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Staff
Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling staff members are here to serve the public. Following are brief staff biographies.  Kathleen M. Scanlan, MA, Executive Director
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Kathy has been with the Council since 1987, serving first as Program Director and later becoming its Executive Director in 1998. Her background is in program development, adult education and non-profit management and her expertise has been recognized with numerous awards. Kathy earned a MA from Boston College and a BA from The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY. |
 Marlene D. Warner, MA, Program Directoremail MarleneMarlene has worked as the Council's Program Director since 2001. Her professional experiences are in the fields of nonprofit administration and higher education in the Washington, DC area. She holds a MA from George Washington University and a BA from Gettysburg College. |
 Peggie Milisci, Program Assistant
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Peggie joined the Council as Office Manager in 1998, and she became the Council's Program Assistant in 2007. She brought with her seven years of experience as an Admissions Director for in-patient substance abuse and mental health programs where she screened all clients for admission. Peggie understands addiction and is well informed about resources available to problem gamblers and their families. |
 Tom Luongo, MPA, Fiscal Director
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Tom brings more than 28 years of experience in the fiscal sector to the Mass. Council. He’s held multiple positions in diverse settings, from state government to small businesses to non-profits. Tom holds a MPA from Suffolk University and a BA from Merrimack College. |
 Margot Cahoon, Communications Specialist
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Margot has more than 15 years of public relations experience promoting leading non-profit healthcare organizations. Prior to moving “home” to Massachusetts, Margot was the Director of Communications for a national non-profit in New Jersey. She holds a BA in Communications from the University of Rhode Island. |
 Chien-Chi Huang, MS, Asian Community Program Manageremail Chien-Chi Born and raised in Taiwan, Chien-Chi Huang brings 21 years of bi-lingual experience in marketing, advertising, video production and event planning to the position. Over the course of her career, Chien-Chi has successfully served a diverse mix of both domestic and foreign organizations. She earned a MS from Boston University and a BA from National Taiwan University. |
 Jim Wuelfing, CPP-R, NRPP, Prevention Director
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Jim worked as a Prevention Consultant for the Council for 11 years, and has recently been appointed as the Council's Prevention Director. His areas of expertise include: cultural competency, problem gambling prevention, peer education, community organizing, spiritual growth, strategic planning, curriculum development, and stress management. Jim earned a BA from the College of the Holy Cross. |
 Katie Warner, Prevention Assistant
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Katie Warner, who has worked at the Council in various administrative roles over the past 4 years, has joined the team as the Prevention Assistant. She will offer technical support to the Council’s Prevention Department, as well as serve as the main contact person for the Council’s senior problem gambling prevention projects. |
 Ryan J. Martin, PhD, Thomas N. Cummings Research Fellow
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Together with the Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders atthe Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School (the DOA), the Council has appointed Ryan as the first Thomas N. Cummings Research Fellow. Ryan recently earned his PhD in Health Education and Promotion at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. At the University, Ryan was both an Instructor and a Graduate Research Assistant. Prior to his time at the University of Alabama, he earned his MS in Health Policy and Administration from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. |
 Flora Peters, Office Manageremail Flora Flora comes to the Council from Baltimore, MD. She brings with her five years of administrative support expertise, working in widely diverse settings. From offering assistance at the Executive Office of the Maryland Department of the Environment, to supporting the instruments division at Baltimore’s Space Telescope Science Institute, Flora’s experience and competent handling of all aspects of office set up and management is varied and extensive. |
 Haner Hernandez, PhD, CADACII, LADCI, Assistant Director of Prevention and Programs
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Prior to his new appointment, Haner was a Consultant for the Council. His work included tailoring the Council’s curriculum for people who provide addictions education and services to Latino-based communities and developing a Spanish-language problem gambling media campaign. He also helped the Council to expand Helpline services by recruiting Spanish speaking operators. Haner, who has more than 20 years of experience working in the addictions field, recently earned his PhD from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s School of Pubic Health. |
 Bruce Tassone, Helpline Specialist
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Bruce is a compulsive gambler who has been in recovery since 2004. His passion is to help others suffering with gambling problems by sharing his experience, strength and hope. Before joining the Council as a Helpline Specialist, Bruce worked for 20 years managing large construction projects and start-up medical businesses. He earned a BA in English from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams. |
 Joan Gilmore, MSW, JD, Helpline Specialist
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Joan recently joined the Mass Council staff as a Helpline Specialist, bringing with her several years of experience working on a state-wide legal services helpline in New Hampshire. For 25 years, Joan worked with individuals and families as both a social worker, and as a lawyer in mental health, child welfare and legal settings. Joan earned her BA from Oberlin College in Ohio, a MSW from Waterloo Lutheran University in Canada, and a JD from the Antioch School of Law in Washington D.C.
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 Diane Casey Crowley, MSW, Special Projects Director
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Diane began working with the Council in 1998, when she was a Program Coordinator, and the contract manager for Problem Gambling Services at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services. After leaving the position, Diane became a Council Board member; always trying to find ways to connect her work to problem gambling issues. During that time, Diane worked as Executive Director of the Allston-Brighton Healthy Boston Coalition, and later as Chief of Staff to Boston City Councilor, Jerry McDermott. In 2004, Diane returned to the Council, first in the role of a consultant and currently as Special Projects Director. She holds a BA from Saint Anselm College and a MSW from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, where she is currently a part time faculty member.
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 Francia Peguero, Fiscal Assistant
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The Council is pleased to announce Francia Peguero as its new Fiscal Assistant. When Francia was 13, she moved from the Dominican Republic to Boston. She attended English High School in Jamaica Plain and Salem State College, where she studied Business Administration. She feels that her bi-lingual Spanish and English capabilities make her a good fit for the Council’s receptionist position, as do her organizational, computer, and people skills. |
Board
The Mass. Council is governed by a Board of Directors. Following is a list of the fiscal year 2010 members:
President Rodney Hoffman, Esquire, Deutsch, Williams, Brooks, DeRensis, Holland & Drachman, PC, Boston
Treasurer Ed Talbot, AdCare Hospital, Worcester, former Chief of Staff, Bristol County Sheriff's Dept., Dartmouth
Clerk Kevin Donoghue, MBA, Principal, Donoghue Financial Services, Boston
Nancy Cummings, Braintree
Pierre Gabriel, BA, MPA, Director International Marketing, Foxwoods Casino, Hingham
Kevin M. Grant, MPP, Vice President, The Karol Group, Boston
Steve Janssen, Mansfield
Jo-Anne Kane, Worcester
Richard McGowan, SJ, PhD, Boston College, Carroll School of Management, Chestnut Hill
Haemoon Oh, PhD, Department Head and Professor, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Kathleen M. Scanlan, MA, Executive Director, Mass. Council on Compulsive Gambling, Boston
Eric M. Turner, MBA, Investor in private practice, former Director of Mass. State Lottery, Waban
Rory Winters, MPA, former Budget Director for Representative Daniel E. Bosley, North Adams | | About Us |
