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Participants,
in Alphabetical Order:
Dr. Marilyn Benoit
Robert Boorstin
Rosalynn Carter
Dr. Dennis Charney
The Reverend William Sloane
Coffin
Judy Collins
Marian Wright Edelman
Al Franken
Tipper Gore
Dr. Peter Kramer
Robert Krulwich
Patmore Lewis
Jessye Norman
Dr. Carol North
Richard C. Rockwell
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David
Satcher
Dr. David Spiegel
David Strathairn
Dr. Rosemarie Truglio
Dr. Marilyn Benoit
Dr. Benoit is the president of the American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry. She is clinical associate professor of psychiatry
and the Program Director for Child Psychiatry training at Howard
University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Benoit has testified before Congress
numerous times on issues related to children and adolescent development
such as teenage pregnancy, youth suicide, TV and media violence,
and community violence. She has chaired task forces on youth violence
and child abuse and neglect and is a strong advocate for children
at the national and legislative level.
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Robert
Boorstin
Currently vice president of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Bob
Boorstin has worked on several Democratic presidential campaigns
and served for seven years in the Clinton Administration, holding
high-level positions in the White House, the State Department, and
the Treasury Department. He has also worked as a reporter for the
New York Times. Mr. Boorstin's particular areas of expertise
include international relations and health care. Since being diagnosed
with manic depressive illness in 1987, Mr. Boorstin has been an
outspoken advocate on behalf of people with mental illness and is
a member of the National Advisory Committee to the National Institute
of Mental Health.
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Rosalynn Carter
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter is co-founder with her husband,
President Jimmy Carter, of the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
She created and chairs the Center's Mental Health Task Force and
advocates promoting positive change in the mental health field.
Each year, she hosts the Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health
Policy. As then-Honorary Chair of the President's Commission on
Mental Health, she was instrumental in the passage of the Mental
Health Systems Act of 1980. Mrs. Carter is also active in the areas
of childhood immunization, human rights, conflict resolution, the
empowerment of urban communities and issues affecting families and
caregivers.
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Dr.
Dennis Charney
Dennis S. Charney, M.D. is the Chief of the Mood and Anxiety Disorder
Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health. One
of the nation's foremost investigators in the neurobiology and treatment
of mood and anxiety disorders, Dr. Charney has served on numerous
national committees in the service of advancing our understanding
of the causes and treatment of psychiatric disorders. He currently
chairs the Scientific Advisory Board of the Anxiety Disorders Association
of America (ADAA) and the National Depressive and Manic Depression
Association (NDMDA). Dr. Charney has published over 400 original
papers and chapters. He has edited Neurobiology of Mental Illness,
published by Oxford Press, and is the editor of the journal Biological
Psychiatry. Since 1992, Dr. Charney has been listed in every
edition of the Best Doctors in America.
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The Reverend William Sloane Coffin
For the past 40 years the Reverend William Sloane Coffin has been
active in peace, civil rights, and other social justice movements.
During the 1960s, as chaplain of Yale University, he campaigned
against racial segregation and America's military involvement in
Vietnam. A leader on the issue of nuclear disarmament, he is a former
president of SANE/FREEZE. He is also the former senior minister
of New York's Riverside Church, where he was active in promoting
peace and human rights at the international level. The Reverend
William Sloane Coffin is the author of several books, including
The Heart Is A Little to the Left and A Passion for the
Possible.
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Judy Collins
Judy Collins' musical career has spanned over 40 years, encompassing
more than 37 albums, top singles such as "Both Sides Now,"
Grammy nominations, and gold and platinum records. Ms. Collins also
produced and co-directed the Academy Award-nominated film, Antonia:
A Portrait of the Woman, and currently runs her own label, Wildflower
Records, named after her classic 1967 recording, Wildflowers.
Ms. Collins is active on various human rights issues including landmine
awareness.
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Marian
Wright Edelman
Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund, Marian Wright
Edelman has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her
entire professional career. A former director of the Center for
Law and Education at Harvard University, she was the first black
woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar and directed the NAACP Legal
Defense and Education Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi before
moving to Washington, D.C. She is the recipient of many honors and
awards including the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Prize, the Robert
F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Presidential Medal
of Freedom.
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Al Franken
Al Franken is perhaps best known for his work on Saturday Night
Live, where he was part of the original writing staff and appeared
for some 15 seasons in all, receiving five Emmy awards in the process.
He is also the author of two New York Times bestsellers and
won a 1997 Grammy for best comedy album. A respected political satirist
for outlets such as Comedy Central and Politically Incorrect,
Mr. Franken was the featured speaker at the 1994 and 1996 White
House Correspondents Dinners.
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Tipper Gore
Mrs. Gore is the honorary chair of the National Mental Health Awareness
Campaign. A well-known national advocate for families, women, and
children, she has worked to promote education, awareness and prevention
of risky behaviors in youth and adolescents and has spoken out about
the need to destigmatize both mental and physical disabilities.
A former Mental Health Policy Advisor to President Clinton, Mrs.
Gore has worked tirelessly to educate all Americans about the need
for quality, affordable mental health care.
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Dr.
Peter D. Kramer
Peter Kramer has been called "possibly the best-known psychiatrist
in America" by the New York Times. He is the author
of Should You Leave?, Moments of Engagement, and the
international bestseller Listening to Prozac. His most recent
book is a novel, Spectacular Happiness. Dr. Kramer is Clinical
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University,
in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the author of numerous professional
journal articles and book chapters and has also written for the
New York Times Magazine and Book Review, the Washington
Post, Slate, Salon, and U.S. News & World Report,
among other publications. He also authored the entry on the future
of psychiatry in the current edition of Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive
Textbook of Psychiatry.
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Robert Krulwich
Called "the most inventive network reporter in television"
by TV Guide, Robert Krulwich has explained arbitrage by wearing
Groucho glasses, illustrated the Texaco-Pennzoil battle with Barbie
and Ken dolls, and explained interest rates by means of an original
opera. Currently at ABC News, he has won Emmy, George Polk and DuPont
awards for his work on the PBS series Frontline. He began
his career in broadcasting at Pacifica Radio, moving from there
to National Public Radio and then to CBS. He believes in making
economics, technology, and science funny, entertaining, and comprehensible
for the widest possible audience.
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Patmore Lewis
Violinist Patmore Lewis performs regularly with the New York Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed
extensively throughout the United States and abroad. Since his Carnegie
Hall solo debut in 1992, Mr. Lewis has performed in recitals and
on radio in America and Europe, for audiences ranging from a handful
of specially invited patrons at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York to more than 20,000 people at the Ashton Court Festival
in Bristol, England. He hails from St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.
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Jessye Norman
Jessye Norman's majestic voice and musical artistry have been honored
with numerous decorations and distinctions from countries around
the world, including the United States Kennedy Center Honor, this
country's highest award in the performing arts. Miss Norman has
been associated with the Metropolitan Opera since 1983 and has performed
in the world's finest opera houses, including La Scala and the Vienna
State Opera. She is known for an operatic repertoire ranging from
composers Rameau and Berlioz to Schoenberg and Bartok and for her
embrace of contemporary music, including jazz and the sacred works
of Duke Ellington. Miss Norman was appointed an honorary United
Nations Ambassador in 1990 and serves on the boards of many charities,
including the Lupus Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
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Dr.
Carol North
Dr. North is Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University in
St. Louis and the Director of Psychiatric Emergency Services at
the University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She specializes in the
investigation of psychiatric illness and coping after major disasters,
including flooding, and has studied the psychological aftereffects
of the Oklahoma City bombing attack and a mass shooting attack.
Dr. North has consulted to the White House and Senator Edward Kennedy
on mental health needs and costs after September 11th.
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Richard
C. Rockwell
Richard Rockwell is the Executive Director of the Institute for
Social Inquiry/Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University
of Connecticut, where he is also Professor of Sociology. Before
coming to the Roper Center, he was the Director of the Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research based at the University
of Michigan. One of the nation's foremost experts on social science
and public opinion research, Mr. Rockwell has published numerous
articles on social science methodology and designed related software
programs.
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U.S.
Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher
The 16th Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Satcher was also
Assistant Secretary for Health from February 1998 through January
2001. He was Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry from 1993 to 1998. A former Chair of the Department of
Community Medicine and Family Practice at Morehouse School of Medicine
in Atlanta, Dr. Satcher's mission as Surgeon General has been to
make the public health system accessible and workable for all groups
in our nation.
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Dr. David Spiegel
Dr. David Spiegel is Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University Medical School and
Director of the University's Psychosocial Treatment Lab. He is the
author of over 280 research papers, chapters in scientific journals,
and books. Dr. Spiegel is an expert on strategies for coping with
life-threatening illness, particularly cancer. He has also studied
immediate reactions to life-threatening events including the 1989
Loma Prieta Earthquake and the 1991 Oakland/Berkeley firestorm.
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David Strathairn
Acclaimed actor David Strathairn has appeared in dozens of major
films, among them A Map of the World, L.A. Confidential, Bob
Roberts and Silkwood. He is particularly known for his
work with director John Sayles in such films as Limbo, Passion
Fish, City of Hope, Matewan and Return of the Secaucus Seven.
Most recently, Mr. Strathairn appeared on Broadway with Ian McKellen
and Helen Mirren in August Strindberg's Dance of Death. In
March, he will be honored with a Maverick Spirit Award at the Cinequest
San Jose Film Festival.
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Dr. Rosemarie
Truglio
Rosemarie Truglio is Vice President of Research and Education for
Sesame Street. A widely published expert on child development
whose articles appear in child and developmental psychology journals,
she has consulted for NBC and Puzzle Place and served as
an Assistant Professor of Communications at Teachers College of
Columbia University. Dr. Truglio's area of expertise is the role
television plays in the socialization and education of children.
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