The International Advisory Committee is made of members of the Haitian Diaspora from different countries representing their community and the IAC is chaired by International Coordinator who reports to ODIHA Executive Committee.
Dr. Casimir is currently Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and formerly the Associate Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Division and the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. In 2002, he was appointed Vice- President of Medical Affairs and Medical Director of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, a position he held until 2004.
Dr. Casimir is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with added certifications in Geriatric Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry. He is also board certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology.
Dr. Casimir has received research and training funding for over eight million dollars from many national agencies such as the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute of Aging (NIA), etc. He has coauthored several book chapters and published over fifty peer-reviewed articles. His clinical presentations and professional activities have received wide publicity in many local and national news organizations including the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Amsterdam News, Clinical Psychiatry News, Miami Herald, and the Boston Globe.
Dayana P. Durocher is an Advance Practice Nurse who has been in the profession of nursing for 18 years. As a specialist in gastroenterology and acute care nurse practitioner her motto is “Ne vous efforcez pas d’être un succès mais plutôt d’être une valeur”, which means, “do not strive to be a success but rather be a value”. Dayana’s passion for wellness extends from her nurse practitioner office to the community organizing that seeks to better the community and aims to leave this world in better shape than how she found it. When not helping patients, Dayana can be found creating programming that empowers women & girls. Dayana holds master’s degrees in nursing from Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. She is certified as both a Family Nurse Practitioner and Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in nursing. Dayana was born and raised in Haiti. While she has lived in the United States for more than 25 years. While she considers the U.S. her home, her heart and soul is still in Haiti. She finds it most rewarding when she is serving the underprivileged and underserved populations. Dayana is constantly searching for new opportunities to serve as she believes “to whom much is given, much is required”.
Dayana currently resides in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania with her loving family.
Me Myriam FETIERE est née à Thomonde, une des communes du département du Centre d’Haïti. Après son baccalauréat en 1992, elle intégrait la faculté de Droits et des Sciences Économiques d’État d’Haïti où elle décroche son diplôme en Sciences Économiques en 1996. En 2014, elle décroche une Spécialisation en Gestion du Développement Local au Centre Technique de Planification et d’Economie Appliquée (CTPEA), au Programme de Master en Développement Local, financé par le Centre de Formation et de Recherches en Développement Local (CFRDL). En 2016, elle est licenciée en Sciences Juridiques à l’université Nobel d’Haïti et, en 2017, elle obtient une maitrise en Administration et Gouvernance Publique. Elle a suivi plusieurs formations complémentaires à l’étranger comme Haïti
Elle épouse monsieur Ronald J. DELICE. Depuis vingt-cinq ans, Me Myriam FETIERE a été successivement Maire Adjointe de sa Commune, Cadre de la Fonction Publique, professeure à l’Université, doyenne de la Faculté des Sciences de Gestion et de l’Administration Publique à l’Université de Pétion-ville. Elle est actuellement Conseillère aux Affaires Économiques du Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances. Elle a participé à plusieurs congrès, conférences, ateliers et missions à travers Haïti. Elle est également membre et fondatrice de plusieurs Organisation, Mouvement, Association de femmes en Haïti. A travers ces derniers, elle fait une Plaidoyerie pour le Leadership Féminin, l’émergence et l’intégration de la jeunesse, une nouvelle Constitution avec l’intégration de la Diaspora.