Board of Directors 2008-2009
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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
John Head
Author/Journalist
California
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
Anthony T. Ng, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Uniformed Services School of Medicine/
GW School of Medicine
Maryland
Marley Prunty-Lara
Mental Health Advocate and Student
Minnesota
Julian Rivera, J.D
Attorney
Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.
Texas
Timika Shafeek-Horton
Attorney
Duke Energy Corporation
North Carolina
James Michael Simmons, Jr
Vice-Chair, Public Affairs
Eli Lilly and Company
Indiana
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 & CEO, Crider Center for Mental Health
Missouri
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