Charles Figley is the Kurzweg Chair in Disaster Mental Health and Distinguished Professor at Tulane University's School of Social Work. He has published twenty-nine books and more than 300 articles and chapters during his 50-year career. He was named Chair of this Interdivisional Task Force on the Pandemic by the President of the APA’s Division on Trauma Psychology.
Dr. Lenore E. A. Walker is a Professor Emerita from Nova Southeastern University’s College of Psychology. She has written extensively in the area of interpersonal and gender violence, is Chairing the APA Working Group on Professional Practice Guidelines for PTSD and trauma, and testifies and lectures around the world on Battered Woman Syndrome.
Dr. Ilene A. Serlin, BC-DMT is in the independent practice of psychology in San Francisco as a psychologist and dance movement therapist. She was a founding member of the Trauma Division of APA, co-editor of Integrative Care for the Traumatized and Whole Person Healthcare, and trains mental health providers internationally in whole person methods.