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Public Meeting Notice  Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions on 7/17/26

July 17, 2026 - 10:00 a.m.
Posted: July 13, 2026 8:31 a.m.
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Overview

Meeting commences

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Webinar Number:     2530 452 9524
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Phone:                        (617) 315-0704 or (650) 479-3208
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Agenda

Board business

  • Roll call vote for attendance
  • New Board Counsel Daniel Kumin
  • Public meeting minutes of May 15, 2026 – VOTE 
  • Ratification of decisions by board staff to approve applications – VOTE
  • Application processing
  • Update on proposed regulations

LMFT application review interview

  • Sydney Tanigawa – VOTE 
    • Interview with Sydney Tanigawa

Hearings on denials of applications

  • Ivana Knulst, applicant for LMHC – VOTE 
  • Liliia Kuznietsova, applicant for LMHC – VOTE 

Discussion

  • Open Meeting Law complaint filed by Kathryn Canty on July 8, 2026 – VOTE 

LMHC application reviews

  • Heejin Lun – VOTE 
  • Courtnee Godbolt – VOTE
  • Christabel Ekechukwu – VOTE
  • Natalie Mercedes-Rodda – VOTE
  • Jennifer Rizk – VOTE
  • Kerri Giannotti – VOTE
  • Kristy Rosendorf – VOTE
  • Kelly Hagerstrom – VOTE
  • Timothy Lambertson – VOTE
  • Lyndsey Haseltine – VOTE
  • Carolina Sanudo – VOTE 
  • Nicolas Smietniansky – VOTE 
  • David Zane – VOTE 

LMFT application review

  • Eden Chace – VOTE

LABA application review – discipline in another jurisdiction

  • Jade Gayles – VOTE

NCMHCE ESL accommodation requests

  • Jorge Israel Acosta Escorcia – VOTE
  • Betty Mercedes DeLa Rosa – VOTE

Monitoring

  • Matthew Friend, Conditional Licensure Agreement, 2nd quarterly monitoring report – VOTE 
  • Lucia Mayers, Conditional Licensure Agreement, 1st quarterly monitoring report – VOTE 
  • Nancy-Jean Egan, AMH-2024-0009, approval of proposed supervisor – 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 and evaluate examination accommodation requests that involve medical records and information of patients.

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

Adjournment

If you need reasonable accommodations to participate in the meeting, contact the DPH ADA Coordinator Stacy Hart at stacy.hart@mass.gov in advance of the meeting.  While the Board will do its best to accommodate you, certain accommodations may require distinctive requests or the hiring of outside contractors and may not be available if requested immediately before the meeting.

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