GMHF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Devin G. Atallah, Ph.D. is a family psychotherapist; community health worker; educator; researcher; social justice activist and community organizer; and a clinical assistant professor of counseling psychology and applied human development at Boston University

Timothy Davis, Ph.D. is part-time Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, a Faculty Member of the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and has a private practice in Child Psychology.

Betsy Eggert (Treasurer) who holds a B.A. from Harvard, a J.D. from Boston University Law School and a M.Div. from Andover Newton Theological School (now part of Yale Divinity School), is an attorney-at-law.

Lama Khouri is a doctor of psychoanalysis. She is the psychoanalytic supervisor and Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and belonging at the Institute of Expressive Analysis. She is also co-founder of the Palestine-Global Mental Health Network and on the Advisory Council of the USA-Palestine Mental Health Network. Dr. Khouri is a published author and came to the field of mental health following a 14-year career at the United Nations, most of which were at the Department of Peace Operations. 

Don McInnes holds a B.A. from Grinnell College, an M.B.A. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, is an attorney-at-law (retired).

Othman M. Mohammad, M.D., is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UMass Medical School.

Nancy Murray (President), holds a B.A. from Harvard and a B.Phil. and Ph.D. from Oxford University, is the recently retired long-term Director of Education at the ACLU of Massachusetts and co-founder of the Gaza Mental Health Foundation, Inc.

Martha Myers, has worked in development and humanitarian assistance in the Middle East for four decades – most of that time in Palestine. 

Bhavin Patel 

Hilary Rantisi (Clerk), holds an M.A. from the University of Chicago, is the Associate Director of the Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative (RCPI) at Harvard Divinity School, where she is also an Associate Director of External Relations and Senior Fellow at the Religious Literacy Project. Previously, she served as Director of the Middle East Initiative (MEI) at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. 

Alice Rothchild, holds a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College and an M.D. from Boston University Medical School, is a retired obstetrician-gynecologist, author, and filmmaker and was formerly Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard Medical School.

Sara Roy, Ed.D., is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University.

Bill Slaughter, M.D., M.A., divides his time between clinical practice and cross-cultural, holistic health/wellness training and advocacy focused on the U.S. and Levant.

Stewart Ting Chong, a South African, served on the personal staff of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and was involved with numerous human rights organizations during the apartheid era: Human Rights Committee, Joint Forum on Policing, Network of Independent Monitors and a Religious Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He participated in submissions for the formation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the South African Constitution. Stewart holds a dual M.S from Boston University and was an adjunct faculty member at Boston University and North Eastern University.

Basel Zayed, holds master’s degrees from City University in London, the University of Massachusetts, and Antioch University in Keene, NH, where he also earned a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology. Basel is a psychotherapist, professor, and researcher specializing in music psychology and therapeutic practice. He teaches in the Expressive Arts Therapy Department at Lesley University and is a member of the research team at the Brain and Behavior Laboratory at Curry College. In his private practice, Basel integrates psychoanalytic frameworks with Jungian values, focusing on musical expression, identity, and relational dynamics in therapy.

Institutional affiliations are provided for identification purposes only.