Background
Lang, Elissa was born on July 3, 1950 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Vincent and Joan (Coughlin) Lang.
Lang, Elissa was born on July 3, 1950 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Vincent and Joan (Coughlin) Lang.
Bachelor in Psychology, Japanese Studies, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York, 1972; Master of Arts in Psychological Counseling and Master of Education in Vocational Psychology and Rehabilitation, Columbia University, New York, 1974.
Supervisor, Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center, Glen Oaks, New York, 1974-1977;
program coordinator Adult Day Hospital, New York Hospital-Cornell, White Plains, New York, 1977-1981;
director vocational rehabilitation/intensive rehabilitation, New York Hospital-Cornell, White Plains, 1981-1987;
president, Careerscope, Inc., White Plains, since 1975;
director psychiatric rehabilitation Westchester division, New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, White Plains, 1987-1995;
lecturer in psychiatry, Cornell Medical College, New York, since 1987. Secretary faculty county Cornell Medical College, White Plains, 1982-1985, 89-95. Coordinator National Institute of Mental Health grant Psychiatric Rehabilitation Dissemination grant, Cornell Univercity;vocational expert consultant Department Health & Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, since 1982.
Project advisory Cornell Univercity, American Indian Rehabilitation Research Center, since 1994. Director special program Young Women’s Christian Association, White Palins, since 1996.
Volunteer coordinator Project Steppingstone Volunteer Service Bureau, White Plains, 1979-1984. Den parent Boy Scouts of America, White Plains, since 1993. Member American Counseling Association, American Rehabilitation Counseling Association, International Association Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services.
Married John Jay Rio, November 23, 1984. 1 child, Nicholas Matthew.