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Executive Board Members





Advisory Board Members

Kathleen Horne
MA, LMHC, REACE®, REAT®
she/her/hers
USA & Canada

Graciela Bottini
Ph.D., REAT
she/her
Administrative Committees
Administration

Rebecca Orndorff
USA

Rachel Cail
she/her
USA

Men Chen Wong
Governance

Jennie Kristel
REAT®, APTT, RMT
She/her/hers
Massachusetts,US

Maria Gonzalez-Blue
M.A., REAT®, REACE
she/her
California, USA
Membership and Administrative

Dominic Paguio
RN, LPT, MAEd, PhD
He/him/his
Philippines

Heidi Heft LaPorte
MSW; DSW
Finance

Professional Committee
Artists

Pat B. Allen
Ph.D., ATR
she/her
USA

Lorena Fernandez
Ph.D., REACE
she/her/hers
Houston, Texas, USA
Professional Standards:
Registered Expressive Arts Consultant/Educator (REACE®)

Topaz Weis
BA, REACE®
She/Her
USA

Eugene Yeo
GradDip, REACE
He/him/his
Toronto, Canada

Tamara Teeter Knapp
MA, NCC, REACE®
She/Her
USA
Professional Standards:
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT®)

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Needs to be Filled

Betsy Funk
LCSW, LIMHP, MPA, REAT®

Needs to be Filled
Education and Networking Committee
Educational Resources

Christina Collins
LCMHC
she/her/hers
USA

Coby Lyons
PhD(c), MA-TCP, MA-PMin
he/him/his
USA
Regional
regional@ieata.org

Katrina Plato
PhD, ATR

Aisha Radwan
MA, MSc
Student and New Professional

Fi Fi Yau

Melanie Tang
MSSc, CCoun
she/her
Hong Kong
Conference

Susan Johnson
Publicity and Outreach Committee
Public Relations & Publicity

Reji Mathew
PHD, LCSW, REAT®
she/her
USA

Merav Berger
PhD
she/her
USA
Website and Internet

Connie Sou
MExpArtsTh, AThR
She/Her
Macau

Mayari Hernandez
MA
she/her
Guatemala
Social Action Committee

Aslam Khader
B.Tech
He/him/his
Oregon, USA

Manju Jain
MA, MS, REAT®
she/her/hers
Oregon, USA
Advisory Council

Maria Gonzalez-Blue
M.A., REAT®, REACE®
Advisory Council
she/her
California, USA


Anin Utigaard
MA, MFT, REAT®
Advisory Council
She/her/hers
Oregon, USA

Kate Donohue
Ph.D., REAT®
Advisory Council
she/her
California, USA

Wendy Miller
Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCPAT, REAT®, LPC, BCPC
Advisory Council