EMPLOYMENT
2005-present Steering Committee / Florida Peer Network, FL
2004-present Book Editor / KTD Publications, KTD Monastery, Woodstock, NY
2004-present Teachings Editor / Densal Magazine, KTD Monastery. Woodstock, NY
1988-2004 Associate Editor, Densal Magazine, KTD, Woodstock, New York
1998-2003 Peer Consultant, Triad Women's Project, Avon Park, FL
2001-2002 Common Ingredients Book Editor, Muskie Institute, Portland, ME
1998-2001 Systems Manager, PEER Center COSP Research Project, Oakland Park, FL
1996-1998 Grantwriting Consultant, PEER Center, Oakland Park, FL
1991-1998 Consumer Expert, Southern Legal Counsel, Gainesville, FL
1994-1996 Team Therapist / Peer Advocate, Windhorse Associates, Northampton, Mass
1989-1993 Program Coordinator, PEOPLe, Inc., Poughkeepsie, New York
1981-1988 Organizer/Advocate, Portland Coalition for the Psych. Labeled, Portland, ME
1982-1984 Activities Volunteer, Amity Center, Portland, ME
1981-1984 Assistant to Director (Volunteer), Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Portland, ME
1980-1981 Disaster Team Member, American Red Cross, Portland, ME
1979-1980 Computer Terminal Operator, Univ. of So. Maine, Gorham, ME
1979-1980 Traffic, WMGX Radio, Portland, ME
1978-1979 Freelance Writer/Editor, Bittersweet Magazine, Oxford County, ME
1977-1978 Writer/Editor, Oxford Hills Publishing Co., Norway, ME
1976-1977 Technical Secretary, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA
1974-1976 Technical Proofreader/Freelance Writer, Boston, MA
1973-1974 Driver, Red Cab Company, Brookline, MA
1971-1973 Production Assistant, Thomas Todd, Printer, Boston, MA

OTHER RELEVANT RELATED EXPERIENCE
1982-86 Advisory Board, Maine Rights of Recipients of Mental Health Services, Maine DMH&R
1992 Staff Training, Hudson River Psychiatric Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
1992 Support Coalition Dialogue on electroshock devices with FDA officials, Washington, DC
1993-94 Video Recovery Dialogues between leading psychiatrists and client practitioners, NY OMH
1994 Trainer, Self-directed Rehabilitation Trainings, with Dr. Ed Knight in Westchester and Long Island, Recipient Empowerment Project of New York State
1994 Trainer, Consumer Drop-in Center and Advocacy Training, Colorado Div. of Mental Health
1994 Training, two-day workshop with Dianne Côté for board of directors, Peer Center, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1995 "The Consumer Perspective in Alternative Treatment," Windhorse Annual Training,Northampton, MA
1997-99 National Working Group, Needs Assessment of Women Consumers/Survivors, Chicago, IL
1998-2001 Co-Chair, Consumer Advisory Panel, COSP Multisite Project
1998-2001 Co-chair, Common Ingredients Book Subcommittee, COSP Multisite Project

HONORS AND AWARDS
1983 In Appreciation: Advancing the rights pf persons with mental illness, Maine Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
1991 Disability Advocate Award, Commission on Quality of Care of New York State
1992 Advocate of the Year, Mental Health Association of New York State
1993 Victory Award, National Rehab. Hosp. in Washington, DC, nom. by Gov. M. Cuomo, NY
2002 In Recognition of Outstanding Dedication, Consumer Action Board, Lakeland, FL
2003 Certificate of Appreciation, Tri-County Human Services, Inc., Lakeland, FL

ORGANIZATIONS
1981 Founding Director, Portland Coalition for the Psychiatrically Labeled, Portland, Maine
1991 Co-founder, Altered States of the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1992 Founding President, Support Coalition International, Eugene, Oregon
1992 Founding Member, Advisory Board, National Empowerment Center
1992 Organizer, Consumer Advisory Board, Sanbourne v. Chiles class action lawsuit, Florida
1993 Founding Member, Mental Patients Advocacy Action Association (MPAAA), Albany, NY
1994 Founding Member, WeAreCrazy/MADNESS Internet mailing list
1996-1998 Board of Directors, Gaither Drop-in Center, Sebring, FL
1998-2001 Founder, Consumer Advisory Board (CAB), Triad Women's Project, Bartow, FL
1998-2001 Coordinator, Consumer Advisory Board, FliCA COSP Site, Oakland Park, FL
1999-2001 Co-Chair, Common Ingredients Subcommittee, COSP Multisite Project, Washington, DC
1999-2001 Co-Chair, Consumer Advisory Panel, COSP Multisite Research Project, Washington, DC
1999 Founder, Consumer Advisory Board, Triad Women's Project, Women and Violence Multisite Research Project, Lakeland, FL
2003 Founder, Women Empowered Consumer Action Board, Lakeland, FL
2005 Founding member, Steering Committee, Florida Peer Network, Oviedo, FL

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
1982 Address, "Peer Support: An Outline for Consumers," CSP National Conf., with Sue Estroff
1982 Grand Rounds, Augusta Mental Health Institute, slide presentation and discussion: "Stigma"
1982 Grand Rounds, Maine Medical Center, slide presentation, and discussion: "Stigma"
1987 Address, "Advocacy and Bureaucracy," Alternatives 87 Conference, West Virginia
1992 Address and workshop: "Spirituality and Madness," Support-in 92 National Consumer Conference
1992 Address, "The Experience of Mental Illness," Pioneer Dialogues Conference, Pembroke Pines, FL
1993 Address and workshop: "Being Human," New York State Recipient Empowerment Conference
1993 Workshop: "Schlepping with the Enemy," Alternatives 93 National Consumer Conference,
1993 Keynote Address, "The Tao of Madness," Alternatives 93 National Consumer Conference
1993 Keynote Address, "Reins of Wild Horses," New England IASPRS Conference
1993 Keynote Address, "Advocacy and Justice," Commission on Quality of Care Annual Mtg, Albany, NY
1993 Workshop, GAP Committee on Psychiatry and the Community, Westchester, NY
1994 Address and panel on techniques of recovery at NYS Recovery Research Conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health, Albany, NY
1994 Keynote Address, "The Wounded Prophet," OMH National Recovery Forum, Columbus, OH
1994 Recovery Dialogue with Gayle Bluebird and Dianne Côte, Henderson MHC, Ft. Lauderdale
1994 Workshop on NYS OMH Recovery Dialogues, Ohio Case Managers Conf., Columbus, OH
1994 Workshop, Dare to Vision Conference, sponsored by SAMHSA, Washington, DC
1997 Address and workshop, "Transforming Emotions Through Art," NAMH Annual Conference
1997 Address, Recovery Conference, Mental Health Association, West Palm Beach, FL
1999 Presentation, "Common Ingredients," COSP Consumer Advisory Panel, Washington, DC
1999 Workshop, COSP, PEER Center View, Alternatives 1999, Houston, TX
1999 Workshop, "Grantwriting for Consumer-Operated Programs," Alternatives 1999, Houston, TX
1999 Workshop, "Peer Advocacy," Alternatives 1999, Houston, TX
1999 Sensitivity Training for Triad Specialists, Triad Women's Project, Lake Wales, FL
1999 Workshop, "The COSP Multi-site Study, PEER Center View," with Greg Teague, Dianne Côté, FMHI Behavioral Health Conf., Tampa, FL
1999 Address, "Me and Them,"" consumer group of NAMI Hillsborough, Tampa, FL
2000 Seminar, "Peer Support Essentials," PEER Center staff retreat, Oakland Park, FL
2000 Workshop, "Consumer View of the COSP Multi-site Study," with other COSP members, NASMHPD Conf., Washington, DC
2000 Workshops, Grantwriting and COSP, Alternatives 2000, Houston, TX
2000 Panel, Consumer Perspective, FMHI Ethics in Research Conf., St. Pete Beach, FL
2000 Workshop, "What's Your Label?", PEER Center member seminar, Oakland Park, FL
2000 Keynote Address, "Healing and Empowerment," GA Consumers Annual Conference

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1981-87 Essays on antipsychiatry, non-violence, and peer support, Coping Magazine, Portland, ME
1982 Editor, Take Horses for Instance, poems by members of Amity Center, Portland, ME
1982 Writer and producer, slide presentation, Stigma
1987 "Stigma and Spirituality," Journal of Contemplative Psychotherapy, Vol. IV, Naropa Institute, 1987
1990 "Doctors and Drugs," Stigma: Stereotypes and Scapegoats, Ohio Legal Rights Service
1990 "Clinical Environment and other poems," Stigma: Stereotypes and Scapegoats, Ohio Legal Rights Serv.
1990 "Rhyme Nor Reason," Counterpoint Magazine
1991 "Empowerment & Recovery," Empowerment News, Albany, NY
1991 "Invisible in Woodstock," Family of Woodstock Newsletter
1991 "Rights of Mental Patients" Empowerment News, Albany
1991-94 "Ballast for Bureaucrats," "Fiscal Fantasies," "How to Spend $65 Million," and "The Sword that Heals." Empowerment News, Albany, NY
1992 "Ex-patients Teach Staff," OMH News, Albany, NY
1993 "Talking With Eliza," Kingston Daily News, Kingston, NY<
1993 The Revolt Against Psychiatric Abuse, VIDEO with Kate Millett, Seth Farber, and Ron Liefer,
1993 "Why the Medical Model Won't Work," Kingston Daily News, Kingston, NY
1994 "Reins of Wild Horses," Psychiatry: Journal of the Washington School of Psychiatry, Vol.57 No. 1
1994 "Support Coalition Recommendations for Mental Health Reform," Dendron News, Eugene, OR
1994 "The Windhorse Approach," Dendron News, Eugene, OR
1994 "Wheels & Wires," The Altered State, Volume 3 Issue 11
1994 Editor, The Altered State, journal of Altered States of the Arts, Volume 3 Issue 1
1994 Crisis intervention and alternative treatment, Learn from Us, VIDEO Series #1,Interviewer: Pat Deegan, NEC
1995 "Art as Alternative," Counterpoint Magazine, Vermont
1995 "Human Relationships and the Paper-Generation Industry," Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2,000-000, University of Newcastle, UK
1996 "Old and Crazy," RESOURCES, Vol. 8, No. 1 by Human Resource Association of the Northeast,
1996 Web Site, "ZANGMO BLUE THUNDERCLOUD" <http://home.earthlink.net/~sallyclay/>
1997 Drop-in Center Report, Sanbourne v. Chiles, December 31, 1997
1998 "People Who," poem read at the Million Mad March pre-event, Washington D.C.
1999 "The Empowering Relationship," essay for workshop by M. Hodge, funded by Cuyahoga County, OH
1999 "Me and Them," draft chapter for the edited book The Recovery Paradigm (in preparation)
1999 "Madness and Reality," in From the Ashes of Experience: Reflections on Madness, Survivaland Growth, Phil Barker, Peter Campbell, Ben Davidson (Eds.) Whurr Pub Ltd.: UK
2000 "Address to Georgia Consumers," Keynote address at the 10th Annual Conference of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network
2002 "Healing and Empowerment," Article in The Turning Wheel Magazine, Spring 2002, Buddhist Peace Fellowship
2004 "Madness and Discipline," in Spirituality and Mental Health: Breakthrough,
Phil Barker and Poppy Buchanan-Barker (eds.), Whurr Publishers, Ltd.: UK
2004 "Healing and Empowerment," in Not Turning Away : The Practice of Engaged Buddhism, Susan Moon (ed.), Shambhala Publications: MA
2004 "A View from the USA," Forward to The Tidal Model: A Guide For Mental Health Professionals, Phil Barker and Poppy Buchanan-Barker (eds.), Brunner-Routledge: UK
2005 Editor, On Our Own, Together: Peer Programs for People with Mental Illness,Vanderbilt University Press: TN
2005 Editor, Precious Essence: The Inner Autobiography of Terchen Barway,Yeshe Gyamtso (translator). KTD Publications: NY
2005 Editor, Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma, Volume Two, by the Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
(in preparation). KTD Publications: NY