Dr. Steinberg is Chief Science Officer of BHI and Associate Director of the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. He is a recognized authority in the evaluation of children and adolescents exposed to traumatic stress. He has published over 120 theoretical and empirical articles in the most highly prestigious psychiatric journals and books. He is co-creator of the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5 and oversees evaluation of the measure’s psychometric properties and testing of the measure among a wide range of trauma exposed populations.

Dr. Pynoos is Chief Medical Officer of BHI and Co-Director of the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. He is a world renowned authority in the field of child and adolescent traumatic stress. He pioneered the use of developmentally-informed quantitative and qualitative measures of traumatized children and their families for clinical care, research, and public health planning. He is responsible for assuring the developmental appropriateness, clinical utility, and diagnostic precision of all BHI measures.

Jim Huser is a Co-Founder of Behavioral Health Innovations. He is currently Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer for Hathaway-Sycamores, one of the largest non-profit behavioral health services agency in Southern California.
Prior to Hathaway-Sycamores, Jim was a Senior Fellow with Community Partners, following a long career in private industry, where he served in senior management roles, as a Board member and as senior advisor.

Dr. Layne is Director of Education in Evidence-Based Practice at the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. He is co-director of the Grief-Informed Foundations of Treatment Network that provides grief services to bereaved children and families. He has authored over 70 journal articles, and co-authored Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents. Dr. Layne’s research focuses on evidence-based practice, evidence-based assessment, and psychometrics.

Dr. Julie Kaplow is Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and Director of the Trauma and Grief Center at Texas Children’s Hospital. She oversees evidence-based assessment, treatment, and research with traumatized and bereaved youth and families. She develops and disseminates trauma- and bereavement-informed “best practices” to community providers nationwide, and has published numerous articles and books on childhood trauma, bereavement, and the interplay of trauma and grief in youth.