Board
of Directors
Ira
Berman
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
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
Wes
Goldberg
Retired Sales and Marketing Executive;
CCPG Treasurer; Chairperson, CCPG
Budget Committee; Owner, W.G. Enterprises,
Palm Desert CA
Charlie
Hoar
Clinical Psychologist, Certified
Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC-II),
Certified Gambling Counselor (NCGC-I,
and CCGC-I), Charlie maintains a private
practice in Del Mar, CA, and is a
Senior Clinical Psychologist with
San Diego County Health and Human
Services Agency, treating clients
with co-occurring disorders and supervising
interns. She has formerly managed
EAP programs in Tampa, FL and San
Diego, CA, and has a wide experience
as a staff psychologist and program
manager in military drug and alcohol
treatment facilities for the Marine
Corps, Navy and Army. She has been
working with problem gamblers and
their families for over 6 years. She
volunteers for Give An Hour, and the
Semper Fi Fund.
Steve
Kobashigawa
Suzanne Koch Eckenrode
Licensed Marriage and Family
Therapist, National and California
Certified Gambling Counselor II with
a private practice in Orange and San
Diego Counties. She has treated gamblers
and their families for over a decade;
developed and implemented a successful
gender specific track for the unique
needs of the female gamblers; and
given numerous trainings and presentations
on problem gambling, co-occurring
disorders and clinical issues. Suzanne
has also written professional papers
on “Problem Gambling and Women”
and “Problem Gambling among
Venue Employees.” Suzanne was
the lead clinician for a Partial Hospital
Mood Disorder Program, Dual Diagnosis
Treatment Center, Residential Substance
Abuse Program and has had experience
in psychiatric hospitals, community
and University clinics.
Gary
Lange, Ph.D.
Chair of the Training Committee and
board member for CCPG; licensed Marriage
and Family Therapist in private practice
in Rancho Mirage, CA; National and
California Certification as a Gambling
Counselor; Board Approved Clinical
Consultant (BACC), supervisor for
NCPG; Supervised the Family Program
at the Betty Ford Center where he
completed his dissertation on the
recovery symptoms/patterns of family
members; Certified Addictions Specialist;
Professor of Psychology with Cal State
University, San Bernardino, Palm Desert
campus; Numerous professional presentations
on problem gambling as well as the
quarterly trainings for counselors
seeking their Certification as a Gambling
Counselor. Past topics included, “You
Bet Your Life”, “When
Luck Runs Out”; Published articles
for The Counselor, The Therapist magazines
and is currently writing a book for
treating families of gamblers. GaryLangePhD.com
Marc
Lefkowitz
Tom Marriscolo
CCPG President; Retired Police Commander,
City of Burlingame; Former Chief Deputy
Coroner, County of San Mateo; Consultant,
Marriscolo & Associates Management
Consultants; Chairperson, CCPG Personnel
Committee
Sunnyo
Pak
Director of Union of Pan
Asian Communities, Addiction Recovery
and Treatment Division (UPAC ART).
Ms. Pak is a California Licensed Marriage
and Family Therapist and a California/Nationally
Certified Gambling Counselor in private
practice in San Diego. Ms. Pak currently
serves as the treasurer of the San
Diego Alcohol and Drug Services Providers
Association, Executive Committee.
Ms. Pak has given numerous presentations
and participated in the training of
other providers in the area of co-occurring
disorders, mental illness and substance/gambling
addiction. Ms. Pak is a long term
advocate for the need of gambling
prevention and treatment services
for San Diego residents.
Richard
J. Rosenthal, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and
Co-Director, UCLA Gambling Studies
Program. California and National Certified
Gambling Counselor (CCGC-II, NCGC-II);
Board Approved Clinical Consultant
(BACC), supervisor. DSM-IV Committee
on Impulse-Disorders Not Elsewhere
Classified (IDNEC); co-author, diagnostic
criteria for pathological gambling.
Approx. 50 publications. National
Council on Problem Gambling Research
Award (1993); Herman Goldman Award
(1995); Robert Custer Lifetime Achievement
Award (2004). Distinguished Life Fellow,
American Psychiatric Association.
Bob
Weinstein
Retired Business Owner; Board of Directors,
Inland Empire Self-Help Center (IESHC);
UCLA, Graduate School of Business,
Executive Program
Viejas
Enterprises, Inc.
Pechanga
Resort & Casino
California
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Advisory
Board
Roger Bensinger
Fundraiser; Businessman; Former Special
Assistant to Director of the Office
of Economic Opportunity
Tim
Fong, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute; Co-Director,
UCLA Gambling Studies Program; Director,
UCLA Impulse Control Disorders Clinic,
California Council on Problem Gambling
Advisory Board Member
Al
Gertler
Member, National Gambling Recovery
Organization
Paul
Good, Ph.D.
Clinical and Forensic Psychologist;
California Certified Gambling Counselor;
Clinical Supervisor; Assistant
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, University
of California, San Francisco; Past
California Council on Problem Gambling
President
Melanie
Morgan-Swanson
Talk-Show Host, KSFO San Francisco;
Past California Council on Problem
Gambling President
I.
Nelson Rose, JD
Professor of Law, Whittier Law School,
Costa Mesa CA; Former CCPG Vice President
of Legal Affairs
Eric
Geffner, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist; California
Certified Gambling Counselor; Full
Time Gambling-Specific Practice; National
Certified Gambling Therapist
Louise Lecklitner
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