Board of Directors

2018-2019 CT-AIMH Board of Directors:

Officers

President: Susan Vater, EdM, Maternal Child Health Consultant, IDA Institute
Vice-President: Gerald Calnen, MD, FAAP, IMH-E®, ProHealth Physicians (retired), Primary Care Pediatrician
Secretary: Marianne Barton, PhD, IMH-E®, Clinical Professor, Director of Clinical Training, UCONN
Treasurer: Robert Riley, Manager-Financial Services, Ernst and Young, LLP

Directors

Carlita Elias, PsyD, IMH-E®, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Elias Psychological Services and Adjunct Instructor, Univeristy of Hartford
Margaret Holmberg, PhD, IMH-E®, President of 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
JoAnn Robinson, PhD, IMH-E®, Emeritus Professor and Director of Early Education and Early Intervention, UCONN
Jennifer Vendetti, LMSW, CEIM, Maternal Mental Health Consultant, Nurturing Families Network, UCONN Health
Rebecca Cuevas, LMSW, Early Head Start Coordinator/Director, Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES)
Elba Cruz Schulman, LMSW, Social Worker (retired)

Non-Voting Members

State Agency Representatives
Elaine Flynn-York, LCSW, Director of Prevention and Parenting Services, DMHAS Young Adult Services Division
Kimberly Nilson, MSW, Director of Child Welfare, Early and Middle Childhood, DCF

Past-President
Melissa Mendez, LCSW, IMH-E®, Director of Early Childhood Services, Wheeler Clinic