Our Board Members
NOPCAS is directed by its Board of Directors, and developed a Scientific and Research Advisory Board, and a Taskforce on Cultural Differences to help carry out our mission.
To find out more about our board members, click on the BIO box next to that board member's name.
Board of Directors
Donna Holland Barnes, Ph.D. President BIO
Doris Smith First Vice President and Treasurer BIO
Les Franklin Second Vice President BIO
Lois Taliaferro Secretary BIO
Loretta Dumas BIO
Carolyn Jones, Ph.D. BIO
Janis F. Kearney, Honorary BIO
Alton Kirk, Ph.D. BIO
Rev. Sherry Davis Molock, Ph.D. BIO
Theresa D. Royal BIO
Henry Westray BIO
Keith Antone Willis BIO
Stephen Akinduro BIO
Donna Scott BIO
Maria Staunton
Bill Owens, Former Senator
Nicole Breland, JD
Scientific and Research Advisory Board
Key Redfield Jamison, Ph.D. John Hopkins University
Ken Wells, MD UCLA
Quentin Ted Smith, MD Morehouse College of Medicine
William Lawson, MD Howard Unversity
Sean Joe, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Craig Boatman, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park
Stephen Thomas, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Taskforce on Cultural Difference
Aruna Jha, Ph.D. Health Research and Policy Centers, University of Chicago
Henry Westrey, MS
Darlene Nipper, MS NAMI
Patrick Sanchez National Lation Behavior Health Council Association
Cleo Manago AMASSI
Alex Crosby, MD Morehouse College of Medicine
Yvonne Davis
Majose Carrasco NAMI
Mercedes Hernandez, Ph.D. George Washington University
Marlene Echohawk Behavioral Health Program
Craig Boatman, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park
Henry Westray
Lisa Jordan, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park
