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. 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 Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco, for more info or to volunteer: schemahealing@gmail.com.
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
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
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Camille Karcher (Manassas, VA), crkarcher@gmail.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), kdidion7@gmail.com; 419-409-6157
- Colleen Jewell (Dryden, MI), colleenmaryjewell@gmail.com 517-304-3912
- Terry Braciszewski (Brighton, MI), drterry@momentumrehabservices.com; 734-320-2497
Region VII: Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin
- Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco (Oshkosh, WI), schemahealing@gmail.com, 920-233-2347
- Martha Sahyouni (Skokie, IL), marthasahyouni@gmail.com; 847-302-1241
- Patricia Lis (Neenah, WI), drpatricialis@gmail.com; 224-361-6848
- Monika Wiese (Sussex, WI), monika@thewiesefamily.com; Phone: n/a
- Michelle Bowe (Cadott, WI), bowe56@hotmail.com; Phone: n/a
- Courtney Sherman (Westfield, IN), courtneydesmond@gmail.com; Phone: n/a
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
- Amy Weber-DeRaad (Ramsey, MN), amy.deraad@gmail.com; 763-245-0164
- Sheryl Roberts (Longmont, CO), sheryl@robertscounseling.org; 720-868-2000
- David Edwards (Gilbert, AZ), david@stjosephcounseling.com; 480-466-0756
Region IX: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
- Beth Heidt Kozisek (Grand Island, NE), bheidt@gidiocese.org; 308-382-6565
- Justin Derry (Paullina, IA), justinderry57069@gmail.com 712-334-0083
Region X: Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
- Ken Buckle (Stafford, TX), drken@gratiaplenacounseling.org; 832-532-0129
- Marie Heidemann (North Richland Hills, TX), marie.heidemann@divinemercy.edu; 480-452-6189
- Kevin Stephenson (Broken Arrow, OK), kevin@associationcatholiccounselors.com; 918-406-6682
Region XI: California, Hawaii and Nevada
- Lyss de la Torre (San Diego, CA), lyss@lyssdelatorre.com; 972-305-4101
- 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), rbiersbach@gmail.com; 425-582-7801
Region XIII: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming
- Anne Vargas-Leveriza (Phoenix, AZ), vargas-leveriza@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
- Maryellen Ebert (Miami, FL), leleebert@gmail.com; 786-301-7681
- Carolina Malpica (Pembroke Pine, FL), malpicacarolina@outlook.com; 754-2044310
- Pattie Zordich (Chapel Hill, NC), pzordich@gmail.com; 919-606-5596
Region XV: (International) Australia, Austria, Breuberg – Germany, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Vatican City
- John Vizza (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), john.vizza89@gmail.com; 780-901-7238
- Brian Ooi (Singapore), ibrianooi@gmail.com; 65) 96422957
- Br. Jerome Mary (Australia), fvostan@gmail.com; 61) 422486878
