Board of Directors 2006-2007
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Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D.
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
Barbara Bazron, Ph.D.
Chair, Cultural Competence Task Force
Managing Director
American Institutes of Research
Washington, D.C.
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
Vivian Brown, Ph.D.
CEO
Prototypes, Centers for Innovation in Health, Mental Health and Social Services
California
Crystal Cook
Vice-chair, Public Affairs Committee
Proprietor
Sol Day Spa
Arizona
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
Executive Committee member-at-large
Director
Appalachian Consulting Group
Georgia
Rosa Maria Gil, D.S.W.
President
Communilife, Inc.
New York
Gregg Graham
President and CEO
Integrated Health Resources
Georgia
Tim Hamilton
Chair, Substance Related and Interactive Co-occurring Disorders Subcommittee
Director
Dual Recovery Empowerment Foundation
Kansas
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
Vice-chair, Strategic Planning
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
New Mexico
Paddy Kutz
Executive director
MHA in Licking County
Ohio
Pender McElroy, J.D.
Secretary/Treasurer
Attorney and mental health advocate
James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A.
North Carolina
John Morris, M.S.W.
Chair-elect
Professor and director of Health Policy Studies
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
South Carolina
Anthony T. Ng, M.D.
Psychiatrist and medical director
D.C. Department of Mental Health
Washington, D.C.
Frances S. Priester, J.D.
Director
D.C. Department of Mental Health
Office of Consumer and Family Affairs
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
Joseph Rogers
Vice-chair, Prevention/Adult Mental Health Services Committee
President and CEO
MHA of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
James Michael Simmons, Jr.
Vice-chair, Financial Development Committee
Associate marketing consultant
Eli Lilly and Company
Indiana
Nada Stotland, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics/Gynecology
Rush Medical College
Illinois
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
Cynthia Wainscott
Immediate past chair of the Board
Mental health advocate and volunteer
Georgia
Karl Wilson, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Crider Center for Mental Health
Missouri
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