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Jim
Wuelfing is owner of the New England Center, a company
dedicated to quality training and technical assistance services.
He has many specialties including, prevention, community
awareness, curriculum development, peer education, stress
management and problem gambling prevention. The New England
Center presently holds contracts with the Massachusetts Council
on Compulsive Gambling and the DMHAS Compulsive Gambling
Treatment Program as well several agencies, colleges and
universities. He has trained professionals around the country and
in Europe. Mr. Wuelfing has been on the faculty of the New
England School of Alcohol Studies for eight years. Prior to
owning his own business, he was the Training Manager at the ETP
Center in East Hartford, CT. He also served as an Associate Dean
of Students at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA.
Henry Lesieur, Ph.D., President of IPG Dr. Lesieur is a prolific author and
editor of books and journals concerning problem gambling,
including The Chase, the first sociological study of the
lives of pathological gamblers. He was the founding editor of the
Journal of Gambling Behavior, and was the co-author of the
South Oaks Gambling Screen, which is a widely used instrument to
measure pathological gambling around the world. He has conducted
training sessions, symposiums, and presentations all over the
world on problem and pathological gambling gamblers and is a
recognized expert worldwide. Dr. Lesieur has received four awards
for his contributions to the field of problem gambling. He has
held several Professorships at Universities in the U.S. and
Canada, and at the same time has been active in clinical
treatment programs and as a researcher.
Peter A. Nucci Jr., M.M., Chief Executive Officer of IPG. |
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Christopher
Armentano, LCSW, NCGC, is a founding director of IPG. He has worked in the
problem gambling field since 1982 and currently serves as the director of
Problem Gambling Services for the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and
Addiction Services. He is a past president of the CT Council on Problem Gambling
and a member of the advisory board of the National Council on Problem Gambling.
In 2000 the National Council awarded him the Herman Goldman Foundation Award for
his contributions to the field. In 1999, the documentary “One Last Bet”,
which he co-produced with Lisa Simmons, was acknowledged with a special media
award by the National Council. 
Jim Wuelfing 
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