Board of Directors of Fessenden House

Honorary President

The Right Reverend Catherine S. Roskam, Bishop Suffragan

Diocese of New York, Region 2

It was an historic moment on January 27, 1996, when the Rev. Catherine S. Roskam became a Bishop in the Episcopal Church. In an elaborate consecration ceremony held at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Catherine Roskam became the first female to ever become bishop in the State of New York and only the fourth female bishop in the Episcopal Church in the USA.

Thousands of Episcopalians, and hundreds of visitors from other denominations, including Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Methodist, packed the Cathedral to witness her consecration. The ceremony was presided over by the Rt. Rev. Edmond Browning, then Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. An estimated 3,500 people attended the service, including Bishops from around the world and parishioners from the 200 Episcopal congregations in New York. The service featured commissioned music and traditional hymns in English, Spanish, and Chinese reflecting the rich diversity of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

Prior to becoming a priest, Catherine Roskam worked in theater as an actress and a producer in New York. Ordained priest in 1984 in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, she served as Assistant Rector of Holy Apostles, Manhattan, where she was in charge of pastoral ministries, and as Program Director of Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. Other previous positions include Priest-in-charge of Holy Innocents' mission congregation in San Francisco, Interim Rector of Church of Our Savior, Mill Valley, California, and Diocesan Missioner for the Diocese of California where she had oversight of 24 congregations.

Bishop Roskam is a member the ECUSA Executive Council (2000-2006), the Anglican Consultative Council (2001-2010), the Board of Trustees of General Theological Seminary (Vice Chair 2001-02) and the House of Bishops Theology Committee. Bishop Roskam is a nationally known consultant on church growth and congregational development, and also in multi cultural ministry

Bishop Roskam served as President of the Board of Directors of Fessenden Supportive Housing, Inc. in 2000 and 2001.  This was a critical time in the development of this ministry.  Since Fessenden House had not yet been incorporated or received its not-for-profit status, Bishop Roskam arranged to have the Diocese of New York serve as a "pass-through" for donations made to Fessenden House.  This allowed the ministry to raise the funds needed to continue operating during this critical time of transition.

Youth ministry is an area of special interest, and she has particular expertise in Language Ministries - ministries serving Asian, Hispanic and Island congregations. She is also a member of Integrity, the National Gay and Lesbian organization of the Episcopal Church.

Bishop Roskam has been married for 32 years to psychologist Philip K. Roskam. They have one daughter, Gemma.

President,

The Reverend Deacon Claudia Wilson

Diocese of New York

Treasurer,

Ms. Vivian Evans

• Member of Trinity-St. Paul's Parish in New Rochelle

• Former Parish Warden; Former Parish Treasurer

• Asistant to the Parish Deacon for Outreach; Director of Brown Bag Lunch Program or Adults, Seniors and Children in Downtown Area of New Rochelle.

• Member of Diocesan Commission on Ministry

• Member of Diocesan Antiracism Committee

• Treasurer for New York Episcopal Cursillo

• Retired High-School Teacher; Resource Room; Mamaroneck Public Schools.

Secretary,

Lauren Peterson, Esq.

Mr. John Dempsey, CSW

Mr. Stephen Siegman, MSW/CSW/CASAC/NCAC-1, Director

Positive Directions

46 Coralyn Avenue

White Plains, New York 10605

914 328 5981

• 35 years clinical experience in Clinical Psychiatry, including Inpatient, Outpatient, Emergency, Med-Surg Psychiatry, Forensic and Substance Abuse
• Fifteen years of supervisory and teaching experience in a Municipal Hospital setting
• 2 l/2 years experience as Director of a MICA Residential Treatment Program
• 10 years experience as Program Director of an Outpatient Substance Free Clinic and 5 years experience concurrent as Director of an Outpatient Day and Evening Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in the same institution
• Five years of analytic training with NYS certification
• Seven years personal analysis
• 28 years in private practice/consultation
• Expertise in 12 Step Substance Abuse Treatment modalities and Relapse Prevention Techniques
• 14 years experience as a NYS OASAC oral examiner for CASAC certification

1975 – Present Private Practice/Consultation

2003. Director, Outlook Outpatient Substance Free Clinic

1993-present Director, Positive Directions

Day & Evening Alcohol Rehabilitation

St. Josephs Medical Center

Yonkers, New York 10705

Director of NYSOASAS licensed 100 patient drug free outpatient treatment program. Responsible for daily program operations including supervision and evaluation of staff in both daily assignment and direct clinical contact. Additionally, attends to programmatic issues, including regulatory compliance, monitoring and updating policies and procedures, budget preparation for both hospital and state. Quality assurance and utilization review monitoring, and acts as liaison between the Outlook Program and outside agencies providing frequent public presentations

Director of NYOSAS Licensed 130 patient alcohol day and evening rehabilitation clinic program. Similar programmatic and clinical responsibilities as above; ongoing Field Instructor to second year MSW students and 2 CASAC interns. Wrote entire policy and procedures manual for this program. Maintain active caseload, provide group and individual counseling. Provide consultation/liaison service Hospital-wide.

1992. Director, APPLE, MICA Continuing Treatment Residence

Springfield Gardens, New York

Director of 20 bed Residential MICA Treatment Program. Clinical, Administrative and Operations management of MICA Residence.

1968-1990 Department of Psychiatry

Bellevue Hospital Center

New York New York

1961 Science Diploma, Stuyvesant High School

1963. BS Psychology, Brooklyn College

1968. MSW Rutgers University

1968. CSW License, CSW PR 010548

1974-9 Certificate, NYS Board of Regents, Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Training Institute For Mental Health Practitioners

1978. Certificate, Field Instructors Course, Adelphi University

1981. Certificate, Structured Clinical Interview, NYU Post Grad Medical School

1989. Certificate, Alcoholism and Other Drug Addictions Counseling, National Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Addictions, Westchester

1990. Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC), (Cert # 4303)

1991. Certificate Rational Emotive Therapy, Ellis Institute/ Cert # 3082

1991 National Certified Addiction Counselor, NCAC-l (Cert # 911)

1971. Honors Graduate Certificate, US Army Medical Training Center

1978. Employee of the Mount (August) Bellevue Hospital Center

1999. Merciful Worker Award for exemplary service to those suffering from addictions

St. Paul Episcopal Church

National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors

New York Federation of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors

Westchester Community College, Chair, Chemical Dependency Counseling Curriculum Committee

Brother Bernard Fessenden House, Younkers, NY – Member Board of Directors, Pastoral Counseling Committee, Fund Raising Committee

Dr. Martin Stein, MD, Chief of Medicine

St. Joseph's Medical Center

Br. Patrick Ignatius Dickson, BSG was born on March 17, 1938 just a block away from the current location of Fessenden House.  He lived in the area of Yonkers most of his life.  When He retired from the Postal Service after twenty-seven years, he moved to New Rochelle, New York where he became an active parishoner of Trinity-St. Paul, and he joined the Brotherhood of St. Gregory in 1996.  On March 17, 1998 Br. Patrick moved to Fessenden House as House Manager in this new ministry.  While at Fessenden House he was a chaplain at Westchester Medical Center (nursing home and behavioral health) and Westchester Correctional Facility.  During this time he attended classes in chaplancy at Westchester Medical Center, and Drug/Alcohol Addiction at Westchester Community College.  At present he is a resident at Fessenden House,  dealing with cancer like others at the House.

Pastoral Care Team

Ms. Amy Sucich, CSW

Peekskill Area Health Center

The Reverend Burtner Ulrich, rector

St. John's Church, Getty Square

The Rev. Jeremy Warnick, rector

St. Mark's Church, Yonkers