Meet the Board
Our board is comprised of individuals who want to improve our community and country in Crisis Intervention Team models.
Matthew Tinney
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Nils Rosenbaum, MD
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Caroline Bonham, M.D.
Daniel Duhigg, D.O.
Dr. Peter Winograd
Dr. Peter Winograd is a Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Winograd’s experience includes establishing the Center for Education Policy Research at UNM; serving as the Education Policy Advisor to Governor Richardson and Director of the New Mexico Office of Education Accountability in the Department of Finance and Administration; serving as the Director of The Center for Teacher Education & Educational Policy at UNM; Director for the University of Kentucky Institute for Educational Research; and Co-Director for The University of Kentucky and University of Louisville Joint Center for the Study of Educational Policy.
Dr. Winograd’s current interests include data visualization and policy analyses in the areas of crime, mental and behavioral health, early education, K-12 education and higher education. Dr. Winograd also serves on a number of Boards and is an advisory to a number of foundations, city and state agencies. Dr. Winograd received his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois in 1981.
Dr. Winograd’s current interests include data visualization and policy analyses in the areas of crime, mental and behavioral health, early education, K-12 education and higher education. Dr. Winograd also serves on a number of Boards and is an advisory to a number of foundations, city and state agencies. Dr. Winograd received his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois in 1981.
John Gonzales
Nicholas Onken
Nicholas Onken began his career in Law Enforcement in 2000 as a member of the University of New Mexico Police Department. During that time he completed his undergraduate studies in Psychology, Sociology, and Community Health, graduating with honors as a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society. In 2004, Nicholas made a lateral transfer to the Rio Rancho Police Department. As a patrol officer, Nicholas quickly found himself undertaking a number of additional responsibilities. He became a Firearms Instructor, Field Training Officer, Crime Scene Investigator, attended SWAT school, became a Hostage Negotiator, and Crisis Intervention Team member. Nicholas also took time to teach many of these topics to new cadets at the New Mexico Department of Public Safety Training Academy over the years. He also served during this time as a School Resource Officer at Mountain View Middle School before being assigned by the Chief to the Community Relations Officer Position. In 2008 Nicholas graduated from the University of Phoenix with a Master’s degree in Business Administration.
In 2009 Nicholas promoted to the rank of Sergeant and returned to patrol work for just under one year. In 2010 Sgt. Onken was selected to run the Training and Recruiting Division of the Rio Rancho Police Department. In this position, Sgt. Onken supervised not only the Training and Recruiting Division, but also the School Resource Officers, front desk staff, court security, community relations, twenty crossing guards, and any newly hired officers who had not yet completed their basic training.
In August of 2011, Sergeant Onken was reassigned to the Chief’s office to serve as the Department’s lead Public Information Officer.
In September of 2013, Nicholas was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant where he currently served as a field Lieutenant as well as Crisis Intervention Team Leader until April 2016, at which time he was asked to take over the Department's Special Victims Unit where he oversees critical investigations in the areas of child abuse, elder abuse, domestic violence and stalking, sexual assault, mental health/ crisis intervention, and victim's services. He currently spends as much time as he can teaching officers and members of the community in the topic of Crisis Intervention. He also sits on a number of local and regional boards seeking to improve mental health programs in our community.
In 2009 Nicholas promoted to the rank of Sergeant and returned to patrol work for just under one year. In 2010 Sgt. Onken was selected to run the Training and Recruiting Division of the Rio Rancho Police Department. In this position, Sgt. Onken supervised not only the Training and Recruiting Division, but also the School Resource Officers, front desk staff, court security, community relations, twenty crossing guards, and any newly hired officers who had not yet completed their basic training.
In August of 2011, Sergeant Onken was reassigned to the Chief’s office to serve as the Department’s lead Public Information Officer.
In September of 2013, Nicholas was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant where he currently served as a field Lieutenant as well as Crisis Intervention Team Leader until April 2016, at which time he was asked to take over the Department's Special Victims Unit where he oversees critical investigations in the areas of child abuse, elder abuse, domestic violence and stalking, sexual assault, mental health/ crisis intervention, and victim's services. He currently spends as much time as he can teaching officers and members of the community in the topic of Crisis Intervention. He also sits on a number of local and regional boards seeking to improve mental health programs in our community.
Steve Bringe
Steve Bringe is president of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Albuquerque chapter (DBSA Albuquerque) and is a peer living with the challenges and triumphs of a diagnosis of bipolar. He studied geochemistry and mineralogy at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), which is what brought him from California to New Mexico in 1988.
Steve sits on the executive board of the Bernalillo County Forensic Intervention Consortium (BCFIC) and is a committee member on the Mental Health Response Advisory Committee (MHRAC). He helped develop courses in the Crisis Intervention Team training for the Albuquerque Police Department and has helped with the CIT Knowledge Network as a peer presenter. He has also been the chair of Local Collaborative 2 (LC2) and chair of the Peer Action Team for NAMI Albuquerque.
Steve is an active peer advocate who regularly provides peer education and public speaking engagements. He is a trained NAMI "In Our Own Voice" presenter, "Peer To Peer" mentor, and "Connection" facilitator. He has taken part in "Breaking The Silence," "Minds Interrupted," and "Stand Up for Mental Health" and has assisted in legislature as a peer advisor, primarily the Community Engagement Team (CET). His most recent original peer education program is "Laugh It Off," a program that seeks to teach a broad spectrum of audiences about what it's like living with mental health issues via the power of comedy. In May 2016, as part of Mental Health Month, "Laugh It Off" was presented inpatient at Turquoise Lodge Hospital in Albuquerque. Steve and his peer colleagues are actively developing several other original peer education programs, such as "You Can't Always See It" and "Peers and Parents Unite!"
Steve sits on the executive board of the Bernalillo County Forensic Intervention Consortium (BCFIC) and is a committee member on the Mental Health Response Advisory Committee (MHRAC). He helped develop courses in the Crisis Intervention Team training for the Albuquerque Police Department and has helped with the CIT Knowledge Network as a peer presenter. He has also been the chair of Local Collaborative 2 (LC2) and chair of the Peer Action Team for NAMI Albuquerque.
Steve is an active peer advocate who regularly provides peer education and public speaking engagements. He is a trained NAMI "In Our Own Voice" presenter, "Peer To Peer" mentor, and "Connection" facilitator. He has taken part in "Breaking The Silence," "Minds Interrupted," and "Stand Up for Mental Health" and has assisted in legislature as a peer advisor, primarily the Community Engagement Team (CET). His most recent original peer education program is "Laugh It Off," a program that seeks to teach a broad spectrum of audiences about what it's like living with mental health issues via the power of comedy. In May 2016, as part of Mental Health Month, "Laugh It Off" was presented inpatient at Turquoise Lodge Hospital in Albuquerque. Steve and his peer colleagues are actively developing several other original peer education programs, such as "You Can't Always See It" and "Peers and Parents Unite!"
