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Three Elected to Association for Mental Health and Wellness Board
Wayne Gurnick, Andrew T. Garbarino, and Reverend Alexia Huart join the board of directors
Three new members were elected to the board of directors of the not-for-profit Association for Mental Health and Wellness based in Ronkonkoma.
Wayne Gurnick, of Moriches, (left) works for Eastern Suffolk BOCES at their Academic Centers assisting youth with special, emotional, and behavioral learning needs. He has also been in private clinical practice for over 15 years.
Gurnick was honored in 2017 by Suffolk County Advisory Board on Child Protection and the Task Force to Prevent Family Violence with an award at their Volunteer and Professional Recognition Day Award Ceremony as well as by the Crossroads Counseling Center for a Commitment to Youth Award in 2013. He has been a conference presenter and trainer on many clinical topics.
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Andrew T. Garbarino, of Sayville, (center) is Of Counsel to the firm of Ruskin, Moscou and Falitschek, PC in Uniondale. Garbarino is a member of the firm’s Health Law Department, as well as the White-Collar Crime and Investigations, Not-For-Profit, and Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice groups.
Garbarino is a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section and Criminal Justice Section, where serves on the White Collar and Ethics Committees. He is also active with HIA-LI, serving on the Healthcare and Technology committees.
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Reverend Alexia Huart, of Amityville, (right) is a retired educator of over 25 years in the New York City Public Schools. She now serves as Pastor of the Grace Community Church in Amityville, is also on the board of directors of MANA (Ministerial Alliance of North Amityville), and is active with the NAACP and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women.
Pastor Huart leads her congregation with a mantra, "Healthy Minds, Healthy Hearts = A Healthy Church," ensuring that her congregation has an understanding of the impact of mental health and vital resources in their community. She also helped to organize a Mental Health First Aid training course for Long Island clergy.
