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International Cultic Studies Association
Formerly AFF, American Family Foundation

ICSA Boards and Staff

◊ Board of Directors
◊ Executive Advisory Board
◊ ICSA: Executive Advisory Board

Administration
P.O. Box 2265, Bonita Springs, FL 34133
Telephone: (239) 514-3081,
Fax: (305) 393-8193

President
Alan Scheflin, J.D.
Telephone: (239) 514-3081,
Fax: (305) 393-8193

 

Recovery Programs Coordinator
Carol Giambalvo
Telephone: (239) 514-3081,
Fax: (305) 393-8193

Webmaster
 Patrick Ryan
 Telephone: (239) 514-3081,
 Fax: (305) 393-8193

Executive Director

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D., a counseling psychologist, is AFF’s Executive Director.  He was the founder editor of Cultic Studies Journal (CSJ), the editor of CSJ’s successor, Cultic Studies Review, and editor of Recovery From Cults.  He is co-author of Cults: What Parents Should Know and Satanism and Occult-Related Violence: What You Should Know.  Dr. Langone has spoken and written widely about cults.  In 1995, he received the Leo J. Ryan Award from the "original" Cult Awareness network and was honored as the Albert V. Danielsen visiting Scholar at Boston University.  More info.

President

Alan W. Scheflin, J.D., LL.M. is President of AFF and Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law in California.  Among his several dozen publications is Memory, Trauma Treatment, and the Law (co-authored with Daniel Brown and D. Corydon Hammond), for which he received the 1999 Guttmacher Award from the American Psychiatric Association, one of 11 awards he has received.  Professor Scheflin is also the 1991 recipient of the Guttmacher Award for Trance on Trial (with Jerrold Shapiro).  A member of the Editorial Advisory Board of AFF’s Cultic Studies Review, Professor Scheflin received the 2001 American Psychological Association, Division 30 (Hypnosis), Distinguished Contribution to Professional Hypnosis Award. This is the "highest award that Division 30 can bestow." He was also awarded in 2001 The American Board of Psychological Hypnosis, Professional Recognition Award. This Award was created to honor his achievements in promoting the legal and ethical use of hypnosis.  Professor Scheflin has delivered over 100 invited addresses at professional conferences.  More Info.

Recovery Programs Coordinator

Carol Giambalvo is an ex-cult member who has been a Thought Reform Consultant since 1984 and a cofounder of reFOCUS, a national support network for former cult members.  She is on AFF’s Board of Directors, Director of AFF’s Recovery Programs, and is responsible for its Project Outreach.  Author of Exit Counseling: A Family Intervention, co-editor of The Boston Movement: Critical Perspectives on the International Churches of Christ, and co-author of “Ethical Standards for Thought Reform Consultants,” Ms. Giambalvo has written and lectured extensively on cult-related topics.  More Info.

Webmaster

Patrick Ryan, a former member of Transcendental Meditation, has been a thought reform consultant since 1984. He designs and implements AFF's Internet Web site.  Mr. Ryan is the founder and former head of TM-ex, the organization of ex-members of TM.  He has contributed to AFF’s book, Recovery From Cults, is co-author of "Ethical Standards for Thought Reform Consultants," and has presented programs about hypnosis and trance-induction techniques at several AFF workshops and conferences.  More Info.

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