spends his career studying how children and adults adapt to traumatic experiences, and has translated emerging findings from neuroscience and attachment research to develop and study a range of treatments for traumatic stress in children and adults.
is a Boston based artist, singer-songwriter, and bodyworker who works with traumatized individuals and trains mental health professionals to use Embodied Self Experience in movement, theater exercises, writing and voice as tools for attunement, healing and connection.
has been director of the Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program at McLean Hospital since 1988. He was director of the former Developmental Psychopharmacology Laboratory (now the Laboratory of Developmental Neuropharmacology), and is currently an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
(she/her/hers) is a psychotherapist who has practiced in outpatient, community, hospital and specialty care settings; a faculty member in the graduate School of Social Work at Winona State University; a consultant for the NCTSN’s Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders; and was previously a fellow at the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute.
is the Founder of NeuralSolution, Khiron Clinics and Get Stable. He is an accredited psychotherapist, author and entrepreneur.
was formerly Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at Boston University, and simultaneously Instructeur at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris. At both institutions he taught Social Psychology. More recently he has published three prize winning books on the topic of chronic loneliness.
has extensive experience in non-profit organizations with human resources, strategic planning, budgeting, streamlining financial systems, and financial management, including financial reporting, forecasting, analysis and accounting. Susan was the Director of Finance & Human Resources for the Striar Hebrew Academy in Sharon, MA.
manages the Fair Housing Information Program, which provides education and consultation on fair housing law and other housing-related issues at Way Finders, a regional nonprofit that serves much of Western Massachusetts.
is the leader of Deloitte’s Washington National Tax Practice for Transfer Pricing and the US and Global Leader for Controversy in the international economic consulting practice of Deloitte’s Global Transfer Pricing Group and Deloitte’s International Tax Global Strategy Group. In this capacity, he works extensively with large multinational companies in a wide variety of industries on major business enterprise restructurings and global tax optimization projects.
is a board-certified Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist who trained locally at UMass Medical School. She has an interest in early childhood trauma and working within a systems of care approach to support vulnerable families.
is the Assistant Educational Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute and a former instructor, Harvard Medical School.
is Vice President of The Meadows Institute. She has held numerous leadership positions in the behavioral healthcare field, including managing national and international conferences. She is inspired by the opportunity to bring together industry thought leaders and clinicians to grow the collective impact of Trauma Research Foundation.
has had a career in college undergraduate international education with the International Honors Program (IHP), an issue based comparative global study abroad program of SIT/World Learning. Joan has varied non-profit board experience over many years of care and service.
has worked in the health care industry for over 25 years spanning work in health care policy, public health, disease management, quality improvement, strategic planning and marketing, and direct care. She has experience in a range of venues including community mental health, urban public health, managed care, start-up entrepreneurial ventures, and the pharmaceutical industry. She has always been called to be a healer and left management to work directly with people who have suffered from trauma.
is a trainer & facilitator in diversity leadership, cultural competence and coalition building for justice and equity. She is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founding Director of Multicultural BRIDGE and contributes to several teams across the region to promote safety, equity and trust in communities and workplaces. Gwendolyn has worked with corporations, schools, colleges and universities, law enforcement, hospitals, teaching and leadership institutes, and more. In addition to designing cultural competence trainings, Gwendolyn is a frequent speaker and long-time activist deeply rooted in racial justice, gender equity and positive psychology.
stands as an award-winning innovator, social entrepreneur, adventurer, storyteller, and a true aficionado of human performance. Born with an insatiable curiosity and an unyielding zest for life, Bruce's remarkable journey has taken him across the globe, weaving a tapestry of diverse experiences and vocations.
