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Wendt Center for Loss & Healing

Rekindling hope. Rebuilding lives.

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  • About Us
    • ABOUT THE WENDT CENTER

      • About Us
      • Our History
      • Board of Directors
      • Staff
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      • Hands holding message of Hope
      • We help children, youth and adults rebuilt their emotional lives after loss, illness, violence and trauma.
  • How We Help
    • How We Help

      • Adult Services
      • Child & Teen Services
      • Crisis Response
      • Training Institute
      • Group Therapy
      • Camp Forget-Me-Not / Camp Erin DC
      • Grieving Families Healing Together
      • The Wendt Center Training Institue is a groundbreaking achievement in trauma - informed, community focused mental heathcare.
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      • This important work would not be possible without the genersity and dedication of our donor and volunteers
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    • Understanding Grief and Trauma

      • About Grief
      • About Trauma
      • Grief & Trauma Blog
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      • Grieving is not a sign of weakness or failure.  It is not something to ignore or get over.
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      • Building a more compassionate and skillful response to grief and trauma.
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Board of Directors

Officers

Lesley Pate Marlin, President
Attorney, Finra

Katharine (Kate) Manning, Vice President
President and Founder, Blackbird LLC

Barbara Lambert, Treasurer
Partner, CPA, Ernst & Young LLP

Kathryn Jones Hanley, Secretary
Executive Director, The Hanley Foundation

Members

Michelle Baker
Partner, Public Affairs, FTP Partner

Schuyler Cunningham
Director, The Washington DC Center for Neurocognitive Excellence

Michael Grupe
Retired Economist

Meghan Jarvis
Psychotherapist, Founder of MRJ Consulting & The Grief Mentor Method

Elizabeth (Ibby) Jeppson
Director of Resource Development, DC Preparatory Academy

Cheryl Keamy
Director, Innovative Concepts Unlimited, Inc.

Anne Conlee Mazlish
Social worker, MSW, Volunteer co-facilitator of grief groups at the Wendt Center

Calvin R. Nelson
Attorney, Venable LLP

Carol Pensky
Founder, Women’s Leadership Forum of the Democratic National Committee

Wayne Rusch
Retired Attorney

Damien Savage
Enterprise Account Executive, Pluralsight

Abby Schneiderman

Lisa Schneiderman
Vice President, Government & Community Outreach, Intellidyne, LLC

Andrew Wone
Attorney, Federal Trade Commission

 

Directors Emeriti

Joseph Brennan, CPA
Controller, SHRM

Danielle G. Dooley, MD, MPhil, FAAP
Pediatrician, Medical Director of School-Based Health Centers, Unity

Shane Hedges
Managing Director, Millennium, LLC

Linda Kiser
Retired, Development Director

Beverly Nadel
Realtor, Evers and Company Real Estate, Inc.

Elizabeth Ratigan
Retired, United States Government Executive

Betsy Wendt, LICSW
School Counselor, Key Elementary School

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Wendt Center

4201 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: (202) 624-0010
Fax: (202) 624-0062

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