Bonnie Carroll

Bonnie Carroll is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a retired U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer, the surviving spouse of Brigadier General Tom Carroll, a former staffer in the Reagan and Bush White Houses, and the President and Founder of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, the leading national Military Service Organization providing comfort, care, and resources to all those grieving the death of a military loved one. Ms. Carroll founded TAPS following the death of her husband in an Army C-12 plane crash on November 12, 1992.

Sessions: Opening Session | What's Next? Your Way Forward

Audri Beugelsdijk

As the Vice President for TAPS Survivor Services, Audri oversees immediate and long-term survivor outreach, support, and resource and program development. She holds a Masters in Psychology and has advanced training in death, dying and bereavement through the Center for Loss & Life Transition and the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). Through her dedication, Audri, a Navy veteran herself, honors the life of her first husband, CTRSN Jason Springer, USN.

Sessions: What's Next? Your Way Forward

Thom Dennis, DMIN, LCPC, CT

Thom is the Bereavement Coordinator at NorthShore University Health System and has helped individuals and families come to terms with the death of loved ones for more than 25 years. Currently, he works as a hospice grief counselor, comforting the bereaved from diverse spiritual, religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds. He also maintains a private counseling practice in Chicago, Illinois.

Sessions: Beyond the Breakers: Rituals for the Life Transitions that Follow Loss | What's Next? Your Way Forward

Bret Moore, PYSD, ABPP

Bret Moore completed two tours in Iraq with the Army as a clinical psychologist and co-authored The PostTraumatic Growth Workbook along with Richard Tedeschi, PhD.

Sessions: Opening Session | What's Next? Your Way Forward

Emily Muñoz

Emily serves as the Director of Health and Wellness as well as co-directs the Women's Empowerment Program for TAPS. Emily comes to a veterans and military service career following time spent at multiple non-profit organizations, several prestigious think tanks, and the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. To the Women’s Empowerment program, she brings a passion for fitness, movement, and the mind-body connection. Emily is a 1,000 hour registered yoga instructor and is certified in multiple fitness modalities. Laughter through tears is her favorite emotion.

Session: We Downshift: Meditative Movement for a Restful Evening

Grace Seamon-Lahiff, MFT

Grace Seamon-Lahiff is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and currently getting her doctorate at Catholic University. She serves TAPS as the manager for Research and Impact Assessment. Grace has worked in both health care and outpatient mental health care settings providing therapeutic services, connecting clients to appropriate treatment facilities, creating prevention and intervention education classes based on community culture values, and collaborating with physicians, mental health professionals, and other care providers in order to ensure that clients are receiving comprehensive, quality education and care. More recently, she has used her research experience to market and develop a preventative mental health education curriculum for the Marine Corps based on existing Marine Corps skills and values and the skills and theory found in experiential therapeutic practices and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). 

Sessions: Grieving and Connecting to Your Body after Trauma | What's Next? Your Way Forward

Carla Stumpf Patton, EDD, LMHC, NCC, FT, CCTP

Carla is the Senior Director, Suicide Postvention & Prevention for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. She has been with TAPS since 2008 and oversees programs and services provided to those impacted by suicide loss. She is the surviving spouse of Sgt. Richard Stumpf, an Active Duty Marine Corps Drill Instructor and Gulf War combat Veteran who died by suicide in 1994, several days before their only child was born. She is trained in Crisis Response Planning, Psychological Autopsy Investigations, and certified as an ASIST trainer in suicide first aid. Carla is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and Certified Fellow of Thanatology. She holds a bachelor’s in psychology, a master’s in professional mental health counseling, and a doctorate of education in counseling psychology for which she completed her dissertation research on military families bereaved by suicide. She is remarried to a retired U.S. Marine, also a suicide survivor widower, with whom she shares five children.

Session: Rhythms of Grief | What's Next? Your Way Forward