This document is Marlene Matarese's curriculum vitae from January 2016. It summarizes her education, work experience, research experience, publications, presentations, awards, and professional associations. She has a Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Maryland and over 15 years of experience in areas such as wraparound implementation, youth involvement, and LGBTQ youth services.

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Marlene Matarese, Ph.D.
University of Maryland School of Social Work
The Institute for Innovation & Implementation
525 West Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 706-8300
mmatarese@ssw.umaryland.edu
EDUCATION
2013 Ph.D. Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore Graduate School of Social Work
2001 M.S.W. Social Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Graduate School of Social
Work
1999 B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Communication and
Information Sciences, Journalism, Communication and Minor in Women’s Studies
WORK/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2010-Present Director of Training and Technical Assistance, The Institute for Innovation &
Implementation, School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore
2014-Present Deputy Director, Technical Assistance Network for Children’s Behavioral Health, The
Institute for Innovation & Implementation, School of Social Work, University of
Maryland, Baltimore
2012-Present Clinical Instructor, School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore
2013-Present Co-Director, National Wraparound Implementation Center, The Institute for
Innovation & Implementation, School of Social Work, University of Maryland,
Baltimore
2014-Present Principal Investigator, National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training
Initiative, The Institute for Innovation & Implementation, School of Social Work,
University of Maryland, Baltimore
2003-2006 Youth Involvement Resource Specialist, Technical Assistance Partnership for Child
and Family Mental Health, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC
2001-2006 Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC
2001-2003 Lead Care Coordinator, Partners for Kids and Families, Mt. Holly, NJ
2001-2001 Care Coordinator, Partners for Kids and Families, Mt. Holly, NJ
2000-2001 Therapist, Catholic Charities Mental Health Center, East Brunswick, NJ
2000-2001 Project Coordinator, Communication and Health Issues Partnership for Education
and Research, New Brunswick, NJ
2000-2000 Program Coordinator, Second Chance Homes, Crossroads Programs, Inc., Mt. Holly,
NJ

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1999-2000 Personal Counselor, Capable Adolescent Mothers, Crossroads Programs, Inc.,
Burlington, NJ
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
2016-2017 Humboldt County, California Wraparound Implementation Project. Sponsor:
County of Humboldt. Funding: $133,374
2016-2017 Del Norte County, California Humboldt County California Wraparound
Implementation Project. Sponsor: Del Norte County Department of Health and
Human Services. Funding: $95,000
2016-2017 Lake County, California Wraparound Investment Project. Sponsor: Redwood
Community Services Inc. Funding: $95,000
2015-2016 South Carolina Wraparound Implementation. Sponsor: South Carolina Department
of Health and Human Services. Funding: $250,000
2015-2016 Kentucky Initiative for Collaborative Change. Sponsor: Kentucky Partnerships for
Families and Children. Funding: $191,000
2015-2016 Mississippi Wraparound Implementation Maintenance. Sponsor: Mississippi
Department of Mental Health. Funding: $33,500
2015-2016 Illinois Wraparound Implementation Project Sponsor: Choices, Inc. Funding:
$885,000
2014-2015 Texas Wraparound Implementation Project Year 2. Sponsor: University of Texas at
Austin Funding: $225,000
2015-2016 Orange County Peer Support Wraparound-Access Peer Support. Sponsor: Access
Supports for Living Funding: $6,500
2015-2016 Delaware Wraparound Implementation Project State of Delaware. Sponsor:
Department of Service for Children, Youth, and Families. Funding: $47,000
2015-2016 Georgia Center of Excellence Wraparound Certification. Sponsor: Georgia State
University. Funding: $39,450
2015-2016 Residential Child and Youth Care Practitioner Program. Sponsor: Maryland
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Funding: $ 39,751
2014-2015 Motivational Interviewing Implementation Project Year 2. Sponsor: Behavioral
Health System Baltimore. Funding: $60,331
2013-2015 Orange County New York Wraparound Implementation Project. Sponsor:
Rehabilitative Support Services, Inc. Funding: $120,458

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2014-2015 National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative. Sponsor Center
for Adoption Support Education/Children’s Bureau Funding: $456,105
2014-2015 South Carolina Wraparound Implementation. Sponsor: South Carolina Department
of Health and Human Services. Funding: $273,117
2014-2015 Texas Wraparound Implementation Project. Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin.
Funding: $248,000
2013-2014 Recovery Initiative: Texas Wraparound Training & Coaching. Sponsor: University of
Texas at Austin. Funding: $75,000
2012-2012 Texas Wraparound Coaching. Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin. Funding:
$26,400
GRADUATE COURSES
2006-present Care Coordination and Wraparound for Children and Families (University of South
Florida Master’s Program in Social Work/Children’s Mental Health, MHS6508)
2015 Guest Lecturer in SOWK 632 Social Work Practice w/Groups & Families (University
of Maryland, School of Social Work)
2015 Guest Lecturer in SWCL 749 Clinical Social Work with the LGBT Community
(University of Maryland, School of Social Work)
2014 Curricula development to enhance LGBTQI content for History of Oppression online
course
REVIEWER
2014-Present Reviewer for the Journal of Child and Family Studies (JCFS)
2014 Requested review and feedback submission of Cornelius, L. J., & Harrington, D.
(2014). A social justice approach to survey design and analysis. (Pocket Guides to
Social Work Research Methods Series) New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
2012 Self-developed process for conducting qualitative analysis highlighted in Oktay, J.
(2012). Grounded Theory. Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods Series)
New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
CONSULTING
2015-2016 Trainer and Consultant to Catholic Charities on LGBTQI related topics.

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HONORS RECEIVED
2013 Youth Motivating Others through Voices of Experience (M.O.V.E) National
established an award in my name: Marlene Matarese Advocate for Youth of the
Year
2011 Rockstar Award for Advocate for Youth Voice Presented by Youth Motivating Others
through Voices of Experience National (Youth M.O.V.E.)
2006 Advocacy and Commitment to Youth Involvement in Systems of Care Recognition
Award presented by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMITTEES
2005-Present Member of the National Wraparound Initiative
2005-Present National Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration LGBTQI2-S
Workgroup, Member
2013-Present Member Maryland Addictions Directors Council Workforce Development
Committee
2014-Present LGBT Maryland Youth Round Table, Member
PUBLICATIONS
Gopalan, G., Horen, M.J., Bruns, E.B., Corey, M., Meteyer, S., Pardue, M., Lane, T., and Matarese,
M. (Under Review). Caregiver engagement and perceived impact in Parent Peer Support
Services within the Wraparound Service Delivery Model. Administration and Policy in
Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research.
Matarese M. (2013). Juvenile Justice Workforce’s Attitudes toward Sexual and Gender Minority
Youth: Influence on the Demonstration of Protective and Supportive Behaviors.
Dissertation.
Matarese, M. (2012). Improving Outcomes for LGBT Youth in Out-of-Home Care Settings:
Implications and Recommendations for Systems of Care. In Ryan, C., Blau, G., and Fisher, S.
Eds. LGBT Youth and Supportive Systems of Care. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company,
Baltimore, MD.
Walker, J. S. & Matarese, M. (2011). Using a theory of change to drive human resource
development for wraparound. Journal of Child and Family Studies, published online. DOI
10.1007/s10826-011-9532-6.

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Bruns, E.J., Walker, J.S., Zabel, M., Estep, K., Matarese, M., Harburger, D., Mosby, P., & Pires, S.A.
(2010). The wraparound process as a model for intervening with youth with complex needs
and their families. American Journal of Community Psychology, 46.
Matarese, M. and Carpenter, M. (2008). Youth Involvement and Youth-Guided Systems
Transformation. In, Stroul, B. and Blau, G. Eds. The System of Care Handbook:
Transforming Mental Health Services for Children, Youth, and Families. Paul H. Brookes
Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD.
Matarese, M., McGinnis, L and Mora, M. Youth Involvement for Systems of Care: A Guide to
Empowerment. American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC: 2005
Stein, A., Matarese, M. and Hebner, K. Youth Advocacy in Mental Health: Nothing about us
without us! In Youth Activism: An International Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing
Group, Westport, CT: 2005.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Matarese, M., Bruns, E., Walker, J., Hensley, S. and Estep, K. (2015, May). The National
Wraparound Implementation Center (NWIC): Building Local Capacity in Wraparound
Implementation through a Cascading Workforce Development Approach. Accepted for the
Global Implementation Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Matarese, M. (2015, May). Infrastructures and Their Potential as Facilitators for Implementation.
Accepted for the Global Implementation Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Matarese, M. (2014, July). Hiring, Inspiring, and Never Tiring: Recruiting, Developing, and
Retaining a Quality Wraparound Workforce, Accepted for the 27th Annual Children’s
Mental Health Research & Policy Conference, Tampa, FL.
Matarese, M. (2013, March). Hiring, Inspiring, and Never Tiring: Recruiting, Developing, and
Retaining a Quality Wraparound Workforce, Accepted for the 27th Annual Children’s
Mental Health Research & Policy Conference, Tampa, FL.
Matarese, M. (2013, March). Development, Training, and Initial Statistical Summary of a Coaching
Measure for Wraparound Teams. Accepted for the 27th Annual Children’s Mental Health
Research & Policy Conference, Tampa, FL.
Bruns, E., Matarese, M., Zabel, M., and Hust, JoeAnne. (2012, July). Through the Looking Glass:
Implementing Wraparound Practice through the Lens of Implementation Science. Accepted
for the 2012 Georgetown Training Institutes, Orlando, FL.
Matarese, M., Zabel, M., Estep, K., and Hust, JoeAnne. (2012, July). Keeping Wrap on Track: Tools
for Successful Wraparound Implementation. Accepted for the 2012 Georgetown Training
Institutes, Orlando, FL.

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Matarese, M. (April, 2012). Supporting Our Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and
Questioning Youth and Families, University of Maryland, Accepted for the Rural Diversity
Summit, MD.
Walker, J., Matarese, M., and Barnette, J. (2011, July). Supporting High Quality Wraparound
Practice: Fidelity Tools, Assessments and Resources. Accepted for the 2011 Summer System
of Care Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Bruns, E., Walker, J., and Matarese, M. (2011, February). Wraparound Not the Runaround: Using a
Theory-Based Wraparound Practice Model to Ensure Quality Practice with Families.
Accepted for the Changing Tides: Innovations in Wraparound Conference, Cocoa Beach, FL.
Blau, G., Spencer, S., and Matarese, M. (2010, November). Exploring and Defining the Role and
Language of Family Support Partners in Systems of Care. Accepted for the National
Federation of Families Conference, Washington, DC.
Matarese, M. and Gurley, T. (2010, September). Meeting the Needs of LGBTQ Youth in the Youth-
Servicing Systems. Accepted for the Maryland System of Care Training Institutes,
Baltimore, MD.
Bruns, E.J., Walker, J., Matarese, M. Mosby, P., & Johnson, T. (July 2010). Introduction to
Wraparound: An Overview of the Philosophy, Practice Model, and Role in Systems of Care.
Invited Institute Children’s Mental Health Training Institutes, Washington, DC.
Bruns, E.J., Matarese, M. Mettrick, J. & Zabel, M. (July 2009). Wraparound Care Coordination: How
to Train, Coach, Supervise, and Measure Quality. Invited workshop at Annual systems of
care community training, Anaheim, CA.
Matarese, M. and Gurley, T. (2009, June). Supporting Our Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender,
Queer, and Questioning Youth and Families. Accepted for the Maryland System of Care
Training Institutes, Baltimore, MD.
Matarese, M. and Gurley, T. (2008, July). Opening Eyes and Raising Awareness: Supporting our
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth and Families. Accepted for the Maryland
Foster Care Youth Summit, Frostburg University, MD.
Matarese, M. and Lane, S. (2008, July). How to Start a Youth Group: Organizational Development.
Accepted for the 2008 Georgetown Training Institutes Developing Local Systems of Care for
Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Needs and their Families: New Directions to
Improve Outcomes, Nashville, TN.
Matarese, M. and T. (2008, January). Opening Eyes and Raising Awareness: Supporting our Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth and Families. Accepted for the System of Care
Training Institutes, Columbia, MD

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Matarese, M. (2007, June). Working with Transition Aged Youth with Mental Health Needs.
Accepted for the 4th Annual Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference: Connecting
Families and Youth with Evidence-Based Practice, Practice-Based Evidence and Promising
Practices, Columbia, MD.
Matarese, M. and Gurley, T. (2007, October). Youth MOVEing Systems. Accepted for 19th Annual
Maryland Suicide Prevention Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Matarese, M. and Mosby, Pat. (2006, September). Wraparound 101: Making it Happen. Accepted
for the Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action Conference. Baltimore, MD.
Matarese, M. and Fisher, S. (2006, July). Special Forum on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Youth. Developing Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional
Disturbances and Their Families: Family Driven and Youth-Guided Services to Improve
Outcomes. Accepted for the 2004 Georgetown Training Institutes, Orlando, FL.
Matarese, M., Damian, V., and Gehring, L. (2006, July). Youth Involvement: A Guide for Systems of
Care. Developing Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional
Disturbances and Their Families: Family Driven and Youth-Guided Services to Improve
Outcomes. Accepted for the 2004 Georgetown Training Institutes, Orlando, FL.
Matarese, M., Gurley, T. and Kelly, M. (2006, July). Youth-Guided Systems Transformation through
Multi-Media Plenary Session. Invited presentation for Developing Local Systems of Care for
Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and Their Families: Family Driven
and Youth-Guided Services to Improve Outcomes, Orlando, FL.
Matarese, M., Spencer, S., Samantha S., and Leslie B. (2006, June). A Youth and Family Perspective
on Bridging Residential and Community Service. Accepted for the Building Bridges Summit
Linking Residential and Community Services, Omaha, NE.
Matarese, M. Keenan, S., Ellis-Wiggan, I. (2006) System of Care 101. Accepted for the TA
Partnership Regional System of Care Community Meetings: Sustaining Systems of Care:
Building and Maintaining Collaborations through Strategic Finance Planning in San Diego,
CA (March 2006); Denver, CO (April 2006) Cleveland, OH (May 2006).
Matarese, M. (2005, November). Opening Eyes and Raising Awareness: Supporting our Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth. Accepted for the Federation of Families for
Children’s Mental Health Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Matarese, M., Brunson, J., Thornton, A. (2005, May). Creating Partnership with Youth. Accepted
for the Hawaii Families as Allies Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI.
Matarese, M., Gurley, T., Rogers, K., Boneham, R. and Dennis, K. (2005, February). Plenary
speaker. Beyond Survival. Invited presentation for the Winter 2005 System of Care
Community Meeting, Dallas, Texas.

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Matarese, M., McGinnis, L. and Damian, V. (2005, February). Busting Through the Barriers to
Youth Involvement. Accepted for the Winter 2005 System of Care Community Meeting in
Dallas, Texas. Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health Annual Conference
(November 2005). Presented at 4 regional meetings in Atlanta, Georgia (2005, April);
Hartford, Connecticut (2005, June), Indianapolis, Indiana (2005, July) and Sacramento,
California (2005, August).
Matarese, M. (2004, November). Shifting to Youth-Guided Systems. Accepted for the Federal
National Partnership for the Transformation of Mental Health Meeting in Washington, DC.
Osher, T. and Matarese, M. (2004, September). Shifting Gears: Making the Paradigm Shift to
Youth- and Family-Driven Practice in Home- and Community-Based Environments. Fourth
Annual Training Institute for State Mental Health Olmstead Coordinators, Washington, DC.
Matarese, M. and Butler, Patty. (2004, September). Getting Youth and Families on the Team.
Accepted for the Southern Regional Meeting: Transforming Mental Health Services for
Children, Youth, and Families through Systems of Care, Nashville, TN.
Conlan, L., Green, F. and Matarese, M. (2004, September). System of Care 101. Accepted for the
Southern Regional Meeting: Transforming Mental Health Services for Children, Youth, and
Families through Systems of Care, Nashville, TN.
Matarese, M. (2004, August). Invited plenary Speaker at the Youth Driven Social Marketing Video
Premier, Burlington County, NJ.
Matarese, M., McGinnis, L., Damian, V., and Mora, M. (2004, June). A Guide to Youth Involvement
for Systems of Care. Accepted for the 2004 Georgetown Training Institutes, San Francisco,
CA.
Matarese, M. (2004, June). Invited plenary speaker at the Children’s Mental Health
Commissioner’s Banquet during the Georgetown Training Institutes, San Francisco, CA.
Matarese, M. (2004, May). Youth Involvement 101. Accepted for the National Youth Coordinator
Conference, Chicago, IL
Matarese, M. (2004, March). Youth Involvement: Not About Us Without Us. Accepted for the
Partnership for Youth In Transition Forum, Park City, UT.
Matarese, M., Lane, S., VanDenberg, M. and Payton, O. (2004, January). Youth Involvement:
Becoming the Revolution. Accepted for the Winter System of Care Community Meeting,
San Antonio, TX.
Matarese, M., Lane, S., VanDenberg, M. and Payton, O. (2004, January). Youth Involvement:
Understanding the Revolution. Accepted for the Winter System of Care Community
Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Matarese, M. and Gurley, T. (2004, January). Opening Eyes and Raising Awareness: Supporting our
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth. Accepted for the Winter System of Care
Community Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

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Matarese, M., Nava, N., McGinnis, L., Savage, S., Alfreds, M., and Marto, D. (2004, January).
Sustaining Youth and Family Involvement in Systems of Care: A Global Look at Multiple
Opportunities. Accepted for the Winter System of Care Community Meeting, San Antonio,
TX.
Matarese, M. (2003, October). Plenary speaker. Youth Involvement: Not About Us Without Us.
Invited presentation for New Jersey Statewide Conference for Family Support
Organizations in Burlington, NJ.
Matarese, M. (2003, November). Presented on the importance of youth development activities for
the King County, Washington Legislature.
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Matarese, M. (2014, February). Guidelines for Training, Coaching, and Supervision of Wraparound
Facilitators, National Wraparound Initiative online presentation.
Zabel, M. and Matarese, M. (2012, September). Developing Centers of Excellence: A Strategy to
Build Local Capacity for Centralized Cross-System Collaboratives. Accepted for the
Workforce Development Initiatives, and Research and Evaluation in Systems of Care
Webinar Series.
Matarese, M., Estep, K., and Selby, P. (2011, April). Louisiana’s Coordinated System of Care
National Wraparound Implementation Overview.
Matarese, M., Meyers, M., and Estep, K. (2010, April). Wraparound Practice: Details on
implementing a team-based wraparound model in your community, and options for
training, coaching, and supervising core staff. National Wraparound Initiative Webinar
Series.
Matarese, M. (2006, April). Youth-Guided Systems Transformation. Web-based learning
opportunity, Washington, DC.
Matarese, M., Gavoni, N., and Brunson, J. (2005, April). Keepin’ it Real: Fostering Authentic Youth
Involvement in Your Community. Web-based learning opportunity, Washington, DC.
Matarese, M., Stoddard, E., Damian, V. (2005, August). Supporting the Role of the Youth
Coordinator. Web-based learning opportunity, Washington, DC.
Matarese, M., Marquis, Becky, White, Keva and Savage, Samantha. (2004, May). Youth
Involvement in Social Marketing. Web-based learning opportunity, Washington, DC.

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PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
Matarese, M. (2015, March). Understanding and Responding to the Unique Needs of LGBTQI
Youth and Young Adults for Catholic Charities School Staff.
Matarese, M. (2015, March). Understanding and Responding to the Unique Needs of LGBTQI
Youth and Young Adults for Catholic Charities Residential Staff.
Matarese, M. (2015, April). Meeting the Mental Health and Cultural Needs of LGBTQ Youth in the
Youth-Serving Systems for Catholic Charities Clinicians.
Matarese, M. (2015, April). Understanding and Responding to the Unique Needs of LGBTQI Youth
and Young Adults for Catholic Charities Foster Parents.
Matarese, M. (2013, February). Meeting the Mental Health and Cultural Needs of LGBTQ Youth in
the Youth-Serving Systems for Johns Hopkins Kennedy Krieger Institute Psychology Dept.
Matarese, M. (January, 2012). Supporting Our Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and
Questioning Youth and Families for University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Requested
by the Psychiatry Fellows, Baltimore, MD.
Matarese, M. (2011, March). Moving the Margins: Exploring the Experiences of LBGTQI2-S Youth
in Systems of Care. Worton, MD.
Matarese, M. (2011, October). Meeting the Mental Health and Cultural Needs of LGBTQ Youth in
the Youth-Serving Systems, requested by the Kennedy Krieger Neuropsychology Unit.
Matarese, M. and Mosby, M. (2008, March). Wraparound 101. Lexington Park, MD.
Matarese, M. and Mosby, M. (2007, October). Wraparound 101. Timonium, MD.
Matarese, M. and Mosby, M. (2007, May). Wraparound 101. Baltimore, MD.
Matarese, M., Penn, M. and Broderick, S. (2007, June). Family, Youth, and Provider Partnerships.
Annapolis, MD.
Matarese, M., Penn, M., and Broderick, s. (2007, June). Family, Youth, and Provider Partnerships.
Hagerstown, MD.
Matarese, M., Savage, S. and Penn, M. (2006, September). Perspectives on Suicide: A Community’s
Response. Forum on Addressing Suicide in Systems of Care. Rockville, MD