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.
Student Member: Sheri Rosenfeld, 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: Christine Norman, L.C.S.W., Mitchell Massey, Jill Savege Scharff, M.D., Christopher T. Hill, Ph.D.

IPI Advisory 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, Joyce Higashi, Earl Hopper, Jane Humpstone, Theodore Jacobs, Penny Jameson, Mitchell Massey, Kent Morrison, Anton Obholzer, Frank Sacco, Mike Treacy, Stuart Twemlow, Cathy Wolf

Director
David 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: Janine Wanlass, 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: Colleen Sandor, 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: Geoff Anderson, Ph.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: Mary Jo Pisano, Ph.D.
Members: Jane Prelinger, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Geoff Anderson, Ph.D., Colleen Sandor, Ph.D., 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, Chair
Director 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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Mike Stadter, Vice Chair
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. Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, 2009.
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Christopher T. Hill, Treasurer
Professor and former Vice Provost for Research at George Mason University where he has dealt with grant applications, fund-raising, and budget management. On sabbatical this past year, he was a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is the author of books on technology and economics, and their impact on the American Dream. He has served as treasurer in a number of volunteer organizations.
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Hugh F. Hill, III, At Large Member
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, Student Member
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 chairs the IPI Development committee.
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Jill Scharff, Board Secretary
Chair of the International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training; 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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Cantwell Muckenfuss, Chair
Cantwell Muckenfuss is a lawyer who specializes in banking issues. He serves on the Board of the Petra foundation.
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Anne Alvarez, PhD
Noted author and senior psychotherapist, London’s Tavistock Clinic. Distinguised guest faculty at IPI.  Writes and teaches on autism and treating seriously disturbed children. Her famous book is “Live Company” on the treatment of an autistic boy.
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Michael Bassis
President, Westminster College, Salt Lake City. Michael has partnered with us in developing IPI – Westminster programs, given us college space and video-conferencing resources.
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Lanny Berman, PhD
Executive Director, American Association of Suicidality (which has a new name however). Lanny is author of several books and numerous papers, researcher, administrator and advocate for high risk and suicidal patients. Willing to partner with IPI-Metro on suicide prevention whenever we have the resources.
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Joyce Higashi, MSW
Executive Director, Metro DC Association of Social Workers. Partners with the Metro – IPI to produce many workshops, donates space, publicity, and cooperates in developing programs for local social workers.
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Earl Hopper, PhD
London analyst and group analyst, Past President, International Group Psychotherapy Association, published author on group therapy, and on trauma. 
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Jane Humpstone
Local DC development professional retired while raising children. Willing to help with fund raising ideas and strategies.
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Theodore Jacobs, MD
Internationally recognized analytic teacher and author, prominent member of the International Psychoanalytic Association and consultant on new groups. Distinguished guest presenter, adjunct faculty member of the analytic program;  advisor on analytic program development
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Penny Jameson, PhD
Psychologist, graduate of our two year program, researcher. On faculty of Salt Lake IPI. Head of our research committee, first author and lead person in published research article on the effectiveness of our educational methodology.
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Mitchell Massey
Has been CEO of several major national corporations, currently consultant in marketing, public relations, and organizational development. Husband of an alumni. Member of SPC, active in guiding our marketing efforts.
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Kent Morrison
Lawyer, past-treasurer of the Board.
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Anton Obholzer, MD
Analyst, Chair-Emeritus, Tavistock Clinic, London; Organizational consultant. Distinguished guest presenter.  Established videoconference partnership with Tavistock.
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Frank Sacco, PhD
Runs Mental Health clinics in Massachusetts; researcher in social issues. Available to advise Metro IPI on clinic development.
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Mike Treacy
Executive and organizational consultant. Husband of alum. Has helped with strategic planning and marketing.
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Stuart Twemlow, MD
Analyst, researcher in social psychological issues; Editor, International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies; Co-organizer of Prejudice Conference in Salt lake City (2005).  Partner in future social responsibility projects.
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Cathy Wolf
Expert in building community awareness and organization in mental health. Willing to help IPI Metro development by getting clinic connected to county services and support.
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