Biographies
Mental Health America
2008 Fall Policy Conference
Cultivating Change: Turning Policy Into Action
Presenter Bios
Henry Acosta is the Executive Director of the National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health, an outgrowth of the award-winning and nationally and internationally recognized Changing Minds, Advancing Mental Health for Hispanics program which Mr. Acosta directed since its inception. Mr. Acosta is also the Deputy Director of the New Jersey Mental Health Institute, Inc., an organization founded by the New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies, Inc. In his role as Director of the National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health, Mr. Acosta aims to address the nationwide lack of availability of, access to and the provision of quality mental health services for Hispanics, and to heighten awareness, acceptance and understanding of mental illness among the Hispanic population. Mr. Acosta, who has been published in several publications on Latino mental health issues, is a nationally recognized speaker in the field. He has a column in a national bilingual newspaper on Latino mental health, and has appeared in numerous radio, television and print media outlets. Mr. Acosta holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Montclair State University, a Masters of Arts in Social Sciences with a concentration in Psychology from William Paterson University and a Masters of Social Work in Administration, Planning and Policy with Children and Families from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. He is currently pursing a Doctorate in Social Work in Social Policy Analysis and Administration at Rutgers University.
Email: hacosta@nrchmh.org
Laurie Alexander is a program officer at the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, where she currently serves as the project leader for the foundation's Integrated Health Care Initiative. She worked as a policy analyst for Mental Health America of Texas prior to joining the foundation in 2004. Dr. Alexander is licensed as a psychologist in Texas and New York. She is on the board of directors of the American College of Mental Health Administration and on the steering committee of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Resource Center to Promote Acceptance, Dignity and Social Inclusion Associated with Mental Health (ADS Center). Dr. Alexander earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and Italian from Washington University in St. Louis, a master's degree in journalism from The University of Texas at Austin, and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She also completed postdoctoral fellowships in traumatic stress at Cornell Weill Medical College and in public health at Columbia University.
Email: laurie.alexander@austin.utexas.edu
Anita Bertrand is Executive Director of the Mental Health Association of Tennessee, a statewide association addressing mental health policy, advocacy and education issues. Ms. Bertrand is responsible for the establishment and staffing of the Tennessee Coalition for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, a coalition of advocates, consumers, providers, family members that represents both the private and public behavioral health systems throughout the State of Tennessee. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Management from Notre Dame College of Ohio and a Masters Degree in Social Policy Management from Cumberland University.
Email: anitab@mhatn.org
Theresa Chapa is the Senior Mental Health Policy Advisor for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health. Her current areas of focus and development include the integration of mental health into overall healthcare, building a minority mental health pipeline and the state of Hispanic mental healthcare. Dr. Chapa also served as Director of Policy and Data for the Office of Minority Health where she led the way for making Minority Mental Health a part of the overall health and health disparities agenda. In 2007-2008, HHS essentially loaned her to Mental Health America through an "Intergovernmental Personnel Assignment," where her principal focus was behavioral health disparities for racial and ethnic minority and other underserved populations. Previously Dr. Chapa served as Chief of the Office of Extramural Research for the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health, and as a Special Expert to the Center for Mental Health Services/SAMHSA in cultural and linguistic competency and mental health disparities. She began her career in mental health over 30 years ago as a nurse working in community mental heath settings, attained her Bachelors from San Francisco State University, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, from the California School of Professional Psychology in Berkeley and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Email: teresa.chapa@hhs.gov
Lawrence Gillick is an assistant professor of digital and broadcast media at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA. He has been an active duty military journalist, a civilian newsman, a distance learning specialist, a Second Life developer and a blogger. Most recently, he has been developing graduate programs in digital cinema and multi- media production, as well as producing video and audio podcasts for the American Meteorological Society's Capitol Hill Environmental Sciences Seminar Series.
Email: lgillick@su.edu
Terry Sai-Wah Gock is the Director of the Asian Pacific Family Center. At the Center he oversees the direction and management of behavioral healthcare programs in mental health, substance abuse prevention, child abuse prevention, gang and violence prevention, mentoring, family life enhancement, and other related human services. Dr. Gock also works as an organizational consultant and clinical and forensic psychologist. He was the founding co-chair of the West San Gabriel Valley Asian Task Force in 1982. He was actively involved from 1985 to 1988 in the community organizing efforts that led to the development of culturally specific mental health services in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. In addition, he served from 1983 to 1985 as the Chair of the Mental Health Committee of the now Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON) to advocate for culturally competent mental health services and policies in the Greater Los Angeles area. He received his M.P.A. from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Email: terrygockphd@aol.com
Jeffrey Goodie is a board certified clinical health psychologist, an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and a Major in the United States Air Force. Dr. Goodie has worked as a behavioral health consultant in family medicine, internal medicine and OB/GYN clinics. He has co-authored a book titled Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Step-by Step Guidance for Assessment and Intervention, to be published by the American Psychological Association in January 2009. He serves as chair of the Society of Behavioral Medicine's Integrated Primary Care Special Interest Group, and recently co-authored the society's policy brief Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care, which has been sent to government agencies and the presidential candidates. In addition to his clinical and policy work, Dr. Goodie has developed and published research examining behavioral health interventions in primary care settings. Dr. Goodie earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA and his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from West Virginia University. He completed his internship and a post-doctoral fellowship at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, TX.
Email: jgoodie@usuhs.mil
Shel Gross has been Director of Public Policy for the Mental Health America of Wisconsin since April 2000. As part of that position, he is the Project Manager for the federal Garrett Lee Smith youth suicide prevention grant administered by the MHA. Mr. Gross also serves as Project Manager for the MHA's statewide Prevention/Early Intervention Initiative in Mental Health which has most recently focused on integration of mental health treatment into primary care and youth suicide. He currently serves on the Legislative and Policy Committee of the Wisconsin Council on Mental Health, is a board member of the Wisconsin Prevention Network, co-chair of the Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations, and represents the MHA on Wisconsin United for Mental Health, an anti-stigma initiative. Mr. Gross worked for ten years in the Wisconsin Medicaid program. In that capacity, he also served as staff to the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the LaFollette Institute for Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has 30 years of experience in the mental health field.
Email: shelgross@tds.net
Jason Halal is a former Mental Health America employee, having served as Manager of Media Relations until July 2008. In this capacity, he helped develop and implement MHA's public relations strategy; pitched and promoted the organization's events, experts and perspectives to the public, media and policymakers; and created media outreach tools and provided technical assistance to MHA's 300-plus affiliates nationwide. He also introduced new communications/ marketing tools, including online video marketing and MHA's first podcast series, Chiming In, which he produced. Now living in San Francisco, Mr. Halal is on the market for a new non-profit communications job and keeping busy with the San Francisco for Obama campaign as leader of the Mission neighborhood team and a co-founder and the Media Director of http://www.ohanaobama.org/.
Email: jasonhalal@gmail.com
Jocelyn Harmon authors the blog Marketing for Nonprofits, sharing her passion for helping nonprofit leaders find their voices and engage in our cultural discourse and is the director of business development at Triplex, launching a new division that will provide email and mobile marketing solutions to nonprofits. She has eight years of experience in development, marketing and communications for nonprofits, with special expertise in corporate and foundation relations and navigating "the online space." Previously Ms. Harmon was Director of Sales and Marketing at NPower Greater DC Region, an affiliate of NPower Network - a federation of nonprofits which provides technology consulting and IT support to hundreds of nonprofits annually. From 2004 to 2006, she was Director of Development and Communications for the National Council of Nonprofit Associations (NCNA)/The Nonprofit Congress - a network of associations serving over 22,000 nonprofits in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Ms. Harmon received her B.A. in Literature from New York University and her M.A. in Sociology from the University of Washington.
Email: Jocelyn_harmon@yahoo.com
Timothea Howard is the Community Schools Program Manager for CentroNía, a community based, bilingual, multi-cultural learning center and public charter school in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC. Currently, she also serves on the board of directors of the Praxis Project, a national health network for communities of color. Ms. Howard has organized and trained at the local and national level with organizations including the Columbia Heights/Shaw Family Support Collaborative, the National Organizers Alliance, Black Radical Congress, the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, DC VOICE, Mothers on the Move, and the Michigan Coalition against Domestic Violence - Women of Color Caucus. From 1994-1998, she organized for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers and AFL-CIO Organizing Institute.
Email: thoward@centronia.org
Charles Ingoglia is currently the Vice President of Public Policy for the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Mr. Ingoglia directs the federal affairs function of the nonprofit trade association as well as its policy and technical assistance outreach to more than 1500 member organizations across the nation. He also oversees quality improvement initiatives designed to increase the level of interaction and collaborative care between behavioral health organizations and community health centers, with the goal of ensuring that safety-net populations have seamless access to both forms of care. Prior to joining the National Council, Mr. Ingoglia provided policy and program design guidance to the Center for Mental Health Services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Email: chucki@thenationalcouncil.org
Traci Jacobs, a consumer and a licensed social worker, is the Associate Director of Gathering Hope House, a new innovative peer and recovery center in Lorain, Ohio. She received her master's degree in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University in 2007.
Email: tjacobsghh@aol.com
Christopher Jennings is a veteran of the White House, Congress and the private sector. He currently serves as president of Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc., a nationally-respected health policy and advocacy consulting firm in Washington, D.C., providing policy analysis, strategic guidance and coalition building advice to clients who share a commitment to affordable, accessible and accountable health care. He served previously in the White House as the Senior Health Care Advisor to President William Jefferson Clinton at the Domestic Policy and National Economic Councils. During his tenure there, Mr. Jennings made significant contributions toward the enactment of major, bipartisan health legislation including the Children's Health Insurance Program, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Mental Health Parity Act, the FDA Modernization Act, the Work Incentives Improvement Act, and the tripling of funding for international AIDS programs for prevention, care, treatment and health infrastructure. Prior to joining the Clinton Administration, Mr. Jennings served as Committee staff for three United States Senators over the course of almost 10 years on Capitol Hill.
Email: not available
Nick Johnson is the Director of the State Fiscal Project at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which works to develop strategies for long-term structural reform of state budget and tax systems, encourage low-income tax relief, and improve the way states prioritize funding. In 2004 Mr. Johnson received the Ian Axford Fellowship in Public Policy, a program financed by the New Zealand government and administered by Fulbright New Zealand. Through this fellowship, he spent six months as an advisor to the New Zealand Treasury and the New Zealand Ministry of Social Development, conducting research on that country's programs of tax relief and cash assistance for low-income families. Mr. Johnson came to the Center from the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, where he worked on rural development, food stamps, child nutrition, and related budget issues. He holds a graduate degree from Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy.
Email: Johnson@cbpp.org
Clare Miller is the Director of the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health, a program of the American Psychiatric Foundation which advances effective employer approaches to mental health by combining the knowledge and experience of the American Psychiatric Association and its employer partners. Prior to joining the Partnership, Ms. Miller was Manager of the Center for Prevention and Health Services at the National Business Group on Health, a membership group representing over 150 large Fortune 500 employers. She joined the Business Group from the Mental Health America (formerly the National Mental Health Association), where she served as the Director for Public Policy. Ms. Miller received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Salisbury University in Maryland.
Email: cmiller@psych.org
Ethel Nemcek the Executive Director of the Office of Consumer Advocates (OCA), Inc., a non-profit, consumer-run agency in Hagerstown, Maryland that operates programs in Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties. She has been with OCA for almost 10 years and has been involved with mental health advocacy since 1978, when she began advocating for two of her four children who had mental health needs. She then began helping other parents advocate on behalf of their children. Ms. Nemcek has been active on several mental health boards and committees over the last 20 years, and currently serves on the Allegany County Mental Health Advisory Committee, On Our Own of Maryland's Board of Directors, Catholic Charities of Mountain (Maryland), and the Thomas B. Finan Center Advisory Board.
Email: madjack@atlanticbb.net
Kathryn Power, M.Ed., is Director of the Center for Mental Health Services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services that provides national leadership in mental health promotion, mental illness prevention, and the development and dissemination of effective mental health services. Prior to her appointment as Director, Ms. Power served for over 10 years as the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, and previously directed the Rhode Island Office of Substance Abuse, the Rhode Island Anti-Drug Coalition, and the Rhode Island Council of Community Mental Health Centers. Earlier professional experiences include teaching at elementary and secondary schools; providing counseling, leadership and advocacy for rape crisis and domestic violence agencies; and working as a computer systems analyst for the Department of Defense. In 1997, she served as President of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) where she led the organization to embrace principles of recovery and trauma-informed care as linchpins of the public mental health system. In addition, Ms. Power has served on the boards of directors of over 100 non-profit agencies, commissions, and task forces in both the public and private sectors. She received her Bachelor's degree in education from St. Joseph's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and her Master's degree in education and counseling from Western Maryland College. Ms. Power is currently a Captain serving in the U.S. Navy Reserve.
Email: not available
Mary B. Relotto is the marketing and events manager for Mental Health America of Franklin County in Columbus, Ohio. She has been assisting non profit organizations with their marketing, communications and fundraising strategies for more than 18 years. Keeping abreast of the latest tools and technology, Ms. Relotto is utilizing online social networking communities, like Facebook, to help fight the stigmas associated with mental illness and to help make more people aware of the opportunities to get involved and advocate for people with mental illness.
Email: mrelotto@mhafc.org
Kathleen Reynolds, MSW, ACSW is the Director of the Washtenaw Community Health Organization (WCHO) and an Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry. The WCHO is an integrated health system that includes a Community Mental Health Services Program, a Substance Abuse Coordinating Agency and primary health care capitation dollars for Medicaid and indigent consumers. For the past seven years Ms. Reynolds' primary emphasis has been developing Integrated Health Care Models for Medicaid and indigent consumers. Ms. Reynolds graduated from the University of Michigan, School of Social Work in 1982. Ms. Reynolds has presented at numerous conferences and conventions on the innovative programming in Washtenaw County and is the author/co-author of several articles and has co-authored "Raising the Bar: Moving Toward the Integration of Health Care, A Manual for Providers."
Email: reynoldk@ewashtenaw.org
Tammy Seltzer is the president and CEO of Progressive Policy Solutions, a private consulting firm located in Washington, DC. Her clients include public and private sector organizations dedicated to improving mental health and substance abuse systems, services and outcomes. Prior to founding Progressive Policy Solutions, Ms. Seltzer spent two years as the Director of State Policy at the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, the national association for community mental health and substance abuse treatment providers. As part of her work with the National Council, Ms. Seltzer provided technical assistance on a variety of policy issues involving mental health and substance use disorders, such as funding for home- and community-based services, implications of the Deficit Reduction Act, workforce shortages, and healthcare reform. Ms. Seltzer also spent 10 years as an attorney with the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, where she focused on children and criminal justice issues. Her law degree is from the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia, and she earned her bachelor's degree in public policy from Cornell University.
Email: tammy@progressivepolicysolutions.com
Dr. Hyong Un is the National Medical Director for Aetna's Behavioral Health. He is responsible for supporting the development of clinical strategic plans and quality management and oversees the development of innovative behavioral health disease and care management programs and initiatives that promote integration of behavioral health with medical management. Prior to joining Aetna in 2001, Dr. Un served as Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Friends Hospital, the nation's first private psychiatric hospital, and as the Executive Medical Director of The Counseling Program of Pennsylvania Hospital and PennFriends Behavioral Health System, two regional managed behavioral healthcare organizations. Dr. Un graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine in 1981 and completed his residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. Dr. Un's clinical interest lies in the fields of neuropsychiatry and psychopharmacology. He is a member of the American Psychiatric Association.
Email: UnH@aetna.com
Cynthia Wainscott is a past president and former member of Mental Health America's Board of Directors. She was a founding member of the Georgia Prevention Credentialing Consortium and a member of the Center for Mental Health Services' National Mental Health Advisory Council from 2000-2004. Ms. Wainscott was executive director of the National Mental Health Association of Georgia from 1990-2003 and served as education director of the Mental Health Association of Minnesota from 1987-1990. Ms. Wainscott is an active member of the Georgia Governor's Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Advisory Council Advisory Council, the state Medicaid agency's Drug Utilization Review Board, and the Georgia Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council. She is a board member of the Georgia Parent Support Network (an affiliate of the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health), the Advisory Committee for Emory University's Fuqua Center for Late Life Depression and the Georgia Community Trust. She is also co-chair of the Governance Committee of the Mental Health Services Coalition. Her passion for advocacy and education is fueled by the experiences of her mother, daughter and granddaughter, who have all successfully lived with mental illness. Ms. Wainscott holds a BA degree from Metropolitan State.
Email: wainscott1@bellsouth.net
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Julio C Abreu joined Mental Health America in April 2001 as a member of the Government Affairs team. He has advocated for civil rights and public health for the last eight years. In his current position as Director of Government Affairs at MHA, he works on a range of both authorizing and appropriations legislation. His previous responsibilities have included testifying before Congress and lobbying the Senate, House of Representatives and the Administration to influence policies and secure resources that benefit his constituencies. In addition, Mr. Abreu has worked closely with the Congressional Black and Hispanic Caucuses. Aside from his extensive work and knowledge of the legislative process, he has experience working with several of our federal agencies including work on regulations, conferences and grant activities.
Email: jabreu@mentalhealthamerica.net
Kirsten Beronio is the Senior Director of Government Affairs. She maintains a broad range portfolio encompassing a host of issues; primarily, she focuses on monitoring Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program, welfare, children's mental health issues, including custody relinquishment, and medical records privacy. Before coming to MHA, Ms. Beronio served as the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program Counsel for the Minority Staff of the United States Senate Finance Committee. Prior to her tenure with the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, she worked as a legislative assistant for Senators Sarbanes and Lautenberg. Ms. Beronio received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Princeton University and holds a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
Email: kberonio@mentalhealthamerica.net
Kathy Chamberlain is the Director, Affiliate Services for Mental Health America. Prior to her two years in the Affiliate Services department, she spent four years as the Manager, Campaign Relations for MHA's public awareness program-Campaign for America's Mental Health. Before her employment with Mental Health America, Ms. Chamberlain's experience included working at trade associations and consulting firms, specializing in data management and in administering public awareness programs.
Email: kchamberlain@mentalhealthamerica.net
Julie Clark is an attorney and currently the Vice President for Healthcare Reform at Mental Health America, with 30 years of experience implementing, advocating, and shaping public policy in mental health, disability, employment, and aging. She came to MHA in July 2008 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy, where she was a senior policy advisor on mental health, nondiscrimination, and employment law. Ms. Clark has held senior positions at the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, the National Council on Independent Living and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. She has trained extensively in the areas of Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare and has authored numerous articles and publications, including The Advocate's Guide to SSI for Children.
Email: jclark@mentalhealthamerica.net
Ralph Ibson as Vice President for Government Affairs at Mental Health America, Ralph Ibson heads up federal relations' activity in support of MHA programs and mission, including advocacy in Congress and Executive Branch departments. In that capacity, he helped found the Campaign for Mental Health Reform, a national campaign dedicated to realizing the goals of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. At MHA Mr. Ibson supervises a team of three professionals, all with extensive congressional and other government experience. Prior to joining NMHA in 2000, Ralph served for ten years on the staff of the Committee on Veterans Affairs in the U.S. House of Representatives. During that period, he served as Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Health. Before working in Congress, Mr. Ibson was a Deputy Assistant General Counsel at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Mr. Ibson holds a JD degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a bachelor's degree in political science from Tufts University. He is a veteran of service in the U.S. Army.
Email: ribson@mentalhealthamerica.net
Stephen Kiosk serves as the Senior Director of Consumer Advocacy at the National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center at Mental Health America, where he provides technical assistance and training to consumer and peer-run mental health groups on organizational development. Mr. Kiosk has many years of experience and training in mental health counseling, program and service delivery, trauma therapy, guided imagery and hypnotherapy, and adult education and recovery.
Email: skiosk@mentalhealthamerica.net
Arlene Remick as program director in the Public Education Department at Mental Health America, Arlene Remick specializes in health communications and writing consumer publications. Ms. Remick develops and manages awareness and education programs that address mental health and wellness. She overseas the FundaMENTAL Health, Bottomline Sense initiative, aimed at addressing the impact of mental health conditions on the U.S. workforce; Operation Healthy Reunions, Mental Health America's campaign to support America's soldiers and their families; and Mental Health Month, our annual health observance to raise awareness about mental illnesses and the importance of mental wellness for all. Prior to joining Mental Health America, Ms. Remick was an account director in the Social Marketing Practice at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, where she was the project manager for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) human papillomavirus message and materials development and testing project. Prior to joining Ogilvy, she was the Senior Health Writer for the National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC). Ms. Remick holds master's degree in public health from Armstrong Atlantic State University and a bachelor's degree in communication from The George Washington University.
Email: aremick@mentalhealthamerica.net
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Dr. David Shern was named in 2006 as the president and CEO of Mental Health America, formerly the National Mental Health Association, the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. Prior to joining NMHA, Dr. Shern served as dean of the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) at the University of South Florida, one of the largest research and training institutes in behavioral health services in the United States. He also founded and directed the National Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health - a National Institute of Mental Health-funded services research center - located in the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH). In 2000, Governor Jeb Bush appointed Dr. Shern to the Florida Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse. He was elected Chair of the Commission by his fellow Commissioners and spearheaded an effort to develop a new statewide focus on and governance model for behavioral health across all human service agencies and settings. Dr. Shern received his Bachelor of Science, Masters and PhD in Psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Email: dshern@mentalhealthamerica.net
Sarah Steverman is currently the Director, State Policy in the Healthcare Reform Department at Mental Health America. Prior to coming to MHA in September 2008, she was a Policy Specialist at the National Conference of State Legislatures' Forum for State Health Policy Leadership. In that position, Ms. Steverman's primary responsibilities were conducting research, writing reports and providing technical assistance to state legislators and their staff on mental health issues. She has also worked with adults with mental health conditions at Green Door, a community mental health agency in D.C., and interned at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Ms. Steverman received her B.A. in religion from Gettysburg College and her M.S.W. with a concentration in macro social work practice from Catholic University.
Email: ssteverman@mentalhealthamerica.net
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