Background
Pandya, Deanna Mears was born on August 11, 1937 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Daughter of James Gordon Junior and Sarah Talmadge (Johnson) Mears.
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Deanna Mears Pandya
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Education
Associate of Arts, U. Akron, 1980; Bachelor, Virginia Wesleyan, 1983; Master of Arts, Antioch University, 1994.
Career
Director education services, Virginia Council on Alcoholism, Drugs, Norfolk, 1985-1987; executive director, Virginia Council on Alcoholism, Drugs, Norfolk, 1990-1993; outpatient program specialist, Maryview Psychiatric Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988-1989; clinical therapist, City of Portsmouth, 1988-1989; educator, therapist, City of Virginia Beach, 1984-1986, 93-95; mental health counselor, Glasgow High Wellness Center, Newark, Delaware, 1995; family counselor, addiction specialist, Williamsburg (Virginia) Place, Fanley Center, Williamsburg, since 1997. Founder Survivors of Suicide, Virginia Beach, 1982-1986, volunteer educator AARP Bear, Delaware, 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Hospice of Virginia Beach, 1983-1985, Safe Place, 1988-1990, Civitan International, 1990-1992, community advisory county for curriculum College of Education, Old Dominion U., Norfolk, 1991-1992. Member American Association of University Women, National Council Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, National Association Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, American Christian Counselors Association, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Foundation, American Counselors Association, National Association Cognitive Behavioral Therapists, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
Connections
Married David Luther Brinkley Junior (divorced). Children: Kim Brinkley Hebebrand, David III, Jeffrey Lawrence Brinkley. Married Shirish Ramachandra Pandya, June 7, 1978 (deceased).
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Nationality
American