The Pledge for Wellness
We envision
A future in which people with mental illnesses pursue optimal health, happiness, recovery, and a full and satisfying life in the community via access to a range of effective services, supports, and resources.
We pledge
To promote wellness for people with mental illnesses by taking action to prevent and reduce early mortality by 10 years over the next 10 year time period. |
The following organizations and individuals have signed on to support the vision and take the pledge. By so doing, they are demonstrating their commitment to promoting wellness for people with mental illnesses and to reducing early mortality. 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed.
Director
Organizations
ABC Behavioral Health Services
Myrl Humphrey
CEO
Advocacy Unlimited, Inc.
Dr. Karen Kangas
Executive Director
Advocates, Inc.
Keith Scott
Director of Recovery and Peer Support
American Medical Student Association
Paige Hatcher
Director of Student Programming
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
Kathie Westpheling, M.P.H.
Executive Director
Behavioral HealthCare, Inc.
Samatha Kommana
Director of Quality Improvement
Bonita House, Inc
Rick Crispino
Executive Director
Campaign for Mental Health Reform
William Emmet
Director
Cape Cod & Islands Community Mental Health Center
Leslie A.Groves, BSN, RN
Director, Nurses/IPU
Center for Excellence in Psychiatry
Marie Verna
University Behavioral Healthcare
University of Medicine and Dentistry of N.J.
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Dori Hutchinson, Sc.D.
Director of Services
Boston University
Central Massachusetts Area Office/DMH
Ann Scott, MBA
Area Director
Cherokee Health Systems
Parinda Khatri, Ph.D.
Director of Integrated Care
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
E. Clarke Ross, D.P.A.
CEO
Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey
Peggy Swarbrick, Ph.D.
Training Director
COMCARE of Sedgwick County
Marilyn Cook, LSCSW
Executive Director
Community Counseling of Bristol County, Inc.
Elaine Campbell
Director
Community Support and Treatment Services
Brandie Hagaman, MPH
Integrated Health Supervisor
Connecticut Mental Health Center
Selby C. Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H.
Cenk Tek, M.D.
Psychiatrist/Professor of Psychiatry
Constella Group, LLC
Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D.
Director of Mental Health and Substance Use Programs
Copeland Center
Bert Harvey, M.D.
CROSS (Consumer Recovery Outreach Support Systems)
DBSA Lake County, Ohio
Brian Jones
Director of Outreach Ministry
De Sol A Sol
Gilberto Romero
Public Health Advocate
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Sue Bergeson
President
DMH Net Disease Management Initiative
Missouri Coalition of Community Mental Health Centers
Carole Schutz, MS, RN - Program Director
Rachelle Glavin - Administrative Specialist
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Laurie Alexander, Hogg Foundation;
Kathy Muscari, CONTAC (left to right) |
East Carolina University
Carmen V. Russoniello, Ph.D., L.P.C., L.R.T., B.C.I.A.C.
Associate Professor and Director
Psychophysiology Lab and Biofeedback Clinic
Emory University
Benjamin Druss, M.D., M.P.H.
Department of Health Policy Management
Rollins School of Public Health
Family Continuity
Kathleen Englehardt, LICSW
Chief Operating Officer
Foothills Behavioral Health, LLC
Donald G. Rohner
Executive Director
George Washington University Medical Center
Center for Integrated Behavioral Health Policy
Department of Health Policy
Eric Goplerud, Ph.D.
Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network
Sherry Jenkins Tucker, C.P.S.
Executive Director
Health and Education Services Inc.
131 Rantoul St. Beverly Ma. 01915
Paul O'Shea
President
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Laurie Alexander, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin
Program Director
Institute for Community Living, Inc.
Elizabeth N. Cleek, Psy.D.
Vice President
Laurel Hill Center
Mary Alice Brown Johnston, PhD
Executive Director
MA Dept of Mental Health
Mary Ellen Foti, MD
State Medical Director
Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Laura Logue Rood, APRN, BC
Center Director
MCPP Healthcare Consulting
Barbara J Mauer, M.S.W., C.M.C.
Senior Consultant
Mental Health America
David Shern, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Mental Health Association of CT
Philip F. Wyzik MA
President/ CEO
Mental Hygiene Administration
State of Maryland
Clarissa E. Netter
Director, Office of Consumer Affairs
Monadnock Family Services
Ken Jue
CEO
MPOWER
Nicki Glasser
Board Member
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Michael J Fitzpatrick, M.S.W.
Executive Director
NAMI California
Grace McAndrews
Executive Director
National Alliance on Mental Illness of NYC-Metro
Katie Linn
Program Associate
NAMI-New York State
Nora Weinerth, Chair
Wellness Committee
NAMI Urban LA
Lynn J. Goodloe,M.D. ABIHM
President
National Alliance on Mental Illness - Westside LA
Sharon S. Dunas, MFT
President
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
Joe Parks, M.D. Chair
Medical Directors Division
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute
Noel Mazade, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations
Lauren Spiro
National Council on Community Behavioral Healthcare
Linda Rosenberg, M.S.W., C.S.W.
President and CEO
National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse
Susan Rogers
Director of Special Projects
Navos Mental Health Solutions
David Johnson
CEO
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Carlton C. Whitmore
Senior Coordinator, Office of Consumer Affairs
Northern Lakes Community Mental Health
Greg Paffhouse, ACSW, LMSW
Chief Executive Officer
New York Office of Mental Health
John Allen
Director, Office of Consumer Affairs
North East Area Healthy Changes Task Force
Robert A. Karr, M.D.
Department of Mental Health
North East Area Medical Director
Northwest Essex Community Healthcare Network
Anthony Lucibello
Executive Director
Office on Disability
US Department of Health and Human Services
Eileen Elias, M.Ed., Deputy Director
Pathways to Promise
Rev. Bob Dell
Chair, and Acting Executive Director
Pathways to Promise, Ministry & Mental Illness
Pathways Community Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.
Mel Fetter
President/CEO
Pathways to Recovery: A Strengths Recovery Self-Help Workbook
Lori Davidson, LMSW
Project Coordinator, University of Kansas School of Social Welfare
Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Dr. Mary E. Diamond, D.O.,
Chief Psychiatric Officer, Medical Director,
PRO International
Janet Paleo
Project Transition
Kristen Mermagen, M.S.
Director of Wellness
Recovery Innovations, Inc.
Eugene Johnson
President/CEO
Segue, Inc.
Diane Reynolds, COO
Shawnee Mental Health Center, Inc.
Don Thacker
Executive Director
Shining Reflections
Nila McKinley
Associate/Program Director
Silver Spring Drop-In Center at Affiliated Santé Group
Miriam L. Yarmolinsky
Director
Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
Connie C. Revell, M.A.
Deputy Director
Stamp Out Stigma & Heart & Soul, Inc.
Greg Wild
Executive Director of Heart and Soul Inc.
Synthesis, Inc.
Bill Rubin
CEO
Trauma Knowledge Utilization Project
Rhonda Elsey-Jones
Gloria Gonzales
Brian McKinney
Jacki McKinney, M.S.W. - Consumer Consultant
Susan Mockus - Trauma Practioner
The Transformation Center
Monica A. Briggs
CPS Trainer, Project Coordinator
Tewksbury Hospital
Naomi Pinson
Human Rights Officer,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
US Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
Marcie Granahan, C.A.E.
CEO
UMDNJ-University Behavioral HealthCare
Betty Vreeland, MSN, APRN, NP-C, BC
Center for Excellence in Psychiatry
United Self Help
William Bowles
Director
University of Massachussets Medical School Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Marie Hobart
Community Healthlink
University of Pittsburgh
Rohan Ganguli, M.D.
Vice Chair
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburg Medical School
Marcela Horvitz-Lennon, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic
Vinfen Corporation
Brian Melanson
Cambridge, MA
Westborough State Hospital
Joel Skolnick, Chief Operating Officer
PO Box 288 - Lyman Street
Westborough, MA 01581
Individuals
Jonathan Dosick
Consumer Advocate and Activist
Lauren M. Devin
Human Rights Officer
Guardianship Coordinator
Dee Febba
Volunteer teacher of the Family to family Education program for families.
Robert M. Goisman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Stephen A. Jakubowycz
Mental Health Specialist IV
Laura Logue Rood APRN,BC
Lynn Monaco
Member of NAMI Massachusetts
Sally Reyering, M.D., FAPA
Special Assistant to the State Medical Director
Clinical and Professional Services
Department of Mental Health
Karen Sherman
Teacher Health and Wellness at Mass Mental Health Center
Sandra A. Theodor LICSW
Clinical Team Leader
Massachusetts Mental Health Center
VA Boston Jamaica Plain Incentive Therapy Group
William Kenney, Paul Brentlinger, David Sias, Russ McNaught, David Webster
If you would like to sign on, please email Paolo del Vecchio, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, SAMHSA/CMHS at paolo.delvecchio@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Laurie Alexander, Hogg Foundation; Lauren Spiro, National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations; Mike Fitzpatrick, NAMI; Ben Druss, Emory University; Linda Rosenberg, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (left to right)
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