Our Board


PA FAMILIES INC BOARD MEMBERS 2009
 
 
CHRISTINE BREAKSTONE
1121 Mays Mill Road
Kennerdell, PA 16374
814-720-3013 (c)
814-498-2811 (h)
Parent
VENANGO COUNTY
Areas: brain trauma, mental health, FGDM, collaborative board,
Committee(s): Nominating, Training, Network , Juvenile Justice,
Dependency Reform, Children & Youth, Education, Children's Roundtable
9/09
 
JODY L MILLER
110 E Oak Lane
Greentown, PA 18426
484-695-5722 (c)
570-252-4010 (h)
570-251-3208 (w)
Chair
Parent
PIKE COUNTY
Areas: NAMI, CFST, suicide prevention, CSP, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission; disabilities committee, Unity House Advisory Board, Support group facilitator trainer for NAMI,
9/12

Jody L. Miller
Northeast Regional Coordinator
Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania
601 Park Street
Honesdale, PA 18431


 
ANITA MILLER
Community Prevention Partnership
227 North Fifth Street
Reading, PA 19601
610-376-6988 (w)
484-529-9311 (c)
Ad Hoc Board member
Parent
BERKS COUNTY
Area: ADHD,
Committee(s): Publicity  
Ad Hoc member
 
 
CAROL STAHL
125 Knox Street
Norristown, PA 19401
484-433-7165 (c)
Secretary
Parent
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Area: behavior issues, mental health, IEP, Governor’s Institute for Parent Involvement, Children & Youth ,OCYF knowledge
Committee(s): Training-scribe,
9/09
 
 
RENEE BASILE-BEARSE 
81 N. Main St.
Union City, PA.  16438
814-392-7507. (c)
Treasurer
Erie county
Areas: adopted children with multiple issues, CTC, CISP, FGDM, COMPASS,
Committee(s): Finance-chair, Grant
9/09
  
BRENDA FRANCO
227 North 5th Street
Reading PA 19601
610-507-6275 (c)
610-376-6988 (w)
Bilingual-Parent
BERKS COUNTY
Areas: advocate, bilingual Spanish, runs support group,
Committee(s): Policy and Procedures-scribe, Network,  
9/09
 
 
 
CRYSTAL KARENCHAK
490 Washington Street
St. Mary’s, PA 15857
814-594-0133 (c)
814-834-9551 (h)
Treasurer
Parent
ELK COUNTY
Trained as a Sexual Assault/ Domestic Violence Counselor Advocate
Elk County System of Care
Elk County Integrated Children’s Service Plan
Elk County Family Resource Network
Youth and Family Training Institute Board member
OMHSAS Children’s Advisory Committee
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Board of Directors
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Trainer for Family to Family
Advocate22
Committee(s): Policy and Procedures-chair, Nominating-chair, Grant-scribe,  
9/11
 
JACQUE BERRY
3912 4th Avenue Apt. #B
Beaver Falls, PA 15010
(724) 312-9462 ©
Parent, Grandparent
Vice-Chair
Publicity Chair
Family Support/Advocate
Beaver County
BC SCORES, Beaver County System of Care, Evaluation Data Collector  
Areas:  Involvement with Juvenile Justice, COD illness  
9/10
 
 
TOM SCANLON      
723 North Meadowcroft Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15216
412-855-4233 (c)
Parent
Allegheny County
Areas:
Committee(s): Finance-scribe
9/10
 
 
 
 
 
MIKE REBER
Youth Outreach Union
237 E. Agnew Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15210
724-351-8342 (c)
Secretary
Youth
Allegheny County

Areas: Youth & transition issues cross systems, Wellness Recovery Action Plan
Committee(s): Youth-chair, Network
9/10
  
 
 
KARAN STEELE
351 College Avenue
Greensburg, PA  15601
724-493-1338 (c)
724-837-6019 (h)
724-744-6537 (w)
 
 
Parent
Westmoreland County
VALUE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH of PA-RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY SPECIALIST
Area(s):    Autism, ADHA, Clinical Depression, Child and Family Advocate
Committees:     NHS Autism School Center of Excellence Board Member, PEAL Institute member, Youth and Family Training Institute Advisory Board Member, Value Family Advisory Committee Chair
Committee(s): Executive Committee Alternate, Grant-chair, Nominating-scribe,
9/11
 
 
TRESHA BRESSLIN
704 Raspberry Street
Erie, PA 16502
ERIE COUNTY
814-450-1499 (c)
814-455-4082 (h)
814-456-1702 (w)
Areas: Fundraising, event coordination, autism, asperger’s, training, team building, budgets and leadership
Committee(s): Training-chair, Publicity-scribe   
9/11
 
 
 
LORI DEVOE
301 Oak Hill Road
Hawley, PA 18428
570-352-4452 (c)
570-561-0638 (h)
Parent
Wayne/Pike Counties
Areas:ADHD; Autism; Child Advocacy; Sexual Abuse; Bipolar Disorder; Juvenile Glaucoma; Vision Impairment; Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Second Language ASL (Beginning, but continuing due to son’s hearing and my hearing)
Committee: Policy and Procedures
9/11
 
 
PHILIP DUTCH
1800 Concordia st
Carrick, PA 15210
(412)452-2701 ©
Youth
Allegheny
Family member/Provider/consumer former CFST
9/11
 
 
Savannah Nicole Logsdon
1882 Grant St 
Utica, PA 16362
814-720-3013 (c)
Consumer, Self Advocate
VENANGO COUNTY
Areas: Youth, Autism, Self-Advocacy education, Mental health
Committee(s): Youth, Networking, Policy and Procedure
 
 
 
ELIZABETH SCANLON
723 North Meadowcroft Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15216
412-855-4238 (c)
Fiduciary
Parent
Allegheny County
Area(s): advocate, President/CEO, The Question Inc., Registered 501C3, Training and Development, Leadership, Public Health, Non-Profit Management, Services Research, Employing Youth Consumers, Project Director for 5 SAMHSA funded projects, parent, high functioning autism, parenting training, cultural competence, Appalacha training
Committee(s): Network-chair, Finance
 
  
DIANNA L BROCIOUS
431 Dever Hollow Road
Templeton, PA 16259
724-525-0329 (c)
724-545-6413 (h)
724-545-1444 (w)
1-800-947-4941 (w)
Project Director
Parent
Armstrong County
Area(s): Married w/ Two adopted children with Fetal Alcohol issues, Reactive Attachment,
Bipolar, ADHD, Anxiety disorder, failure to thrive, brain trauma, etc.
Raising granddaughter
 
COUNTY ACTIVITIES:
FRN county collaborative board, FGDM facilitator/implementation team ,
 MH/MR Advisory Board for Armstrong/Indiana county, Integrated Children’s Plan for Armstrong County, FASD Armstrong/Indiana, Church Ministry Team, Vacation Bible School director
  
STATEWIDE COMMITTEES:
Value Parent Advisory Committee-regional
Western Pa Partnership for Family Support Committee-regional
OCYF Quality Improvement
Federal Review Steering OCYF
OMHSAS Children’s Committee
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Task Force - Dept of Health/Bureau of Drug & Alcohol
Integrated Children’s Service Plan - DPW
Diversity Task Force - OCYF
Early Childhood Mental Health Advisory Committee
Drug & Alcohol Coalition
OCYF Ombudsman Committee