Members

Marsha Linehan

Geraldine Rodríguez

In 2020 clinicians, trainers and researchers in DBT alongside Geraldine Rodriguez, Marsha Linehan’s daughter, met to consider how to take forward Marsha’s work in DBT.  For decades Marsha Linehan had led both research in the treatment, training initiatives and spearheaded dissemination.  On her retirement the community met to consider how to move forward to develop an international association to lead on all of these tasks.  This group, the WDBTA Founding group whose members are listed below formed a transitional Board headed by Shelley McMain.  Transitional Board members are indicated by an asterix in the list.

WDBTA Founding Group

Ann Berens
Martin Bohus*
Alex Chapman
Kate Comtois
Emily Cooney
Linda Dimeff
Katie Dixon-Gordon* (Founding Clerk)
Tony DuBose* (Founding Treasurer)
Alan Fruzzetti*
Pablo Gagliesi
Azucena García Palacios
Melanie Harned

Andre Ivanoff*
Sara Landes*
Marsha Linehan
Kathryn Korslund
Janice Kuo
Cesare Maffei
Alec Miller
Shari Manning
Shelley McMain* (Founding President)
Lars Mehlum
Andrada Neacsiu
Francheska Perepletchikova

Jill Rathus
Shireen Rizvi*
Geraldine Rodriguez
Jennifer Sayrs
Roland Sinnaeve
Joaquim Soler
Michaela Swales
Charlie Swenson
Wies van den Bosch*

In 2024 elections were held for the positions of President, Clerk and treasurer. 

Current incumbents of those offices plus other members of the current board are listed below:

Officers:

  • Michaela Swales (WDBTA President, Representative, Training and Standards Committee),
  • Vinicius Guimarães Dornelles (WDBTA Treasurer, Deputy, Latin American Chapter),
  • Luisa Weiner (WDBTA Clerk, Deputy, European Chapter)
  • Other Board Members:
    • Emily Cooney (Representative, Treatment Integrity Chapter)
    • Andre Ivanoff (Representative , Dissemination Committee)
    • Chun Wang (Deputy, Asia-Pacific Chapter)
    • Shelley McMain (Outgoing Transitional President)
    • Martin Bohus (President, European Chapter)
    • Luisa Weiner (WDBTA Clerk, Deputy, European Chapter)
    • Julieta Azevedo (Representative, Research)
    • Nathalie Vargas (President, Latin American Chapter)
    • Shian-Ling Keng (President, Asia-Pacific Chapter)