Our Team

Eric Green, Ph.D., serves as the co-executive director at Better Options Initiative. He is also a part-time faculty associate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education in Baltimore, MD, where he teaches and conducts research in child psychotherapy with complexly traumatized youth.
Eric Green, Ph.D.
Executive Director

Art A. Kleiner
VP Administration

Mrs. Brenda Bryant
Executive Assistant

Rachel L. Stephens
Assistant to the Executive Director

Julie Freyou-Romero
Bookkeeper
Our Advisors

Rev. Dr. Jude Halphen, Ph.D

Mr. Don O’Day, CPA

Luke Elliott, Jr., Ph.D.

Irv Esters, Ph.D

Lauren B. Mouton

Ken Bouillion, Ph.D.

Nick Pugh

Sarah Sanner
Our Partners

ULL Department of Psychology
BOI funds ULL grants for family research and education.

Family Transitions: Programs that Work, LLC
BOI sponsors the New Beginnings Program of parenting education for the Acadiana community. The New Beginnings Program is administered by Family Transitions: Programs that Work, LLC headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. Additional information may be found at the following link: www.familytransitions-ptw.com

Donna Aucoin & Associates
The New Beginnings Program is hosted by Donna Aucoin & Associates, a Lafayette based multi-disciplinary organization providing an array of family focused education training modalities. Information about Donna Aucoin & Associates may be found at the following link: http://aucoin-assoc.com

The Family Tree
BOI works with The Family Tree to strengthen families to build a stronger Acadiana community. Learn about The Family Tree at: https://www.acadianafamilytree.org/

The Avenue
The focus of Better Options Initiative Inc. (BOI) is primarily preventative in nature. BOI recognizes that the mental health discipline alone is insufficient to change a societal attitude about parental alienation. Social justice perspectives from the sociological, spiritual, political, and legal disciplines ideally should be integrated as well. Rachel Stephens, the assistant to the Executive Director, and Pastor Robert Johnson at the Louisiana Avenue Methodist Church, had collaborated to help spread the word about a relatively unknown psychological phenomenon at a community event. Link at : https://louisianaavenueumc.com/
ULL Department of Psychology
BOI funds ULL grants for family research and education.
Family Transitions: Programs that Work, LLC
BOI sponsors the New Beginnings Program of parenting education for the Acadiana community. The New Beginnings Program is administered by Family Transitions: Programs that Work, LLC headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. Additional information may be found at the following link: www.familytransitions-ptw.com
Donna Aucoin & Associates
The New Beginnings Program is hosted by Donna Aucoin & Associates, a Lafayette based multi-disciplinary organization providing an array of family focused education training modalities. Information about Donna Aucoin & Associates may be found at the following link: http://aucoin-assoc.com
The Family Tree
BOI works with The Family Tree to strengthen families to build a stronger Acadiana community. Learn about The Family Tree at: https://www.acadianafamilytree.org/
The Avenue
The focus of Better Options Initiative Inc. (BOI) is primarily preventative in nature. BOI recognizes that the mental health discipline alone is insufficient to change a societal attitude about parental alienation. Social justice perspectives from the sociological, spiritual, political, and legal disciplines ideally should be integrated as well. Rachel Stephens, the assistant to the Executive Director, and Pastor Robert Johnson at the Louisiana Avenue Methodist Church, had collaborated to help spread the word about a relatively unknown psychological phenomenon at a community event. Link at : https://louisianaavenueumc.com/
Contact Us
Phone: (337) 534-0325
facebook.com/betteroptionsinitiative

To eliminate harm to Acadiana's children due to parental conflict.