Clutter & Hoarding
AddictionIOA Speakers & Bios
Patrick Arbore, Ed.D.
Dr. Arbore is the founder and the Director of the Center for
Elderly Suicide Prevention and Grief Related Services (CESP), and serves
as the Director of Professional Development at Institute on Aging.
He is also a Senior Lecturer in the Human Services Division at Notre Dame
de Namur University in Belmont, CA.
Jeff Chapline, MFA
Mr. Chapline is the Executive Director of Institute on Aging’s Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts (CEYA). In 1999, Mr. Chapline’s
innovative program design that promotes cross-generational programming,
won an Award for Excellence in Aging Programs by the United States Committee
of the United Nations.
Tom Cicciarelli, Psy.D.
Dr. Cicciarelli is the Director of Institute on Aging’s Department of Psychology. He is a licensed psychologist specializing in geriatric care and geropsychology training and supervision. He received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology-Alameda and completed pre-doctoral training at the UCSF-Mt. Zion Hospital, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Cicciarelli’s professional experience prior to joining the IOA in 2005 includes clinical work in the UCSF Langley Porter Over-Sixty Program, NCIRE—The Veteran’s Health Institute, and private practice.
Erika Falk, Psy.D.
Dr. Falk is Director of Institute on Aging's Geriatric Assessment and Psychological Services. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with specialized training in geropsychology and refugee mental health. Prior to joining the IOA in 2006, she provided training in mental health to refugees in West Africa. She currently directs the San Francisco Elder Abuse Forensic Center, a public/private partnership with SF's Police Department, District Attorney's Office and Adult Protective Services. Dr. Falk provides training on such topics as neglect, financial abuse, and violence awareness and prevention in late life.
Talitha Guinn
Talitha Guinn is a recent graduate of CIIS integral studies BA program and has worked in the field of elder abuse for two years serving both the Elder Abuse Prevention Program and the San Francisco Elder Abuse Forensic Center. She brings first-hand knowledge of elder abuse cases to her presentations and has provided trainings in a variety of settings serving both professionals and the general public.
Cheri Jackson, CMC
Cheri Jackson is the Director of Institute on Aging's Older Adults Care Management and has worked in the geriatric housing, home care
and care management fields for over 20 years. She is a graduate of California
State University, Sacramento, and is a Certified Care Manager and RCFE
(Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly) Administrator.
Cindy Kauffman, MS
Cindy Kauffman is the Vice President at Institute on Aging. She is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and received
her masters in rehab counseling from San Francisco Sate University.
Kate Lacey, MA
Kate Lacey is the Intake Coordinator at Institute on Aging. She holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology, with a concentration in drama therapy, from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS).
Stephne Lencioni, MSW
Stephne Lencioni is a certified geriatric care manager who has
worked in the field of eldercare for over 15 years. She received her undergraduate
degree in social welfare from UC Berkeley and is presently completing
her masters in social work at San Francisco State University.
Heidi Li, Esq.
Heidi Li, Esq. is the former Director of the San Francisco Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention, a program of Institute on Aging. Prior to this, Ms. Li was a founding Co-Director of Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA), a California statewide fair housing and anti-predatory lending consumer protection legal non-profit. Ms. Li currently serves as the primary trainer on elder abuse and neglect issues for the Consortium and conducts both general elder abuse identification and prevention trainings as well as specific presentations on key topic areas for both professionals and the public. Over the past eight years, Ms. Li has also conducted numerous fair housing, unfair lending, mortgage fraud and predatory trainings in California and at national conferences.
Marillac Mayorga
Born and raised in Nicaragua, Marillac is certified as a Substance
Abuse Specialist and Domestic Violence Counselor. She has 12 years experience
in care management and counseling in the prison system as well as in the
community.
Tracy Chesna McCloud
Tracy Chesna McCloud is the Program Director for Institute on Aging's Adult Day Health Center and Alzheimer’s Day Care Resource Center. She has worked in the senior service field for over twenty years. Her extensive experience includes working for over a decade as the Activity Therapist in a Geriatric Psychiatiric Day Treatment program in San Francisco and helping to launch a Medical Adult Day Care Facility in New Jersey.
Janet Meiselman, Psy.D.
Dr. Meiselman is a psychologist specializing in geriatric care and supervises psychology students at Institute on Aging. She received her doctoral degree in health psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies and completed her clinical training at Laguna Honda Hospital and Institute on Aging in San Francisco.
M. Deborah Salach, GCM
Deborah Salach is a Geriatric Care Manager (GCM) with Institute on Aging's Older Adults
Care Management. She holds a Master’s
in Gerontology at San Francisco State University with emphasis on GCM
and she has an undergraduate degree in Sociology.
Eva M. Schmitt, Ph.D.
Eva Schmitt is the Associate Director for Program Evaluations of
Institute on Aging's Research Center and a program evaluator at the University
of California, San Francisco, Department of Medicine-Geriatrics.
Karyn Skultety, Ph.D.
Karyn Skultety is the Director of Behavioral Health for Institute on
Aging's On Lok Lifeways. Dr. Skultety received her doctoral degree at
the University of Massachusetts, and completed both an internship and
postdoctoral fellowship in geropsychology at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare
System.
Beth St. John, LCSW
Beth St. John is a geriatric care manager who has worked in the
field of eldercare for 4 years. She received her master’s degree
in social work at University of Denver and currently holds a license in
clinical social work (LCSW).
Rabbi Eric Weiss
Rabbi Eric Weiss is Executive Director of Bay Area Jewish Healing
Center, a program of Institute on Aging. He is formally trained in Jewish
education, clinical pastoral care and spiritual direction. He is a spiritual
direction supervisor.
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