Merrill Schneiderman, LCSW

is an active member, and Past President, of the National

Institute for the Psychotherapies’ (NIP’) Board of Directors. She has served as the Clinical Director of NIP’s Treatment Center for 40 years and is a current supervisor at NIP. In 2008, she founded the Alliance of Psychotherapy Training Institutes to bring institute directors together to interface with the NYS Education Department about the legality and functioning of our Treatment Centers. The Alliance continues the opportunity for institutes to work together on different aspects of institute life. Merrill maintains a private practice in Manhattan and Great Neck, LI.

James Holmes, LP, DrPH

is a faculty member, supervisor and training analyst at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP), as well as the former Director of Training, faculty member and supervisor at the Blanton-Peale Institute. He also serves in multiple roles on the American Board of Accreditation in Psychoanalysis (ABAP). He has taught at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services, Hunter College School of Health Sciences, CUNY (City University of New York) and Brooklyn College, CUNY, and the New School. He holds a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) from Columbia University, and maintains a private practice in New York City.

Joan Hoffenberg Ph.D. FIPA

is a graduate analyst from the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) where she is a Fellow and Supervising andTraining Analyst and a member of the IPA. In addition to serving as President and Dean of IPTAR, Dr. Hoffenberg was the Director of the IPTAR Clinical Center (ICC) from 2000 to 2024.. Dr .Hoffenberg co-edited Terrorism in the Psychoanalytic Space and Another Kind of Evidence. She is currently the Chair of the License Qualifying Program for Psychoanalysts at IPTAR. Dr. Hoffenberg is in private practice in Brooklyn.

Lisa Correale, LCSW, NCPsyA

has been a member of IMPP’s (formerly PSP) Board of Directors since 2012, and Executive Director of IMPP since 2016. She has been a member of ABAP’s COA since 2017 and has participated in a three institute site-visits. She is a Certified Psychoanalyst and clinical supervisor, in private practice in Philadelphia and South Jersey.

Jennifer Harper, LP, MDiv, NCPsyA

is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the American Board for Accreditation in Psychoanalysis. She is also Director of the Interfaith Doctor of Ministry Program at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, where she teaches clinical education and pastoral care for clerical and non-clerical care providers. She is a faculty member and supervisor with the Blanton-Peale Institutes for Religion and Health. She has held a number of roles at the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, including past President. She holds an M.Div. in Psychiatry and Religion from Union Theological Seminary, in addition to her Certificate in Psychoanalysis from the Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. She maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy with individuals and couples in New York City and Tenafly, NJ.

Michael Connolly, LP, MPA, NCPsyA

is a Licensed Psychoanalyst who has been working with children and families from underserved communities in New York City since 2006. He is president and executive director of the Harlem Family Institute and since 2010 has led the redevelopment of this intercultural psychoanalytic training institute as it seeks to expand its training of aspiring psychoanalysts, especially from underserved communities, to deepen its services to individuals and families in need and to expand its work in its community-based clinical settings where it also offers workshops for parents, mothers and babies and others. Since 2014, Michael has also been treasurer of the American Board for Accreditation in Psychoanalysis. Michael holds a Certificate in Psychoanalysis from the Harlem Family Institute, New York, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard’s J.F. Kennedy School of Government and a yoga-teaching certificate from the World Yoga Center in New York. He has also worked extensively as an editor at major news organizations in the U.S., Australia, Asia and Europe.

Annette Vaccaro, EdD, NCPsyA, SCPsyA

is the Chairperson of the Assembly of Psychoanalytic Institutes (API) and a member of the Board of Trustees at ABAP. In the past, she has served as the Executive Secretary to the Executive Committee. At NAAP, she was on the conference committee from 2009-2014, 2019 and served on the analyst in training committee while a candidate. She maintains a general practice with a specialty in clinical supervision and training analysis and supervision, in Livingston, NJ. She is the Director of Academic Affairs at the Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis, and Director of Academic Affairs at its academic partner The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis within the New Jersey Branch campus. In addition, Dr. Vaccaro is also an Associate Professor at Caldwell University and Coordinator and a founder of their Clinical Mental Health Counseling with an Art Therapy Concentration Master’s degree program and Post Master’s degree program in Art Therapy. She serves on the NJ State Creative Arts Therapies and Activities Therapies Board and the New Jersey Counseling Association Board. She presents nationally on the topic of clinical supervision and holds several supervisory credentials (ACS, ATCS and NASW). Annually she produces a theater conference at ACAP (2018 – present). She received the Rawley Silver Research Award in 2024 along with her research team for her work on the topic of professional dispositions and her research interest is in the developmental journey of the psychotherapist. She is an Honorary Lifetime Member of the New Jersey Art Therapy Association. She was recognized by the YWCA for the creative arts therapies award in 2022.