AFTNC Council Members

	W. Keith Sutton	President
	Phone: (415) 686-9544	Email: drkeith@drkeithsutton.com
	Dr. Sutton has been involved with the AFTNC council for the past several years serving as the student representative and serving on the programs committee. He currently has a private practice in San Francisco and San Rafael, working with teens, families, couples, individual adults, and providing psychological assessments. Dr. Sutton is part of the Oppositional and Conduct Disorder Clinic and is the Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy.

	Shawn V. Giammattei	President Elect
	Phone: (415) 722-7134	Email: drshawn@questfamilies.com
	Dr. Giammattei received his PhD from CSPP with a focus on family systems and LGBT populations. He joined AFTNC as a student member several years ago and has served as co-chair of the conference committee and treasurer. He is currently the Coordinator of Training for the Rockway Institute, adjunct faculty at Argosy and CSPP where he teaches courses in family therapy, LGBT mental health, and live supervision with reflecting teams. He also maintains a small private practice in San Francisco and Santa Rosa, working with individuals, couples, and families.

	Sandra Carson	Treasurer
	Phone:	Email: sandra.carson@comcast.net


	Tekesia Sturgis	Secretary
	Phone:	Email: tsturgis@innovatedcommunities.com
	Dr. Tekesia Sturgis graduated from Argosy University and is currently a registered psychologist at the Yteam and Family Institute of Richmond. She teaches in the Psychology Undergraduate Program at Argosy University and University of Phoenix and conducts workshops on Successful Parental Involvement in African American Children’s Therapy. She truly believes that it takes a village to raise a child.

	Lori Ono	Listserv Coordinator
	Phone:	Email: lori.j.ono@kp.org
	Lori has worked in the mental health field for 22 years. With her BA in Psychology she first worked with children and adolescents in a psychiatric hospital, then with adolescents in a residential program before pursuing her PhD. She has been working at Kaiser since her post doctoral internship in 2000 working with adults. Lori has been involved with AFTNC for several years and incorporates systemic work in helping her clients at Kaiser.

	Theopia Jackson	Member-at-large
	Phone:	Email: thjackson@mail.cho.org


	Roger Lake	Member-at-large
	Phone:	Email: rogerlake@aol.com
	Roger Lake, MFT, has been in private practice in San Francisco for over twenty-five years and an AFTNC member that whole time. He is a past President of AFTNC, and clinical member of AFTA and AAMFT. Although a generalist as a practitioner, his own development as a man, and his understanding of that journey, has emerged as an important dimension of his work. He has now spent over half of his life doing this. If it hasn't always led to Wisdom, it certainly has given him a compassionate perspective on the general problem of suffering. He is grateful for that.

	Erica Torres	Member-at-large
	Phone:	Email: dr.torres@me.com


	Rosché Brown	Programs Committee
	Phone:	Email: roschebrown@yahoo.com
	Rosché Brown, PsyD, is a psychologist at WestCoast Children’s Clinic in Oakland working with Transitional Aged Foster Youth ages 14-21 helping them to develop lndependent living skills in order to prepare for emancipation from the foster care system. Dr. Brown obtained her Masters and Doctorate Degree from Argosy University, American School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Area. She has worked in Contra Costa County, Marin County, and Alameda county providing individual, family, and group therapy services since 2006 with clients from diverse racial/ethnic heritage, sexual orientations, religion, and socioeconomic statuses.

	Dave Friedman	Programs Committee
	Phone:	Email: d.w.friedman@gmail.com


	Lisa Anderson Shaffer	Conference Committee Co-Chair
	Phone:	Email: lisaandersonshaffer@gmail.com
	Lisa earned a Bachelors of Fine Art from the San Francisco Art Institute and a Masters of Science in Clinical Psychology from San Francisco State University. As a psychotherapist she has over 6 years experience in working with the many diverse populations of San Francisco. Working from a psychodynamic and psychoanalytic perspective, she specializes in helping adults and adolescents gracefully adjust and grow through life transitions and embrace changes in relationships, professional life, school, and family. She also specializes in working with creative professionals and health care workers facing burn out and work related stress and anxiety.

	Leticia Manzanares	Conference Committee Co-Chair
	Phone:	Email: lmanzana1@yahoo.com
	Leticia Manzanares, MFTI, is a registered intern with Haight Ashbury Integrated Behavioral Services in San Francisco. Leticia earned a Bachelors in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco. She completed a two year program in Alcohol and Drugs from College of San Mateo and is certified by the State of California. Leticia earned her Masters in Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of San Francisco. Leticia has 12 years of experiences in the field of addiction providing services through group and individual therapy. Leticia specializes in working with women with addiction and mental health concerns.

	John Zamora	Student Representative
	Phone:	Email: jvzamora@usfca.edu


	Tom Wooldridge	Student Representative
	Phone:	Email: tw@tomwooldridge.com
	Tom Wooldridge, M.A., is a student at Argosy University, where he received his M.A. and plans to earn his Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2011. Tom’s clinical training has thus far focused on families. Currently, he is completing a third practicum with Berkeley Mental Health’s Mobile Crisis Team. In addition, he works as a Psychological Assistant for Dr. Deanna Reardon, where he provides low-fee psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families in the Bay Area. Tom is a Student Member of both the Association of Family Therapists of Northern California and the American Family Therapy Academy.

	Randall Wyatt	Video Librarian
	Phone:	Email: video@aftnc.com
	Randall C. Wyatt, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program at the California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco, where he is also Director of Training. He teachers brief therapy, practice management and dissertation proposal. Dr. Wyatt practices psychotherapy and consultation in Oakland and Dublin with an emphasis on couples therapy, PTSD, and family therapy, as well as individual psychotherapy.

	Alena Schabes	Newsletter Editor
	Phone:	Email: alenaschabes@hotmail.com
	Alena Schabes, Psy.D., graduated from CSPP and focused her studies and training in family therapy. She was introduced to AFTNC by family therapy professors and past presidents Robert-Jay Green and Bart Rubin. She currently works at Kaiser Permanente in Antioch and teaches family therapy at JFK University.

	Sharif Okasha	Membership Chair
	Phone:	Email: dr.sharifokasha@gmail.com
	Dr. Okasha is a graduate from the California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus, where he earned his doctorate in clinical psychology. Currently, Dr. Okasha is specializing in working with children, adolescents and adults in individual and family psychotherapy. He practices from a relational model, which focuses on utilizing the therapeutic relationship as a primary model for working through clients’ struggles.

	Ana Plotkine	Membership Committee
	Phone:	Email: ap910@nyu.edu
	Anna Plotkine, M.A., is a fourth-year Psy. D. student at the American School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University. She is currently in an advanced practicum at Partners in Rehabilitation, working with children, adolescents, and individual adults.

	Bryan Hughes	Webmaster
	Phone:	Email: bhughes@wi.edu
	Bryan Hughes, M.A., is a fourth-year Psy.D. student at the Wright Institute in Berkeley. Focusing on adolescent therapy and assessment, he has trained with the Cleo Eulau Center, Family Institute of Pinole, and Alameda County Juvenile Hall. He is currently in a practicum at the UCSF AIDS Health Project. Before starting graduate school, he was a congressional aide in Washington, DC.

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Council and Committee Meeting Minutes