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Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (US). Improving Cultural Competence. Rockville (MD): Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US); 2014. (Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 59.)

Consensus Panel

Note: Information given indicates each participant's affiliation during the time the panel was convened and may no longer reflect the individual's current affiliation.

Chair

  • Felipe González Castro, M.S.W., Ph.D.
    Professor
    Department of Psychology
    Arizona State University
    Tempe, AZ

Co-Chairs

  • Loretta J. Bradley, M.A., Ph.D.
    Professor
    Department of Educational Psychology
    Texas Tech University
    Lubbock, TX
  • Jacqueline P. Butler, M.S.W., CCDC, LISW
    Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
    Substance Abuse Division
    College of Medicine
    University of Cincinnati
    Cincinnati, OH
  • Flanders Byford, M.S.W., LCSW
    Oklahoma City-County Health Department
    Oklahoma City, OK
  • Ting-Fun May Lai, M.S.W., CSW, CASAC
    Director
    Chinatown Alcoholism Center
    Hamilton-Madison House
    New York, NY

Workgroup Leaders

  • Virgil A. Gooding, Sr., M.A., M.S.W., LISC
    Clinical Director
    Foundation II, Inc.
    Cedar Rapids, IA
  • Ford H. Kuramoto, D.S.W.
    President
    National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Harry Montoya, M.A.
    President/Chief Executive Officer
    Hands Across Cultures
    Española, NM
  • Onaje M. Salim, M.A., NCAC-II, CCS
    Director
    Cork Institute Southeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center
    Morehouse School of Medicine
    Atlanta, GA

Panelists

  • Barbara Lee Aragon, M.S.W.
    Academic Fellow
    Department of Health Services
    North Highlands, CA
  • Debra A. Claymore, M.Ed.Adm.
    D. Claymore & Associates, Inc.
    Loveland, CO
  • E. Daniel Edwards, D.S.W.
    Director
    Ethnic Studies Program
    University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, UT
  • Tonda L. Hughes, M.S.N., Ph.D., FAAN
    Associate Professor
    College of Nursing
    University of Illinois at Chicago
    Chicago, IL
  • David Mathews, M.A., Ph.D.
    Director of Adult Services
    Kentucky River Community Care, Inc.
    Jackson, KY
  • Anthony (Tony) Taiwai Ng, M.D.
    Consultant
    Washington, DC
  • Barry Pilson, Ph.D.
    Adjunct Professor
    School of Social Work
    Tulane University
    Metairie, LA
  • Rafaela R. Robles, Ed.D.
    Director
    Technology Transfer Center
    Caribbean Basin/Hispanic Addiction
    Centro de Estudios en Adicción
    Universidad Central del Caribe
    Bayamon, PR
  • Gloria M. Rodriguez, D.S.W.
    Research Scientist
    Division of Addiction Services
    New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
    Trenton, NJ
  • Ann S. Yabusaki, M.Ed., M.A., Ph.D.
    Director
    Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii
    Honolulu, HI