2004 Conference Faculty
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COURSE DIRECTORS

Perry D. Hoffman, PhD
President
, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Dixianne Penney, DrPH
Executive Vice President
, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Marion F. Solomon, PhD
Director of Training, Lifespan Learning Institute

Susan R. Bergeson, MBA
Vice President
, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance,
Chicago, Illinois
Nancee Blum, MSW, LISW
Social Work Specialist and Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa,
Iowa City, Iowa
Wayne S. Fenton, MD
Associate Director for Clinical Affairs, National Institute of Mental Health,
Bethesda, Maryland
Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA
Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director, University College London
Chief Executive, The Anna Freud Center,
London, England
Frances R. Frankenburg, MD
Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Bedford Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts
Associate Director,
Adult Development Laboratory, McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Massachusetts
 
Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD
Research Advisor, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Associate Professor; Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program and Research Program,
University of Nevada,
Reno, Nevada
Mark A. Frye, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, UCLA Bipolar Disorder Research Program,
Los Angeles, California
Marcia K. Goin, MD, PhD
President, American Psychiatric Association
Director, Residency Training and Adult Psychiatric Outpatient Department at Los Angeles County
General Hospital, University of Southern California
Clinical Professor, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, California
John G. Gunderson, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Treatment and Research on BPD, McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Massachusetts
James Hall
Family-to-Family Leader, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill,
Houston, Texas
 
Jill M. Hooley, DPhil
Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
Senior Attending Psychologist, McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Massachusetts

Barbara Kavanagh, MA
Board of Directors, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder,
Rye, New York
Otto F. Kernberg, MD, FAPA   
Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Director, Personality Disorders Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital,
White Plains, New York
Robin L. Kissell, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, UCLA-NPI
Faculty, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute,
Los Angeles, California

Harriet P. Lefley, PhD 
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine,
Miami, Florida

Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP
Professor and Director, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Stephen W. Mayberg, PhD
Director, California Department of Mental Health,
Sacramento, California
Valerie Porr, MA
President, Treatment and Research Advancements National Association for Personality Disorder,
New York, New York
S. Charles Schulz, MD      
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Minnesota Medical School,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Barbara Stanley, PhD 
Research Scientist, Department of Neuroscience,
New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Professor, Department of Psychology, City University of New York-John Jay College,
New York, New York
Leah Sullivan
Family-to-Family Coordinator, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill,
San Gabriel Valley, California

J. Mark Thompson, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, UCLA-Neuro -Psychiatric Institute
Director of Education, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute,
Los Angeles, California 
Peter C. Whybrow, MD
Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute
Judson Braun Professor and Executive Chair
, Department of Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences,
UCLA School of Medicine,
Los Angeles, California

Patricia Woodward, MAT
Secretary, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder,
Rye, New York

Mary C. Zanarini, EdD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School 
Director, Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development, McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Massachusetts
Marta Zipin
Family Connections Co-leader, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder,
Long Island, New York