, MSW, LSW, CPRP (T1 - 2024)

Chair Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, Policy Committee

Scranton Counseling Center, Scranton, PA (Lackawanna County, NE)

  • Julie Sanders (T2-2025) 

Chair Membership Committee,  

Stairways Behavioral Health, Erie, PA (Erie County, NW) 

  • Brittani Smerkar, BS, CPRP

Secretary, Co-chair Policy Committee,

The Challenge Center, Franklin, PA (Venango County, NW)

  • Debra Weisgerber (T1 - 2025)

 Scranton Counseling Center, Scranton, PA (Lackawanna County, NE)

 

2021 SPECIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE BOARD 

 Advisory Committee members are selected and appointed by the President, with ratification by the Board. The Advisory Committee is limited to twelve members 

  • Amy DeMay     
York College, York, PA (York County - C)     
                                                                                                          
  • Donna Duffy-Bell, MA, CPRP, CAADC, Licensed Psychologist 

Membership Committee

Bucks County Department of Behavioral Health/Disability Program, Doylestown, PA (Bucks County, SE)

    

  • Eileen Joseph, MS 

Education/Consultation Committee  

Retired – Carelink Community Support Services, Media, PA (Delaware County, SE) 

  • Rita Kraus, BS, CPRP   

Education/Consultation & Budget/Finance Committees 

Dickinson Center, Inc., Ridgway, PA (Elk County, NW) 

 

  • Lu Mauro, MED, CPRP 

Education & Consultation Committee

Penn Foundation, Sellersville, PA (Bucks County, SE) 

  • Sara Mays, LSW, CPRP (T1- 2021) 

Chair-Outcomes Workgroup

Central Intermediate Unit #10, West Decatur, PA (Centre County, Central)

 

  • Jennifer McLaughlin, BSE, CPRP 

Co-Chair Conference Committee, Budget/Finance Committee, Policy Committee

Community Services Group, Sunbury, PA (Northumberland County, Central)

  • Susan Poznar, CPRP 

Budget/Finance Committee, Conference Committee

Community Counseling Center of Mercer County, Hermitage, PA (Mercer County, NW)

  • Maureen Walsh, MS, CRC, CPRP 

Co-Chair Conference Committee,  Budget/Finance Committee

Allied Services Behavioral Health, Scranton, PA (Lackawanna County, NE)