COPR Alumni
Class of 2004
Evelyn Bromet
Term: 2001–2004
Dr. Bromet is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is an epidemiologist whose work focuses on the psychosocial and somatic aftermath of exposure to traumas, like the nuclear power plant accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, as well as the consequences of having a severe psychiatric illness. With funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, she is currently studying the prevalence of mental disorders and substance abuse in Ukraine and the natural history of schizophrenia and affective disorders in a cohort residing in eastern Long Island. She has been a consultant to the World Health Organization, UNESCO, the Institute of Medicine, and projects ranging from the health of Persian Gulf veterans to the mental health of American Indian populations. After being diagnosed in 1995 with Sjogren's syndrome, a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks the body's moisture-producing glands, she brought her expertise in psychiatric epidemiology to the study of this disease. As a professor of psychiatry, she is sensitive to the emotional repercussions of having a chronic disease and what it means for overall quality of life. She is currently Vice President of the Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation, which is dedicated to educating patients and their families about the disease and its associated features, increasing awareness about the disorder among public and healthcare providers, and encouraging and supporting research into its etiology and course. She is a graduate of Smith College and earned her Ph.D. in epidemiology from Yale University. She is an amateur pianist and lover of classical music, and an avid reader of mysteries.
Ellen E. Grant
Term: 2001–2004
Dr. Grant began her career as a licensed practical psychiatric nurse. She is currently Director of Operations, Liberty Health Care. She is the Former CEO of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, a multi-faceted health care system in Niagara Falls, New York. She is also the former Commissioner of Mental Health in Erie County (1988–2000). There, she monitored mental health, alcoholism, substance abuse, mental retardation/developmental disabilities, forensic mental health, and family court. She has experience as a private therapist and as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY-UB), Department of Psychiatry. She has authored articles in professional journals on mental health disabilities and served as a monthly journalist for the publication, Health World. She co-chaired the Behavioral Health Subcommittee for the National Association of Counties. She has served on several local boards as well as the New York State Governor's Board for Alcohol and Substance Abuse. She is also a member of the Advisory Board, Black Women's Health Study, School of Medicine, Boston University
She earned a B.A. in Sociology, a Master's in Social Work, and a Ph.D. in Communication and Organizational Behavior, all from SUNY-UB. She has several credits toward an M.B.A. Dr. Grant was awarded an honorary Doctorate from Medaille College, Buffalo, for exemplary community service. She was President, National Association of Social Workers, NY State (2002–2003). She has also served as President of the New York State Association of Counties (1996–1997), which acts as a liaison between the governor's office and state lawmakers. Dr. Grant has represented Erie County at the 1999 White House Conference on Mental Health. She is also an Executive Coach, and she has written a publication, Managing in Black and White
Rodrigo A. Muñoz
Term: 2001–2004
Dr. Muñoz served as the 127th President of the American Psychiatric Association and was the last APA President to complete his term in the 20th century. He presided upon a transformation of the organization which included the creation of the American Psychiatric Institute on Research and Education, the consolidation of the American Publishing Group, and the initial implementation of a corporate change that will commit the APA more closely to its members. He obtained training in psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. While there, he participated in research that led to his being one of the co-authors of "Diagnostic Criteria for Using Psychiatric Research," the most quoted psychiatric paper in the last decades of the century.
Dr. Muñoz has published scientific papers in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the Archives of General Psychiatry, and most of the leading psychiatric journals in the country. Of the four books he has published, Boarding Time - A Psychiatric Candidate's Guide to Part II of the ABPN Examination, has helped more than 10,000 psychiatrists in taking the ABPN. Dr. Muñoz is a Delegate to the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association; President-Elect of the San Diego County Medical Society; Advisory Board Editor, Clinical Psychiatry News and Chief Editor of the Latin American Journal of Psychiatry. Dr. Muñoz is very active in programs for the indigent, the homeless, and patients who suffer from chronic mental illness. Dr. Muñoz has a full time private practice in San Diego, California, and is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego.
William D. Novelli
Term: 2003–2004
Mr. Bill Novelli is Executive Director and CEO of AARP, a membership organization of more than 35 million people aged 50 and older, half of whom remain actively employed. He joined AARP in January 2000 as Associate Executive Director, Public Affairs.
Prior to joining AARP, Mr. Novelli was President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, whose mandate is to change public policies and the social environment, limit tobacco companies’ marketing and sales practices to children, and serve as a counterforce to the tobacco industry and its special interests. He now serves as chairman of the board. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of CARE, the world’s largest private relief and development organization, where he was responsible for all operations in the U.S. and abroad.
Earlier, Mr. Novelli co-founded and was President of Porter Novelli, now one of the world’s largest public relations agencies and part of the Omnicom Group, an international marketing communications corporation. He directed numerous corporate accounts as well as the management and development of the firm. Porter Novelli was founded to apply marketing to social and health issues and grew into an international marketing/public relations agency with corporate, not-for-profit, and government clients. He retired from the firm in 1990 to pursue a second career in public service. He was named one of the 100 most influential public relations professionals of the 20th century by the industry’s leading publication.
Mr. Novelli is a recognized leader in the international practice of social marketing and managed programs in cancer control, diet and nutrition, cardiovascular health, reproductive health, infant survival, pay increases for educators, charitable giving, and other programs in the U.S. and the developing world.
He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. from Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication, and he pursued doctoral studies at New York University. He taught marketing management for 10 years in the University of Maryland’s M.B.A. program and also taught health communications there. He has lectured at many other institutions. He has written numerous articles and chapters on marketing management, marketing communications, and social marketing in journals, periodicals, and textbooks.
He began his career at Unilever, a worldwide packaged-goods marketing company, moved to a major ad agency, and then served as Director of Advertising and Creative Services for the Peace Corps. In this role, Mr. Novelli helped direct recruitment efforts for the Peace Corps, VISTA, and social involvement programs for older Americans.
Mr. Novelli serves on a number of boards and advisory committees. He and his wife, Fran, reside in Bethesda, Maryland. They have three adult children and three grandchildren.
Leonard J. Tamura
Term: 2001–2004
Dr. Tamura is a full-time licensed clinical psychologist in Denver, Colorado. He earned his Ph.D. from Biola University in Southern California, and completed his internship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Formerly, he divided his time between working as a staff psychologist at the Counseling Center at the University of Denver, and a private practice. While providing clinical services to students, faculty, and staff at the University of Denver, Dr. Tamura also provided training and supervision to psychology graduate students and pre-doctoral interns. He oversaw the primary care rotation within the internship and worked todevelop an integrated care model for the student health center, wherein behavioral science practitioners worked right in the medical clinic. In that setting they contribute to a more holistic approach to treatment, by providing direct clinical services to the health center patients as well as consultation and support to the medical providers.
Dr. Tamura has also been appointed by the Governor to serve as one of the professional members on the Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners, the board that oversees the licensing and discipline of psychologists in the state. Another area of particular interest is multi-culturalism and cross-cultural psychology. Prior to his current positions, he worked for many years in community mental health, serving a variety of underserved populations. In particular, he was instrumental in developing the psychology training programs at the Asian Pacific Center for Human Development, a specialty clinic serving the Asian and Pacific Islander population in the Rocky Mountain region. He speaks and teaches frequently on topics related to Asian-American mental health as well as ethics and mental health law. Prior to becoming a psychologist, Dr. Tamura earned a Master's degree in rehabilitation counseling from the University of Northern Colorado, and worked for the State of Colorado for several years as a rehabilitation counselor. He and his wife, Leslie, have two daughters.
Zelda Tetenbaum
Term: 2002–2004
Ms. Tetenbaum, a science and health educator, saw her life change profoundly in 1996 when her 42-year-old son was diagnosed with a brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme. Ms. Tetenbaum's son, a husband and father of two small children, survived for two years following his diagnosis. In her search for information about her son's illness, Ms. Tetenbaum became involved with the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States, an organization that centralizes and compiles incidence and survival rate data on primary brain tumors, and the North American Brain Tumor Coalition (NABTC), a network of 13 charitable organizations dedicated to eradicating brain tumors. Currently, Ms. Tetenbaum serves as NABTC chairperson.
In addition to her volunteer and advocacy work, Ms. Tetenbaum has devoted much of her professional life to education. She was a science teacher at a junior high school in Illinois for 21 years. When she retired in 1990, Ms. Tetenbaum worked on a National Science Foundation Teacher Enhancement Program at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Ms. Tetenbaum consults for her local school district in Illinois in the field of substance abuse prevention. Ms. Tetenbaum and her husband, a retired scientist who continues to work at the Argonne National Laboratory, have two daughters and two grandchildren.
