People
SENG's Board of Directors and Professional Advisory Committee
are made up of volunteers from across the United States who are psychologists,
teachers, parents, researchers, administrators, physicians, and gifted
adults — and who are dedicated to increasing understanding about the
emotional side of giftedness.
Board
of Directors |
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Shari
Hill, M.A., M.S.
Thousand Oaks, California
President
shari.hill@sengifted.org
Shari is the mother of two gifted children, ages 23 and 20.
As a SENG-Model
Parent Group Facilitator as well as a Facilitator Trainer, she
continues to offer support to gifted families. A former nurse,
teacher, and pilot, she is currently a full time volunteer.
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Dina
Brulles, Ph.D.
Glendale, Arizona
Vice President
dina.brulles@sengifted.org
Dina Brulles is the Gifted Education Coordinator for the Paradise
Valley Unified School District in Arizona, and President of
the Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented. She is a member
of the adjunct faculty at Arizona State University where she
teaches graduate courses in gifted education. Dina is a gifted
education consultant specializing in programming services for
culturally and linguistically diverse students.
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Rosina
M. Gallagher
Chicago, Illinois
Secretary/Treasurer
rosina.gallagher@sengifted.org
Rosina M. Gallagher is a psychologist and educational consultant
who was born and raised in Mexico City through early adolescence.
She has been evaluator of bilingual programs and administrator
of gifted programs in a large urban school district. Her research
and writings include second language acquisition and working
with students and families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Dr. Gallagher has authored and collaborated in several federal
grants to include culturally and linguistically diverse students
in gifted education. Active in several professional organizations,
she is past president of the Illinois School Psychologists Association
and past co-chair of the Special Populations Division of the
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). Currently,
she is on the SENG Board of Directors, and a member of the Illinois
Gifted Advisory Council, NAGC's Diversity and Equity Committee,
and co-chair of the Underserved Populations Committee of the
Illinois Association for Gifted Children.
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Mary Lovell
Carrollton, Texas
Director
mary.lovell@sengifted.org
After a successful business career in the energy industry, Mary Lovell is now applying her leadership and management skills to inspiring educational causes. She is a three-term president of a parent association for the gifted in Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Texas. This public school district is an acknowledged leader in serving highly gifted and gifted students in an ethnically diverse population. She is the proud mother of a highly gifted and inspiring daughter. She is a contributor to the Texas Association for the Gifted’s publication, Tempo and has presented on effective parent groups at conferences on gifted education.She has led fundraising efforts as a board member of an international adoption agency in Dallas and as a grant writer for several successful community based organizations. She is instrumental in the local AAUW chapter’s annual career conference in math and science for 7th and 8th grade girls.
She continues to provide consulting services to the energy industry. Mary earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BA in Communication from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
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Heidi Molbak
New Orleans, Louisiana
Director
heidi.molbak@sengifted.org
Heidi Molbak is the mother of three gifted boys. She has carefully guided her sons through the obstacle course that is gifted education to meet their social and emotional needs. Heidi has supported her children through twelve schools in five states and two countries, and has even run her own small school from home. She has experience with many types of schools--public magnet, independent, public charter foreign-language immersion, one-room multi-age, boarding, and home schools. She's also experienced in distance learning and summer college programs. Heidi earned an A.B. from Stanford University and is currently completing a Masters in Counseling at Loyola University New Orleans. She is also a trained SENG-Model Parent Group Facilitator. |
Linda
Neumann
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Director
linda.neumann@sengifted.org
Linda Neumann is the parent of two gifted children and the co-publisher
and editor of the publication 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter.
Linda is a member of the committee that assists the Jack Kent
Cooke Foundation in identifying, selecting, and supporting Young
Scholars who are twice exceptional. She has also been active
in the movement to form a national coalition for 2e advocacy
to help researchers, educational consultants, teachers, mental
health care providers, and parents pool their efforts for the
benefit of twice-exceptional children.
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Sheri
Nowak Stewart Ed.D.
Overland Park, Kansas
Director
sheri.stewart@sengifted.org
Sheri Nowak Stewart has been an educator for over thirty years, primarily
in gifted education. Sheri's doctoral work in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies emphasized district level school administration, staff development and gifted education. Currently she is the coordinator of an
exemplary gifted program in the Blue Valley School District
in Kansas City and consults with other school districts that
are planning programs for their gifted students. She has served
on the board of directors for state gifted associations in Nebraska,
Colorado, and Kansas and on the executive committees of two
National Association for Gifted Children Divisions. When she
was State Director for Gifted Education in Nebraska, she directed
the writing of new state regulations for gifted education. She is also a former professor of gifted education where she was graduate advisor to over 200 teachers of the gifted.
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Steven
I. Pfeiffer, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Tallahassee, Florida
Director
steven.pfeiffer@sengifted.org
Steven Pfeiffer is a Professor in the Psychological Services
in Education program in the Department of Educational Psychology
and Learning Systems at Florida State University. Prior to tenure
at FSU, Dr. Pfeiffer was at Duke University, where he served
as Executive Director of Duke's internationally renowned Talent
Identification Program for gifted students (TIP). Professor
Pfeiffer is lead author of a new scale to identify multiple
types of giftedness, the Gifted Rating Scales. He also
coauthored the Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders and the Devereux
Behavior Rating Scale-School Form and he recently co-edited
a popular book for parents of young gifted children entitled Early Gifts: Recognizing and Nurturing Children's Abilities.
Dr. Pfeiffer maintains a private practice where he works with
children, adolescents and families.
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Elizabeth
Shaunessy, Ph.D.
Tampa, Florida
Director
elizabeth.shaunessy@sengifted.org
Elizabeth Shaunessy is an assistant professor at the University
of South Florida where she teaches a course that is required
for the state’s endorsement program for teachers of the gifted,
"Guidance, Consultation, and Counseling of the Gifted." She
is Gifted Program Coordinator in the College of Education and
a member of the Florida Association for the Gifted Board of
Directors. Her research addresses several facets of affective
needs of the gifted such as bilingual Hispanic gifted learners
and identity development and the voices of parents of children
with disabilities including those who are twice exceptional.
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Wenda
Sheard, J.D., Ph.D.
Norwalk, Connecticut
Director
wenda.sheard@sengifted.org
Wenda Sheard is an attorney, teacher, and mother of three gifted
children. After practicing law for nearly twenty years, she
earned a Ph.D. in political science with an emphasis on education
policy. From 2004-2006, Dr. Sheard lived in Hangzhou, China
and taught international students. She's currently living in
Connecticut outside New York City. Dr. Sheard is a founder of
the Athens (Ohio) Association for Gifted Children, a recipient
of an Ohio Association for Gifted Children award, a presenter
at state and national gifted conferences, and a writer of articles
about gifted children. She has helped teach the highly gifted
portions of on-line gifted education courses and has presented
at teacher in-service days. She has also worked, presented,
and published in the political science field, and served in
numerous volunteer and professional capacities in the legal
field.
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Nadia
Webb, Psy.D., ABPnP, ABPN
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Director
nadia.webb@sengifted.org
Nadia Webb is a practicing neuropsychologist, college professor,
and step-mom. In her private practice, she assesses and intervenes
with neurologically impaired children. The core of her practice
has become the assessment of gifted and learning disabled youth.
In addition to teaching at a university, Dr. Webb has created
in-service training programs, designed systems for coordinating
care across agencies, and served on several state and national
boards addressing the needs of children. Her work has received
honors from the American Medical Association, the Department
of Defense, and a personal citation by Governor Jane Hull of
Arizona. Dr. Webb is a diplomate in pediatric neuropsychology.
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Professional Advisory
Committee |
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James T. Webb, Ph.D.
Phoenix, Arizona
SENG Founder, Chair of the Professional Advisory Committee
james.webb@sengifted.org
Jim Webb established the SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of
Gifted) program at the School of Professional Psychology at
Wright State University in 1981. This led to the publication
of the award-winning book, Guiding the Gifted Child,
and later, Gifted Parent Groups: The SENG Model. He was
previously President of the American Association for Gifted
Children, on the board of directors for the National Association
for Gifted Children, President of the Ohio Psychological Association,
and a member of the Council of Representatives of the American
Psychological Association. Dr. Webb was recognized as one of
the 25 most influential psychologists in gifted education in
a national survey published in Gifted Child Today. |
Richard Clouse, M.D.
Dr. Clouse is a family practice physician and Associate Professor
at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is a
graduate of the
University
of
Kentucky
and has
practiced medicine in
Pennsylvania
and
Kentucky
for nearly 20 years. |
Steven E. Curtis, Ph.D., NCSP
Bainbridge Island, WA
Dr. Steven Curtis is a Licensed Child Clinical Psychologist and Nationally Certified School Psychologist. He has worked in a variety of medical, school, and university settings for the past 25+ years. Dr. Curtis has specialized in the assessment and treatment of children presenting with emotional, behavioral, developmental, and learning difficulties throughout his training and work experience. Dr. Curtis completed his doctoral training in 1992 in Professional-Scientific Psychology at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. This program is approved by the American Psychological Association in Clinical Psychology, as well as Counseling and School Psychology. He completed his Pre-doctoral internship and Post-doctoral fellowship in Child Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is the former Special Education Director at Seattle University and is currently a clinical faculty member in the Psychology Program at Antioch University in Seattle. Dr. Curtis now engages in full time private practice with Lifespan Psychological Services, PS. In his private practice, he provides psychotherapy and assessment services to children and families. He primarily works with elementary-aged children who are struggling with behavioral and learning difficulties at home or school. He has a particular interest in working with gifted children who have additional challenges with behavior, learning, or socialization (dual exceptionalities). Dr. Curtis is the author of Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior: A Guide for Parents of Children with Behavioral, Social, and Learning Challenges. |
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Brock Eide, M.D., M.A.
Edmonds,
Washington
Dr.
Brock Eide is a member of the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor
Society from the University of Washington School of Medicine.
He has trained in clinical medicine and basic science research
at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine, and the University of California–San Francisco
School of Medicine.
Fernette Eide, M.D.
Edmonds
,
Washington
Dr. Fernette Eide is a graduate of
Harvard
University
and received her M.D. from the University of California–San
Francisco School of Medicine. She has been on the Neurology
faculties of
University
of
Washington
,
the University of California-San Francisco, and University of
Chicago School of Medicine.
The Drs. Eide run the Eide Neurolearning Clinic, which
provides neurology consultation, neuropsychological assessment,
and learning and school report recommendations for children. |
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Ronald E. Fox, Ph.D., Psy.D.
Chapel Hill
,
North
Carolina
Dr. Fox received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the
University
of
North
Carolina
in 1962 and held faculty positions
at UNC and the
Ohio
State
University
before becoming the founding Dean of the
School
of
Professional Psychology
at
Wright
State
University
in
Dayton
,
Ohio
. He is a recipient
of the American Psychological Foundation’s prestigious Career
Contributions to Practice Award, the APA Board of Educational
Affairs’ award for Career Contributions to Education, and a
lifetime achievement award from the Society for the Psychological
Study of Ethnic Minority Issues. He holds an honorary Doctor
of Psychology degree from the California School of Professional
Psychology. He is the Executive Director of THE CONSULTING GROUP,
a division of Human Resource Consultants and holds a part-time
faculty appointment in the UNC Department of Psychology. Dr.
Fox is a past president of the American Psychological Association. |
Jean Goerss,
M.D., M.P.H.
Glendale, Arizona
Dr. Goerss is a Board Certified pediatrician
and a co-author of the book, Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses
of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger’s,
Depression and other Disorders. She is the director of the Bove Institute, a nonprofit corporation that will administer
a model school for highly gifted children, which she is establishing
in
Phoenix
,
Arizona
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Jerald Grobman,
M.D.
New York
,
New
York
www.PsychotherapyServicesfortheGifted.com
Dr. Grobman is a board certified psychiatrist
in private practice in
New
York City
. He specializes in the psychodynamic
and cognitive/behavioral psychotherapy of adolescents and adults.
Currently he is a member of the attending staff of the
Lenox
Hill
Hospital
’s
department of psychiatry where he is a senior supervisor in
the psychology intern and externship training program. For a
number of years he was the psychiatric consultant to the open
heart surgical team at
Lenox
Hill
Hospital
.
From 1975-1980 he was an associate clinical professor in the
department of psychiatry of the Tufts University School of Medicine.
While there, he was the director of the group psychotherapy
training program and was a group therapy training instructor
in the American Group Psychotherapy Association’s national training
institute. He also developed a full service community based
mental health center and was the psychiatric consultant to the
guidance staff of a middle school. Dr. Grobman has published in the fields of community psychiatry,group psychotherapy and consultation/liaison psychiatry. His paper Underachievement in Exceptionally Gifted Adolescents and Young
Adults: A Psychiatrist’s View was recently published in
the Journal of Secondary Gifted Education Vol.17 #4 summer
2006. |
Community Business Advisory
Committee
 Arlene DeVries, M.S.E.
Des Moines, Iowa
Chairperson
arlene.devries@sengifted.org
From 1981 to 2005, Arlene DeVries was the Gifted/Talented Community Resource Consultant for the Des Moines Public Schools. She is President of the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association, has served as their parent chapter liaison, is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Gifted Children, and for many years, chair of the NAGC Parent/Community Division. Her degree in guidance and counseling led to her special interest in the social and emotional needs of gifted children. She has numerous published articles in gifted journals, is a frequent presenter at state and national conferences, and has facilitated more than 55 ten-week series of SENG-Model parent discussion groups in her local community. She teams with Dr. James Webb in training facilitators across the country to lead SENG-Model parent groups and has co-authored with him, Gifted Parent Groups: The SENG Model.
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Amy Price
Poughquag, New York
Executive Director
amy.price@sengifted.org
Amy Price is a marketing and public relations specialist. She
consulted on the account management teams of major NYC advertising
agencies before becoming President of her own marketing network.
Prior to joining the SENG team, she was Executive Director of
a public school education foundation. Her passion for serving
the needs of gifted and twice-exceptional children and adults
is a personal and professional commitment. Amy is the proud
(and often challenged) mother of two gifted sons. |
Suzanne O'Boyle, M.A.
Poughquag, New York
Programs and Office Manager
office@sengifted.org
Suzanne O'Boyle comes to SENG with experience in psychiatric research, primarily in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Depression. She also brings her expertise in Educational Technology with an emphasis on cognition and multimedia design.
She is a graduate of Marist College and will be completing a second Master's at Columbia University shortly. |
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