Who Is Team Alpha

Christ Centered First Responder Mental Health Coach

Natural Lifemanship Equine Assisted Trauma Management Certified

35 years of Response experience as a 

Paramedic / Fire Fighter

911 Dispatcher

Corrections Officer

Air Medical Telecommunicator

Regional Healthcare Emergency Manager

State Medical Assistance Team Commander

HAZWOPER Cert

Medical First Receiver Haz Mat Decon Trainer

Mass Fatalities Management Trainer

Deployment to 7 Hurricane responses

  Ph.D., BCB, IABMCP 

 2024 - Present Affiliate, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity

1997 – Present Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology - North Carolina Central University

2014 – 2018 Retired Tenured Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Division of Medical Psychology, Duke 

University Medical Center

2011 – 2013 Associate   Professor   of   Psychiatry,   Division   of   Medical   Psychology,   Duke 

University Medical Center

2011 – 2018 Retired Associate Professor of Psychology-Social & Health Sciences, Duke University

2002 – 2010 Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Division of Medical Psychology, Duke 

University Medical Center

2005 Hurricane Katrina Mental Health Unit Director  Waveland Mississippi 

Duke State Medical Assistance Team

2002 – 2010 Assistant   Clinical   Professor   of   Psychology-Social   &   Health  Sciences,   Duke 

University

2001 Clinical   Associate,   Director   of   Chronic   Pain   Management   Program   -   Duke 

University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

1999 – 2002 Clinical  Associate  Department  of Psychology:  Social  &  Health Sciences,  Duke 

University

1999 – 2001 Instructor,   Director   of   Chronic   Pain   Management   Program   -   Duke   University 

Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

1998 – 1999 Instructor - Duke University, Department of Psychology