Board of Directors

Christena Raines, RN, MSN, APRN-BC, PMH-C, is a dual trained nurse practitioner in Women’s’ Health and board certified in Psychiatric-Mental Health and has practiced as a Perinatal Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner for over 15 years. Chris was a member of the planning team instrumental in opening the first in-patient Perinatal Mental ...
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Liz Verney has a BFA from Parson’s School of Design and The New School. She was an Illustrator, Graphic Designer and magazine Art Director in New York City. She moved to rural New Hampshire when she married and there she raised two children. She was on the NH State Council ...
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I am a Senior Accountant for the New York State Education Department. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development and Family Studies and my Certificate in Accounting. I have been an Accountant for 15 years. I am also a Zumba instructor and have been for four years. I live ...
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Vanessa Park is a development and marketing/communications specialist who works with both nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses. She also has an editing and ghostwriting business called Vanessa’s Red Pen, and is a fiction writer and blogger. Vanessa has a BA from the University of Virginia and an MFA from Columbia ...
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Dr. Nicole Cirino is a physician with specialization in Reproductive Psychiatry. She is an Associate Professor at Oregon Health Science University where she teaches medical students, residents and other physicians about Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Female Sexual Medicine. She holds leadership positions in several national professional organizations including ...
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I am the president and founder of Alexis Joy D’Achille Foundation for Postpartum Depression, advocate, husband, and Dad. I’m a man advocating for maternal mental health issues because I realize women’s health is a family health issue.   My passion is creating access to care for families struggling.  www.alexisjoyfoundation.org ...
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Dr. Michele Davidson is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife and forensic nurse who founded Chesapeake Bay Psychiatry, a private practice located in Virginia, that specializes in perinatal and women’s mental health. Dr. Davidson attended Marymount University for her nursing education as a registered nurse, and later ...
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Shivani is a registered Yoga & Mindfulness Guide and works with individuals one-on-one or in group settings to find healthy ways to manage their mental health. Her holistic approach takes into account the individual’s unique situation, and the class is tailored for each case. There is no one size fits ...
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Katayune Kaeni, Psy.D., PMH-C, is a psychologist in private practice specializing perinatal mental health, host of the Mom & Mind Podcast with Dr. Kat and Author of The Pregnancy Workbook: Manage Anxiety and Worry with CBT and Mindfulness Techniques.  Dr. Kat is a Postpartum Support International board member-at-large and Chair of Education, Training ...
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Dr. Levine is a New Jersey based pediatrician with the Summit Medical Group. David is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  He suffered from postpartum depression with his first child, but that did not stop him from having a second, and having postpartum anxiety with that one.  He has ...
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Mary (Moore) Parnham is currently a paralegal/office manager for the firm of Parnham & Associates in Houston, Texas. This is a criminal defense law firm, most known for representing Andrea Yates. After the first trial, in which Ms. Yates was found guilty and sentenced to life in the penitentiary, Mary ...
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Lita Simanis, LCSW, PMH-C is Coordinator of the Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood & Anxiety Disorder Program at Alexian Brothers Health System. She also works as a Perinatal Mental Health Clinician on the North Shore Mom’s Line. Since 2008, Lita has been the co-coordinator of the Postpartum Depression Illinois Alliance. Lita ...
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Ann Smith, CNM is the immediate past board chair of PSI, and is the current board chair of the Marketing/Communications Committee. She is a nurse-midwife, PSI Support Coordinator in New York City, PPD survivor, lecturer on perinatal mood disorders to health professionals, a facilitator on PSI Chat with an Expert ...
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Dr. Phyliss Nicole Taylor is a psychiatrist with a specialization in Perinatal Mental Health. She is currently employed at the North Florida South Georgia VA Health Systems Outpatient Mental Health Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. She is affiliated with the University of Florida – Jacksonville and provides clinical supervision for psychiatry ...
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