VICKY BIPPART is a documentary filmmaker whose career writing, directing and producing programs has spanned over 30 years. She currently works for the National Center for PTSD as the producer/director of AboutFace, a website that features personal narratives to educate and promote treatment seeking behavior among Veterans. She has also made programs for MTV, ITV, SHOWTIME, CBS, BBC, Discovery, MIT Media Lab, and WGBH Boston. Vicky has won numerous awards for her work, including an American Cable Excellence Award and two George Foster Peabody Awards. AboutFace has been also been recognized with a VA Excellence Award (2013); VA Communications Award for Innovation (2013); American Psychological Association Division 56’s Award for Media Contribution to the Field of Trauma Psychology (2013); Interactive Media Award (2012) Best in Category: Military; and the Health Information Resource Center’s Digital Health Award (2012).

ELISSA McCARTHY, PhD is a clinical psychologist and consultant with the PTSD Consultation Program who specializes in the assessment and treatment of PTSD and insomnia. She is a psychotherapist in the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, where she previously worked as a member of the PTSD Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program treatment team. She is a master trainer for VA's Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia national rollout. Dr. McCarthy's current research interests are focused on studying the effectiveness and implementation of evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD and insomnia. Dr. McCarthy received her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and completed a VA postdoctoral fellowship at the VISN 1 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC) site.

JESSICA L. HAMBLEN, PhD, a clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, is Deputy Director for Education at the National Center for PTSD. In this capacity she oversees the Center's educational efforts to promote the implementation of evidence based care for Veterans and trauma survivors through provider training and support and increase awareness of PTSD and engagement in treatment. Dr. Hamblen's interests are in developing, disseminating, and evaluating cognitive behavioral treatments for PTSD and related conditions. She is a funded investigator who has conducted several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating these interventions. Currently she has an RCT focused to evaluate an online PTSD program to increase engagement and retention in PTSD treatment. She attended the State University of New York at Buffalo where she obtained her PhD in clinical psychology. She completed her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Dartmouth and the National Center for PTSD.