Dr. Greenspan is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics George Washington University Medical School and Supervising Child Psychoanalyst at Washington Psychoanalytic Institute as well as Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders.

Marvin Margolis is clinical associate professor of psychology at Wayne State University, Training and Supervising Analyst, Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, and has served as Chairman of the Board of Professional Standards and also President of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Dr. Howard Shevrin’s work interdisciplinary and pioneering work explored the territory where neurobiology, thoughts, emotions, and behavior meet.

Despite many differences among the founders of the White Institute, they agreed upon a humanistic concern to alleviate suffering, a fervent commitment to psychoanalysis as a response to human pain, a pro-active political stance toward redefining social structures to support individualism and personal freedom, and an abiding interest in the manifold interactions between individuals and their interpersonal environment.