Board of Directors

Katayune Kaeni, Psy.D., PMH-C, chairs the PSI Board of Directors. She is a psychologist in private practice specializing in 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. She began specializing ...
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Dr. Levine is the PSI Board of Directors Vice-Chair. He 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, ...
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Laudy Burgos, LCSW is an Associate Director of Social Work in the Women’s and Children’s Division at Mount Sinai Hospital. In this capacity she supervises social work staff in the outpatient clinic, inpatient units, and the faculty practice in the OB/GYN Department. Her specialty area is the treatment of perinatal ...
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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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Sarah Kotranza has been a peer advocate in the perinatal mental health space since 2013. She has led multiple Climb Out of the Darkness events, presented at new mom groups, was one of the founding members of her local perinatal mental health coalition, and has participated in multiple lobby days ...
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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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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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Dr. Samantha Suffren is a neuropsychiatry board certified physician. She obtained her undergraduate degree as a Howard Hughes Fellow majoring in Biochemistry from North Carolina State University. Upon graduating she became involved in oncogenetic research at the National Institute of Environmental Health in Raleigh. With a desire to work more ...
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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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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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