DHS Wellness Week

Yvonne Lerner joined Northern Rivers Family of Services as a school-based behavioral health clinician in January 2019. She earned her master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University at Albany. She provides counseling services to the school district in both the elementary school and junior/senior high school. These services focus on a collaborative approach of counseling including both the child and the family. She has worked with a variety of diagnoses including anxiety, depression, ODD and ADHD. Her goals are to facilitate therapeutic interventions to explore individual’s struggles and help them improve their level of functioning.

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Mrs. Cindy Rundblad is a proud Duanesburg Family and Consumer Sciences educator. She teaches 7th and 8th grade Family and Consumer Sciences along with high school electives; Food & Nutrition, Global & Gourmet Foods, Clothing & Textiles, Interior Design, Parenting, Lifespan Studies, and Independent Living. Mrs. Rundblad enjoys teaching students about nutrition and how to prepare foods in the cooking labs along with many other important life skills!

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Powell Cucchiella is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) working as a clinician at HPA LiveWell, as the mental health counselor at The Albany Academies, and as the mental performance coach for sports teams and individual athletes.

Powell believes in a proactive approach to well-being and performance through understanding, managing, and training the mind. His areas of interest include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Anxiety/Stress Reduction, Mindfulness, Performance Psychology, and Positive Psychology.

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Ginny found yoga as an athlete looking for a way to cross train. While yoga provided the physical benefits she desired, it was the mental benefits – a greater sense of peace, and relief from daily stress and anxiety – that kept her coming back and ultimately fueled her desire to teach. She strives to empower her students by meeting them where they are at and encouraging them to dig deep physically and mentally, find their inner strength and confidence, and uncover their greatest potential.

As a mother of four, Ginny especially enjoys working with high school and college students, as well as athletes who are drawn to yoga much as she was. She is available for private and small group classes, both in person and virtually, and you can find her on the weekly schedule at Studio4 Hot Yoga and Pilates in Schenectady.

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Ron is the President of Top Form Inc. He has a

BS in Sports Medicine from SUNY Cortland, which he says was a great degree that offered him the chance to see the Olympics, World Championships, NCAA Finals and more all with a front row seat!

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Mrs. Fonda is a Prevention Programs Manager and Substance Abuse Prevention Educator with New Choices Recovery Center’s Prevention Department for Schenectady County. Michele has over 16 years of experience as a Certified: Adult Educator; Youth Educator; a Drug Impaired Trained Professional; TiPs Trainer, Intercultural Communicator; Mental Health First Aid; Teen Intervention; PAX Educator; and is an Advanced Certified Victim Service Specialist and Grief Counselor. Her passion in Substance Use Disorder Prevention is to help people of all ages recognize the importance of developing their protective factors by increasing self-esteem and overall wellness. She teaches evidence-based, age-appropriate skills such as decision making, problem solving, stress management and coping competencies. She is impassioned through youth and community outreach, education, and engagement.

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Catie Wilson is in her third year as a Physical Education teacher for the Duanesburg Jr/Sr High School. She also coaches girls modified basketball and softball. Ms. Wilson completed her undergraduate degree in Physical Education at SUNY Cortland and her graduate degree in Health Education at SUNY Brockport. Ms. Wilson believes in providing students with the necessary tools and knowledge to maintain lifelong fitness and healthy lifestyles as well as providing students with a wide variety of physical activities to build motor skills and physical fitness.

Brett Simpson is in his first year at Duanesburg Central School where he serves as a Physical Education teacher. Prior to joining DCS, he spent the last 5 years at Saratoga Central Catholic. He completed his undergraduate work in Physical Education at SUNY Brockport and is in his last semester of graduate school in Coaching Pedagogy at SUNY Cortland. As a Sharon Springs Central School graduate, he strongly believes in small schools and the impact they have on not only the students but the community as well.

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