Board of Directors

Dr. Peter Jensen established the REACH Institute in May 2006, following service as Founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Children’s Mental Health at Columbia University. Before joining Columbia as its Ruane Professor of Child Psychiatry (2000-2007), he was Associate Director of Child and Adolescent Research at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). While at NIMH (1989-2000), Dr. Jensen was the NIMH lead investigator on the landmark study of Multimodal Treatment of ADHD (“The MTA Study”), as well as investigator on other national multi-site studies.

Thomas Klingenstein is founder and principal of a New York money management firm, Cohen Klingenstein LLC. Prior to this he was the chief executive officer of First Columbia Financial, a Colorado Bank. Earlier in his career he was a Wall Street securities analyst at Wertheim & Co. He serves on a number of not-for-profit boards, including The Klingenstein Third Generation Fund.

Stephen Hinshaw is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving his A.B. from Harvard in 1974, summa cum laude, he directed day school and residential programs for children with developmental disabilities for three years. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCLA in 1983; while a graduate student, he received the campus-wide Distinguished Scholar Award. He was a clinical psychology intern at UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute from 1981-2 and a post-doctoral fellow at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute of the University of California, San Francisco, from 1983-5 (where he received the R. Harris Award). He taught in the Psychology Department at UCLA from 1986-1990 and joined the Berkeley faculty in 1990.

Clarke Ross currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of CHADD – Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Dr. Ross has worked for over 30 years with five national mental health and disability organizations. His work history includes Deputy Executive Director for Public Policy, NAMI – National Alliance on Mental Illness; Executive Director, American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association (AMBHA); Assistant Executive Director for Federal Relations and then Deputy Executive Director, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD); and Director of Governmental Activities, UCPA – United Cerebral Palsy Associations (UCPA).

Bruce E. Bennett, Ph.D. is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Psychological Association Insurance Trust and a former member of the APA Board of Directors. He was instrumental in the drafting and passage of the 1992 "Ethical Principles for Psychologists and Code of Conduct." Dr. Bennett is a past president of the Illinois Psychological Association and served for many years as its Executive Director and Health Service Consultant. Prior to his relocation to the Washington, DC area, Dr. Bennett maintained an active private practice in Illinois in addition to teaching courses on professional issues.

Dan Callister is the chairman and founder of the National Campaign to Stop Violence, and founding director of the Kuwait-America Foundation. He is currently of-counsel with Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, and prior to that, served as a partner for 20 years in the law firm of Gibson,Dunn and Crutcher. He received his JD degree from Columbia University School of Law, and an undergraduate degree in Economics from Brigham Young University. He and his wife Jan are the parents of five children.

Michael Fitzpatrick is Executive Director of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Michael, until January of 2004, served both as the Director of NAMI’s Policy Research Institute and as NAMI’s National Director of Policy. Mr. Fitzpatrick has an MSW in Administration and Planning from Boston College. He has also served in the Maine Legislature. From 1994-1996, he served as the House Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee.

President, Heymann-Wolf Foundation

Director, Human Resources
Latham & Watkins, LLC

Juli Wilson Marshall passed away on May 2, 2007. Juli was instrumental in the founding of the REACH Institute, as well as the K.I.D.S. Alliance. A partner in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins and an attorney with the firm for more than two decades, Ms. Marshall was also co-chair of the firm’s Products Liability and Mass Torts Practice Group, a former Chair of the Global Recruiting Committee and a former member of the Associates Committee.

JaLynn Prince is the president of Madison House Foundation, focused on providing independent living for people with autism. She is also founder and president of Times and Seasons, an arts management consulting firm emphasizing the arts, broadcasting, public policies, and public relations. Formerly, Mrs. Prince was an instructor in the Evergreen Program at Johns Hopkins University, the public relations director for The Bicentennial Council of 13 Original States, and a management consultant for Hammond Associates in Los Angeles, California. Mrs. Prince’s varied background also included stints as press secretary a U.S. congressman, radio announcer, theater critic, and producer and director for television and theater.

Ann Reinking is a multi-talented actress, singer, and dancer, as well as a Tony-award winning choreographer. After winning a Ford Foundation scholarship to study with the San Francisco School of Ballet, Ms. Reinking went on to Broadway, films, and television, earning numerous accolades for her work including Tony nominations for her leading performance in Dancin’ and as best actress in Goodtime Charley with Joel Grey. Her astonishing number of awards includes the Theatre World Award for her work as Maggie in Over Here and the Clarence Derwent Award. In 1997, Ms. Reinking won the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Astaire Award for her choreography for the ENCORES production of Chicago. In 1999, FOSSE, which Ann directed and co-choreographed, won a Tony award for best musical.

Dr. Jeffrey Schmidt is a board-certified pediatrician at Intermountain Health Care. He earned his doctorate in medicine from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1982. He is member of the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as the Intermountain Pediatric Society. He completed an internship and Residency at Stanford Medical Center, and has been a general pediatrician for 21 years in private practice with the Salt Lake Clinic/Intermountain Healthcare (IHC). Dr. Schmidt is currently serving as President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Utah Chapter, 2006-2008. He is a clinical professor, at the University of Utah, Department of Pediatrics, and is the co-author of the ADHD Care Process Model at IHC.

Dr. Schmidt and his wife reside in Sandy, UT and are the parents of 8 children and one grandchild.

Sandra Spencer is the Executive Director of the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health. She assumed this role in August of 2004, replacing the outgoing Executive Director, Barbara Huff, as the nation's top advocate for the rights of children with mental health needs and their families. The Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health is a family-run organization established in 1989 by A Group of Parents with Children who had Mental Health Needs. The organization is dedicated exclusively to helping children with mental health needs and their families achieve a better quality of life. Currently, the Federation represents the interests of thousands of families across the United States.

Giselle Stolper is the Executive Director of the Mental Health Association (MHA) of New York City. Since her appointment as Executive Director in 1990, Ms. Stolper has led MHA in becoming a leading voice for mental health at city hall and on the steps of the state capital.

Cynthia Wainscott is the Immediate Past Chair of Mental Health America (formerly the National Mental Health Association). She is a founding board member of the Campaign for America’s Mental Health. She served as a member of the Institute of Medicine committee that recently released Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions. She has been appointed to the Center for Mental Services’ National Mental Health Advisory Council, and has been elected Vice President for North America and the Caribbean of the World Federation for Mental Health.