Rhode Island Suicide Prevention Planning Team
Planning Team Members:
Karen Bandel- Concerned Citizen
Chuck Cudworth- Rhode Island Employee Assistance Program, Student Assistance Counselor
Cheryl Dickeson- Division of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), RI Training School
Norm Dupont- Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals (MHRH), Mental Health
Susan Ellis-Sweet- Department of Corrections, Domestic Violence Unit
Humberto Galvao- Youth Pride
Elizabeth Gilheeney- Governor's Justice Commission
Betty Harvey- Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH), Tobacco Control Program
Jane Hudson- Mental Health Advancement Resource Center
Francine Knowles- MHRH, Substance Abuse
Tom Lawrence- Rhode Island Hospital, EMS for Children
George McDonough- RI Department of Education, Safe and Drug Free Schools
Beatriz Perez- HEALTH, Comprehensive School Health
Jeanette Shedd- HEALTH, Adolescent School Health Deb Stone- HEALTH, Violence Prevention Program
Romi Webster- Rhode Island Hospital, Ambulatory Pediatrics
Carol Whitman- DCYF, Children's Behavioral Health
Joy Williams- Northern RI Community Mental Health, formerly from the Samaritans