The Scientific Advisory Council of Stop Soldier Suicide is a group of nationally-renowned experts in suicidology and suicide prevention, formed to help SSS advance its mission of reducing military suicide by 40% in the next ten years.

The SAC provides expertise and recommendations regarding best practices, innovative strategies, emergent research, cutting-edge technology and high-risk client acquisition, among other topics.

Among the fields of expertise collectively represented in the current SAC are early intervention, treatment and postvention, active duty and veterans issues, and research, data and analytics.

ANASTASIA

Dr. Trena Anastasia

Former Executive Vice President
Design, Development and Evaluation, LivingWorks Education

Founder
See Another Sunrise podcast

BRYAN

Dr. Craig Bryan, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

Stress, Trauma, and Resilience Professor
Department of Psychology & Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University

CHIARELLI

General Peter Chiarelli, U.S. Army (Ret.)

Former Commander
Multi-National Corps-Iraq

Former Vice Chief of Staff
U.S. Army

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Dr. Glen Coppersmith

Chief Data Officer
SonderMind

Founder
Qntfy (acquired)

HUMPHRIES

Dr. Terresa Humphries-Wadsworth

Associate Project Director
National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention

Associate Project Director
Suicide Prevention Resource Center

JOBE

Dr. David Jobes

Director
Suicide Prevention Laboratory, Catholic University of America

Professor of Psychology
Catholic University of America

Past President
American Association of Suicidology

PISANI

Dr. Anthony Pisani

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, University of Rochester

Founder
SafeSide Prevention

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Dr. Jerry Reed

Former Senior Vice President
Practice Leadership at Education Development
Center, Inc., (EDC)

Former Committee Co-Leader
U.S. National Strategy for Suicide Prevention

SHEA

Dr. Shawn Shea

Founder and Director
Training Institute for Suicide Assessment & Clinical Interviewing

Creator
Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (CASE)