Transforming Lives That Transform America
Transforming Lives That Transform America
Transforming Lives That Transform America
Conference Staff
Director
Yaro Fong-Olivares (she/her), M.S. – Director, Corporate Education, Bentley University | Leadership Psychology PsyD candidate, William James College | Organizational Development with a focus on racial justice, equity, and inclusion | President, Executive Committee, New York Center | Member, Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems | Co-Creator, Group Relations International | Consultant-in-training, AK Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems.
Associate Director
Rev. Jaime J. Romo (he/him), Ed.D. – Hospice Chaplain, Seaport Home Health and Hospice | Trauma Incident Reduction Facilitator, Private Practice | President, Child Friendly Faith Project | Member, Grex |Certified Consultant, AK Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems
TBD
Limor Vink (She/her), M.A. - Regional Coordinator, Anti Defamation League | Member, AK Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems
Andrea Fraser – Artist | Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Art | Board Member, Grex | Associate and Certified Consultant, A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems
Mojgan Jahan, PsyD – Clinical Psychologist, Naval Medical Center San Diego | Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice | Benson Henry Institute Certified Healthcare Practitioner and Consultant in Mindfulness and Stress Resilience | Member, A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems | Member, Grex
Leonard Levis, PhD – Private Practice of Psychotherapy and Organizational Consultation, Berkeley, CA | Senior Clinical Supervisor, The Westcoast Children’s Clinic, Oakland, CA | Founding Member, Udana Institute for Spiritual Studies | Member, Grex,West Coast Affiliate of the A. K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems | Associate and Certified Consultant, A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems
Transforming Lives That Transform America
Conference Staff
Director
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Yaro Fong-Olivares, M.S. (she/her) – Executive Director, Gloria Cordes Larson Center for Women and Business, Bentley University| Leadership Psychology PsyD candidate, William James College | Organizational Development with a focus on racial justice, equity, and inclusion | Past President, Executive Committee, New York Center | Member, Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems | Co-Creator, Group Relations International | Certified Consultant, AK Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems |
Associate Director
Rev. Jaime J. Romo, Ed.D. (he/him) – Hospice Chaplain, Kaiser Permanente | Trauma Incident Reduction Facilitator Trainer, Private Practice Facilitator | Minister for Healing and Healthy Environments | Member, Grex | Certified Consultant, AK Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems |
Associate Director for Creative Expression and Expansion
Jack Lampl (he/him) – Organizational Consultant | Past President and Fellow, A. K. Rice Institute | Past President, Threshold Foundation | Credentialed Mediator | Board Member San Diego Psychoanalytic Center | Visual Artist | Member, Grex |
Associate Director for Administration and Program Co-Developer
Tara L. Victor, Ph.D., ABPP/CN (she/her) – Professor, California State University, Dominguez Hills Department of Psychology | Voluntary Associate Clinical Professor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences | Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist, Private Practice | Member, Grex | Associate & Certified Consultant, AK Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems |
Associate Administrators
Mandy Brashear (she/her) - MA Clinical Psychology Student, California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) | Instructional Student Assistant, CSUDH Department of Psychology | Graduate Student Assistant, CSUDH Department of Graduate Studies and Research, Research Compliance Unit |
Novien Yarber, Ph.D. (He/Él) - Senior Fellow for Leadership, Philanthropy, and Social Impact, The Nonprofit Institute (the University of San Diego); President, Gates Millennium Scholars Program Alumni Association- San Diego; Co-Creator, Group Relations International; Lecturer, School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the University of San Diego; Facilitator, Conscious Leadership Academy.
Consultants
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Leslie B Brissett, Ph.D. J.P. (0) – Director of the Group Relations Programme, Company Secretary & Principal Researcher / Consultant, Tavistock Institute of Human Relations | Co-Director, Tavistock Institute’s Dynamics at Board Level programme | Past Director 70th-76th Leicester Conferences | Magistrate in criminal court | Chair of the Board|Various UK Government Ministerial appointments | Ordained Interfaith Minister | Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts | Co-author “Dynamics at Boardroom Level” |
Diana Castañeda, M.A. (she/her) - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor | Director of Youth and Crisis Services, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (C4) | Since 2012, she has been on staff every year for the Group Relations Conference in the Tavistock Tradition through The Family Institute at Northwestern University | Member, CCSGO, Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations, an affiliate of A.K. Rice Institute |
Joshua DeSilva, Psy.D. (they/them) - Director of Clinical Training and Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Chicago School of Professional Psychology, DC Campus | Vice Chair, Virginia Latino Advisory Board | Licensed Psychologist and DBEI Consultant | Board of Directors, Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems (CSGSS) | Member, Washington Baltimore Center (WBC) | Co-Creator, Group Relations International | Member, AK Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems |
Julia G. Katawazi, M.A. (she/her/ella) - Associate Professional Clinical Counselor | Research Health Science Specialist, VA La Jolla | Counselor Education and Supervision PhD candidate, Oregon State University |
Rene Molenkamp, Ph.D. (he/his) – Founding Member and Executive Director, Group Relations International | Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, California | Board Certified Executive and Leadership Coach | Director, Leadership for Change Group Relations Conference and Professor of Practice, University of San Diego School of Leadership and Education Sciences | Faculty Coach, INSEAD Coaching Certificate Program, INSEAD, France | Fellow, A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems | Co-author, “The BART Method of Organizational Analysis: Boundary, Authority, Role and Task” |