Leadership and Board

2004

Executive Director

2015

Chief Clinical Officer

2019

Chief Financial Officer

2006

First Financial Bank/Oak Street Funding – Market President, Greater Indianapolis Region

MBA, Butler University
BS in Finance and Economics, Ball State

2014

Krieg DeVault – Partner

JD, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University
BS in Business Administration, Butler University

2006

The ARC – Insurance Advocacy Resource Center Manager

2016

PNC Bank – Market Manager/Commercial Banking

Dr. Larsson is currently the executive director of clinical services at the Lovaas Institute Midwest, where he implements a program of intensive early intervention services for families of children who suffer from severe behavior disorders, including autism. He is a Licensed Psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral.

Dr. Larsson is a member of the clinical faculty in the Psychology Department at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches classes in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and in autism. He is currently a board member of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, the Association for Science in Autism Treatment, the Autism Recovery Foundation, the Minnesota Northland Association for Behavior Analysis, and the Autism Treatment Association of Minnesota. He serves on the Autism Advisory Boards of both the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies and the Association of Professional Behavior Analysts. He is the Policy Chair of the Minnesota Chapter of Autism Speaks. He serves on the Medical Advisory Board of Erik’s Ranch and Retreats. He is the honorary president of the Fundaçion Planeta Imaginario in Barcelona, Spain.

Dorothea C. Lerman, Ph.D., BCBA-D is Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, where she directs the master’s program in applied behavior analysis and serves as Director of the UHCL Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities.

She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Florida, specializing in the experimental analysis of behavior. Her areas of interest include autism, developmental disabilities, functional analysis, teacher and parent training, and treatment of severe behavior disorders (e.g., aggression, self-injury). Dr. Lerman is the founding editor of Behavior Analysis in Practice and former associate editor of The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Research in Developmental Disabilities.

Patrick C. Friman, PhD., ABPP received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. He is the current vice president of behavioral health at Boys Town and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine.

He was formerly on the faculties of Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania, and Creighton Schools of Medicine. He also was formerly the director of the clinical psychology program at University of Nevada as well as the associate chairman of the department of psychology. Dr. Friman is the former editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and former president of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. He is on the editorial boards of six peer-reviewed journals. The primary focus of his scientific and clinical work in is in the area of Behavioral Pediatrics and Behavioral Medicine.