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M. Dolores Cimini is a New York State licensed psychologist who has provided leadership for comprehensive efforts in research-to-practice translation at the University at Albany since 1992 with over $9 million in support from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Justice, and New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports. The screening and brief intervention program developed by Dr. Cimini, the STEPS Comprehensive Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Program, has earned 13 national awards for best practices and innovation in behavioral health care. 

Cimini is the director of the Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program at UAlbany, an agency recognized as a model/exemplary program in alcohol and other drug prevention by both the U.S. Department of Education and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She has published two books and numerous professional articles in both national and international refereed journals in the alcohol and substance use field and has earned two awards for excellence from the White House for her contributions to STEM mentoring. Cimini is a member of the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association and was the Past Chair of the APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, where she has had leadership for reviewing and disseminating APA鈥檚 practice standards focused on serving diverse and underrepresented groups and the addressing of issues related to psychology and social justice.

Dr. Lamar is a board-certified, licensed professional counselor with a background in university and clinical mental health counseling. Her research is in the areas of maternal mental health, alcohol/substance use during COVID-19, and research education in counseling. Dr. Lamar is a Past-President of the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision and will be the President-Elect of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.  

Dr. Jacoby is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with Supervisory Endorsements, National Certified Counselor, Certified Family Life Educator, and Certified Trauma Practitioner, who passionately enjoys working with children, adolescents and families. Dr. Jacoby is currently a visiting faculty member in the Counseling Department at Palo Alto University.  Dr. Jacoby has held faculty roles working with undergraduate and graduate courses to counseling students at The University of Toledo, Bowling Green State University, New England College, and Yorkville University.  Dr. Jacoby has held the role of president and founder of the Association of Child and Adolescent Counseling 鈥� Ohio Chapter (ACACO) and president-elect of the Association of Child and Adolescent Counseling (ACAC).  As a counselor educator, Dr. Jacoby is passionate about enhancing the counseling field through leadership and advocacy.  In addition to her leadership roles in the ACAC, Dr. Jacoby has held leadership positions in the Association of Humanistic Counseling (AHC), Chi Sigma Iota (CSI), Ohio Counseling Association (OCA), Ohio Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (OACES), and the Northwest Ohio Counseling Association (NWOCA).  Dr. Jacoby has been awarded Outstanding Practitioner (CSI-Alpha Omega) and Outstanding Supervisor Awards (CSI-Alpha Omega & ACACO) through several professional organizations.  Further she has received accolades as the Martin Richie Scholarship recipient (2018) the University of Toledo Doctoral Student of the Year (2021) and the prestigious Carol Bobby Pioneer Award for Visionary Leadership (CACREP; 2021).  

Katharine Sperandio, PhD, joined the Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) faculty as an Assistant Professor at Saint Joseph鈥檚 University in 2022. She is currently the CACREP-accreditation coordinator for the CMHC program. She completed her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision at CACREP-accredited William & Mary in 2019. Her research is inspired by her work as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), which has granted her the opportunity to work with a variety of populations, including those living with addictions. She actively serves clients in the Philadelphia community so that she can continue to use her clinical experiences to inform her teaching and scholarship. The mission of her research agenda is to increase understanding on how to help those living with addiction promote and sustain their recovery and how to optimally support families who are impacted by addiction. She has also explored topic areas that pertain to supporting mental health and addictions counselors who are undergoing chronic stress. In addition to this work, she co-constructed the Multidimensional Cultural Humility Scale (MCHS) with her colleagues to assess levels of cultural humility among mental health and school counselors. She has worked with colleagues on multiple research projects to investigate how to support students in learning how to be more culturally responsive and trauma-informed in their clinical practice. As of 2022, she was invited to serve as an Associate Editor for The Professional Counselor, which she accepted with great elation.