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SPIN®
USA
ABOUT
US
OUR
LEADERSHIP TEAM
SENIOR
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Jane
P. Nestel-Patt, M.Ed., President and CEO
Jane Nestel-Patt brings more than 25 years of non-profit leadership, program
planning and organizational development consulting in education and child
welfare to the management of the daily operations and strategic development
of SPIN®USA. As the master trainer in the United States,
Ms. Nestel-Patt also oversees all quality assurance regarding SPIN training
and certification protocols. Prior to her work with SPIN®USA,
Jane was the Executive Director of the Carlisle Institute whose mission
was to identify and promote the transfer and adaptation of best practices
in education and child and family development worldwide. It was in this
capacity that Ms. Nestel-Patt spearheaded SPIN's effort to bring the powerful
training methodology to the United States. Ms. Nestel-Patt also spent
10 years as President of Management and Educational Resources Associates,
a consulting/training firm that worked with non-profit clients to strengthen
programs and develop systems and strategies for organizational effectiveness.
Ms.
Nestel-Patt has a M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision from Antioch
University. [email protected]
Terri
Pease, Ph.D., Director of Program Development
Terri Pease is responsible for development and implementation of SPIN®USA
programs. Prior to SPIN, Dr. Pease held clinical and administrative positions
in several social service agencies focusing on trauma and disability services.
She is a former tenured professor of psychology and counseling at Governors
State University in Illinois, and was recently appointed to the National
Academy for Equal Justice for People with developmental disabilities at
Temple University.
Dr.
Pease has a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from Cornell
University and post-graduate study in clinical neuropsychology. [email protected]
Gary
Davis, MSW, National Trainer
Gary Davis has 30 years of experience of providing services which impact
troubled and troubling children, youth and families in community mental
health, residential treatment and community based programs. He has been
a youth and childcare worker, house parent, therapist, program manager,
clinical supervisor, consultant and training director. Prior to joining
SPIN®USA in 2004 and his work as an independent contractor,
Mr. Davis was Director of the Buckhorn Buckhorn Institute in Kentucky.
He also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Eastern Kentucky University.
Mr. Davis further brings extensive experience as an Instructional Design
Specialist, having responsibility for the design, development and delivery
of a wide array of competency-based training, educational, clinical, and
consultation services to schools, universities, and family-centered agencies.
Mr.
Davis has a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of
Kentucky. In addition, Gary Davis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker,
an NASW Diplomat in Clinical Social Work and a board certified Cognitive
Therapist. He is certified as a Senior Trainer by the Life Space Crisis
Intervention Institute and as a national trainer/supervisor in SPIN Video
Home Training and SPIN Video Interaction Guidance™ by SPIN®USA.
[email protected]
Adrienne
Williams, M.Ed., Director of Development and Program Development
Adrienne
Williams is the former New England Region Director of the Child Welfare
League of America (CWLA), the nation’s oldest and largest membership-based
organization serving vulnerable children, youth, and families. During
her 7 year stint as Region Director, Adrienne was responsible for addressing
the needs of 130+ private and public member agencies through consultation
and technical assistance. Consultation included COA accreditation readiness,
agency crisis management, educational and residential staff training and
development, program development, team building, strengths-based and culturally
competent service provision, and client advocacy. Adrienne was also responsible
for the planning and coordination of regional activity/events focused
on Effective Leadership, Workforce Issues, Foster, Kinship and Adoptive
Care, Child Care and Development, and Public Policy. Adrienne served as
a networker, developing opportunities for member-to-member resource sharing
and linking regional members with the abundant resources and services
provide through CWLA DC headquarters.
Prior
to employment at CWLA, Adrienne served for 18 years as a certified special
needs teacher, school principal, behavioral specialist and RTC program
administrator at Boston Children’s Services. Strengths-based philosophy
and practice formed the foundation of the program’s educational,
social/emotional and behavioral treatment services.
Ms.
Williams has a M. Ed. in Special Education from Bridgewater State College.
[email protected]
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gail
Fields, LICSW, BCD
Gail Fields is a clinical social worker and former Executive Director
of Concord Family Service who is currently on the Board of Jewish Vocational
Services, a member of the Massachusetts National Association of Social
Workers’ Education Commission, and the Acton Housing Self Sufficiency
Board.
Ms.
Fields has served on various professional and community boards through
the years such as the Massachusetts Council of Family Agencies, Human
Services, League of Women Voters and the Cary Library Steering Committee.
A graduate of Duke University and Simmons College School of Social Work,
she is currently involved in consulting and private practice after many
years of non-profit agency involvement.
Pamela
Johnson
Pam Johnson is a Senior Child Welfare Program Specialist serving as the
National Program Officer of Independent Living and other youth-related
child welfare issues in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Ms.
Johnson has over twenty-five years of experience in designing and implementing
youth development programs and community-based services at the national,
state and local level. Pam is a member of the Child Welfare League of
America’s National Advisory Committee on Youth Services and Independent
Living Program Standards. She is also a founding board member of the African-American
Women’s Resource Center and the Blacks in Government (BIG) - Southwest
Chapter. She is the recipient of numerous awards and commendation in recognition
of her work and long-standing dedication to improving conditions for youth
and their families.
Michael
Kaiser, Chair of the Board
Michael Kaiser is the Director of program services for the National Center
for Victims of Crime. He oversees the National Center's help line, the
Stalking Resource Center, and the Training Institute, which brings cutting
edge information to victim advocates and allied professionals.
Mr.
Kaiser’s career in the non-profit arena spans 17 years, including
holding the positions of Associate Director for Development and External
Affairs and Associate Director of Administration at Victim Services in
New York, a 750 employee $35 million organization. He has launched many
innovative programs-several of them national in scope- in the areas of
domestic violence, sexual assault and other forms of victimization.
Michael
Kaiser has served on the Board of Trustees of the College of the Atlantic
in Bar Harbor, Maine since 1991 and on the Board of Directors of New Destiny
Housing Corporation since 1998.
Arthur
N. Milliken, Treasurer
Art Milliken was Founder and President of the prestigious Massachusetts
based custom designed housing firm, Acorn Structures, until 1995. Art,
currently a retired business executive, has a long history of serving
on community-based non-profit Boards of Directors. He serves is President
of the Carlisle Conservation Foundation. Mr. Milliken is also a corporator
with the Concord Family Services and Concord-Assabet Family and Adolescent
Services.
Art
Milliken graduated from the Brooks School in 1947, and went on to get
his B.S. from Yale University. He continued his studies at Harvard Business
School in the Owner-President Management Program.
Randi
Ziter
Randi Ziter is the owner of the renowned Putney Inn, in Southern Vermont.
In addition to her business and managerial acumen, Ms. Ziter has a strong
commitment to supporting organizations that provide quality services for
families and children. Ms. Ziter has been a board member for several children
and family service agencies serving the communities of Southeastern Vermont.
Ms.
Ziter is a graduate of Williams College.
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Carlisle, MA 01741
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