Board of Directors

CT-AIMH Board of Directors:

Officers

President: Susan Vater, EdM, Maternal Child Health Consultant, IDA Institute
Vice-President: Carlita Elias, PsyD, IMH-E®, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Elias Psychological Services and Adjunct Instructor, Univeristy of Hartford
Secretary: Marianne Barton, PhD, IMH-E®, Clinical Professor, Director of Clinical Training, UCONN
Treasurer: Robert Riley, Manager-Financial Services, Ernst and Young, LLP

Directors

Gerald Calnen, MD, FAAP, IMH-E®, ProHealth Physicians (retired), Primary Care Pediatrician
Elba Cruz Schulman, LMSW, Social Worker (retired)*
Rebecca Cuevas, LMSW, Early Head Start Coordinator/Director, Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES)
Margaret Holmberg, PhD, IMH-E®, The Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health
Darcy Lowell, MD, IMH-E®, CEO, Child FIRST, Inc, and Associate Clinical Professor Department of Pediatrics and Child Study Center at Yale University School of Medicine
Aileen McKenna, PhD, IMH-E®, Manager of Home Visiting Programs for the State of CT and Family Liaison for CT  Birth to Three System, Office of Early Childhood
Tanika Eaves Simpson, PhD, IMH-E®, Fairfield University, Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies, Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Social Work Program
Jennifer Vendetti, LMSW,CEIM, Maternal Mental Health Consultant, Nurturing Families Network, UCONN Health

*Due to her sudden passing, Elba’s 3-year term was cut short on December 19, 2020.

Non-Voting Members

State Agency Representatives
Ann Gionet, DPH, Health Program Supervisor, Adolescent & Child Health Unit, Connecticut Title V CYSHCN Director, CDC Act Early Ambassador Emeritus
Kimberly Nilson, MSW, Director of Child Welfare, Early and Middle Childhood, DCF
Stephanie Zanker-Rivera, MS, LPC, Behavioral Health Clinical Manager/Director of Prevention and Parenting, Office of the Commissioner, DMHAS Young Adult Services Division