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State Board

Dr. Laura Brennan, M.D.
Chair
Pediatrics Center for Children Support School of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Elayne Weitz, Ph.D.
Co-chair
Psychologist

Lea DeGuilo
Assistant Section Chief- DCF North

Kathleen Lyons-Boswick, Esq. BSN, RN (ret)
Supervising Assistant Prosecutor
Essex County Prosecutor’s Office

Robyne Jiles, MSW
Assistant Director of DCP&P Central Operations
Division of Child Protection and Permanency
Department of Children and Families

Brian Ross
Assistant Commissioner for Legal and Regulatory Affairs
Division of Child Protection and Permanency
Department of Children and Families

Alex X Zhang, MD
Acting Chief State Medical Examiner
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Bethany D’Amelio
Executive Coordinator
New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect
Department of Children and Families

Adam Brozek
Detective Sergeant First Class
New Jersey State Police
Major Crime North Unit

Jennifer A. Pax, PhD, JD, MSW, LCSW
New Jersey City University

Nichole Lane
Deputy Public Defender
Office of Law Guardian

Nancy Scotto-Rosato
Department of Health and Senior Services

 

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SUID Subcommittee

Lenore Scott, LSW
Assistant Division Director
Office of Early Childhood Services
NJ Dept. of Children & Families

Susan Fiorilla, MSW
Supervising Family Service Specialist I
Division of Child Protection & Permanency
Burlington West Local Office

Genevieve Lalanne-Raymond
Lead Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist
NJ Department of Health

Katie Magee – Lee
Prosecutor
Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office

Alissa K. Sandler, MSW, LCSW
Manager, Pediatric Social Work
Hackensack Meridian Children's Health at Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital

Nichole Lane
Deputy Public Defender
Office of Law Guardian

Frederick J. DiCarlo, MD, PhD
Deputy Medical Examiner
Morris Tri-County Medical Examiner’s Office

Kimberly DeNick, MD
Advocare Pediatrics

Matthew Maguire
EMS Medical Direction Coordinator
Cooper University Health Care

 

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Suicide Subcommittee

Andrew L. Falzon, MD
State Medical Examiner
Office of the State Medical Examiner

Mary F Beirne, MS, EdD, M.D., DFAPA
Dept of Children and Families, Rutgers

Melinda P. Carnassale
Deputy Director
Children’s System of Care
NJ Dept of Children & Families

Jennie Blakney, M.A., Ed
Child and Adolescent Health Program Manager
New Jersey Department of Health

Michelle Scott, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Professor, School of Social Work
Director, SRF Suicide Prevention Research and Training Project
Monmouth University

Suzy Azevedo
Principal
Edgar Middle School

Maureen A. Brogan, LPC, ACS, DAAETS
Program Director
Rutgers Health, Traumatic Loss Coalition

Iris Moore
Camden North Local Office Manager
Child Protection and Permanency

Marisol Garces
MSW, LSW
Local Office Manager
DCF- Division of Child Protection and Permanency

Susan M. L. Paredes
Teacher, School Administrator
Metuchen Public Schools

 

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Northern Regional Team

Jennifer Romalin, RN, MSN, APN
Chair
Hackensack University Medical Center – AHCH

Jeffrey Conrad
Prosecutor
Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office

Christopher Schellhorn
Chief Assistant Prosecutor (Tactical Division)
Morris County Prosecutor’s Office

Javier M. Toro
Captain of Detectives
Special Victims Unit
Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor

Wendy Crossan Ricci, Esq.
Staff Attorney, Office of the Law Guardian
Asst. Deputy Public Defender

Sandra Parente
Department of Child Protection and Permanency
County Service Specialist for the DCPP Bergen and Hudson Area Office

Karen Eigen, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Department
Hackensack Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Di Wang, MD, PhD. MA
American Board certified Pathologist and board certified Forensic Pathologist
Morris Tri-County Medical Examiner

 

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Central Regional Team

Gladibel Medina, MD, CAP
Chair
Medical Director, DBH CPC

Dr. Francesco Pontoriero, DO
Pediatric Forensic Pathologist
Assistant Medical Examiner
Middlesex Regional Medical Examiner’s Office

Laura Badilla, MSW
Department of Child Protection and Permanency
H/M/S/W Area Office

Laura Johnson, PhD, MSW
Temple University

Patricia Soffer, Esq.
Assistant Deputy Public Defender – Law Guardian attorney
Office of Law Guardian

Kari A. Mastro, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Director of Practice, Innovation and Research at Penn Medicine
Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Medicine Princeton Health

Porsha Moody, MPA
Program Manager/State Coordinator for Child Passenger Safety (CPS) & Safe Kids New Jersey

 

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Southern Regional Team

Dr. Laura Brennan, M.D.
Chair
Pediatrics
Center for Children Support School of Osteopathic Medicine

Ian Hood, MB, ChB, JD
Medical Examiner
Burlington County

Kristin Nanette Briggs, Esq.
Assistant Deputy Public Defender
Office of the Law Guardian
Southeast Region

Jacqueline Forss
Case Practice Liaison
Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem Area
Division of Child Protection and Permanency
Department of Children and Families

Jill Ditalia – Clark
Casework Supervisor
Camden North
Division of Child Protection and Permanency
Department of Children and Families

Frank Sabella, M.S.
Detective Sergeant
Cumberland Co. Prosecutor's Office

John H. Flammer
Chief Counsel to the Prosecutor
Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office

Sergeant Chad Meyers
Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office
Special Victims Unit

 

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