Center For Family Guidance, PC is proud of the many physicians, psychologists, social workers, advanced practice nurses and support personnel which make up our staff.
Many of our dedicated professionals are accomplished in their respective fields for their clinical work, their research, or their contributions to improving the delivery of mental health services to the public. They are focused, creative, and readily embrace our mission to provide the best possible services to our patients and customers. By maintaining a staff of mental heath professionals fully accredited at different levels, Center For Family Guidance, PC is able to bring flexible customized programs to organizations and individuals.
James R. Varrell
MD Medical Director and President
The founder and Medical Director of Center for Family Guidance, Dr. Varrell is American Board certified in Psychiatry and Neurology, and certified in American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Varrell has the ability to think outside the box in a way that brings success to the projects in which he becomes involved. He displays his creative abilities, great dependability and effective skills in psychiatry through his development and implementation of mental health treatment systems to numerous individuals, families and organizations. Dr. Varrell has an extensive background in child and adolescent psychiatry. His continuing success is easily seen through his development and implementation of psychiatric treatment systems through inpatient psychiatric units, hospitals and residential facilities, acute settings in correctional facilities, (adult and juvenile), as well as in school systems. He is widely known and recommended through out New Jersey and is greatly respected for his talent as a psychiatrist and entrepreneur. Dr. Varrell is responsible for monitoring the quality of medical and health services for all of CFG Health System’s contracts. Departmental activities include physician liaison with other medical professionals, utilization management, continuing medication education and management of our quality improvement program. He actively participates in the establishment of protocols, clinical policies and audit activities.
Ron DeFeo, MSEd.
Chief Executive Officer of CFG Health Network
Mr. DeFeo has over 15 years of clinical and administrative management experience in the healthcare/behavioral healthcare field. As Executive Director of Hospital Services he is responsible for the oversight of all hospital based services including sub‐acute and acute programming. Mr. DeFeo collaborates with CFG’s healthcare partners supporting general operations, management of onsite providers, expansion of behavioral health services, and regulatory and accreditation compliance. He has developed innovative programs for underserved populations particularly children and adolescent services. He is actively involved in local and state hospital based and behavioral healthcare committees.
Lisa Mostoller
Chief Accounting Officer, MAFM, MBA
Lisa Mostoller is an accounting professional with over 25 years of experience in the field. She has proven herself as a financial expert, serving as an executive business partner and offering her team critical financial and analytical knowledge. Lisa has successfully implemented various systems and standards, including ADP and UKG for payroll, NetSuite, and Oracle Fusion. Earlier in her career, Lisa was Chief Financial Officer, where she executed all corporate accounting functions and directed human resources initiatives. Lisa holds a Master of Accounting and Financial Management from Keller Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh.
Teri Black, LPC, NCC, ACS, CCFP, CTMH, CCTP
Clinical Vice President of Subacute and Outpatient Services
Teri has been with CFG over 19 years and most recently held the role of Director at A Step Ahead (ASA) located at Inspira Bridgeton and Elmer campuses. Teri currently is Chair of the Cumberland County Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council (CIACC) along with being the Cumberland County representative to the Southern Regional CIACC. Additionally, Teri holds certifications as a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), Clinical Telemental Health Provider (CTMH), Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional (CCFP) and holds her Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) certification. Teri is a member of the CCPYDC Trauma Prevention and Intervention Workgroup and is the current clinical supervisor for the school-based services in Cumberland County. Teri also has previous experience with community programs including outpatient, in-home, and education. Teri will take a lead role in supporting the clinical needs of our Outpatient Offices, and the clinical and operational needs of our PHP programs and School Based Services.
Emily Koifman, MSN, RN, PMH-BC
Center for Family Guidance, PC Vice President of Operations for Hospital and Community Based Services
Emily has many years of nursing and behavioral healthcare experience including the Director of Nursing role for a large Behavioral Health hospital in New Jersey. She held a per diem role as an Administrator with the same behavioral health system. Emily has her Master’s Degree in Nursing with a concentration in Administration. Her extensive hospital based behavioral health experience is invaluable to the services CFG and our partners provide throughout New Jersey.
Dena Ferrell
Director of Hospital Services
Dena has over 30 years’ experience in various behavioral health settings including Partial Care Programs, Intake services, Inpatient units and Psychiatric Emergency Screening Services. She has been with CFG for over 16 years and is certified in Project Management. She started CFG’s Virtua Intake/Case Management Service in 2007, created the CFG Access Center in 2009, was the Director of Operations for InSight Telepsychiatry from 2013-2019 and was the Project Manager/Contract Administrator for CFG Operations from 2019-2023. Dena oversees CFG’s hospital partner sites in the South Jersey area.
Moira Roberts, MBA
Director of Outpatient Services
Moira holds two Master’s Degrees including an MBA from St. Joseph’s University and an MSW from Rutgers University. She has over 25 years of management experience including seven years with CFG, the last five years as Outpatient Office Manager. Moira is proficient in NextGen EMR and PM, patient portal and the third-party integration programs of InstaMed and Medfusion.
Barry Robinson
Director of Human Resources
Mr. Robinson joins CFG with over 23 years of Human Resources Management experience. His proven track record of recruitment expertise across a multitude of industry’s is evidence of his mastery. Creating a nurturing, caring and efficient environment for all employees can be seen in his experience with EEO compliance applications, time & attendance policies, wage & salary administration and employee benefits. Mr. Robison holds an HR Management Certificate and Project Management Certificate from Rutgers Institute for Management & Executive Development.