J. Roy Cannon
117 Larkspur Road
Newark, Delaware
(302) 738-9963
jcannon11@comcast.net

PERSONAL
DOB: 11/16/51
Age: 52
Married 22 yrs. Two teenage children (adopted from Korea and Peru)
Member, Wilmington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

EDUCATION
* Seaford Senior High School, Seaford, Delaware, 1969
* Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies (Cum Laude) - University of Delaware Newark DE 1974
*Master of Counseling - University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 1983
*Licensed Professional Counselor of Mental Health (LPCMH), Certified Alcohol  and Drug Counselor (CADC) in Delaware.
*Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) through the National Board of Certified Counselors.

ACTIVITIES
*Captain, senior year baseball and football teams
*Nine letters during high school sports career
*DJ on the University of Delaware student run radio station, WVUD
*Committee member for developing GPDE By-laws.
*Editor, The Green Diamond, GPDE weekly email newsletter
*Editor, The Honker, Brandywine Program employee newsletter

WORK EXPERIENCE
*Over 20 years experience as a mental health counselor in a variety of settings including independent practice, residential treatment, vocational rehabilitation, school-based clinics, crisis intervention, and intensive outpatient services.

*Currently serve as Clinical Director with Diakon’s Brandywine Programs Intensive Outpatient Services.

* Work part-time as Religious Education Coordinator for Wilmington Friends Meeting.

LEADERSHIP
*Current Member-at-large, GPDE Coordinating Council
*Current member of Wilmington Friends Meeting Service Committee
*Former Shop Steward -Delaware Public Employees Council 81, AFSCME
*Governors Award (1992) - participant in States most innovative health care program
*Past Chair of the GPDE Newark Local
*Former GPDE National Representative to the Green Party of the United States
*Past Chair of the GPDE Peace Committee
*Former District Representative for the Meadowood Civic Association
*Past Delaware Media Representative for the Green Party of the United States
*Former Clerk of the Religious Education Committee at Wilmington Friends Meeting