Perry D. Hoffman, PhD

President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder

Stephen W. Mayberg, PhD

Director, California Department of Mental Health,
Sacramento, California

John G. Gunderson, MD

Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Treatment and Research on BPD, McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Massachusetts

Frances R. Frankenburg, MD

Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Bedford Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts
Associate Director, Adult Development Laboratory, McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Massachusetts 

Harriet P. Lefley, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine,
Miami, Florida

Barbara Kavanagh, MA

Board of Directors, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder,
Rye, New York
 

Marta Zipin

Family Connections Co-leader, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder,
Long Island, New York

Leah Sullivan

Family-to-Family Coordinator, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill,
San Gabriel Valley, California

Barbara Stanley, PhD

Research Scientist, Department of Neuroscience,
New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Professor, Department of Psychology,

City University of New York-John Jay College,
New York, New York

Mary C. Zanarini, EdD

Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School 
Director, Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development, McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Massachusetts

James Hall

Family-to-Family Leader, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill,
Houston, Texas 
 

Valerie Porr, MA

President, Treatment and Research Advancements National Association for Personality Disorder,
New York, New York

Susan R. Bergeson, MBA

Vice President, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance,
Chicago, Illinois

Wayne S. Fenton, MD

Associate Director for Clinical Affairs, National Institute of Mental Health,
Bethesda, Maryland

Peter C. Whybrow, MD

Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute
Judson Braun Professor and Executive Chair, Department of Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences,
UCLA School of Medicine,
Los Angeles, California           

S. Charles Schulz, MD

Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Minnesota Medical School,
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Christian Schmahl, PhD

Jill M. Hooley, DPhil

Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
Senior Attending Psychologist, McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Massachusetts

Perry D. Hoffman, PhD

President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder

Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD

Research Advisor, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Associate Professor; Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program and Research Program,
University of Nevada,
Reno, Nevada

Otto F. Kernberg, MD, FAPA

Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Director, Personality Disorders Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital,
White Plains, New York

Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA

Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director, University College London
Chief Executive, The Anna Freud Center,
London, England

Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP

Professor and Director, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, Department of Psychology,

University of Washington,

Seattle, Washington

Nancee Blum, MSW, LISW

Social Work Specialist and Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry,

University of Iowa,
Iowa City, Iowa