Jerry Gottlieb
Year you joined CASA: 2016
What is your educational background? M.D.
What is your current job? Or what you did professionally if retired. Retired psychiatrist and executive physician
What prompted you to become a CASA? My wife encouraged me
What challenges have you faced as a CASA? The frustrations of the system
Can you share a specific memory of a time when you felt successful in your role as a CASA? In one of my cases, a teenage young man was in an RTF when he got involved. He got himself kicked out of the RTF and went to YIC. I was able to get him an appointment with a child psychiatrist who diagnosed him as having Bipolar Disorder and changed his medication. He was a different person on this medicine. Eventually, he was adopted by his aunt.
What advice would you give to someone who is considering becoming a CASA? Expect to be frustrated; the legal system is complicated and overworked. Find a way to work around the obstacles.
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? An NBA basketball star
What is the best part about living in Lancaster? The relative affordability and the proximity to several major cities
What is your dream vacation destination? Hawaii
Two people, current or historical, you most admire. My wife and daughter
What’s your go-to comfort food? Or alternatively, the best restaurant you’ve ever been to? Pizza
What's an activity you do outside of volunteering/work that you love? Cutting firewood
