Organizational Structure

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Board of Directors

Board Chair, Governance: David Scharff, M.D.
Board Vice Chair: Michael Stadter, Ph.D.
Board Secretary: Jill Savege Scharff, M.D.
Board Treasurer: Christopher T. Hill, Ph.D.
Video and Information Technology Advisor: Richard Bakalar
Student Member: Sheri Rosenfeld, M.S.W.
At Large Member: Hope Cooper, M.S.W.
At Large Member: Hugh F. Hill, III, M.D., J.D.
Ex-Officio: Cantwell Muckenfuss, Jr., J.D., IPI Council Chair

Board Committees

Executive Committee
David Scharff, M.D.
Michael Stadter, Ph.D.
Christopher T. Hill, Ph.D.

Finance
Chair: Christopher T. Hill, Ph.D.
Members: Michael Stadter, Ph.D., David Scharff, M.D.

Fund-raising
Jill Savege Scharff, M.D.
Sheri Rosenfeld, M.S.W.

Marketing

Strategic Planning
The Strategic Planning Committee’s task is to develop the future strategic plan for the Institute, in consultation with the Board of Directors, the Faculty Executive Committee, the Codirectors, and the IPI community as a whole. Additionally, the SPC monitors progress on the plan, updates it, and assists IPI in working toward an intentional, coherent future.
Chair: Mike Stadter, Ph.D.
Members: Hope Cooper, M.S.W., Jill Savege Scharff, M.D., Bill Schaefer

IPI Council
This is a new addition to IPI’s organizational structure. The distinguished members of the IPI Council provide support and assistance to IPI in their areas of respective expertise.
Chair: Cantwell Muckenfuss, Jr., J.D.
Members: Anne Alvarez, Michael Bassis, Lanny Berman, William T. Geary, Joyce Higashi, Earl Hopper, Jane Humpstone, Theodore Jacobs, Penny Jameson, Mitchell Massey, Kent Morrison, Anton Obholzer, Frank Sacco, Bill Schaefer, Sharon Schaefer, Mike Treacy, Stuart Twemlow, Cathy Wolf

Director
David Scharff, M.D.

Codirector
Jill Savege Scharff, M.D.

Object Relations Theory and Practice Program
Program Chair: Paul Koehler, M.S.W.
Dean of Students: MaryJo Pisano, Ph.D.
Chair, Clinical Application Program: Sheila Hill, M.S.W.
Chair, Supervision Program: Sheila Hill, M.S.W.

Couple, Child and Family Therapy Program
Program Chair: Carl Bagnini, C.S.W., B.C.D.
Summer Institute Chair: Yolanda de Varela, Ph.D.

Supervision and Clinical Application Program (Advanced Psychotherapy Training)
Chair: Sheila Hill, M.S.W.

International Institute of Psychoanalytic Training (IIPT)
Chair, Admissions and Curriculum: Jill Savege Scharff, M.D.
Dean: Sharon Dennett, M.S.W.
Chair, Candidate Progress: Robert Rovner, M.D.
Liaison to IPI: David Scharff, M.D.
IPI faculty/IIPT candidate representative: Lea Setton, Ph.D.

Master Speaker Videoconference Series
Chair: David Scharff, M.D.
Faculty: Carl Bagnini, C.S.W., B.C.D., New York City
David Scharff, M.D., Chevy Chase, MD
Katherine Scharff, M.S.W. (Washington DC)
James Poulton, Ph.D. (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Geoffrey Anderson, Ph.D. & Steve Abraham, Ph.D., (Omaha, Nebraska)

Infant Observation
Cochair: Hope Cooper, M.S.W.
Cochair: Chris Norman, M.S.W.

Metro IPI
Chevy Chase MD and Washington DC
Cochair: Sheila Hill, M.S.W.
Cochair: Katherine Scharff, M.S.W.

IPI Chapter(s)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Cochair: James L. Poulton, Ph.D.
Cochair: Paula Swaner, Ph.D.

Affiliate Program
Panama City, Panama (In Spanish)
Chair: Lea Setton, Ph.D.

Faculty Executive Committee
Chair: David Scharff, M.D. Chair
Vice Chair: James Poulton, Ph.D.
Members: Chris Hill-Melton, Ed.D., Paul Koehler, M.S.W., James L. Poulton, Ph.D., Lea Setton, Ph.D.

Group Training
Chair: Walton Ehrhardt, Ed.D.
Members: Lea Setton, Ph.D.

Scholarship
Chair: Walton Ehrhardt, Ed.D.
Members: Sharon Dennett, M.S.W., Mary Jo Pisano, Ph.D., Stan Tsigounis, Ph.D.

Supervision/CAP
The purpose of the Supervision/CAP Committee is to: Provide consultation to the Chair in matters of policy and on procedural matters; Provide a forum for the Chair to discuss problems arising in the supervisory process; Help to develop models for meeting faculty needs for education in supervision; Help to promote the Clinical Application Program and Supervision within the IPI community.
Chair: Sheila Hill, M.S.W.
Members: Paul Koehler, M.S.W., Michael Kaufman, M.S.W., Judith Rovner, M.S.W.

Chapters and Affiliates
The purpose of the Chapters and Affiliates Committee is to offer support for the creation and development of new IPI chapters, affiliates and individual teaching relationships, and to offer counseling on issues such as curriculum development, organizing educational activities, and student support.
The main tasks the committee intends to perform, or has performed, include: A survey of the extent of community services offer by the membership; Supporting and facilitating the initiation of the Washington IPIMetro program; Counseling interested individuals for the development of their interest in developing new IPI-affiliated programs.
Chair: Yolanda Varela, Ph.D.
Members: James L. Poulton, Ph.D., Katherine Scharff, M.S.W.

Community Service
Chair: Vali Maduro, Ph.D.
Members: Bonnie Eisenberg, Ph.D., Karl Seashore, L.P.C., Lou Magenheimer, L.C.S.W.

Information and Technology (Website)
The primary task of the Information and Technology committee is to design and manage IPI’s websites, and to consult with IPI affiliates on internet and other technological issues.
Chair: James L. Poulton, Ph.D.
Members: Katherine Scharff, M.S.W.
Monique Spina, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

Membership
The purpose of the membership committee is to foster enrollment, review applications for membership, and facilitate members’ participation in the membership program.
Chair: Colleen Sandor, Ph.D.
Members: Hope Cooper, M.S.W., David Scharff, M.D.

Mentoring
The Mentoring program represents the Institute’s interest in furthering the professional and personal development of each full member of the Institute. A mentor is assigned to each full member who is interested with the aim of assisting that member in their growth through IPI. The Mentor relationship provides a partnership based on the member’s needs, desires and aspirations. This relationship focuses on imagining possibilities, promoting growth, and clarifying and focusing on goals with the aim of encouraging movement toward fulfilling the member’s professional and personal potential. The Mentor will assist in making links with others who may be helpful in attaining goals.
Chair: Chris Hill-Melton, Ed.D.
Members: Norma Caruso, Psy.D., Monica de Castro, Ph.D. (c), Karen Fraley, M.S.S.

Welcoming
The Welcoming Committee is a sub-committee of the Mentoring Committee. It is responsible for welcoming new and occasional students into the Institute, and for answering any questions or concerns before, during or after their participation. It will also welcome speakers on weekends when there are multiple speakers.
Chair: Marcia Leeds, L.C.S.W.
Members: Becky Bailey, Ph.D., Cheryl Cancienne, L.C.S.W., Patrizia Pallaro, LCMFT, ADTR, Chris Paranicas, M.S.W., Joan Treacy, M.S., Karl Seashore, M.S., L.P.C., Bonnie Eisenberg, Ph.D.

Newsletter
Chair: Jill Savege Scharff, M.D.
Members: Steve Abraham, Ph.D., Anabella Brostella, Ph.D. (c)

Research
The Research Committee conducts program evaluation research of IPI’s central programs; creates summaries of that research for distribution and publication; consults with IPI members on research issues; and encourages members to become actively involved in, and to publish, research that contributes to the current literature.
Chair: Michael Stadter, Ph.D.
Members: Nancy Bakalar, M.D., Penny Jameson, Ph.D., James L. Poulton, Ph.D.

Board Member Biographies

David E. Scharff
Codirector of The International Psychotherapy Institute; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; teaching analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute; and former president, American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. Author/editor of 15 books, including Object Relations Couple Therapy, Object Relations Family Therapy, The Sexual Relationship, The Freud Century, and Refunding The Object And Reclaiming The Self.
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Jill Scharff
Codirector of The International Psychotherapy Institute; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University; Teaching analyst, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. Private practice in couple and family therapy and psychoanalysis with children and adults, in Chevy Chase Maryland. Author and editor of books written with David Scharff, International Psychotherapy Institute faculty and students, including Object Relations Family Therapy (1987), Object Relations Couple Therapy (1981), A Primer of Object Relations Therapy (1992), Object Relations Therapy of Physical and Sexual Trauma (1994), Object Relations Individual Therapy (1998), Tuning the Therapeutic Instrument (2000), and Self-Hatred in Psychoanalysis; Detoxifying the Persecutory Object (2002).
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Richard Bakalar
Senior Clinical Solution Specialist with IBM Life Sciences in Medical Imaging; internist and specialist in nuclear medicine. Pioneer in the field of telemedicine; consultant to the Federal Joint Working Group on Telemedicine; member of the Board of the American Telemedicine Association; and Chairman of the ATA’s Committee on Telehealth Standards and Guidelines.
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Hope Cooper
Child psychotherapist in private practice in Williamsburg, Virginia. Fellow of The International Psychotherapy Institute and graduate of The International Psychotherapy Institute's Object Relations Theory and Practice Program.
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Christopher T. Hill, Treasurer
Professor of Public Policy and Technology and former Vice Provost for Research at George Mason University where he has dealt with grant applications, fund-raising, and budget management. While on sabbatical during AY 2005-6 he was a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is the author of books on technology and the economy. He has served as treasurer in a number of volunteer organizations.
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Hugh F. Hill, III
Director, Fast Track, Emergency Department, Johns Hopkins Bayview, and he teaches and practices emergency medicine at Johns Hopkins. Hugh's publications are in risk management and malpractice. He is a community volunteer and President, Board of Directors of Mobile Medical Care, a volunteer at a monthly indigent clinic, and he has had experience with the Richmond VA Hotline as a crisis intervention counselor. He is also a lawyer, maintaining a part-time consultative practice involving health law issues such as personal injury, contract, and employment. He enjoys performing and directing in community theater.
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Sheri Rosenfeld
Associate in private practice. Since 2004 Sheri has been associated with IPI-Metro as a student, and she is now completing her first year in the 2-year program in Object Relations Theory and Practice. Sheri comes with extensive experience in fund-raising. She is currently a trustee of the Levine School of Music, where she has been Gala Chair (2001, 2002, and 2003); past Gala Chair of The Washington Ballet; and volunteer in fund-raising for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, all of them in Washington DC. She serves on the IPI Development committee.
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Mike Stadter
Clinical psychologist in private practice In Bethesda. Faculty member of The International Psychotherapy Institute and the Washington School of Psychiatry, and Clinical Psychologist In-residence at American University. Author of Object Relations Brief Therapy (1996), and papers on psychotherapy and organizational consulting.
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Cantwell Muckenfuss
Cantwell Muckenfuss is a lawyer who specializes in banking issues. He serves on the Board of the Petra foundation.
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William T. Geary
Associate Professor of Business Administration in the graduate school of business administration, the College of William & Mary, and Director of International Studies there. Specialist in information systems and designing and delivering executive education programs for hospital systems and physicians. Award winning teacher.
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Bill Schaefer
Consultant for non-profit organizations. Retired attorney with broad experience in business, General Counsel of two companies, and formerly a partner with Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood.
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