Board of Directors

Deborah Small, MD, is a board certified family medicine physician and a member of the faculty at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. Arrowhead Regional Medical Center is affiliated with UC Irvine School of Medicine. Dr. Small currently serves as Associate Program Director for the Department of Family Medicine's residency program. Dr. Small's work encompasses teaching family medicine residents in the ICU, ambulatory medicine, and labor and delivery. Her interest lies in the care of women and children. She played an integral role in establishing the obstetrics curriculum for the residency program and coordinates the ALSO course, a multi-hospital training program. She has played an active role in her community, volunteering for several organizations. She has been a strong advocate for the The Knotts Group Home, a place that cares for "at risk" pregnant teenagers. In addition, Deborah has lectured alongside Elaine Miller-Karas, introducing the neurophysiology of psychosomatic medicine to other professionals at the National conference of Teachers of Family Medicine and at the World Congress of Psychosomatic Medicine. She also volunteered as a training facilitator for Trauma Resliency Model Training in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She has served on the Board of Directors since 2007.

Cynthia Costas Cohen is a licensed psychotherapist in Beverly Hills, California. She earned her Masters’ degree in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University Los Angeles during which time she interned at a community mental health clinic and a juvenile detention center.

Cynthia served on the board of The Robert McCormick Boys and Girls Club of Chicago for many years where she worked in fundraising and orchestrating events. She is currently on the board of the My Hero Project, a not-for-profit educational organization that provides children all over the world with an opportunity to use media and video technology to share their stories of the people in their lives that have impacted them. Cynthia assists in the bi-annual film festivals, event planning and fundraising.

Cynthia is known for her expertise in trauma, utilizing many modalities. She studied hypnosis under the tutelage of renowned hypnotherapists Dr. Michael Yapko and Dr. Jeffrey Zeig. She is certified by The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis as well as being a certified EMDR practitioner. Cynthia also co-facilitates trainings for The Trauma Resource Institute that utilizes an integrative mind-body intervention based on somatic therapies.

Her friendship and professional association with lifestyle and fitness expert Jim Karas led to the creation of their book, The 7-Day Energy Surge, a New York Times bestseller.

Ashton Potter is the Director of Technology for the Alhambra Unified School District in Alhambra California. The District consist of four high schools and 13 elementary school sites with a total student population of 18,000 students and 2,000 employees. Mr. Potter is also a member of the District's Administrative Cabinet.

Prior to working with with Alhambra Unified School District, Mr.Potter worked as a Information Technology Project Manager for Morgan Stanley, an investment banking firm in Century City California.

Mr. Potter received his MBA from the University of Redlands in 2009 and an under graduate degree in Computer Information Systems from the University Of Phoenix in 2007.

Mr. Potter spends his spare time working with young adults who are passionate about Information Technology and who want to learn more about the industry

Anita Boling, RN, MSN, PhD is the founder and CEO of Village Network Africa (ViNA), a public non-profit committed to fighting rural poverty in Africa. A nurse and developmental psychologist, Anita's last position was associate dean of nursing at Cal Baptist University in Riverside with 2 years as a professor at Cal State Fullerton and 10 years at Azusa Pacific Univeristy. Anita's PhD was earned at Claremont Graduate University in 2005, her Master's in Nursing at Azusa Pacific, and her Bacholers of Nursing at UCLA. Anita is the mother of four children, and grandmother of four.

Brenda Williams, LMFT, is a psychotherapist in private practice in West Los Angeles, California. Brenda is a TRM Master Trainer as well as an EMDR Consultant. Ms. Williams has a rich background in community involvement in the psychotherapeutic community within the United States. She has been a leading force in the evolvement of the Trauma Resource Institute and participated in their international trips to China. She was instrumental in the first training class of TRM skills at the Veterans' Administration in Los Angeles and was one of the first TRM Consultants in Los Angeles. Ms. Williams is committed to the goals of the Trauma Resource Institute and will bring her community skills to enhance the Trauma Resource Institute's Board of Directors.