Youth Challenge Board of Directors
Reverend Paul Echtenkamp, President
The Rev. Paul Echtenkamp has been affiliated with Youth Challenge of Connecticut, Inc. since 1978. He currently serves as President of Youth Challenge of CT. Rev. Echtenkamp’s academic and ministerial training include degrees from Amherst College and Evangelical Theological Seminary, an Honorary Doctorate from Biblical Life College and Seminary, and a Master of Science degree in Counselor Education with a concentration in Clinical Professional Counseling from Central Connecticut State University. He is an ordained minister with Youth Challenge International. Rev. Echtenkamp is a chaplain with the Hartford Police Department. He is a founding member at Glory Chapel International Cathedral in Hartford, where he serves as Senior Pastor. Rev. Echtenkamp resides in Hartford with his wife, Vilma, and their three children, David, Eliana, and Joanna. |
Dr. Stephen M. Humphrey, Vice President
Dr. Stephen M. Humphrey is a forensic psychologist. He has been working with families in the Hartford area since 1989. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1988 and obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 1993. Since 1995 he has been in private practice. Dr. Humphrey is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Connecticut Psychological Association (including its Forensic Division), and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (nationally and in Connecticut). He serves as a Special Master for the Regional Family Trial Docket in Middletown, CT and assists as an instructor in Forensics for medical residents at the Institute of Living in Hartford. Dr. Humphrey is Vice President of the Board of Directors for Youth Challenge of Connecticut, a faith-based substance abuse program that began in Hartford, CT in 1970 and has expanded not only in the U.S. but to countries in Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Kenya, Africa. Dr. Humphrey has been qualified as an expert witness in hundreds of cases in the State of Connecticut pertaining to issues of child abuse and neglect, child and family psychology, and related areas. He has dedicated his professional life to assessing and intervening to support children and parents in Juvenile and Family Court settings |
Youth Challenge of CT, Inc.
Phone: 860-728-5199
Fax: 860-524-0418
15-17 May Street; Hartford, CT 06105
Phone: 860-728-5199
Fax: 860-524-0418
15-17 May Street; Hartford, CT 06105