J. Barry X0">Mascari, EdD, LPC, LCADC, DRCC, is Chair of the Counselor Education Department at Kean University (Union, NJ) and is a New Jersey Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He has more than 30 years of counseling-related experience in schools and outpatient treatment, and he participated in the development of the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) student assistance counselor certification. He was a member and Chair of the New Jersey Professional Counselor Examiners Committee (the state licensing board) for 10 years and a former President of the American Association of State Counseling Boards (AASCB), New Jersey Counseling Association, and New Jersey Mental Health Counselors Association. With Dr. Ed Stroh and Nancy Marie Bride, he lobbied for licensure in New Jersey for 20 years and coauthored the licensure bill that was finally passed in 1993. 

Dr. Mascari is considered the “father” of 20:20 The Future of Counseling, a collaborative initiative between AASCB and ACA that resulted in the common definition of counseling. He was among the founders of the New Jersey Council on Divorce and Family Mediation, and he coauthored the seminal work Family Mediation: An Idea Whose Time Has Come. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, including the Sally Show, Soap Talk, 48 Hours on Crack Street, Straight Talk, the WNET special Teens in Turmoil, and National Public Radio. Dr. Mascari was a NJDOE trainer for Intervention and Referral Service and continues to host trainings at Kean University for New Jersey school districts.