Manager of Consultant Relations and Training, Crisis Care Network, Grand Rapids, MICEO Kantu Consultants, Grand Rapids, MI www.Kantu.orgDennis Potter is a licensed social worker who helped to form one of the first community-based Crisis Response Teams in Michigan. Dennis was also one of the founding members of the Mid-West Michigan CISM Team and the Michigan Crisis Response Association. Dennis is recognized at the highest level of Expert by the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. Since 1989, Dennis has helped to train many of the Critical Incident Response teams in Michigan and ...

SpecialtiesAcute Traumatic StressPTSDCrisis InterventionDisaster Mental HealthEducationPh.D. in Counseling Psychology focusing on crisis interventionMA in Clinical Psychology focusing on psychological testingBA in Psychology, minor in Biology and SociologyLicense and CertificationsLicensed Senior Psychological Examiner-Health Service Provider TNNational Certified CounselorNational Certified PsychologistTraumatologistMedical Psychotherapy Sam D. Bernard, Ph.D.:Sam is President of Bernard & Associates, P.C., his private practice focusing on trauma-based clients both civilian and military. ...

Founder, E. Kelly 'Todd Academy' of TraumatologyFounding Member of the Advisory Committee to the Green Cross Board of DirectorsSherry M. Todd, LPC, ATR, CTS, CT, BCETS, BCSCR, earned her MS from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Graduate Art Therapy. Her thesis work on loss evidenced statistical significance and she received the Paul Fink, MD Outstanding Art Therapist Award in 1994. Since graduation, her work has created several art therapy positions. Recognizing the link between juvenile crime and trauma, led her to develop/coordinate a Trauma Treatment Track in a non-profit agency and ...

A Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress, Dr. Jim Baxendale has over35 years experience in the mental health field and over 25 years experiencein crisis intervention and providing Critical Incident Stress Managementintervention and training services to private and public agencies. A veteran of over 3 years of combat service in Viet Nam where he was awarded the Purple Heart, 2 Bronze Stars, and the Combat Infantry Badge, Dr. Baxendale developed an early interest in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Following 24 years of military service, he established a private practice which focused on the ...

CEO, James T. Reese and AssociatesLecturer / Consultant to corporate and public entitiesFounder, FBI Stress Management ProgramDr. James Reese provides over 100 workshops, seminars, and keynotes annually throughout the world. Blending wit and wisdom, Dr. Reese helps listeners transform their jobs from mere pensions to passions. He is an award winning author, lecturer, and consultant. A platoon leader in Vietnam, he earned the United States Bronze Star Medal and Vietnamese Distinguished Service Cross. He was an original FBI criminal personality profiler (Silence of the Lambs) and helped pioneer ...

President and C.E.O. Homeland Crisis Institute Crisis Intervention, Training, Consulting and ResponseExecutive Director Crisis Response Chaplain Services - Chaplaincy Training and ResponseLicensed Peace Officer, Author, Speaker, Trainer in Crisis Chaplaincy, Intervention and Compassion FatigueDavid J. Fair is President of the American Association of Police Officers, a non profit corporation providing training and education to officers and chaplains. Fair is a veteran law enforcement officer, currently a reserve deputy sheriff. He also holds licenses/certifications as a Texas Mental Health ...