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Board of Directors 2009-2010

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

Eric Ashton
Associate Director, Nonprofit/NGO Leadership Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice
Pennsylvania

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

Charlotte Brown
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pennsylvania

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

Elaine Crider
Health Care Consultant
Washington, DC

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

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

Gregg Graham
Vice-Chair, Public Affairs
President and CEO, Integrated Health Resources
Georgia

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

Mark Heyrman, J.D.
Vice-Chair, Public Policy
Clinical Professor of Law & Faculty Director
University of Chicago Law School
Illinois

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

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

Monty Moeller
Vice-Chair, Public Affairs
Director, Client Services
Fair Isaac
Oklahoma

Marley Prunty-Lara
Mental Health Advocate and Student
Minnesota

Clint Rayner
Chief, Office of Consumer & Families Affairs
Florida Department of Children & Families
Florida

Jeanne Rohner
President and CEO, Mental Health America of Colorado
Colorado

Roomana Sheikh, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Community Council for Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Inc.
Pennsylvania

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

Richard Van Horn
Vice-Chair of Affiliate Relations
President and CEO, Mental Health America of Greater Los Angeles<
California

Molly Van Ort
Vice-Chair, Prevention & Adult's Mental Health Services
Mental Health Advocate/Volunteer
Texas

Cynthia Wainscott
Mental Health Advocate
Georgia

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

 
 
 
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