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Board of Directors 2008-2009

John Morris, M.S.W.
Chair of the Board
Director of the Human Services Practice
Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.
South Carolina

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D.
Immediate Past Chair of the Board
Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, and
Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities
University of California, Davis, Department of Internal Medicine
California

Jack Akester, Ph.D.
Retired research scientist
Delaware

William Beardslee, M.D.
Vice-Chair, Prevention & Children’s Mental Health Services
Director, Baer Prevention Initiatives and Chairman Emeritus Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Boston Gardner/Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts

Ann Boughtin
Vice Chair, Strategic Planning
Health Care Consultant
New York

Jacki Brownstein
Vice-Chair, Affiliate Relations
Executive Director, MHA in Dutchess County, Inc.
New York

Joseph de Raismes, III, J.D.
Executive Committee Member at Large
Attorney/Mental Health Advocate
Colorado

David Fassler, M.D.
Clinical Director
Otter Creek Associates
Vermont

Larry Fricks
Vice-Chair, Prevention and Adults MH Services
Director, Appalachian Consulting Group
Georgia

Faye Gary, ED.D.
Professor, Case Western Reserve
University-France Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Ohio

Gregg Graham
President and CEO
Integrated Health Resources
Georgia

Jerry R. Grammer
Psychologist
Texas

Robert “Bob” Hendrickson, Ph.D.
Retired Social Worker/Volunteer
Virginia

Mark Heyrman, J.D.
Clinical Professor of Law & Faculty Director
University of Chicago Law School
Illinois

Joel Hornberger
Secretary/Treasurer
Chief Operating Officer
Cherokee Health Systems
Tennessee

DJ Ida, Ph.D.
Executive Director, National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
Colorado

Anisha Imhoff-Kerr
Executive Director
State of Mine
Maryland

Paddy Kutz
Executive Director, MHA in Licking county
Ohio

Brenda Lee
President and CEO
MHA of Allegheny County, PA
Pennsylvania

Sherri Luthe
Director, Parent Advocacy & Supportservices
MHA of South Central Kansas
Kansas

Pender McElroy, J.D
Chair-Elect
Attorney/Mental Health Advocate
North Carolina

Jacki McKinney, MSW
Co-Director, Philadelphia City-Wide Trauma Initiative
Philadelphia Office of Behavioral Health
Pennsylvania

Marley Prunty-Lara
Mental Health Advocate and Student
Minnesota

Julian Rivera, J.D
Attorney
Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.
Texas

Gail Stuart, Ph.D., APRN, FAAN
Dean and Professor, Collage of Nursing
Medical University of South Carolina
South Carolina

Joseph Swinford
Mental Health Advocate
Indiana

Molly Van Ort
Mental Health Advocate/Volunteer
Texas

Karl Wilson, Ph.D.
Vice-Chair, Resource Development
President and CEO, Crider Health Center, Missouri

 
 
 
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