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MACMH-IEC proudly recognizes the following professionals who have earned I/ECMH Endorsement ® and proven their competency in the infant/early childhood-family field. The MACMH-IEC Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-focused Practice Promoting Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health (I/ECMH-E®) is intended to recognize experiences that lead to competency in the infant/early childhood-family field. It does not replace licensure or certification, but instead is meant as evidence of a specialization in this field. The MACMH-IEC Endorsement® is cross-sector and multidisciplinary including professionals from child and/or human development, education, nursing, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, social work, and others. Endorsement® indicates an individual’s efforts to specialize in the promotion/practice of infant/early childhood mental health within his/her own chosen discipline.
Infant Family Associate
Erika Del Rocio Melendez Perez – Hennepin
Debra Fisher – St. Louis
Angeline Kallhoff- McLeod
Sara McKeever – Stearns
Maria Perez Gali – Hennepin
Tania Rivera Perez – Hennepin
Tracy Solheim – Polk
Sheryl Warner – Hennepin
Early Childhood Family Associate
LaSonda Moore – Ramsey
Infant Family Specialist
Dea Anderson – inactive
Kendra Atherton-Guenther – Winona/ Northwest
Connie Blackburn-Lowery – retired
Deb Bryer – Sherburne
Elizabeth F. Criswell – Hennepin
Cindy Croft – retired
Colleen Dockendorf – Dakota
Amy Donnan – Beltrami/Cass
Barbara Eckberg– Wright
Dana Ellingson – Anoka
Teresa Fuhrman – Scott
Cimena Gordon – Ramsey
Arielle Handevidt – Ramsey
Sandra Heidemann– Hennepin/Midwest
Ruth Heiland – Scott
Lynn Herrick – Nobles
Jessica Hoeper – Pope
Jennifer Ishaug – Ramsey
Marlys Johnson – St. Louis
Jennifer King – Scott
Kara Kuehn – Redwood
Emilie Levinson – Dakota
Brenda Lowe – Washington
Diana Maetzold – Stearns
Beth Menninga – Ramsey
Alyssa Miller – Hennepin
Krista Mrozinski – Ramsey/ Metro
Tari Niemeyer – McLeod
Jacy Nylander – Anoka/Metro
Tomoko Rebeck– Stearns
Lori Root – Olmstead
Brenda Slaamod – Benton
Molly Snuggerud – Hennepin
Nicole Spitzer – Anoka
Nina Sutton – Ramsey
Guin Teel-French – Hennepin
Mary Muhs – Carver/Hennepin
Jody Shaskey-Setright – Douglas
Priscilla Weigel – Hennepin
Shoa Yang – Ramsey/ West
Kerry Youso – Stearns
Early Childhood Family Specialist
Kristi Monsour – Stearns
Infant Mental Health Specialist
Janet Amundson – Grand Forks, ND
Jill Barrow – Ramsey
Kathryn Dahlstrom – Clay/ Northwest
Kimberly Gascoigne – Hennepin
Martha Berit Higuera– Ramsey/Metro
Donna Blaney Johnson – Ramsey
Kathi Blomquist – Hennepin
Stephanie Clausen-Swenson – Cottonwood
Anna Clavin – Stearns
Rebecca Cluever – Stearns
Kate Dando – Hennepin
Michelle Dineen – Dakota
Sarah Flaten – Douglas
Jesse Flynn Kuendig – Hennepin
Paula Frisk – Hennepin
Maris Gilbert – Hennepin
Mary Harrison – Hennepin
Johanna Hauck – Pine
Katie Heaton – Ramsey
Christine Hensgens – Ramsey
Anne Hoff – Hennepin
Kathleen Kane – Ramsey
Linda Kantner – Ramsey
Angie Klinefelter – Stearns
Claire Kuennen Jordan – Ramsey
Amy Luebke – Ramsey
Mary Linn – Central
Sara McGee – Hennepin
Melissa McLaurin – Olmsted
Angela Mensink – Winona
Signe Miller – Stearns
Lauren Moberg – Hennepin
Jillian Nelson – Hennepin
Lorraine Njos – Steele/ Southwest
Rachel Nester – Dakota
Beth Olchefske – Freeborn
Kelly Pieper – Anoka
Deidre Quinlan – St. Louis
Julie Records – Hennepin
Rachel Schoenecker-Wilke – Mankato/Southwest
Monique Sebring – Nicolett
Theresa Spear – Blue Earth
Corri Stuyvenberg – Hennepin
Sheila Sweeney – Ramsey
Meghan Swenson – Ramsey
Heather Trettel – Benton
Londa Wagner – Benton
Pam Walz – Stearns
Susan Williams – Ramsey
Kathleen Wright – Cass
Katherine Zacharias– metro
Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist
Anna Clavin – Stearns
Jeff Milligan-Toffler – Ramsey
Infant Mental Health Mentor- Clinical
Jessica Croatt Niemi – Beltrami
Teya Dahle – Rice
Jane Ellison – Stearns
Michele Fallon – Dakota
Maren Harris – Dakota
Jill Hennes – Washington
Lisa Nos-Tollefson – Pine
Jolene Pearson – Hennepin
Marci Pluth – Hennepin
Tracy Schreifels – Stearns
Susan Schultz – Hennepin
Carol Siegel – Hennepin
Judith Woods – Winona
Catherine Wright – Ramsey
Infant Mental Health Mentor- Policy
Candace Kragthorpe – inactive
Christopher Watson – Hennepin
Infant Mental Health Mentor- Research/Faculty
Sarah Ahlfs-Dunn – McLeod
MaryAnn Marchel – St. Louis
Joann O’Leary – Hennepin
Endorsement involves a standardized process to determine that a professional has accumulated specialized experiences in the infant and early childhood field and has signed a Code of Ethics. All applicants receive a copy of the Code of Ethics. An applicant’s experiences are documented by the submission of an application that details competency-based training, specialized work experiences, and for most, reflective supervision/consultation (RSC) experiences. The application also includes official transcripts and three reference ratings. Endorsees as Infant Mental Health Specialist and Infant Mental Health Mentor have passed an exam that includes measures of theoretical knowledge, direct service skills, and their capacity to apply these principles into practice. This exam is scored by a team of two reviewers who are blind to the identity of the examinee. To maintain Endorsement also requires ongoing training and, in the cases of Infant/Early Childhood Family Specialist, Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist and Infant/Early Childhood Health Mentor-Clinical, ongoing RSC. Endorsees are also required to re-commit to upholding the Code of Ethics annually. Beginning in January of 2022, this commitment includes signing an attestation that the endorsee has not been sanctioned by a licensing board.
Endorsement is not a professional license or a certificate. Endorsement cannot guarantee the quality of service of any endorsed professional. Endorsement does not include a process by which complaints or concerns regarding ethics can be filed. If MACMH-IEC becomes aware of possible ethics violations by an endorsed professional, complainants are encouraged to, when applicable, contact the individual’s professional licensing board. Endorsement does not offer monitoring for ethics violations, however if MACMH-IEC learns that an endorsed professional has been sanctioned by a licensing board, the individual’s name is moved to the Inactive Endorsement Registry.