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 State Lottery

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