Meet the Board
 

CCPG Board of Directors

Tom Marriscolo
Board President

	Executive Committee
	Corporate Officers
	Board of Directors
	Advisory Board

Executive Committee

Tom Marriscolo, President
Wes Goldberg, Treasurer
David Frankes

Corporate Officers

Tom Marriscolo, President
Marc Lefkowitz, Executive Vice President
Wes Goldberg, Treasurer
Linda Frankes, Secretary
Lanny Russikoff, Assistant Secretary

Board of Directors

Alejandro Barajas
OCSHC Member, Director Centro Hispano de prevencion de addicion al Juego Los Angeles.

Tim Barden
Management Liason, Hollywood Park Racetrack

Michael Bernard
Michael Barnard is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Desert Samaritans for the Elderly in Indio, California.  Barnard previously served for six years as Executive Director of the Joslyn Senior Center in Palm Desert. Before going to Joslyn, he was Marketing and Development Director at the Mizell Senior Center in Palm Springs. He currently serves on the Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the Palm Desert Park and Recreation Commission and the Riverside County Office on Aging Advisory Council. He previously served on the Leadership Coachella Valley Board of Directors and is past President of the Aging Community Team 1 (ACT1).  Michael received his Bachelors of Arts from San Diego State University in Physical Education with an emphasis in Athletic Training. He was born in San Diego and moved to the Coachella Valley in 1998. He resides in Palm Desert with his wife Talia.

Leo Chu
Owner, Hollywood Park Casino; Chairperson, CCPG Fundraising Committee; Advisory Board Member, Southern California Special Olympics; Advisory Council Member, University of Southern California, School of Engineering; Secretary & Board Member, Golden State Gaming Association

Tim Fong, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute; Co-Director, UCLA Gambling Studies Program; Director, UCLA Impulse Control Disorders Clinic 

David Frankes
Former President, CCPG; Chairperson, CCPG Bylaws Committee; Co-Founder, Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling; Former Director, National Council on Problem Gambling; Past Member, National Board of Trustees

Linda Frankes
Former Treasurer, CCPG; Intern, California Counselor for Problem Gamblers; Co-Founder, Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling; Former Peer Counselor for families, Connecticut In-Patient/Out-Patient Treatment Center for Problem & Compulsive Gamblers; Delegate, International Board of Delegates of Family Recovery Program

Eric Geffner, PhD
Clinical Psychologist; California Certified Gambling Counselor; Full Time Gambling-Specific Practice; National Certified Gambling Therapist

Wes Goldberg, Treasurer
Retired Sales and Marketing Executive; Chairperson, CCPG Budget Committee; Owner, W.G. Enterprises, Palm Desert CA

Charles "Chuck" Hansen
Vice President of Community Relations, Viejas Enterprises; Former Executive Director, America's Cup Services Chairperson, University Club Ambassadors; President, Home of Guiding Hands; President, San Diego East Visitors Bureau; Commissioner, San Diego County Cable Board; Co-Chairperson, CCPG Fundraising Committee;  Member: California Travel Industry Association; Cuyamaca College; East County Performing Arts Center; East County Regional Chamber of Commerce; Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce; Holiday Bowl; San Diego Aircraft Museum; San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau; San Diego County Taxpayers Association; San Diego Cruise Industry Advisory Committee; San Diego Oalf Wieghhorst Museum; Travelers Aid; United Way of San Diego; Union Pan Asian Communities.

Gary Lange, PhD
Marriage and Family Therapist, Private practice in Rancho Mirage; Psychology Professor, California State University, San Bernardino Adjunct Faculty; California Certified Gambling Counselor; Chairperson, CCPG Training Committee

Marc Lefkowitz, Executive Vice President
Director of Training, CCPG; Former Secretary, CCPG; California Certified Gambling Counselor; AS Degree in Human Services; Certified in Alcohol/Substance Abuse Studies; Board Chairperson, International Compulsive Gambling Recovery Program; Trainer, Responsible Gambling Workshops, CCPG

Tom Marriscolo
CCPG President, Chief Deputy Coroner, County of San Mateo; Consultant, Marriscolo & Associates Management Consultants; Chairperson, CCPG Personnel Committee

Richard J. Rosenthal, MD
Full-time private psychiatric practice; Founder, first president, CCPG; California Certified Gambling Counselor;Clinical Supervisor; Co-author, DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling; co-investigator, first genetic study; National Academy of Science, Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of Pathological Gambling; approximately 40 publications; National Council on Problem Gambling Research Award (1993) and Herman Goldman Award (1995); Clinical faculty, UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Ethics Committee, Southern California Psychiatric Society (1992-present); Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

Lanny Russikoff
Current CCGC Candidate, Formerly in Advertising for the Los Angeles Times

Bob Weinstein
Owner, Book Baron Bookstore - 4 locations in Southern California; Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Gamblers Anonymous; Treasurer, Orange County Self Help Center; UCLA, Graduate School of Business, Executive Program

Advisory Board

Roger Bensinger
Fundraiser; Businessman; Former Special Assistant to Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity

Al Gertler
Member, National Gambling Recovery Organization

Barbara Gonzales-Lyons
Vice Chairperson, Agua-Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Council; CCPG Benefactor

Paul Good, PhD
Clinical and Forensic Psychologist; California Certified Gambling Counselor; Clinical Supervisor;  Assistant Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco; Past CCPG President

Melanie Morgan
Talk-Show Host, KSFO San Francisco; Former CCPG President

Senator Richard Mountjoy
Retired State Senator from Arcadia; Author of Amendment SB 8, regarding Card Room Regulations

I. Nelson Rose, JD
Professor of Law, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa CA; Former CCPG Vice President of Legal Affairs

Alejandro Barajas