Board of Directors 2008-2009
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John Morris, M.S.W.
Chair of the Board
Professor and director of Health Policy Studies
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
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.
Academic Chairman/Department of Psychiatry
Children’s Hospital Boston
Massachusetts
Ann Boughtin
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
CareGuide
Florida
Jacki Brownstein
Vice-Chair, Affiliate relations
Executive Director, MHA in Dutchess County, Inc.
New York
Joseph de Raismes, III, J.D.
Vice-chair, Public Policy Committee
Attorney and Mental Health Advocate
Colorado
David Fassler, M.D.
Clinical Director
Otter Creek Associates
Vermont
Larry Fricks
Vice-Chair, Prevention and Adults Mental Health Services
Director, Appalachian Consulting Group
Georgia
Larry Fricks
Vice-Chair, Prevention and Adults Mental Health Services
Director
Appalachian Consulting Group
Georgia
Faye Gary, ED.D.
Professor, Case Western Reserve
University-Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Ohio
Gregg Graham
President and CEO
Integrated Health Resources
Georgia
Jerry R. Grammer
Psychologist
Texas
John Head
Author/Journalist
California
Robert “Bob” Hendrickson, Ph.D.
Mental health advocate and volunteer
Virginia
Mark Heyrman, J.D.
Clinical professor of law and faculty director
University of Chicago Law School
Illinois
Joel Hornberger
Secretary/Treasurer
Vice-Chair, Administration Committee
Chief operating officer
Cherokee Health Systems
Tennessee
DJ Ida, Ph.D.
VICE-CHAIR, Cultural and Linguistic Competency Committee
Executive director
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
Colorado
Anisha Imhoff-Kerr
Executive director
State of Mine
New Mexico
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 and mental health advocate
James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A.
North Carolina
Jacki McKinney, MSW
Co-Director, Philadelphia City-wide Trauma Initiative
Philadelphia Office of Behavioral Health
Pennsylvania
Anthony T. Ng, M.D.
Psychiatrist and medical director
D.C. Department of Mental Health
Washington, D.C.
Marley Prunty-Lara
Mental health advocate and student
Minnesota
Julian Rivera, J.D.
Mental health advocate and attorney
Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.
Texas
James Michael Simmons, Jr.
Vice-chair, Public Affairs Committee
Associate marketing consultant
Eli Lilly and Company
Indiana
Gail Stuart, PH.D., APRN, FAAN
Dean and Profesor, Collage of Nursing
Medical University of South Carolina
South Carolina
Joseph Swinford
Director, Office of Consumer Affairs
Tennessee Department of Mental Health &DD
Tennessee
Molly Van Ort
Vice-chair, Affiliate Relations Committee
Mental health advocate and volunteer
Texas
Karl Wilson, Ph.D.
Vice-Chair, Resource Development Commitee
President and CEO
Crider Center for Mental Health
Missouri
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