Staff
CHDI’s staff represents a unique confluence of backgrounds (pediatrics, children’s mental health, public policy, and social work) as well as a wide range of experience across federal and state government, foundations, academia and clinical practice.
Kristin Adomeit
Kristin Adomeit joined CHDI and Connecticut Center for Effective Practice as a Quality Improvement Coordinator in September of 2009. She is currently working in the Performance Improvement Center (PIC) for statewide Emergency Mobile Psychiatric...
Quality Improvement Coordinator
Chris Bory
Christopher Bory, Psy.D. is a post-doctoral associate at the Connecticut Center for Effective Practice at CHDI. He has been with CHDI since August 2008 as a data assistant consultant working on the Connecticut TF-CBT Learning Collaborative....
Postdoctoral Associate
Jeana Bracey
Jeana Bracey, Ph.D., is a Senior Associate at the Connecticut Center for Effective Practice of CHDI. Dr. Bracey’s interests are in program implementation, evaluation, juvenile justice diversion, and research and consultation activities that...
Senior Associate
Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell is the Project Coordinator for the Connecticut Collaborative on Effective Practices for Trauma (CONCEPT) a five-year federally-funded initiative to improve trauma-informed care for children in Connecticut. Kim has a Masters Degree in...
CONCEPT Project Coordinator
Michelle Delaney
Michelle Delaney is a Research Assistant at CHDI. She works in the Connecticut Center for Effective Practice on the TF-CBT Coordinating Center, evaluation of Wheeler Clinic’s SAMSHA-funded Promising Starts initiative, and on the EMPS...
Research Assistant
Robert Franks
As the Vice President of CHDI and Director of the Connecticut Center for Effective Practice (CCEP), Robert (Bob) Franks, Ph.D., leads the Center's efforts to improve the effectiveness of treatments for children with serious and complex...
Vice President and Director of Connecticut Center for Effective Practice (CCEP)
Lisa Honigfeld
As the Vice President for Health Initiatives, Lisa Honigfeld, Ph.D., oversees CHDI's efforts to strengthen the quality and accessibility of primary and preventive health care for children and families. Prior to joining CHDI, Dr. Honigfeld was the...
Vice President for Health Initiatives
Tesha Imperati
Tesha is the grant manager for The Connecticut Family Support Network’s Medical Home Initiative with CHDI and the Department of Public Health. She presently serves on several committees and boards including the Pediatric Family Advisory...
Grant Manager for the CT Family Support Network Medical Home Initiative
Paulette James
Paulette James joined the staff of CHDI and CCEP in 2007 as administrative assistant. She supports the Child FIRST initiative and EPIC program and provides administrative support to staff. A native of Antigua, Paulette spent seven years at the...
Administrative Assistant
Jason Lang
Jason Lang, Ph.D. is an Associate Director of the Connecticut Center for Effective Practice at CHDI and is a licensed clinical psychologist who holds an appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut...
Associate Director
Connecticut Center for Effective Practice
Cindy Langer
Cindy Langer manages external communications (social media, website, publications, public events, and press contacts). She is also secretary to the boards of directors and provides administrative support to the President and other staff...
Communications Manager
Francisco Lopez
Francisco Lopez joined CHDI in July 2011 for a part-time one year placement as part of his pre-doctoral fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine. He is a doctoral candidate at the University at Buffalo. Francisco will be working on the...
Predoctoral Associate
Judith Meyers
Judith Meyers, Ph.D., a clinical and community psychologist, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of CHDI and its parent organization, the Children's Fund of Connecticut. Dr. Meyers has focused her career on public policy and service...
President & CEO
Maggy Morales
Maggy joined the staff of CHDI in November, 2008 as the EPIC Coordinator. She previously worked at the Connecticut Association for Human Services providing education in community settings to help increase awareness about and identification for...
EPIC Coordinator
Mary Peniston
Mary Peniston is the Associate Director for Child FIRST Connecticut, a home-based early childhood intervention program that works to decrease the incidence of serious emotional disturbance, developmental and learning problems, and abuse and...
Deputy Director, Child FIRST
Mark Plourd
Mark is a Project Coordinator at CHDI. He works in the Connecticut Center for Effective Practice on the CT School-Based Diversion Initiative (SBDI) and Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS)
Performance Improvement Center. He will graduate...
Project Coordinator
Lori Schon
In Lori Schon's role as Office Manager, she manages all the daily office operations and supervises administrative staff. She was hired in June, 2008 as an Administrative Assistant and was promoted to Office Manager in July, 2010. Lori also...
Office Manager
Paul Suter
In his role as Vice President for Finance & Operations, Paul Suter manages the accounting and finances of both CHDI and its parent organization, the Children's Fund of Connecticut. In addition, Mr. Suter oversees contract management and human...
Vice President for Finance & Operations
Julie Tacinelli
Julie joined CHDI in 2012 as Communications Director, where she oversees communications strategy and outreach. She began her career in Washington, DC working in politics and government, including for the Clinton Administration at the White House...
Communications Director
Jeffrey Vanderploeg
Jeffrey Vanderploeg, Ph.D., is an Associate Director at the Connecticut Center for Effective Practice of CHDI and holds an appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Vanderploeg is involved in quality...
Associate Director
Connecticut Center for Effective Practice
