Faculty & Staff

Administration

Caroline N. Coffield, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Director
Director, NJLEND
732-235-9329

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Colleen McLaughlin, MEd
Colleen McLaughlin picture Co-Director
Director, UCEDD
732-235-9313

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Kenny Lewis, BA
Kenny Lewis portrait Assistant Director for Finance and Administration
732-235-9317

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Faculty

Margaret Gilbride, JD, CT
Margaret Gilbride picture Director of Transition, Employment, and Aging & Disability
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
732-235-2109

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Manuel Jimenez, MD, MS
Manuel Jimenez portrait Director of Research
Director of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Education
NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Family Medicine and Community Health
732-235-9300

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Sharon Lohrmann, PhD
Sharon Lohrmann picture Director, NJ Positive Behavior Support in Schools
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
732-507-8804

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Philip Smith, PhD
Philip Smith picture Positive Behavior Support
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
732-235-9328

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Program Staff

Valentina Arango-Correa, MEd
Valentina Arango-Correa Training & Consultation Specialist
732-507-2594

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Ziba Arjmand, BS
Ziba Arjmand portrait Program Coordinator, Data & Technology
732-235-9315

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Meghan Ault, BS
Meghan Barrella Instructional Designer
732-235-7104

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Johan Enrique Ayala, BS
Johan Enrique Ayala, BS Research Assistant

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Naomy Azcona, BS
Naomy Azcona Research Assistant

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Maribel Candari, MDE
Maribel Candari Instructional Designer
732-235-7104

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Robyn Carroll, MSW
Robyn Carroll Portrait Communications Director
732-235-9310

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Bethany L. Chase, DSW, LSW, CESP
Bethany Chase portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-235-9316

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Melissa Cheplic, MPH, NADD-CC
Melissa Cheplic portrait Senior Training & Consultation Specialist
732-235-9715

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Beth Custer, PhD
Beth Custer portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-401-7317

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Jessica DiPane, MA
Jessica DiPane Portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-306-6938

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Alyson Duncanson, BA
Alyson Duncanson Training & Consultation Specialist
732-507-8655

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Susan Ellien, MSW, LSW
Susan Ellien portrait Knowledge Translation & Grant Development Specialist
732-235-9320

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Regina M. Fasano, PhD
Regina M. Fasano portrait Research Associate

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Jillian E. Guzik, BA
Jillian Guzik portrait NJLEND Program & Data Coordinator
732-235-9303

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Joyce Jelley, BA
Joyce Jelley portrait Senior Training & Consultation Specialist
732-235-9311

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Rob Kimmel, EdD, BCBA, CESP
Robert Kimmel portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-235-8227

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Ashlé Laidlaw, MHA
Ashle Laidlaw portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-235-9321

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Daniel Lima, MSW
Daniel Lima Research Coordinator

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Deborah Mahovetz
Deborah Mahovetz portrait Conference & Management Assistant
732-235-9543

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Scott McMahon, MSW
Scott McMahon portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-749-2075

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Somerlee McMahon, MS
Somerlee Monaghan portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-773-7400

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Michelle Mead, MA
Michelle Mead portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-894-6057

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Karen Melendez Alas, BA
Karen Melendez Alas, BA Research Assistant
732-894-6057

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Stephanie Michael, LMSW
Stephanie Michael portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
848-209-7163

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Jocelyn Muse-Taylor, MEd
Jocelyn Muse-Taylor portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-434-8118

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Viki Palmer, MS
Viki Palmer Portrait PBSIS Data and Program Coordinator

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Gayatri Pandya, BS
Gayatri Pandya portrait Senior Accountant
732-235-9304

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Karen Paulvin, MS, Prof. Dipl.
Karen Paulvin portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-783-8921

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Nikkilee Pedersen, MA
Nikkilee Pedersen portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-507-2922

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Ysabela Perez, BA
Ysabela Perez Research Assistant

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Katty Rivera, MEd
Katty Rivera portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
848-209-7064

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Renee Rodkey, BS
Renee Rodkey portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-235-6844

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Jessica Short, BA, CESP
Jessica Short portrait Senior Training & Consultation Specialist
732-235-9318

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Michael Steinbruck, MA
Michael Steinbruck portrait Senior Training & Consultation Specialist
732-456-9880

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Barbara String, BA, SHRM-SCP
Barbara String Program Coordinator & NJ College of Direct Support (CDS)
Central Administrator
732-235-9327

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Gizem Tatarer, PhD, BCBA
Gizem Tanol portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-667-0240

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Nicole L. Warren, LSW, MEd
Nicole L Warren portrait Program Development Specialist
732-235-9301

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Jaime Zahid, BA
Jaime Zahid portrait Training & Consultation Specialist
732-235-9613

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Project Support Team

Melinda Darby
Melinda Darby portrait Project Support Staff
732-235-9314

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Robin Dupiche, BA
Robin Dupiche, BA portrait Program Support Specialist
732-235-9326

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Kellyann Giudice
Kellyann Giudice portrait Project Support Staff
732-235-9307

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Ann Marie McVay
Ann Marie McVay portrait Project Support Staff
732-235-9324

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Lisa Thomas, MEd
Lisa Thomas, MEd portrait Project Support Staff
732-235-9325

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Kim Tomlin
Kim Tomlin Receptionist
732-235-9300

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Affiliated Faculty and Program Associates

Sharon Anderson, DNP, APN, NNP-BC, AGN-BC, CNE NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Nursing
Associate Professor
Rutgers School of Nursing
Division of Advanced Nursing Practice
Vanessa Bal, PhD, MSc NJLEND Collaborating Faculty, Psychology
Karmazin and Lillard Chair in Adult Autism
Associate Professor
Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Anna Malia Beckwith, MD NJLEND Collaborating Faculty, Medicine
Chief of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and
Director of the DBP Fellowship, CSH
Kim E. Fenesy, DMD NJLEND Collaborating Faculty, Dentistry
Vice Dean
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Patricia Findley, DrPH, MSW NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Social Work
Associate Professor of Social Work
MSW Director
Rutgers School of Social Work
Steve Gruzlovic, BA NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Advocacy
Jill Harris, PhD Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Research Development, Children's Specialized Hospital
Jessica Rispoli Joines, MGC, CGC NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Genetic Counseling
Director, Genetics Counseling Master’s Program
Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences
Emma Kaplan Host Family Coordinator
Seminar on Family Centered Care
and Developmental Disabilities
Maria Leary, BA Family Discipline Coordinator, NJLEND
Bob LaRue, PhD, BCBA-D NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Psychology
Clinical Professor
Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Director of Behavioral and Research Services,
Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center
Claire Marchetta, MPH NJLEND Coordinator, Children’s Specialized Hospital
Interim Director of Research
Children’s Specialized Hospital
Janet Onufer, OD Family Educator
Seminar on Family Centered Care and Developmental Disabilities
John S. Palatucci, PhD, MPA, CPH NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Public Health
Medicaid Research Scholar
Rutgers Center for State Health Policy
Sandra Rogers, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Occupational Therapy
Associate Professor & Program Director
Occupational Therapy Doctoral Program
Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP)
Christine Seymour, MS, CGC NJLEND Collaborating Faculty, Genetic Counseling
Assistant Director, Genetic Counseling Master’s Program
Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences
Evan Spivack, DDS NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Dentistry
Professor of Pediatric Dentistry
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Director, Special Care Treatment Center
William Waldman, CSWM NJLEND Collaborating Faculty, Leadership
Professor of Professional Practice Emeritus,
Rutgers School of Social Work
Jane Ziegler, DCN, RD, LDN NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Nutrition
Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP)
Program Director, Rutgers SHP Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition Program