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AWB
Executive Director and Member of
the Board
Diana
Fried, M.Ac., M.A. Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM)
Diana
Fried has many years
of experience and training in
emotional/trauma healing work, along with years of work in
international grassroots community development (Oxfam America),
including travel and work in Mexico, Central America and Africa. She
graduated from the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture (1999), had a
private practice in Maine, and is a certified Acupuncture
Detoxification Specialist trained by the National Acupuncture
Detoxification Association (NADA). She was on the staff of Spring Hill
in Massachusetts and is trained in Critial Incident Stress Management.
She is also a video producer, writer and has worked
as a media consultant. Diana received her B.A. from Bowdoin College.
AWB
Board of
Directors
Cristi Canali DeMarco,
M.Ac., L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM) - Board Chair
Cristi
holds a
Master’s Degree in Acupuncture and Oriental
Medicine from the New England School of Acupuncture with training in
Chinese and Japanese styles of Acupuncture, and Chinese Herbal
Medicine. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of
Massachusetts. She is board certified in both Acupuncture and Chinese
Herbal Medicine by the NCCAOM (National Certification Commission for
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine). Cristi has also completed a
5-level, 1.5 year certification in Craniosacral Therapy, and has
completed post-graduate training with a Chinese medical doctor focusing
on Chinese Herbal Medicine. Prior to becoming an acupuncturist, Cristi
worked in the mental health field. Her work experience includes
children with behavioral and emotional disorders and women with eating
disorders. She is a volunteer for the Health Career Opportunities
Program at University of Massachusetts, Boston which aims to increase
the number of middle and high school students from disadvantaged
backgrounds prepare for a career in medicine and/or public health.
Maureen Tetelman, M.S.,
L.Ac., Dipl, Ac. (NCCAOM) - Board Secretary
Maureen Tetelman is a licensed
Acupuncturist, Diplomate of the NCCAOM, certified Acupuncture
Detoxification Specialist and Massage Therapist. She is a member of
ASNY and AAS. She earned her Masters Degree in Science of Acupuncture
from the Tri-State College of Acupuncture in New York City (2004).
Maureen was the team leader of the NYC Veterans Acupuncture Clinic,
which brings the benefits of acupuncture to former war veterans living
in Harlem, NY. She is the founder and owner of Acupuncture Bodywork PC,
a private practice in NYC, which incorporates various healing
modalities in their ongoing patient work. Her unique style of treating
physical, emotional and energetic issues has been based upon her
accumulation of knowledge from her massage, dietary and acupuncture
studies/work.
Maureen traces her love of Asian philosophies from her time as a child
living in the Phillippines. She began her journey into the healing arts
over eight years ago as a Massage Therapist and continues on her
healing path today as an Acupuncturist expanding her understanding of
Asian Diet/Nutrition by taking course work at the Kushi Institute. This
fall Maureen plans to begin her studies to become a Registered Nurse.
Karen Kisslinger, B.Ac.(U.K.)
Karen Kisslinger studied with JR
Worsley in England during the late
70' and has been practicing Classical Chinese Acupuncture and related
healing arts for almost 30 years. Currently her acupuncture practice
is in Millerton, NY. She is the meditation and contemplative
practice instructor for the retreat center of the Woodhull Institute
for Ethical Leadership and offers regular classes and workshops in
meditation and relaxation. She writes a regular "Way of Life" column
for the Healthy Living section of the Poughkeepsie Journal, has
written for national magazines, and has a daily radio show on WKZE in
the Mid-Hudson Valley called: "Time to Relax." Believing that
compassion is the only trustworthy and true source of power, she is
deeply committed to helping promote the skills and traits of
consciousness which become part of living ethically, compassionately
and healthfully. She sees acupuncture and community acupuncture work
as a transformational tool in this goal.
Robert J. Woodbine, N.D.,
M.Ac.O.M., L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM) –
Strategic Planning Commitee Chair, Fundraising Committee
Robert has many years of experience
and training in the healing arts
beginning in 1961 when he apprenticed alongside his father to learn
the Original Ingham Method of Foot Reflexology. He studied Swedish
massage and Shiatsu techniques at the Bancroft School of Massage
Therapy and Craniosacral Therapy with the Upledger Institute. Since
1985, Robert has trained in Qigong and taijiquan with teachers in the
US and abroad. Robert earned his naturopathic doctorate from the
National College of Naturopathic Medicine and his Master of
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the Oregon College of Oriental
Medicine, both in Portland, Oregon. He is a certified Acupuncture
Detoxification Specialist trained by the National Acupuncture
Detoxification Association as well as a certified Community Health
Advocate trained by the Association of Black Cardiologists. Prior to
receiving his B.Sc. in Management and Organizational Behavior from
Lesley College, Robert spent twelve years working successfully as a
marketing executive for Xerox Corporation and Digital Equipment
Corporation. As President of San Bao Holistic Care, LLC, Robert has
served the health needs of the Harlem, New York community to promote
wellbeing and self-sufficiency. He is the host and co-producer of
Strategies for Optimum Wellness (SOW)™ on WHCR 90.3FM radio,
‘The
Voice of Harlem.’
AWB
Advisory Board
Nancy Ann Miller,
B.S.,
M.B.A., M.Ac., L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM) -
Fundraising Chair
Nancy
Ann Miller is a
Licensed Acupuncturist who practices in
Arlington, Virginia. Prior to completing the Masters of Acupuncture
program at the Tai Sophia Institute, Nancy earned her B.S. in Human
Development and Family Studies at Cornell University 1971 and her
M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Rochester in 1981. Nancy has
served on the Board of the Acupuncture Society of Virginia. She has
received special training and certification for using acupuncture to
treat addictions. She has over 20 years’ experience in the
business and non-profit arenas, including positions in finance at Xerox
and Citicorp. She has held senior fundraising positions at Co-op
America, The Wilderness Society, The African Wildlife Foundation,
Defenders of Wildlife, and the Tai Sophia Institute. She studied Zen
meditation at the Zen Center of Rochester, NY and awareness meditation
at the Springwater Center in Springwater, NY, and currently is studying
Tibetan Buddhism and non-violence in action with Pema Chodron.
Cynthia
Neipris,
L.Ac -
Clinical Policy Advisor
Cynthia Neipris is licensed as an
acupuncturist in New York and
California,
with certification from the National Acupuncture Detoxification
Association
as an Acu-Detox Specialist. She is the Director of Community
Education and
Outreach for the New York campus of Pacific College of Oriental
Medicine,
one of the largest and most well respected Acupuncture and Oriental
Medicine
Colleges in the nation. She previously served as Assistant Academic
Dean at
Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Ms. Neipris has also
managed educational programs at University of Washington and at Boston
University. Prior to her work in Traditional Chinese Medicine
education, Ms.
Neipris worked in film and theatre in Boston, Seattle, New York, and
Los
Angeles, with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, and
Home
Box Office, among others.
Iraq/Afghanistan
Veterans Project Advisory Board
Daniel Bruce
Daniel
Bruce is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine. He graduated from
SAMRA University of Oriental Medicine in 1982 and became a Charter
member of the New Mexico Acupuncture Association. For the past 25
years he has participated in promoting the profession by serving as a
board member from 1990 – 1998 and eventually as the
association
president. From 1990 - `93 he served as a faculty member at the
International Institute of Chinese Medicine in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In April of 1999 he was part of the Acupuncture Brigade that traveled
to Honduras to work with survivors of Hurricane Mitch. Due to that
life changing experience he decided to seek out opportunities to
serve in under served and post disaster settings. In January of 2000,
he and fellow acupuncturist Michael Zucker began training Traditional
Medicine practitioners as part of the MettaDana project in Burma,
returning again in 1/02 and 1/03. His work abroad has taken him to
Tanzania in 4/04, to southern Thailand, India and Indonesia in the
aftermath of the Tsunami in 2005 - 06.
As a Vietnam combat veteran, serving in the Marine Corps from 1966 -
69, Daniel can well appreciate the challenges returning veterans
face. As a trauma survivor he understands the need for early
intervention that acupuncture and related therapies can offer
returning veterans and their families.
Daniel
Craig
Daniel
Craig is a Doctor of
Oriental Medicine. He
graduated from Southwest Acupuncture College in 2001 and gained his
license in New Mexico in 2003. He works in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the
Santa Fe Recovery Center as an Addiction’s Counselor and also
uses acupuncture with patients in the 28-day residential program. He
uses the 5-Needle Ear Protocol regularly with patients in the program.
He also has a private practice in Santa Fe. Daniel is a 12-year veteran
serving in the Regular Army for 7 years both as an enlisted soldier and
as an officer. He served in the New Mexico National Guard and as an
ROTC Cadet at New Mexico State University while attaining his B.A. in
Psychology and a minor in Spanish. Daniel fought in the 1991 Gulf War
as a Lieutenant of Field Artillery with the 1st Infantry Division. He
is a member of Veterans For Peace since 2003 and is currently serving
as the Chapter President. Daniel is also a native New Mexican born and
raised in Springer, New Mexico.
John A. MacDonald
John
A. MacDonald, an
attorney and REALTOR® by
profession, is a former founding director of AWB. John was instrumental
in getting fundamental changes in Louisiana State Regulations that
allowed out-of-state acupuncturists affiliated with AWB to offer free
community-style acupuncture treatments to Hurricane trauma victims and
responders in New Orleans and vicinity. As a Vietnam-Era U.S. Army
veteran, John is proud to assist AWB in bringing trauma relief to the
brave men and women who serve or have served the U.S. under incredibly
hostile combat conditions in Iran and Afghanistan, as well as in
bringing trauma relief to the suffering of those close to them. John is
greatly honored to be associated with AWB and the selfless
acupuncturists who volunteer their time and expertise to alleviate
suffering on a community-wide basis.
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