Vanessa Batiste-Leal, MHS, LRC, LPC

Vanessa Batiste-Leal is a Licensed Rehabilitation Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Case Manager for the Tulane University Center for Brain Health. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from University of Louisiana at Monroe in 2000 and Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Counseling and Rehabilitation from Louisiana State University Health Science Center in 2015.

Cary Berthelot, MA, ATC, LAT

Cary Berthelot is a certified trainer who brings nearly 20 years of experience to her position as Care Manager for The Trust at the Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine, primarily assisting former players and providing services with the Brain and Body Assessment. She most recently served as the Program Director for the Athletic Training Education Program at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. She also served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine and Head Athletic Trainer at Southeastern, where she taught in the Department of Kinesiology for 12 years.

Melinda McDonell, MS, ATC, LAT

Melinda (Mindy) McDonell serves as one of the care managers assisting former players who are referred from The Trust to Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine with their access to necessary medical services during their Brain and Body Assessment. Mindy is from Washington State and has been a certified athletic trainer since 1986. Mindy joined the Tulane University Athletic Training Staff in November 2012 where she provided athletic training services to the Tulane athletic teams. She served as an assistant athletic trainer at Washington State University from 1990-2001.

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