Gala
Mental Health America will be holding a star-studded, inspirational Gala in conjunction with our Centennial Conference to further celebrate our 100th Anniversary on the evening of June 11th at the historic Mellon Auditorium.
Individual tickets may be purchased through the conference registration page until June 5th; however you may purchase tickets by phone until noon on June 11th by calling 703-881-8840. For information about purchasing tables please contact Jennifer Devlin at jennifer.devlin@cox.net.
 | Mrs. Tipper Gore
Honorary Chair of the Centennial Conference and Gala
Mental Health Advocate |
Legacy Award
At the Centennial Gala on the evening of Thursday, June 11th, Former First Lady Mrs. Rosalynn Carter will present Mental Health America's first-ever Legacy Awards to Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Pete Domenici (R-NM) in recognition of their sponsorship of the recently passed Mental Health Parity Act.
Purchase your gala ticket today to make sure you don't miss out on this momentous occasion!
 | Former First Lady Mrs. Rosalynn Carter
Legacy Award Presenter |
 | Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
Legacy Award Honoree |
 | Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Legacy Award Honoree |
Emcees
 | Kimberly Dozier
Middle East Correspondent, CBS News Award-winning journalist Kimberly Dozier has covered the Middle East and the Iraq war for the CBS Evening News, The Early Show and CBS Radio News. In 2006, while reporting a story in Baghdad, Dozier was gravely injured by a car bombing. The explosion killed two of Dozier's colleagues, along with a U.S. Army captain and an Iraqi translator. After a lengthy recovery, Dozier returned to work at CBS in 2007. A veteran war correspondent, Dozier has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo, receiving three Gracie Awards from the American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT) for her work. In 2007, she received AWRT's Grand Gracie Award for her work in Iraq, as well as the Radio and Television News Directors Association's Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award. The Association for Women in Communication also honored Dozier in 2007 for her significant career achievements in spite of extreme hardships. |
 | Chip Reid
Chief White House Correspondent, CBS News Chip Reid was named CBS News Chief White House Correspondent effective Jan. 5, 2009. Reid joined CBS News in 2007 as Capitol Hill Correspondent and covered the 2008 Presidential campaign extensively, most recently traveling with Sen. John McCain. Prior to joining CBS News, Reid covered the Senate and the House of Representatives for NBC News since fall 2004, and reported for all major NBC News broadcasts, as well as MSNBC, where he also anchored political coverage. Before that, Reid was based in Los Angeles for NBC (2001-03). During that time, he was embedded for seven weeks with a lead unit of the U.S. Marines during the initial march of U.S troops from Kuwait to Baghdad. After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Reid reported from Ground Zero and from the Pentagon, and followed that with stories on the war on terror from datelines around the world, including Afghanistan, Israel, Uzbekistan and Egypt. He also covered domestic stories in the western U.S., including wildfires and politics. Reid was based in Washington, D.C. for NBC (1996-2000), where he covered Al Gore's 2000 Presidential campaign--and the fallout from the voting irregularities--and the impeachment of President Clinton, as well as many other Beltway stories. Before joining NBC, Reid was a reporter at WJLA-TV (1994-96) and WTTG-TV (1990-93) in Washington. His career in broadcast journalism began at ABC News as a field producer in Washington (1988-89). |
