745 Millennium - Seventeenth Edition SOCIAL SERVICES AND NONPROFIT Millennium Magazine Featured Listee ADDICTION AND TRAUMA SPECIALIST Nyack, NY CO-DIRECTOR Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition North Kansas City, MO JOSEPH PETER LANZONE JR., LCSW-R Recognized for over 40 years of contributions to the field of social work, Joseph Peter Lanzone Jr., LCSW-R, has found success as a recovery coach and trauma specialist. Availing himself on behalf of clients throughout the Rockland, Westchester and Orange Counties of New York, he specializes in assisting those dealing with addiction, trauma and mental health issues, including depression, anxiety and ADHD. Having worked extensively in both academia and private practice, Mr. Lanzone is proud of his achievements as a patient advocate and his steadfast efforts to alleviate people of their suffering. Outside of his efforts in social work, Mr. Lanzone volunteers extensively with Reps for Responders, a nonprofit organization that seeks to support the physical and emotional well-being of first responders. Past roles to his credit include his work with the Rockland Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependence, the Emergency Assistance Team of Rockland County, and the Rockland County Council on Alcoholism. Mr. Lanzone’s industry performance has largely been sustained thanks to his excellent education — he holds a BA from SUNY Fredonia and an MSW from Hunter College. Growing up on the Kickapoo Reservation, Charissa MiijessepeWilson has distinguished herself as the co-director of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition. The nonprofit consortium of tribal nations focuses on conserving the Bears Ears National Monument, the first inter-tribal effort to achieve management for off-reservation homelands. Drawing on her cultural background, Ms. MiijessepeWilson advances the coalition’s strategic campaigns, manages intergovernmental relationships, oversees philanthropic efforts, sustains major partnerships, and creates organizational structures based on Indigenous modalities. Ms. Miijessepe-Wilson also leverages several years of experience in nonprofit work and public service, including as a board member for ReNew Earth Running, tribal council election candidate and a management fellow in Topeka, Kansas. She previously pursued a higher education as well, ultimately earning an MPA at the University of Kansas in 2018. Looking ahead, Ms. Miijessepe-Wilson aims to develop frameworks emphasizing the power-building of tribal nations, using her current work with the coalition as a template moving forward. She ultimately hopes to aid youth and serve as a mentor for those who may wish to follow her example. CHARISSA MIIJESSEPE-WILSON
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