Committee Roster

2023-2024 Academic Year

Board of Trustees

Brett Penfil, MFT, MPH, Chair
Maria Longuemare, MD, PhD, President
Rui Bao, Treasurer
Douglas Slakey, PhD, Secretary

ANALYST TRUSTEES AT-LARGE
Walt Beckman, PhD
Neil Brast, MD
J. Marc Wallis, LCSW

CANDIDATE TRUSTEE
Douglas Slakey, PhD, Secretary

COMMUNITY TRUSTEES AT-LARGE
Rui Bao
Amy Wallerstein Friedman, LCSW
Cindy May, PsyD
Mary McMillan, MFT
Phoi Trinh, LCSW

Committees of the Board

FINANCE COMMITTEE
Steve Larson, Chair
Walt Beckman, PhD
Michael Harrington, JD
Maria Longuemare, MD, PhD
Brett Penfil, MFT, MPH
Marcia Hodges, MNA, CTF (Staff)

NOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
J. Marc Wallis, LCSW, Chair
Cindy May, PsyD
Brett Penfil, MFT, MPH
Phoi Trinh, LCSW
Marcia Hodges, MNA, CTF (Staff)

ETHICS AND IMPAIRMENT COMMITTEE
Mary Ewert, DMH and Julie Stahl, MD, Co-Chairs
Daniela Carollo, PhD
Laura Coleman, MFT
Laura Dansky, PhD
Amy Tyson, MD
Camilla Van Voorhees, MD
Marc Zussman, MD

COMMITTEE ON GROUPS
Sydney Tan, PsyD, Chair
Ari Bachrach, NP
Deborah Fletcher, PhD
Ben Goldstone< MFT
Fei Hu, MFT
Deborah Kohloss, PhD
Brett Penfil, MFT, MPH
Jane Reingold, MFT
Mary Diaso Rudy, LCSW
Lara Weyland, PhD

ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Neil Brast, MD
Marcia Hodges, MNA, CTF (Staff)
Steven Goldberg, MD
Megan Kelly
Nicole Lee (Staff)
Mary McMillan, LMFT
Dara Sheik, LCSW
Paul Sorbo, LCSW

THE ENRICO JONES FUND FOR EQUALITY AND EXCELLENCE
Cheryl Goodrich, PhD
Amy Wallerstein Friedman, LCSW
Forrest Hamer, PhD

OMBUDSPERSON
Susan Kolodny, DMH

FACILITIES COMMITTEE
Amy Wallerstein Friedman, LCSW, Chair
Walt Beckman, PhD
Marcia Hodges, MNA, CTF (Staff)

MANAGEMENT TEAM
Maria Longuemare, MD, PhD, President
Meryl Botkin, PhD, Membership Services Division
Adam Goldyne, MD, PPED Council Representative
Loïc Pritchard, LMFT, Extension Education Division
Beth Steinberg, PhD, Psychoanalytic Education Division
Clara Kwun, LCSW, Coalition for Clinical Social Work Division
TBA, Applied and Academic Psychoanalysis Division
John DiMartini, PhD, Faculty Committee Co-Chairs
Marcia Hodges, MNA, CTF, Administrative Director

Upcoming Events

Saturday, November 8, 2025
Child Colloquium Series
The Play of Eros: The Story of an Adolescent Boy, his Body and his Analyst’s Body
Bruce Reis, PhD, FIPA, BCPsa (presenter); Terrence Owens, PhD (discussant)
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Psychoanalytic Education Division
Psychoanalytic Training Informational Evening
Please join SFCP Faculty and Candidates for Dinner, Drinks, and a Discussion of Psychoanalytic Training at SFCP.
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience
Transformation, Creativity, and the Aesthetic Experience: Comparative Psychoanalytic Perspectives within the Jungian and Contemporary Object Relations Traditions
John Beebe, PhD, ABPP; Diane Elise, PhD; Henry Markman, MD; and Paul Watsky, PhD, ABPP (presenters and panelists)
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Coalition for Clinical Social Work Clinical Evening Series: Psychoanalysis Under Attack: Practicing Psychoanalytically-Informed Work in Beleaguered Communities Abroad
Silvia Rivera, PhD (presenter); Dania Dandashli, MA, LPC-S (discussant)
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Dialogues in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Malignant Nostalgia: the impulse to eradicate "the bitter experience of life.”
Donald Moss, MD (presenter) in Conversation with Mitchell Wilson, MD
Wednesdays, January 7 to 28, 2026
Psychoanalytic Student Seminars
Becoming a Couple: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapy
Dana Iscoff, MFT (instructor)
Thursdays, January 8 to February 12, 2026
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
CCSW mini-Module: THERAPEUTIC RELATEDNESS
Sandra Gaspar, LMFT (instructor)
Saturday, January 10, 2026
Scientific Meetings
PSYCHEDELIC PSYCHOANALYSIS: TRANSFORMATION OF THE SELF
Megan Rundel, PhD (presenter); Ilene Philipson, PhD, PhD (moderator)
Thursdays, January 15 to May 21, 2026
Coalition for Clinical Social Work
Foundations of Psychodynamic Clinical Work in Community Mental Health Settings - Year 1
 Julia St. George, LCSW; Sebastian Melo, LCSW; Corey Datz-Greenberg, LCSW; and Beth Kita, LCSW, PhD (instructors)
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Child Colloquium Series
Supporting the Health of Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Exploring Youth by Supporting Their Parents
Melissa Holub, PhD (presenter)
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