Tim Havens, M.D., has for more than two decades coached successful leaders to improve and optimize their effectiveness. In addition, he designs and presents leadership programs to managers and executives, consults to business, government, educational and healthcare organizations with particular expertise in managing personal and organizational change.

Dr. Havens is senior vice president at The Levinson Institute, director of the program, Leadership for Physician Executives, at Harvard Medical School, psychoanalyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, a guest lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, as well as other universities in the United States. He has written about effective organizational leadership and lectures extensively on leadership development, managing organizational change, executive coaching, medical leadership, and building effective management teams.

Sara M. Bolton, M.D., is clinical instructor in psychiatry, department of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bolton is medical director, clinical evaluation center at McLean Hospital. Formerly, she was psychiatrist-in-charge of the dissociative disorders inpatient unit and assistant psychiatrist in intensive outpatient psychiatry service both at McLean Hospital. She has a private practice in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy. Her clinical areas of specialty are the treatment of neuropsychiatric illnesses and personality disorders. She supervises both medical students and psychiatric residents. Dr. Bolton obtained her B.A. from Williams College with a major focusing on conflict analysis and approaches to conflict resolution.

Dr. Bolton received her M.D. from Harvard Medical School and completed her psychiatric residency training at McLean Hospital, with further postgraduate training in neuropsychiatry at McLean Hospital. She has published on the differentiation of personality disorders and bipolar disorder. She is president of the McLean Hospital Staff Association, a member of the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society. She has particular interest in approaches to conflict resolution in organizations and the use of an understanding of human motivation to inform management approaches.

Donald A. Davidoff, Ph.D., (Don) is psychologist-in-charge of the Geriatric Neuropsychiatry Unit at McLean Hospital and director of the Neuropsychology Fellowship Program at the McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School. His current responsibilities include the management of unit staff, clinical care, training, and the provision of psychological services. Dr. Davidoff is also assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; psychologist, McLean Hospital; and assistant clinical professor, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine. He has served as chairman of the Commissioner’s Task Force on Alzheimer’s disease and on the State House Task Force on Elder Mental Health. He was a board member and treasurer of the Alzheimer’s Association of Massachusetts. His private practice includes both clinical and forensic work. In addition, he has published papers in academic journals and lectured at a number of hospitals and universities. He has also lectured on decorative arts at various museums and has curated an exhibition of decorative arts.

Dr. Davidoff received a B.E. from City College of New York, an S.M. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from City University of New York. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Disability Consultants and a member of various professional organizations, including the International Neuropsychological Society, the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, and the American Psychological Association. He is also the coauthor (under the pseudonym G.H. Ephron) of the recently published mystery novels, Amnesia, Addiction, Delusion, Obsessed, and Guilt, a series about the forensic neuropsychologist, Dr. Peter Zak. Dr. Davidoff’s research has ranged from how memory functions to the dynamics of family-owned businesses. His current interests include organizational diagnosis, executive assessment, the interface between leadership styles and effective management, and what makes for successful consultation.

Dr. Monahan obtained his B.A. from Boston College and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the City University of New York.  He is a graduate of the postdoctoral program in clinical psychology at the Menninger Foundation.  He was certified the diplomate in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology.  He has been a faculty member of The Levinson Institute since 1992.

Ranna I. Parekh, M.D., MPH, is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist practicing at the Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital. She is also a clinical instructor in the department of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical school. Her clinical interests include cross- cultural and international psychiatry, psychodynamic individual and couple’s therapy, and substance abuse. Dr. Parekh has traveled extensively and has practiced psychiatry in New Zealand and Australia. At Massachusetts General Hospital, she serves as the chairperson for the department of psychiatry's diversity committee.

In addition to medicine, Dr. Parekh has a strong background in negotiations having worked for six years as a director at Watershed Associates, a Washington, D.C.,- based negotiations consulting firm which serves Fortune 1000 clients. She specializes in collaborative negotiations; her clients in the past included NASA, Chevron, the United Negro College Fund, and Merck. Dr. Parekh is also involved in her Boston community. She is the chairperson for the Boston Rotary Club’s Ambassadorial Scholarship and chairperson of Rotary’s District 7930 International group study exchange program.

Dr. Parekh earned a B.A. in chemistry, a BSc. in biology with a co-major in black studies, and an M.D. degree from Wayne State University. She also obtained a masters in public health degree with a special concentration in international health from Harvard University. Dr. Parekh is a member of the American Psychiatry Association, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, and Massachusetts Psychiatry Society.

Manjola Ujkaj, M.D., Ph.D., is research fellow in psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ujkaj's research activity has focused primarily on geriatric psychiatry with a particular interest in dementia and mood disorders of the elderly. Currently, she has a special interest in the identification of effective treatments for the neuropsychological and behavioral complications of dementia and also in the neurocognitive profile of patients with treatment-resistant depression. In addition, Dr. Ujkaj has been actively involved with several other studies in geriatric psychiatry and mood disorders. She also has always been very interested in organizational work and consultation, and she has applied these concepts since early in her career by taking leadership roles in several research projects as well as by actively participating as a tutor fellow in the International Cooperation Committee and the Medical Faculty Accreditation Committee at the Dean's office in the University of Bologna. Dr. Ujkaj is fluent in Albanian, French, Italian, and Spanish.

Born in Albania, Dr. Ujkaj received her M.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Bologna, Italy, and her Ph.D. in Human Psychobiology from the University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia, Italy. She is about to start her training in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ujkaj has also published on mood disorders and psychotic disorders and presented papers and abstracts in many national and international psychiatry meetings. At the University of Bologna she has been academically active by doing teaching and supervision to medical students. Dr. Ujkaj is an active member of the advisory board of the Massachusetts Albanians American Association.

Mark Vanelli, M.D., is the chief medical officer of Adheris, a medical technology and education company that develops medication compliance programs for patients with chronic illnesses. He has previously worked as a management consultant at Braun Consulting and as a medical director at Tewksbury Hospital, where he sat on the hospital’s executive committee. Dr. Vanelli received his M.D. from Brown University and his psychiatric training at Harvard Medical School. In 1995, he concluded that his medical training did not adequately prepare him for the world of market-based medicine and he enrolled in the executive MBA program at Boston University, from which he graduated in 1997. Before receiving his medical degree, Dr. Vanelli worked overseas in the area of public health and provided consultation to international healthcare organizations, communication, and problem-solving skill development, to more complex implementation of adaptive, yet disciplined, cross-functional workflow processes.

Susan Villani, M.D., is currently director of Child and Adolescent Services at Sheppard Pratt Hospital, a private not-for-profit psychiatric facility located in Baltimore, Maryland.  Prior to this, she was clinical director of Child and Adolescent Programs, McLean Hospital. In this role she was also clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard University with active involvement in both teaching and administration.  Although relocated to Baltimore, she continues as a lecturer at Harvard Medical School.  Previous positions include: consultant to the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health; medical director, Gaebler Children’s Center; director, Bay Cove Center for Children and assistant professor of psychiatry, both with the New England Medical Center. She received her B.A. from Emory University and her M.D. from West Virginia University Medical School.  Dr. Villani was a psychiatry resident at the University of Kentucky Medical Center and chief resident, psychosomatic unit, at the Children’s Hospital, Boston.  She has been a psychopharmacology and consultation liaison fellow at the New England Medical Center Hospital.  She has participated in many conferences dealing with issues of management, working women and families, and in teaching leadership to physicians.  Dr. Villani is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Academy of Child Psychiatry.  Dr. Villani has been a consultant with The Levinson Institute since 1982 taking an active part in the On Leadership seminars during that period.  She has worked with many business organizations in her role with the Institute, providing consultation to executives in the areas of appraisal, selection, and organizational diagnosis.

Harris A. Berman, M.D., is dean of public health and professional degree programs, and professor and chairman of the Department of Public Health and Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Prior to that, he was a pioneer in the development of managed care in New England, and for 17 years, the CEO of the Tufts Health Plan. During that tenure, Tufts Health Plan grew from 60,000 to over a million members.

Before joining Tufts Health Plan, Dr. Berman co-founded the Matthew Thornton Health Plan in Nashua, NH, one of the first HMOs in New England. He served initially as the HMO’s medical director beginning in 1971, then as its executive director. He has served as chairman of the Massachusetts Association of HMOs, chairman of Affiliated Health Information Networks of New England, a director of the American Association of Health Plans, and is still chairman of the board of the Bank of America Celebrity Series and a member of the board of directors of the New England Medical Center, AvMed Health Plan of Florida, and Hebrew Senior Life. Dr. Berman recently became chairman of the board of the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners. In addition, Dr. Berman has international experience as a Peace Corps physician and a consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development in several international projects.

A graduate of Harvard College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Berman served as a resident on the Harvard Medical Service of Boston City Hospital and at Tufts-New England Medical Center, and an Infectious Disease fellowship at Tufts-New England Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.

James W. Holsinger, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., (Jim) became the secretary of the cabinet for Health and Family Services of the Commonwealth of Kentucky following his appointment by Governor Ernie Fletcher on December 8, 2003. In his role as Secretary, Dr. Holsinger has responsibility at the executive level for the management of the state’s health and social services programs including the Medicaid program, Public Health system, Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services and Department for Community Based Services, as well as several commissions.

Dr. Holsinger has served in a variety of academic and administrative appointments beginning with an appointment as assistant professor of medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1972. In 1974, he was appointed assistant professor of medicine at University of Connecticut School of Medicine and promoted to associate professor in 1976. In 1978, he was appointed professor of medicine and anatomy at the Medical College of Georgia and served as assistant dean in the College of Medicine. In 1981, he was appointed professor of medicine and health care administration at the Medical College of Virginia and assistant vice president for health sciences in 1985. From July 1, 1994 until June 30, 2003, he served as chancellor of the Albert B. Chandler Medical Center and as senior vice president of the University of Kentucky from July 5, 2001, until June 3, 2003. Dr. Holsinger serves as professor of medicine, surgery, anatomy and health Care Administration at the University of Kentucky and as the Charles T. Wethington, Jr., chair in the health sciences.

Dr. Holsinger served for 26 years in the Department of Veterans Affairs, retiring on July 13, 1994. His career culminated in his appointment by the President of the United States as chief medical director of the Veterans Health Administration on August 6, 1990. In 1992, he became undersecretary for health, Department of Veterans Affairs, until his reassignment as the director of the VA Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky, on September 5, 1993. While undersecretary, he managed a budget of $15.6 billion and a workforce of 225,000 located in all fifty states. Dr. Holsinger retired from the United States Army Reserve in 1993.

Dr. Holsinger graduated from Duke University Medical School in 1964; he then completed a surgical internship, residency in general surgery, and fellowships in thoracic surgery and anatomy at Duke University. In 1968, he completed a Ph.D. with a major in anatomy and a minor in physiology at Duke University. He completed a residency in general surgery and a fellowship in cardiology at the University of Florida (Shands Teaching Hospital) in 1972. In 1981, he completed a master’s degree program in hospital financial management at the University of South Carolina. In 1997, Dr. Holsinger completed a bachelor of arts degree in Human Studies at the University of Kentucky.