Faculty for The Conference on Adolescents and Young Adults, Las Vegas, Nevada

Pamela H. Harmell, Ph.D.

Permanent Lecturer, Pepperdine Graduate School of Education & Psychology, Psychologist, Private Practice, Los Angeles, CA, Vice Chair, CA State Ethics Committee, Former President, CA Board of Psychology, President, L.A. County Psychological Association

Jean Kilbourne, EdD

Recognized for her pioneering work on alcohol and tobacco advertising and the image of women in advertising. Author of, Can’t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel which won the Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in Psychology in 2000 and So
Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do To Protect Their Kids.

Mark Sanders, LCSW

Member of the faculty of the Addictions Studies Program at Governors State University, author of four books and numerous workbooks including Relationship Detox: How to Have Healthy Relationships in Recovery and co-author of Recovery Management.

Brené Brown, PhD

Research faculty, University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work; board member, Nobel Women’s Initiative; author, I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy and Power and the upcoming The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You
Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Stanton Samenow, PhD

Clinical psychologist whose forensic specialties are adult and juvenile antisocial behavior; previous member of Presidential Task Forces; author of numerous books including Before It’s Too Late: Why Some Kids Get into Trouble and What Parents Can Do About It.

Rokelle Lerner

President, Lerner & Associates, St. Paul, MN; Co-founder, National Adult Children of Alcoholics (NACOA). Author, The Object of My Affection Is In My Reflection-Coping with Narcissists and Living in the Comfort Zone: The Gift of Boundaries in Relationships.

Ken Winters, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, consultant to National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the World Health Organization. Author of numerous articles and Associate Editor, Journal of Adolescent Substance Abuse.

Rochelle Strider and
Errol Strider

Rochelle Strider
Creator of the Acting With Love (AWL) process that was written into a text, has taught acting and self esteem classes and workshops throughout the US, Europe and the Middle East.

Errol Strider
Author of numerous plays and several books including Journeys to the Other Side of Shame, Welcome to Your Universe and Answers Are Timid. Co-developer of Strider Innertainment, a theatrical forum for exploring fundamental human issues in a way that make the educational and healing experience more vivid, accessible and fun.

Jeffrey Fortuna, PhD
Founder and director of Pharmaceutical Education Consultants, faculty in the Department of Health Sciences at California State University, Fullerton; author of Nutrition for the Focused Brain and Food, Brain Chemistry and Behavior.

Thomas Greaney, MEd
Certified in co-occurring disorders, facilitates group and individual therapy sessions for young adults on the disease of addiction, barriers to recovery, coping skills and creativity in recovery, served as a Case Presentation Method Evaluator of prospective counselors seeking credentials through the CT Certification Board.

David Horvath, PhD
Associate Professor of Nursing at Long Island University and has an extensive background in
psychiatric and addictions nursing, accomplished musician with the ability to de-construct and analyze complex musical forms instantly upon hearing them.

Joseph Lee, MD
Adolescent psychiatrist and adolescent addiction specialist, Hazelden’s Center for Youth and Families working with teenagers and young adults from ages 14 to 25.

Ryan G. Van Cleave, PhD
Faculty member of Ringling College of Art + Design; author of 15 books, including the upcoming
Unplugged: My Journey into the Dark World of Video Game Addiction.