The Survivorship Board of Directors is a group of volunteers who believe that helping and advocating for survivors of abuse is important. They work hard for Survivorship on the notes, journals, workshops, conferences and website information.

Neil Brick, President is the founder of S.M.A.R.T. (Stop Mind Control and Ritual Abuse Today) at https://ritualabuse.us. He is a survivor of ritual abuse and a survivor advocate. He works on getting information out to the general public about ritual abuse. He runs yearly ritual abuse conferences on the east coast of the United States every year at https://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference. His presentation transcripts and research papers are at http://neilbrick.com

Randy Noblitt, Treasurer is a professor of clinical psychology in a doctoral clinical psychology program in Los Angeles. He and his wife Pam he wrote Cult and Ritual Abuse: Its History, Anthropology, and Recent Discovery in Contemporary America (Praeger, 1st edition, 1995; 2nd edition, 2000), and Cult and Ritual Abuse: Narratives, Evidence, and Healing Approaches (Praeger, 3rd edition, 2014). Pam and Randy were also the editors of Ritual Abuse in the 21st Century: Psychological, Forensic, Social, and Political Considerations (Robert Reed Publishers, 2008).

Eileen Aveni is a psychotherapist, consultant, and frequent speaker to professional and lay groups.  She is presently in private practice. She also maintains an online practice.  Eileen has been working with ritual abuse and mind control survivors for over 25 years.  She worked on RA legislation in Michigan and consulted for other state legislative teams.  She also helped run a safe-house for survivors in SE Michigan for several years.  She is a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.

Elana Christiansen is a psychotherapist in private practice in California seeing clients experiencing trauma symptoms and dissociation. Elana integrates modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting (BSP), and EMDR in her practice. She also volunteers in the California prison system with an organization teaching communication and life skills to individuals who are incarcerated.

Laurie Matthew has been raising awareness about ritual and organised abuse since the mid 1970's. She is the founder of several Scottish non profit organisations. These include Eighteen And Under, a children's charity providing early intervention for abused children and abuse prevention programmes and resources; Ritual Abuse Network Scotland which provides long term support and information to RA survivors and 18 Plus which provides support to males who have been abused in childhood. Laurie is the author of several books about ritual abuse including her autobiography. Having missed out on education when younger, Laurie studied for her Masters degree and PhD later in life and used these to carry out research to further raise awareness and help ritual abuse survivors.

Dr. Rainer Kurz is a Chartered Psychologist specialising in assessment who lives in London. He developed 50+ psychometric tests and authored more than 150 papers, posters, articles, and book chapters. At the British Psychological Society (BPS) he was active for six years each at the Committee for Test Standards (CTS) and at the BPS Research Board while serving as the Science & Practice Strategy Group Convener of the BPS DOP Committee. He is currently a Consultant Editor for Test Reviews at the Psychometric Testing Centre (PTC). Since 2012 Rainer has been investigating the adequacy of psychological and psychiatric assessment practices and delivered presentations on trauma, dissociation and healing at international peer-reviewed conferences that are available here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rainer_Kurz2

Other Volunteers

Dr. Karol Darsa, Psy.D. Secretary is a licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of trauma. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Reconnect - Integrative Trauma Treatment Center. She was also co-creator of the Invisible War Recovery Program, which was designed to treat military sexual trauma survivors.  Dr. Darsa began her career as a foster care social worker in 1998. Subsequently, she continued her work as a therapist for abused children and their families, and with adults who were abused as children. In the last few years, Dr. Darsa had worked as a trauma specialist at various treatment centers (Clearview Treatment Center, Moonview Sanctuary, and PCH Treatment Center).