CARA Ecclesial Regions
In the interest of strengthening the CPA network within its membership, within those who support our mission, and to more closely collaborate with the US Catholic Bishops, the CPA has established a network of representatives organized by ecclesial (CARA) region.
Following is a current list of the CPA Regional Representatives as of December 2019. Please note that we welcome multiple reps in a region as that will promote the networking and reps in different locations and/or with different backgrounds i.e. clinical, academic etc. bring different contacts to the network. Contact Valerie Conzett, CPA Interim Executive Director, for more info or to volunteer. vconzett@catholicpsychotherapy.org .
Region I: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
- Greg Bottaro (Greenwich, CT), drgreg@catholicpsych.com; 347-705-0406
Region II: New York
- Stacy Salamone (Buffalo, NY), stacySalamone@gmail.com; 716-548-1202 Student member
Region III: New Jersey and Pennsylvania
- Deb Rojas (Thornhurst, PA) arbonnemusicmom@gmail.com 617-633-6084
Region IV: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Military Archdiocese
- Camille Karcher (Manassas, VA) crkarcherlpc@outlook.com 703-895-0868
Region V: Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee
- Bridget Hannahan (Mobile, AL), bridgethannahan@gmail.com; 251-421-4313
Region VI: Michigan and Ohio
- Kathy Didion (Perrysburg, OH), KDIDION@gmail.com; 419-409-6157
- Colleen Jewell (Dryden, MI), colleenmaryjewell@gmail.com 517-304-3912
Region VII: Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin
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Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco (Oshkosh, WI), schemahealing@gmail.com 920-233-2347
Region VIII: Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota
- Michael Gross (South St. Paul, MN), michael.andrew.gross@gmail.com; 312-613-3113
- Jennifer Anderson (Fargo, ND), Jennifer@RedeemingGraceCounseling.com; 701-353-9979
- Abby Johnson (St. Paul, MN), abby.johnson@stthomas.edu 608-217-4390
Region IX: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
- Beth Heidt (Grand Island, NE), bheidt@gidiocese.org; 308-382-6565
Region X: Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
- Ken Buckle (Stafford, TX), drken@gratiaplenacounseling.org; 713-818-8354
Region XI: California, Hawaii and Nevada
- Bryan Kelso (Sacramento, CA), kbkelso@gmail.com; 916-899-4508
Region XII: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington
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Dcn. Ray Biersbach, PhD (Edmonds, WA), raybiersbachphd@outlook.com; 425-582-7801
Region XIII: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming
- Anne Vargas-Leveriza (Phoenix, AZ), Avargas-leveriz@dphx.org; 602-354-2396
- Lisa Fischer (Phoenix, AZ), lisafischer@cox.net; 602-448-9755 (text only)
Region XIV: Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virgin Islands
- Pam Demers (Gainesville, FL), pamd0604@gmail.com; 352-359-9883
- Maryellen Ebert (Miami), leleebert@gmail.com; 786-301-7681
Region XV: (International) Australia, Austria, Breuberg – Germany, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Philippines, United Kingdom
- John Vizza (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), john.vizza@gmail.com; 780-901-7238
