Deborah M. Spitalnik, PhD Executive Director
Director, NJLEND
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health 732-235-9326 deborah.spitalnik@rutgers.edu
Caroline N. Coffield, PhD Director of Pre-service Training
Training Director, NJLEND
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics 732-235-9329 carrie.coffield@rutgers.edu
Margaret Gilbride, JD, CT Director of Transition, Employment, and Aging & Disability
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics 732-235-2109 margaret.gilbride@rutgers.edu
Manuel Jimenez, MD, MS, FAAP Director of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Education
NJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Family Medicine and Community Health 732-235-2059 jimenema@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Vanessa Bal, PhD, MScNJLEND Collaborating Faculty, Psychology
Karmazin and Lillard Chair in Adult Autism
Associate Professor
Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology 848-445-2300 vanessa.bal@rutgers.edu
Anna Malia Beckwith, MDNJLEND Collaborating Faculty, Medicine
Chief of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and
Director of the DBP Fellowship, CSH abeckwith@childrens-specialized.org
Patricia Findley, DrPH, MSWNJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Social Work
Associate Professor of Social Work
MSW Director
Rutgers School of Social Work 848-932-5365 pfindley@ssw.rutgers.edu
Jill Harris, PhDNJLEND Coordinator, Children's Specialized Hospital (CSH)
Director of Research Development, CSH 908-301-2525 jharris@childrens-specialized.org
Jessica Rispoli Joines, MGC, CGCNJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Genetic Counseling
Director, Genetics Counseling Master’s Program
Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences 848-445-9637 joines@hginj.rutgers.edu
Emma KaplanHost Family Coordinator
Seminar on Family Centered Care and Developmental Disabilities elkaps66@gmail.com
Amy Kratchman, BAFamily Discipline Coordinator, NJLEND
Family Educator, Seminar on Family Centered Care and Developmental Disabilities kratchmana@chop.edu
Bob LaRue, PhD, BCBA-DNJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Psychology
Clinical Professor
Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Director of Behavioral and Research Services,
Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center 848-932-4500 larue@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Christine Seymour, MS, CGCNJLEND Collaborating Faculty, Genetic Counseling
Assistant Director, Genetic Counseling Master’s Program
Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences seymoucp@dls.rutgers.edu
Evan Spivack, DDSNJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Dentistry
Professor of Pediatric Dentistry
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Director, Special Care Treatment Center 973-972-7040 spivacev@sdm.rutgers.edu
William Waldman, CSWMNJLEND Collaborating Faculty, Leadership
Professor of Professional Practice Emeritus,
Rutgers School of Social Work
Jane Ziegler, DCN, RD, LDNNJLEND Discipline Coordinator, Nutrition
Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP)
Program Director, Rutgers SHP Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition Program 973-972-9487 zieglaja@shp.rutgers.edu