Therapists and Participants

Executive Director, CIF
Sister Judith Brun, CSJ

Program Creation and Inspiration, Art Therapy Project Leader
Karla Leopold LMFT, ATR & Fine Artist

Art Therapy Team
Paige Asawa PhD, LMFT, ATR
Ann Blake
Sara Busse
Lisa Falls, ATR
Beth Genovese
Teresa Grame, LCSW
Adrian Hall, MA
Robin London
Einat Metzl, ATR-BC, MFT
Anita Reyes, MS
Melissa Shane, LCSW
Narda Smith, LMFT, ATR
Nikki Thompson, LMFT, ATR
Diane Tonkyn, LMFT, ATR
Lesly Van Sloten, MA
Mary Walton, ATR
Anakela Washington, ATR

Additional Team Members
Rita Alcantara, Leo Bonamy, Nicholas Bonamy, Anita Broccolino, Hailey Bruening, Rochelle Gauthier, Hedy Goldman, Jason Hammond, Janis Hefley, Barbara Kinney, Carolyn Lowman, Megan Perez, Angie Reisz, Patricia Schucker, Sami Schwendeman, Laurie Thurston

Local Participants
Mary Brandon, LCSW, Charla Bullard, Suzanne Cotton, Jeannie Coxie, Elizabeth Cunningham, ATR, Jan DiCicco, Fran Fetzer, Heather Herring, Sarah Lomax, Becky Olivera, ATR-BC, LPC, Marie Peterson, Joanna Sternberg, Robin Toler, ATR-BC, LAC, Jene?Le Wells, Christine Whitlow

Our Sponsors

Neighbor’s Keeper Foundation

Rosie’s For All Kids Foundation
Provided initial funding

AEG Live
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Jo & LJ Sevin
Share Our Strength
The Timberland Company

The Clark Boyce Family
East Baton Rouge Parish Recycling Office
Tobee & Leonard Kaplan
Lillian P. & John B. Lovelace
William F. Leopold Management
Bonamy & Associates, Inc.

Changing Our World, Inc.
Lyor Cohen
Michelle Delguarcio
Gates Chili Central School District, Rochester, New York
Paul Gongaware
Hard Rock Café
Mort Janklow
Evan Lamberg
The Lund Foundation
Brian Murphy
Polytechnic School, Pasadena, California
Romcyn Atelier Foundation

Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, California
Kodak
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
University of California, Berkley
University of California, San Diego

Steve Bassett, Bloom, Hergott, Diemer & Cook, LLP, Michael & Helene Brown, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Foundation, Andrew Curtis, Richard Dobbis & MaryAnn Koenig, Helen Faust, Janet & Dr. Richard Goldberg, Karen Jenkins, Ann & Jess Johannsen, Kurt & Carole Kinzel, Dave Koz, Joanne Krenkler, Edith Leopold, Bruce & Katherine Lundvall, Meg MacDonald, Catherine Macken-Wachter, Patricia Martin, Janice & Tom Mazza, Jerry & Julia Mickelson, Jacqueline Mills, Kathleen Mitchell, Harley Neuman, Linda Nordstrom, Richard D. & Lana Palmese, Dorothy S. Rudd, Lisa Schmid, Signatures Network, Inc., Michael & Debra Simon, Lester Garland Sweckard, Alan & Stephanie Tarkington, Bruce Tracy, Ursuline College, Ohio, Debra Winter & Richard John Gabaldon 

And thank you to the many others who contributed and continue to support the work of Cif and the families affected by Hurricane Katrina.