Board

Jeannie Ackerman Curhan is the daughter of Ackerman Institute for the Family’s founder, Dr. Nathan W. Ackerman. Ms. Ackerman Curhan assumed Gwendolyn Ackerman’s (Mrs. Nathan Ackerman) board seat after Gwendolyn resigned from the Board due to ill health. A graduate of the Simmons College School of Publications, Jeannie Ackerman Curhan worked in the advertising field […]

Janine Weisenbeck, JD, LMSW is a graduate of the Ackerman Institute’s Clinical Externship Program. Janine has worked at Safe Horizon, a nonprofit organization that works to minimize family and community violence. She also completed an internship at the Children’s Defense Fund, researching federal funding for education for youth in the juvenile justice system, as well as

Deborah Werner is a therapist in private practice working with individuals, couples and families. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Boston University as well as her Master’s in Social Work with a concentration in Children and Families from Fordham University. Deborah completed her postgraduate training in family therapy at the Ackerman Institute

Clyde Brownstone has served on the board of the Ackerman Institute for the Family since 1980. He is the owner of The Gift Box Corporation of America, the gift industry’s premier packaging provider, the original “green” packaging company, and one of the best known in the market. A genuine New Yorker, Mr. Brownstone was born

Beverly Greene, PhD, ABPP is a Professor of Psychology at St. John’s University, and the recently appointed founding co-editor of St John’s Institute for Critical Race and Ethnic Studies journal. A practicing clinical psychologist licensed in New York and New Jersey, she is a  Fellow of the American Psychological Association and nine of its divisions,

Arnold Syrop is the Principal and creative director of Arnold Syrop Architects and the architect responsible for the design of the Ackerman Institute’s state-of-the-art training facility in the Flatiron District. Arnold Syrop’s New York based office renders architectural and interior design services to hospitality, corporate and institutional clients, on a national basis. Clients include Hilton Hotels