ATCB Board of Directors

2008 Board of Directors


Terry Towne, ATR-BC: President
Twentynine Palms, California
towne@atcb.org
Towne Terry Towne is a Registered and Board Certified art therapist recently retired as Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator of the Graduate Art Therapy Program at Albertus Magnus College. Terry received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree of the California College of Arts & Crafts and a Master of Arts in Art Therapy from New York University. She provides art therapy services to inmates at the New Haven County Correctional Center and is a frequent presenter on various topics related to the profession and practice of art therapy. During her career, Terry has provided clinical art therapy services to diverse populations medical and behavioral health settings. She has also been a consulting supervisor at the Domestic Violence Crisis Center of Norwalk, Connecticut and Cooperative Educational Services in Trumbull, Connecticut. Terry has served on the Board of Directors of the New York Art Therapy Association, the New York State Coalition of Creative Arts Therapists, the Connecticut Art Therapy Association and the American Art Therapy Association. She was elected as a Director of the ATCB in 2002.

Terry holds a strong belief in the ATCB’s mission to "protect the public by promoting the competent and ethical practice of art therapy." To this end, she has worked to ensure a strong Strategic Plan for the organization that includes maintaining the strength and integrity of the credentialing process and the development of a supervisor’s credential that will identify competence in this important area of clinical training and practice.


Deborah A. Good, Ph.D, ATR-BC: President-Elect
Albuquerque, New Mexico
good@atcb.org
Good Deborah A. Good lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She holds a Masters Degree in Art Therapy and a Doctorate in Counseling from the University of New Mexico. She is a Registered and Board Certified Art Therapist, and state licensed as a Professional Art Therapist and Clinical Counselor . Deborah is a Past President of the American Art Therapy Association. Past-President of the New Mexico Art Therapy Association and currently serves as Secretary of the Art Therapy Credentials Board. Deborah is employed by Family Therapy of Albuquerque, Inc. where she predominately works with adults and couples. She also supervises the practice of several art therapy and counseling professionals. She wrote and lobbied the first art therapy licensure bill in the county, which became law in New Mexico in 1994, and has served as the model for similar legislation in other states. Deborah speaks internationally and has written several invited chapters for recent art therapy and counseling books. Her professional interests span varied topics from PTSD to assessment, legal issues, ethics and spirituality within the therapy professions. She founded and directed the art therapy program at Southwestern College from 1989 to 1999 and continues to consult with a variety of colleges and universities in the United States and internationally.

Deborah is serving her second term as a Director on the ATCB. She chose to become involved with the credentialing board because of her long-term interest in promoting and protecting the profession of art therapy, and ultimately the public, through professional regulation and credentialing. She feels passionately about the quality of art therapy services being rendered to clients and the ethical value of post-graduate experience, education and supervision.


Bill More, ATR-BC: Secretary
Woodbridge, Connecticut
more@atcb.org
More Bill More is a Registered and Board Certified art therapist who received his MA in art therapy from the George Washington University. Currently retired, Bill worked for 30 years at the Yale Psychiatric Institute as an art therapist while also serving in a variety of administrative, positions culminating with Director of Rehabilitation Services. After leaving Yale in 2000, Bill spent six years on the faculty of the Masters of Arts in Art Therapy (MAAT) program at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut including three years as Director. Currently Bill is remaining active in his retirement as an Adjunct Instructor in the MAAT program. He has served on the AATA Board of Directors and on a variety of AATA committees including the Strategic Planning Committee and as Chair of the Scholarships and Grants Committee. Locally, Bill has served as President-Elect and President of the Connecticut Art Therapy Association. He has been part of several panel presentations at AATA conferences focused on brief art therapy treatment.

Bill’s first introduction to the ATCB was in 2005 when he served as a consultant to the Board for strategic planning. Impressed with what he saw, Bill joined the board in 2006 not only to work with strategic planning, but also on ensuring the quality of the BC exam and the proper use of art therapy credentials. To that end, he has served as Board Liaison to the Certification Committee and as Chair of the Oversight Committee for the 2007 Job Analysis conducted to ensure the validity of the BC exam to the current practice of art therapy. A quality certification exam is vital to the ATCB mission of protecting the public by promoting the competent and ethical practice of art therapy.


David Gussak, Ph.D, ATR-BC: Treasurer
Tallahassee, Florida
Gussak David Gussak, PhD, ATR-BC, is currently an Associate Professor and Clinical Coordinator for the Florida State University program. He also has a private art therapy practice. David has been practicing for 16 years, received his ATR in 1994, and his ATR-BC in 1996. David has served the ATCB twice as a member of the Standards Setting Committee, member of the nominating committee one year, and has written questions for the exam. Since September 2006, David has been ATCB’s Strategic Planning Consultant. David’s involvement with the American Art Therapy Association is extensive and includes, but is not limited to member of Art Therapy: Journal of the AATA editorial board for 4 years, elected Board Director for 4 years, chair of Legal Search committee for 1 year, and the Governmental Affairs Chair for 3 years. He has also been active in the state associations in California, Kansas and Florida. He has been awarded: Outstanding Member by the Kansas Art Therapy Association, Distinguished Person Award by the Northern California Art Therapy Association, and received the Journal of Allied Health Distinguished Author award. David has recently been appointed chair of a statewide committee to develop the Florida Arts in Corrections Program.


David Henien: Public Member
Raleigh, North Carolina
heinenphoto David Heinen is the director of public policy and advocacy for the N.C. Center for Nonprofits. In this role, he advocates on issues affecting North Carolina’s nonprofit sector, monitors and analyzes federal and state issues affecting nonprofits, keeps nonprofits across North Carolina informed about important legal and policy developments, provides training on nonprofit advocacy and legal compliance, and convenes coalitions of nonprofits from diverse fields. David began his service as ATCB’s Public Member in 2008.

Previously, David spent seven years as an attorney with Dorn & Klamp, P.C., a Washington, D.C. law firm serving the nonprofit community.  In this practice, he worked with a variety of board certification programs, advising them on legal matters such as ethics issues, board governance, ADA compliance, state licensure issues, tax compliance, intellectual property issues, contract review and negotiation, and HIPAA compliance. He feel strongly that successful credentialing boards such as ATCB play an essential role in protecting the public by establishing high standards for competent and ethical practice in mental health fields.


Gayle M. Sutch, ATR-BC: Director
Frederick, Maryland
Sutch Gayle M. Sutch is a Registered and Board Certified Art Therapist. She has a MA in Art Therapy from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and has worked in inpatient hospital settings, outpatient treatment, and as a licensed special education teacher in the State of Maryland. Gayle is a frequent lecturer on art therapy, HIPAA, marketing, and ethical issues for mental health professionals. Gayle has served the profession of art therapy by serving as President Elect and Ethics Chair for the Potomac Art Therapy Association. Gayle volunteered to serve ATCB in 1999 as a member of their recertification committee, and then as their Ethics Officer. Gayle was first elected to the Board of Directors in 2002 and has served as President Elect and will complete her term as President this December.

During her work over the past 15 years as a clinical art therapist and supervisor she often found that it wasn’t always the recent graduates that had questions around ethics and the credentialing process. It was this experience combined with her service as Ethics Officer that spurred her interest in the need for continuing education in ethics for art therapists. Gayle volunteered with ATCB as their Ethics Officer, in part, as a means to increase awareness about ethical issues among art therapists and students. It was during this time that the current Code of Professional Practice was formalized by the ATCB and this document now provides the profession with a solid tool to use in education and practice. Gayle continues to advocate for further increasing the CEU requirements in ethics and for stronger enforcement around the use/misuse of the ATR and ATR-BC credential. This will allow the ATCB to continue to meet its mission of protecting the public by promoting the competent and ethical practice of art therapy.


Nina F. Denninger, ATR-BC: Director
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Nina Nina F. Denninger is a Registered and Board Certified Art Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Pennsylvania. She completed her MA in Art Therapy at Goddard College in Plainfield, VT in 1977. Ms. Denninger has been teaching art therapy and maintaining a small private practice since 1979. She directed undergraduate and graduate art therapy training programs at Bowling Green State University, in Ohio and at California State University in Sacramento, California. She is currently Associate Professor and Program Director of the graduate art therapy program at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Her investment in lifelong learning is reflected in her current pursuit of an Ed.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at Duquesne University. Ms. Denninger has served in numerous capacities in local, regional, and national art therapy and counseling organizations. She is an AATA Appointee to the ATCB Board of Directors, and she serves as the Board Liaison to the ATCB Registration Standards Committee and to the AATA Education Committee.

Ms. Denninger brings long-standing experience as an art therapy educator and administrator to the ATCB Board. She feels, " the art therapy profession is at a critical juncture as we move into the 21st century. The issue of maintaining a distinct professional identity while demonstrating parity with other human services professionals, which has always been a challenge for us, is now paramount. The ATCB is charged with insuring that the highest standards of professionalism are being met in art therapy practice, while honoring diversity of training and practice. I am happy to be serving the ATCB at a time when important decisions are being made that will have long-term repercussions for present and future art therapists." Of special interest to Ms. Denninger are a) developing improved communication with educational institutions to encourage graduates to become involved with the ATCB earlier in their post-education experience and b) the new ATCB Supervisor Credential recently introduced by the Board. This new optional credential reflects the Board's on-going investment in maintaining the highest possible standards of practice in the art therapy profession.


Donna J. Betts, Ph.D, ATR-BC: Director
Tallahassee, Florida
Betts Donna J. Betts, PhD, ATR-BC, works with people who have eating disorders in Tallahassee, Florida, and is an adjunct professor in the art therapy department at Florida State University. She has a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, an MA in Art Therapy from The George Washington University, and a PhD in Art Education/Art Therapy from FSU. Dr. Betts served on AATA’s Board of Directors from 2002-2004. In 2000, she received the Chapter Distinguished Service Award from the Potomac ATA. Dr. Betts is the Recording Secretary and Virtual Assistant for the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies Association, and serves on the Editorial Board of The Arts in Psychotherapy journal. Her book, Creative Arts Therapies Approaches in Adoption and Foster Care, was published in 2003. She promotes art therapy on her website, www.art-therapy.us. Dr. Betts also enjoys making art, studying Flamenco dance and playing the Celtic harp.


Penelope P. Orr, Ph.D., ATR-BC: Director
Monticello, FL
Penny Orr 2008Penny Orr is a Registered and Board Certified art therapist currently working as an assistant professor at Edinboro University.  Penny received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Furman University and a Master of Arts in Art Therapy from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her Ph.D. from Purdue University. She provides art therapy services to students in alternative school settings and through her private practice. During her career, Penny has provided clinical art therapy services to diverse populations in medical and behavioral health settings. Penny has sat on the AATA Ethics committee, and is currently the chair of the Research Committee.

Penny worked at Florida State University as an assistant professor from 2003-2008. During that time she served as a practicum supervisor,technical coordinator, and educator for the program. Penny has been active in state associations in South Carolina, Florida, and Pennsylvania. She has published and presented extensively on the role of technology within art therapy practice and work with special populations within alternative school systems.


Peg-Dunn-Snow, Ph.D., ATR-BC: Exofficio
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Peg-Dunn-Snow-08 Peg Dunn-Snow Ph.D. ATR-BC, LPAT, LMHC maintains a private practice, Children’s Corner: Art Therapy for Children (www.arttherapyforchildren.com) in south Florida. She is the former director of the Barry University art therapy and clinical psychology program and has a background in exceptional student education, school guidance and hospital/ homebound instruction. Dr. Dunn-Snow has served as Secretary and President of the Florida Art Therapy Association (FATA); as the National Conference Chair for the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) and as a Director and President-elect on the AATA Board. She is the current President of AATA.