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Annemarie Bezold, LCSW

Annemarie Bezold is coordinator of the Grief Program for Fairfax County. She facilitates the SIDS MA monthly support meetings held the 1st Thursday evening of each month at the McLean Presbyterian Church. In addition, she facilitates support groups for preschool children, elementary school-age children, adolescents, separate groups for children and adult suicide survivors and groups for those who lost loved ones on 9/11. Services also include consultation, community education, professional staff training, community referrals, crisis intervention, trauma debriefings, and grief counseling.

Betty Connal, RN, MS

Mary Elizabeth Connal is a registered nurse with over 35 years experience in maternal child health. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and Columbia Pacific University.  

Mrs. Connal has worked in clinical areas in hospitals and health departments, participated in research projects, developed education programs, and administered large community health programs. She has administered local and state grant funded programs and is currently the executive director of Sudden Infant Death Services of the Mid-Atlantic.