TRAUMA COALITION
Bucks-Mont Trauma Coalition
Trauma trainings, resources, and community-building
The Bucks-Mont Trauma Coalition is committed to furthering a trauma-aware, and ultimately, trauma-informed community for all who live and work in Bucks and Montgomery Counties.
Coalition membership is free and open to all health and human service and related professionals in our region. Join us!
Together, we seek to enhance health and build resilience by:
Offering licensed trauma workshops that deepen knowledge and related skills regarding the realms of ACES.
Convening individuals and organizations to build relationships and support collective learning and growth.
Facilitating access to trauma-related resources, within and beyond the Coalition.
Dr. Neil Broxterman
Throughout his career, Neil has enjoyed advocating and working with students with disabilities. His passion for special education extends beyond his professional career as a parent of two children who are on the Autism spectrum. It helps inform his decision-making and efforts to partner with parents in the education of their children. He looks forward to partnering with parents, staff, and most importantly, students in helping them learn and grow.
Donna Duffy Grimm
As an Upper Bucks County resident for almost four decades, Donna also volunteers in her local community in support of individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. She is a licensed PA psychologist and holds certifications as a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner and advanced alcohol and drug counselor. Donna is passionate about continuous prevention and intervention improvement efforts and empowering communities in support of individuals with mental health, substance use, and intellectual/developmental disabilities and delays to actively participate, contribute, and thrive in their communities.
Kelly Grosser
Kelly Grosser serves YWCA Tri County Area as their Chief Mission Impact Officer, overseeing several key initiatives, such as: Youth Empowerment, Advocacy, Unite to Heal PA, WE 360, Foster Grandparents, Trauma and Prevention Services, and Centers for Thriving Families. She is an experienced facilitator, coach, and non-profit leader with specializations in youth development, equity, advocacy, and trauma. After leaving public education, Kelly led YW’s Youth Empowerment Programs and facilitated implicit bias and advocacy trainings for over a decade before stepping into her current role.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in English, a Health and Life Coach Certification, numerous mission-aligned and youth-focused certifications, and holds teacher certifications in several states. Kelly previously served as Pottstown Trauma Informed Community Connection’s coordinator and advanced her personal and professional development with Lakeside Global Institute in 2019. Today she holds a Trauma-Competent Professional Certification and is a licensed trainer facilitating trauma-focused trainings with particular interest in the education, medical, community, and non-profit sectors.
Dr. Pamula Hart
Dr. Hart holds an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from Penn State University. She earned a Masters in Education and Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Washington, Seattle.
Guiyoung Kim
After earning an MA in counseling at Missio Seminary (formerly known as Biblical Theological Seminary), she worked as a mobile therapist and behavior consultant for children and adolescents for 10 years. She also worked as a group therapist for adults with psychiatric diagnoses for three years. Currently, she works part-time as a primary therapist at Horsham clinic, an in-patient psychiatric hospital located in Ambler, while pursuing an Ed.D degree in community care and trauma counseling at Liberty University.
Pam Howard
Administrator, Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services Office of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/Early Intervention
After beginning her career in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Pam shifted to public service when she began working for Montgomery County’s Office of Mental Health over 25 years ago. Pam participates in many cross-system partnerships throughout the County as a member of the Health and Human Services Cabinet, and the Criminal Justice Advisory Board. Pam has been leading Montgomery County’s work as an Innovator County in the national Stepping Up Initiative which strives to decrease the number of individuals in county jails who experience serious mental illness.
Pam is a Board Member of the Pennsylvania Association of County Administrators of Mental Health and Developmental Services. In 2020 Pam was named to the Governor’s Trauma-Informed PA Think Tank, which worked on the Trauma-Informed PA Plan. She served on the HEAL PA Leadership team from 2020-2023 working on the Trauma-Informed PA initiative as co-chair of the Criminal Justice Action Team.
Dr. Janice Nuss
Kristie Piacine
Passionate about helping others create meaningful and compassionate relationships that bridge generations and different vantage points, she holds a Trauma-Competent Professional Certification from Lakeside Global Institute and is a licensed trainer facilitating trauma-focused trainings with interest to spread Tier 1 mental health education. A past community coordinator for Pottstown Trauma Informed Community Coalition, she currently serves as a member of the Montgomery County and Berks County Suicide Prevention Task Forces, is a member of Montgomery County’s Trauma Leader Cohort, serves as a QPR Gatekeeper trainer and just recently aims to volunteer with the Keystone Crisis Intervention Team.