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Staff Directory

  

Daniel  G.  Amen, MD,   Medical Director and CEO  

Daniel G. Amen, MD is a physician, child and adult psychiatrist, brain imaging specialist, bestselling author, Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the CEO and medical director of Amen Clinics, Inc. (ACI) in Newport Beach and Fairfield, California, Tacoma, Washington and Reston, Virginia .ACI is the world leader in applying brain imaging science to clinical practice. ACI has the world’s largest database of functional brain scans related to psychiatric medicine, now totaling more than 50,000 scans, and the clinics have seen patients from 75 countries.Dr. Amen is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, where he teaches medical students and psychiatric residents about using brain imaging in clinical practice.

Dr. Amen is the author of 35 professional articles, 4 book chapters and 23 books, including the New York Times bestsellers, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life and Magnificent Mind At Any Age. He is also the author of Healing ADD, Healing The Hardware Of The Soul, Making A Good Brain Great, The Brain in Love, and the co-author of Healing Anxiety And Depression and Preventing Alzheimer’s. In February 2010, Harmony Books will publish Dr. Amen’s new book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body. He has also written and produced three recent blockbuster fundraising shows for public television, raising more than 16 million dollars. Dr. Amen, together with The United Paramount Network and Leeza Gibbons, produced a show called The Truth About Drinking, on alcohol education for teenagers, which won an Emmy Award for the Best Educational Television Show.

Dr. Amen, together with his son-in-law, Jesse Payne, has developed a 12 week high school course on practical neuroscience called Making A Good Brain Great. The course is now being taught in 40 states and 7 countries.

A small sample of the organizations Dr. Amen has spoken for include: the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), Harvard’s Learning and the Brain Conference, the Million Dollar Round Table, and the Supreme Courts of Delaware, Ohio and Wyoming. Dr. Amen has been featured in Parade Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Men’s Health and Cosmopolitan. He is on the editorial board of Men’s Health Magazine.

Dr. Amen is married, father of four children, and an avid table tennis player.


Catherine  Hanlon-Miller,   Executive Assistant  
Catherine graduated from California State University of Long Beach in 2008 with a Bachelors Degree in Human Development. Catherine is Dr. Amen’s personal assistant and is in charge of Dr. Amen’s speaking engagements. She has worked for Amen Clinics since September 2003. You can reach Catherine by calling the Newport Beach office at 949-266-3700.

Ronnette Leonard, MA, MFT, Director of Mission Services 
Ronnette graduated from Chapman University in 1991 with a Master’s Degree in Psychology and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with specialized training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EMDR. Ronnette has worked for the Amen Clinics since 1993 where she has held multiple roles including Chief Historian, therapist and Director of Customer Care. She is dedicated to ensuring that our service to patients fits Dr. Amen’s goals and the goal of outstanding, lasting patient care.

Jesse  Payne   Director of HR, Director of Education 
Jesse graduated from Vanguard University of Southern California in 2006 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business. He will be receiving his Master’s Degree in Education in May 2009. Jesse has been the Director of Education for Amen Clinics, Inc. for the past five years. He has written two books with Dr. Amen: What I Learned from a Penguin: A story on how to help people change; and Making a Good Brain Great: High School Course. He has a multiple subjects teaching credential in California, and he teaches the Making a Good Brain Great: High School Course in various high schools in Orange County, California. He is currently working a the second edition of the course, as well as a new children’s book about automatic negative thoughts.In Human Resources, Jesse is responsible for patient care through careful monitoring and data collection. He also assists in recruiting for all four of the clinics. You can reach Jesse anytime about potential careers and job opportunities with Amen Clinics, Inc. at 949.266.3700.

Nancy  Erickson   Accounting

Sue  Wolfe   Accounting

Justin  Wong,   Director of Information Technology
Justin graduated from the University of California, San Diego in June of 2005 with a B.S. in Computer Science. He has worked in the IT department at the UCSD School of Medicine, done research at the San Diego Super Computer Center, and more recently, was an associate software engineer at Websense, Inc. He is also a member of Alpha Phi Omega. Justin has worked for Amen Clinics, Inc. since August 2005.  

Will Wismer, Systems Support  

Jaclyn Frattali, Marketing Associate
Jaclyn graduated in 2007 from California State University, Fullerton where she attained a Bachelors degree in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations. As the Marketing Associate at Amen Clinics, her main focus is to spread awareness of Dr. Daniel Amen’s work, the benefits of Amen Clinic services and products and how living a brain healthy lifestyle is beneficial. Jaclyn has a passion for marketing, creative design work, event planning, and building her knowledge of nutrition and other brain healthy information.

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