Agenda for Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions on 10/17/25

Board business

• Roll call vote for attendance
• New Board member Deepti Kumra
• Public meeting minutes of September 19, 2025 – VOTE
• Executive session minutes of September 19, 2025 – VOTE
• Ratification of decisions by board staff to approve applications – VOTE
• Application processing

Monitoring interview

• Kathleen Brennan, 2021-000311-IT-ENF, petition to terminate probation – VOTE
  • Interview of Kathleen Brennan and supervisor Judith Mackenzie

Hearings on denial of application

• Danielle LaForce – VOTE
• Ronda Tobey – VOTE

LMHC application reviews

• Agustina Spiguel – VOTE
• Natasha Roman – VOTE
• Rene Kashmiri – VOTE
• Jesse Lowe – VOTE
• Katherine Andrews – VOTE

NCMHCE ESL accommodation requests

• Fidel Tavares – VOTE
• Emma Xie – VOTE
• Maria Catano – VOTE
• Armin Dokht Shah Sanai – VOTE

Discussion

• Unified Recovery and Monitoring Program (URAMP) Quarterly Report

Monitoring

• Alyson Marcell, Conditional Licensure Agreement, 2nd quarterly monitoring report – VOTE
• Mary White, Conditional Licensure Agreement, 2nd quarterly monitoring report and petition to terminate agreement – VOTE
• Xiaoyuan Yuan, Conditional Licensure Agreement, 3rd quarterly monitoring report – VOTE 

Comments from professional associations

Open session for topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair 48 hours before meeting

Executive session CLOSED under G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(7) to comply with G.L. c. 4, § 7, ¶ 26(c) and G.L. c. 214, § 1B; specifically, the Board will discuss a monitoring report, a continuing education waiver request, continuing education extension requests, and examination accommodation requests that involve medical records and information of patients.

Investigative conference CLOSED under G.L. c. 112, § 65C

Adjournment

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