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2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 1 5/26/2017 11:35:06 AM WELCOME

Welcome to our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., and to Mental Health America’s 2017 Annual Conference!

This year’s conference theme—Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll—may have raised a few eyebrows at first. Why did we choose this theme? Why be so public about complicated, personal, often embarrassing issues?

Because fighting in the open has been the mission of MHA since Clifford Beers dared to utter his now famous words: “I must fight in the open.” So, that’s what we’re doing. These issues are real—across all age groups—and are far from black and white. It is time to take mental health, mental illness, and addiction—and all the messy and sometimes uneasy truths that accompany them—out from behind closed doors, and discuss them openly.

So, over the next few days we will have clear, real, and direct conversations about issues that impact many in the mental health and addiction communities every day—sexual trauma and its aftermath, sexual addiction, sex and gender, intimacy issues, and sexual and other side effects of mental illness medication. We will talk about how we can address them effectively to promote hope and recovery. We’ll dive into topics surrounding the opioid epidemic, self-medicating, and addiction. And we will talk about how people are overcoming alcohol and drug dependence and successfully finding pathways to resilience and recovery. We’ll hear from musicians and entertainers about their own personal battles related to mental illnesses and substance use disorders. And we will talk about how music, musicians, artists and entertainers are playing a major role in helping peers and fans along their own paths to recovery.

At this conference and every day, we continue to be guided by the Before Stage 4 (B4Stage4) philosophy--that mental health conditions should be treated long before they reach the most critical points in the disease process. MHA’s work is driven by our commitment to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention for all, early identification and intervention for those at risk, integrated health, behavioral health and other services for those who need them, and recovery as a goal. Thank you for joining us!

Paul Gionfriddo President and CEO

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 2 5/26/2017 11:35:19 AM TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION...... 3 AGENDA AT A GLANCE...... 6 PLENARY SPEAKERS...... 7 BREAKOUT SPEAKERS...... 9 DAY ONE...... 15 DAY TWO...... 21 DAY THREE...... 29 2017 AWARD WINNERS...... 32 INNOVATION NATION...... 35 SPONSORS...... 37 EXHIBITORS...... 38 CLIFFORD BEERS SOCIETY...... 41 HOTEL FLOOR PLAN...... 42

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REGISTRATION DESK Location: Regency Foyer Wall TRIGGER Hours of Operation: Wednesday, June 14: 7:30 am – 7:00 pm WARNING Thursday, June 15: 7:30 am – 7:00 pm Content discussed throughout the Friday, June 16: 7:30 am – 2:00 pm conference may address various sensitive topics including, but not EXHIBIT HALL AND HOURS limited to: suicide, suicidal ideation, Location: Regency/Columbia Foyer sexual assault, drug use, and overdose. Please take some time to determine Hours of Operation: your comfort in participating in sessions Wednesday, June 14: 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Set-up from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm) where these topics and others will be Thursday, June 15: 7:00 am – 7:00 pm addressed. If you require support at Friday, June 16: 7:00 am – 12:00 pm (Breakdown from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm) any time, please see the conference registration desk. PEER SUPPORT RESOURCES Need someone to talk to or guidance on local services? Our trained staff is onsite and here to help you: Patrick Hendry: 703-489-5742 Shavonne Carpenter: 703-946-0529 QUESTIONS? Stop by the Registration Desk along the Regency Foyer Wall and we’ll be happy to help. There is also a Hyatt Concierge located on the lobby level of the hotel. ATTIRE Preferred attire for the conference is generally business casual, with business dress (shirt and tie, suits, dresses, skirts or dress slacks) recommended for the Welcoming Reception and the Clifford W. Beers Awards Dinner on Wednesday, June 14th. Participants are encouraged to bring a sweater or suit jacket to sessions as rooms can get chilly from the air conditioning. MHA BOOK AND MERCHANDISE STORE MHA is excited to feature several books for purchase from past and present speakers and award winners at the MHA Book Store, located in the Columbia Foyer next to the exhibit hall. The store will have extended hours until 9:00 pm on Thursday.

BREAK ROOM Need a break from the content or just want to charge your phone? New moms, need to feed your little one or pump? Visit our Relaxation Room, located in the Design Center on the lobby level, for a few minutes of peace and quiet. CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION The 2017 MHA Annual Conference has been approved by the National Association of Social Workers-Virginia Chapter for 18.75 CE contact hours. MHA Affiliates can also apply for up to 6 additional contact hours for MHA’s Pre-Conference Day. All contact hours are free for conference attendees. To sign up for continuing education, please visit the Registration Desk. Participants will have to obtain confirmation of attendance from MHA staff at sessions in order to receive hours. Please contact your licensing/ accreditation authority to ensure they accept CE hours from our provider. Please return your attendance sheets to the registration desk, as MHA will file the submissions to NASW-VA after the event. Participants will receive a certificate by email 30-45 days after the event.

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MHA is proud to feature apparel and other merchandise, along with a selection of books from this year’s conference speakers and others for purchase. Limited book quantities will be available.

MEET THE AUTHOR HAVE YOUR BOOK SIGNED

5:30 pm Patrick Kennedy will be in the MHA Softstyles store to sign his book, A Common Struggle, which will be available for purchase.

MEET THE ARTIST HAVE YOUR SHIRT SIGNED Classic T-shirt

4:30 - 5:30 pm Derek Hess will be in the MHA store to sign shirts with his “Fight in the Open” design. Shirts will be available for purchase.

OUR AUTHORS ARE ALSO PRESENTERS!

Wesley Davidson 6/15 9:00 am - 10:30 am When A Loved One Comes Out: The Family, Society, and Mental Health Implications 12% AFFILIATE Ashley Miers 6/16 10:30 am – 12:00 pm DISCOUNT Dancing Through the Darkness: The Role of Music in a ON ALL MHA BRANDED Songwriters’ Suicide Survival and Recovery Story MERCHANDISE Dr. Jennifer Weeks Payment Accepted Using: 6/15 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Sex Addiction and Recovery GET THESE ITEMS AND MORE! 4

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DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 Wednesday, June 14 Thursday, June 15 Friday, June 16

Thank you 8:00 am – 10:00 am 7:00 am – 7:00 pm 7:30 am – 2:00 pm MHA Board Meeting Exhibit Hall Registration/Check-In By Invitation Only 7:30 am – 7:00 pm 7:00 am – 12:00 pm 10:00 am – 11:30 am Registration/Check-In Exhibit Hall Open Delegate Assembly for your partnership! Affiliates and Board Only 8:00 am – 9:00 am 7:30 am – 8:00 am Legislator Awards and Breakfast Breakfast 7:30 am – 7:00 pm Registration/Check-In 9:00 am – 10:30 am 8:00 am – 8:30 am Breakout Sessions Morning Plenary: United States 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm Senator Tim Kaine Exhibit Hall 10:45 am – 12:15 pm Breakout Sessions 8:30 am – 10:00 am 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Breakout Sessions Lunch and Opening Session 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Media Awards Luncheon 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Breakout Sessions Breakout Sessions 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Networking Hour/Innovation Nation 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Closing Luncheon A Conversation with Michelle 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Williams Breakout Sessions 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm p BPHOPE.COM Award Presentation to Senator Former Board Reception Bipolar Disorder Chris Murphy By Invitation Only 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Welcome Reception General Reception With Special Screening of Beyond 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Silence, a film produced by Demi Clifford Beers Society Reception Lovato By Invitation Only 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm An Evening with Glennon Clifford Beers Awards Dinner Doyle Melton

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MHA2017-bp_epz-ad.indd 1 5/18/17 1:22 PM 2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 7 5/26/2017 11:35:54 AM PLENARY SPEAKERS Reverend Jennifer Butler is the Robert Gebbia serves as the CEO of the founding Executive Director of Faith in American Foundation for Suicide Public Life and Chair of the White House Prevention (AFSP), the leading suicide Council on Faith and Neighborhood prevention nonprofit organization and Partnerships. Before leading FPL, largest private funder of suicide Jennifer spent ten years working in the research in the United States. Since field of international human rights joining AFSP, he has expanded AFSP’s representing the Presbyterian Church mission to include education and (USA) at the United Nations and is an ordained minister. While advocacy, created the Out of the Darkness Walks to raise mobilizing religious communities to address the AIDS awareness and funds for suicide prevention, developed a pandemic and advocate for women’s rights, she grew nationwide network of 85 chapters and increased AFSP’s passionate about the need to counter religious extremism annual revenue from $700,000 to over $22 million. In 2015, with a strong religious argument for human rights. Out of that Bob announced AFSP’s bold goal to reduce the annual suicide experience she wrote Born Again: The Christian Right rate 20 percent by 2025. He is a founding member of the Globalized, which was published by University of Michigan National Council for Suicide Prevention, serves on the National Press. Her book calls for a progressive religious response to Lifeline Steering Committee, the Executive Committee of the Religious Right efforts to take the culture wars global. Jennifer National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, and the Board served in the Peace Corps from 1989 to 1991 in a Mayan village of Directors of the National Health Council. Prior to joining in Belize, Central America, where she discovered she was at AFSP, Bob had a successful career with the United Way and heart a community organizer. Jennifer and her husband Glenn served as a Public Health Advisor for the City of New York. He together run Iona Conversations, a Christian spiritual holds a Master’s Degree in Sociology from the New School for community in downtown Washington DC. Reverend Butler Social Research, and completed the Harvard Business School’s will be the moderator for the Evening with Glennon Doyle Human Services Management Executive Program and IBM’s Melton on June 15th. Leadership Commitment Program for nonprofit executives.

Glennon Doyle Melton is the #1 New Doreen Gentzler anchors News4 at 6 York Times bestselling author of Love and News4 for the Washington, D.C. Warrior, which was chosen as one of NBC affiliate (NBC4). She also serves as Oprah’s Book Club picks for 2016, as the station’s medical reporter, filing well as the inspiring and hilarious New cutting-edge health reports for all of York Times bestseller, Carry On, Warrior. the station’s newscasts. For more than Glennon is the founder of Momastery, 25 years, Doreen has anchored with Jim an online community where millions of Vance, making them one of the longest- readers meet each week to experience her shameless and tenured anchor teams in the country. She spent several years laugh-out-loud funny essays about faith, freedom, addiction, honing her reporting and anchoring skills in Chattanooga, recovery, motherhood, and serving the marginalized. She is a Charlotte, Cleveland, and finally Philadelphia at WCAU before speaker, activist, and the creator and president of Together joining NBC4 in 1989. Doreen is also the spokesperson for the Rising, a nonprofit organization that has raised seven million station’s health-related community outreach activities such as dollars for families around the world through “Love Flash the annual NBC4 Health and Fitness Expo. Doreen has won Mobs,” which have revolutionized online giving. three local Emmy awards for reporting and anchoring, as well as three other Emmy awards for news writing and reporting United States Senator Al Franken was while in Cleveland. Doreen will be the Emcee at the 2017 born on May 21, 1951, and grew up in Media Awards Luncheon on June 15th. St. Louis Park, Minnesota. In 1973, he graduated from Harvard, where he met Paul Gionfriddo is the President and his wife Franni. They’ve been married CEO of Mental Health America (MHA) for 40 years and have two grown and has worked in a variety of health children, Thomasin and Joe. The couple and mental health related positions has two grandchildren, Joe and Jacob. during a career spanning nearly 40 Before running for the Senate, Senator Franken spent 37 years years. In 2013, he was appointed to a as a comedy writer, author, and radio talk show host and has four-year term on the 12-member taken part in seven USO tours, visiting our troops overseas in National Advisory Council to the Germany, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Uzbekistan--as well as visiting SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services. His policy Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait four times. First elected to the memoir, Losing Tim: How Our Health and Education Systems Senate in 2008 and re-elected in 2014, he currently sits on the Failed My Son with Schizophrenia, was published in 2014. Paul Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the served as President of the Quantum Foundation from 2007 Judiciary Committee, the Energy and Natural Resources until 2010. As Executive Director for the Austin, TX Integrated Committee, and the Committee on Indian Affairs. Care Collaboration and the Palm Beach County Community Health Alliance, Paul worked to improve access to safety net 7

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 8 5/26/2017 11:36:33 AM health and behavioral health care through implementing a Michelle Williams is a Grammy Award variety of federal, state, and local public/private sector winning singer/songwriter, Broadway initiatives. From 1995 until 2001, Paul was Executive Director actress, inspirational speaker, and of the Connecticut Association for Human Services. From 1991 entrepreneur. Since her days of making through 1995, he worked as a Health Policy Consultant, hit after hit as a member of Destiny’s assessing policy issues and current trends in health care. Paul Child, one of the best-selling female was an elected official from 1978 until 1991. As Mayor of groups of all time, and then as a solo Middletown, CT from 1989-1991, he served a municipality artist with four critically acclaimed with 500+ employees and 45,000 citizens. From 1978 until 1990, albums (Heart to Yours, Do You Know, Unexpected, and Journey he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. to Freedom), Michelle has grown professionally and personally. In 2003, Michelle fell in love with the Broadway United States Senator Tim Kaine has stage, after making her debut in the title role of the hit musical helped people throughout his life as a Aida, succeeding Toni Braxton. Next, she appeared in a missionary, civil rights lawyer, teacher production of The Color Purple, playing blues singer Shug and elected official. He is one of 30 Avery in 2007, followed by Chicago on Broadway and London’s people in American history to have West End as chorus girl Roxie Hart in 2009, and then the stage served as a mayor, governor and United play What My Husband Doesn’t Know in 2011 and national tour States senator. Senator Kaine was with the musical Fela! as Sandra Isadore in 2013, and reprised elected to the Senate in 2012 as a can- her Aida role last year at the Muny in St. Louis. Michelle starred do optimist skilled in bringing people together across old lines in Oxygen network’s series Fix My Choir in 2014, as a mentor of party, race or region. In the Senate, he serves on the Armed guiding choirs on their musical careers, and then served as a Services, Budget, Foreign Relations, and Health, Education, guest host on The View and Meredith. Michelle also moderated Labor, and Pensions Committees. He is Ranking Member of the GRAMMY Pro’s Up Close & Personal panel featuring Lalah Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee and the Foreign Hathaway and other music artists. Michelle has also been Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, outspoken about mental health, an issue that has personally and Counterterrorism. He is married to Anne Holton, who affected her—and one in which many in the African American served as Virginia Secretary of Education from 2014 until 2016. community do not like to talk about. Over the last few years, she has been very vocal and candid about her battle with Amy L. Kennedy is currently the depression, which she was able to overcome through her faith Education Director for The Kennedy in God and therapy. Forum, providing consultation services that emphasize evidence-based Reginald “Reggie” Williams is a Senior research and programming to facilitate Vice President at Avalere Health and policy change in the areas of education the Board Chair of Mental Health and mental health. She also sits on the America. At Avalere Health, Reggie Board of Mental Health America. A New leads teams that deliver research, Jersey native, Amy has a lifelong interest in education policy, analytic, and strategic support to practice, and politics. An educator by training, Amy has over 15 clients, with a focus on the needs of life years of experience working in public schools in both New sciences manufacturers and patient Jersey and Pennsylvania, and she utilizes her experiences as a groups. He advises clients on medical technology policy, parent to promote the importance of social and emotional regulatory and market access strategies for new products, and learning in the development of mental wellness for children the evolution of public and private payers’ use of evidence for and adolescents. Her research interests include the early formulating coverage and reimbursement decisions, with a identification and intervention of mental health concerns in focus on the Medicare program. Prior to joining Avalere, children, the use of brain fitness and mindfulness within school Reggie was a member of the health policy team at the National systems in order to foster and improve mental wellness, and Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). He also served as the developing prevention programs that utilize and promote Howard R. Swearer Public Service intern in the Rhode Island student social and emotional learning. Department of Health’s Office of Minority Health. Reggie has an AB in Biomedical Ethics from Brown University. He is a The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy is Patient-Centered Outcomes Research grant reviewer and a the nation’s leading political voice on member of NASI and Health Technology Assessment mental illness, addiction, and other International. brain diseases. While representing Rhode Island in Congress, he fought a national battle to end medical and societal discrimination against these illnesses. Since leaving Congress to devote himself to brain advocacy, he founded The Kennedy Forum, which provides leadership in the mental health community, and co-founded One Mind, a global leader in open science. He co-authored A Common Struggle, which outlines both his personal story and a bold plan for mental health in America. 8

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Nicole Avallone, LCSW is a clinical social worker, trainer Suzi Craig is the Senior Director of Advocacy and Development and educator with nearly 20 years of direct practice and at Mental Health Connecticut. Prior to joining MHC, Suzi was a management experience in LGBTQ and youth settings. Her strategic consultant at Connecticut Public Broadcasting and most recent roles include serving as Director of Youth Services, Director of Marketing for the brand strategy firm Fathom. and later Deputy Director of Programs and Policy, at the NYC LGBT Community Center. Heidi Dalzell, PsyD, CEDS is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist. Heidi brings 20 years Soliana Berhane speaks about the impact that a person’s of clinical experience to her role as co-director of Bucks LGBTQ cultural beliefs have on people when they’re addressing Center and Bucks Eating Disorders Collaborative in Newtown, mental health needs. In her teens, she started to experience PA. Heidi is passionate about promoting healthy body image, mental health problems, and while attending college, she sexuality, and self-acceptance in LGBTQ youth, especially those started to have suicidal thoughts. Today, she shares her story in the formative process of identifying sexual and/or gender so that others, especially people from minority communities, identities. can overcome stigma and other barriers that prevent them from seeking the help that they need. Wesley C. Davidson is a journalist who spent years writing health and parenting articles for national and regional David Bond, LCSW is a Board-Certified Expert in Traumatic publications. She now concentrates her research and writing Stress and the Vice President of Programs at The Trevor Project, about parenting LGBTQ children. Her first book, co-authored the leading national organization providing suicide prevention with gay psychiatrist Jonathan L. Tobkes, MD, is entitled When and crisis intervention services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Your Child Is Gay: What You Need To Know. Transgender, and Questioning youth. David oversees Trevor’s 24-hour Lifeline, Digital Crisis Chat, and Crisis Text programs. Gerald (Jud) DeLoss represents clients across the health care He also oversees Trevor’s Education Department, Peer Support spectrum. He assists behavioral health care providers, health Programs, and Research Initiatives. information technology vendors, federally qualified health centers, hospitals, and research organizations, as well as Olivia Boyce is the marketing and communications manager industry trade and professional associations. at InSight Telepsychiatry. Olivia has been a key leader in the planning, implementation and promotion of the Montana Dazon Dixon Diallo, DHL, MPH is a recognized visionary MHA Telemental Health Program, working closely with MHA and advocate in the struggle for women’s human rights and Montana. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Public reproductive justice, and the fight against HIV/AIDS, on behalf Health where she has done several research projects on the of communities of women living with HIV and those at risk for mental health crisis in Montana. Olivia has worked in the HIV and STIs. Dazon is Founder and President of SisterLove, telehealth industry for over five years and is a strong believer Inc., established in 1989, the first women’s HIV/AIDS and RJ in the power of telehealth to transform access to care. organization in the southeastern United States.

David Brouitt is the Creative Director at Toronto’s emerging Elizabeth Elliott, LSCW completed her MSW and embarked advertising agency dedicated to nonprofit and cause on a varied career that included working with homeless marketing. With 20 years of advertising and marketing youth, sex worker support, and psychiatric/substance abuse experience, David is a senior strategist who knows how to ER triage. These days she drudges away by day at an insurance create messaging that connects and engages. company, and by night she enjoys a thriving private practice in Logan Square in Chicago. Thomas Camilleri, MSW obtained his Masters of Social Work with a specialization in school social work and substance abuse. Felicia Felock, MA works at Planned Parenthood Mar Monte He has been a musician for ten years and has experience with as a Behavioral Health Clinician. In her role, Felicia approaches suicide prevention and substance abuse counseling within the therapeutic relationships from a client-centered orientation musical community, as well as with children. and utilizes cognitive-behavioral and strengths-based approaches to highlight and enhance the individual’s positive Guyton Colantuono has spent the last 20 years holding a skill sets. Felicia has focused on the importance of a holistic variety of positions within the mental health field including approach to care as she integrates behavioral health into a homeless outreach worker, program coordinator for a multi-disciplinary team setting. homeless assistance program, and executive manager. His areas of expertise are in homeless shelters, transitional age Beverley Francis-Gibson serves as the Executive Director youth, and employment services. Guyton has developed of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Howard and delivered curricula to a wide variety of conferences, County. Beverley has more than 25 years of experience working community colleges, universities, and social service agencies. with nonprofits and community foundations. Additionally, she is Co-Chair of the Behavioral Health Work Group of the Local Health Improvement Coalition and served on the Behavioral 9

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 10 5/26/2017 11:36:58 AM Health Task Force and on the County Executive’s Transition Jeanine Hoff is the leader and founder of Where is the Team on Health and Social Services. Sunshine?, a Northeast Florida-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to positive early intervention and Mark Fuller, MD, FACP is the CEO of Value Behavioral Health peer support for mental health. Jeanine is a member of MHA‘s of Pennsylvania (VBH), a Beacon Health Options company. nationwide Peer Specialist Accreditation Certification team, VBH is a managed Medicaid program serving over 300,000 a member of the Peer Support Coalition of Florida, and is people in Western Pennsylvania under the Commonwealth’s certified in Mental Health First Aid. HealthChoices Program. Mark is the author of over 30 scientific articles, book chapters, and monographs, and he has made Jennifer Hunt is the author of the memoir, SMOKE RINGS numerous presentations and lectures throughout the country. RISING: The Triumph of a Drug-Endangered Child. Jennifer lives in Oroville, CA, where she has been employed as a Emma Gilchrist, MPH is the Deputy Director of the Eugene S. court reporter for 22 years. She is a member of the National Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center at the University of Colorado Association of Drug Court Professionals and Facing Addiction, School of Medicine. She works to improve health through pol- Inc. icies that advance behavioral health integration, prevention and health promotion, workforce development, and payment Lou Lang, Illinois House Deputy Majority Leader, was elect- reform. ed to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1998, and has established himself as one of the legislature’s most effective Mishawn Glover, M.Ed is a consultant, facilitator, and advo- leaders. Representing the 16th House District, Lou has fought cate who is passionate about eliminating stigma and bringing for economic development, working families, civil rights, and awareness to issues of sexual and domestic violence and men- health care and Medicaid reform. Lou has been Deputy Major- tal health. Mishawn works for the Virginia Sexual and Domestic ity Leader since 2009. Violence Action Alliance as a Hotline Crisis Services Specialist and holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling from Virginia State Amelia Lehto is a thought leader with experience at the inter- University. section of social media and suicide prevention. She specializes in suicide prevention and postvention on the local, state, Jeremy Goldbach, PhD, LMSW is an Assistant Professor at and national levels through training, advocacy, and innovative the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. His technology. She is Vice President for local nonprofit Six Feet work at UT-Austin was funded through the SAMHSA’s Center Over, Crisis Centers Division Chair for the American Associa- for Substance Abuse Prevention, specializing in prevention tion of Suicidology, and works full time for a local Crisis Center. science. His research is broadly focused on the relationship between social stigma, stress, and mental health among Ellie Jarvie, MSW, LCSW is the Consumer Affairs Coordinator minority populations. for the State of Wisconsin Division of Care and Treatment Ser- vices. Ellie has also worked as a staff member and supervisor at Emily Grossman, MA, CPRP is an Organizational Development a variety of community programs serving adults and youth in Specialist at the Martha K. Selig Educational Institute at both nonprofit and public mental health systems. The Jewish Board. She provides training to mental health professionals such as psychiatrists and social workers. She also Mark Jennings, BA, MDIV, MSW is a licensed social worker has her own private life coaching practice and blogs frequently and Director of Housing for Community Access, Inc. in New on mental health recovery. York City. Mark is most passionate about the development and implementation of creative engagement strategies that bridge Molly Hall, LCPC is a licensed clinical professional counselor. the tension between funding requirements and program Molly currently owns and runs her own private practice in the participant needs and varied learning styles. Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, focusing on trauma, maladaptive by-products of trauma, and healing. Molly has Christina Keelan has her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a direct and care-frontational approach to her work and she worked with at-risk youth in Santa Clara County as a residential believes that talking about things directly and openly is the counselor and mentor. She volunteers as a mental health key to healing, real education, and societal growth. advocate for OSMI: Open Sourcing Mental Illness, a nonprofit that is working towards changing the stigma and conversation Kate Hardy is the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Six Feet around mental illness in the tech community. Over based out of Detroit, created to serve the survivors of suicide loss in her community. Six Feet Over, and its program Lisa Kugler, PsyD is a licensed psychologist who has been active Suck It! Suicide, are focused on helping survivors, with a special in the field of substance abuse and mental health services interest in the non-mainstream communities of the music, art, providing direct care, executing administrative duties, and and youth demographics. conducting research for over 20 years. Currently, Lisa serves as the CEO of Beacon Health Options (BHO) Maryland. Prior to Patrick Hendry is the Vice President of Peer Advocacy, her current position with BHO, Lisa was the Vice President of Supports, and Services for Mental Health America and has Clinical Services for Value Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania worked as a mental health advocate for the past 26 years. His (VBH-PA). areas of expertise include peer-provided services, self-directed care, recovery-based trainings, organizational development, Karen Lane, MA, CPS is an Advocacy Specialist with Disability and management and sustainability. Rights Wisconsin and a Certified Peer Specialist with over 20 years of experience as an advocate and as an individual with 10

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 11 5/26/2017 11:36:58 AM lived experience. Karen has brought awareness to the issue Heather O’Donnell is the Vice President of Public Policy and of the high rates of sexual violence experienced by people Advocacy at Thresholds, an Illinois-based community mental living with serious mental illness through the Violence Against health provider that serves over 15,000 individuals living with Women Accessibility Project at Disability Rights Wisconsin. significant mental health conditions. Heather leads Thresholds’ public policy and legislative efforts and spearheads an Caroline Laurin is lead media trainer and crisis communicator advocacy coalition of over 150 mental health and substance at Reingold, Inc. While at the Washington Metropolitan Area use providers across Illinois. Transit Authority, she conceived, developed, and implemented a sexual assault and harassment prevention campaign that Amy Oestreicher is a PTSD peer-to-peer specialist, artist, earned accolades from sexual assault prevention advocacy author of My Beautiful Detour, Huffington Post contributor, groups. TEDx (amyoes.com/tedx) and RAINN speaker, award-winning health advocate, actress, and playwright. She’s currently Mark Mahoney is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, touring her mental health/sexual assault awareness programs where he studied within the departments of music and and #LoveMyDetour movement to colleges nationwide. cultural studies. His research focuses on the historical and contemporary roles of music criticism within broader Andrew Parrish attended Columbia College in Chicago where conversations about culture, collective politics, and individual he majored in film and video production. In his early adult agency. years, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. His passion for helping others lead to him become a Certified Peer Support Kate Mahoney, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker with Specialist, inspiring people to live beyond the limits associated more than 30 years of experience treating substance use with a mental health diagnosis. disorders. Kate serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence and is Joseph Penola is the Founder and Executive Director of The president of the Illinois Association for Medication Assisted You Rock Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to Addiction Treatment. spreading awareness about mental health by using interviews with popular musicians as catalysts for conversation. You Shelley Mayer founded Ramp Communications in 2012 with Rock’s video interviews with popular musicians have given a focused purpose: to create a vibrant social profit sector music fans the same kind of inspiration that was instrumental capable of solving our generation’s most urgent challenges. to Joseph’s healing. She established the agency as a sought-after resource, and the Project6_Layout 1 5/9/17 12:31 PM Page 1 Canadian Mental Health Association is now a showcase client Kayti Protos, MSW, LCSW is the Assistant Director and Clinical among others in the mental health sector. Coordinator of the Bucks LGBTQ Center. She has a growing private practice. She brings over 10 years of clinical experience Ashley Miers is a singer/songwriter whose struggles with to her clinical work, specializing at the intersection of eating bipolar/borderline symptoms have profoundly influenced her disorder, addiction, trauma, and LGBTQ+ identities. life. Today Ashley is dedicated to sharing her music and her story to inspire, inform, and to be a guiding light for others Jeff Shair is a consultant for the Philadelphia Department who may be struggling with similar issues. of Behavior Health and Intellectual Disability Services and an active member of the Mental Health Association of Angele Moss-Baker, MA is a licensed behavioral health Southeastern Pennsylvania. He speaks at different universities professional with over 25 years of experience providing about his life with schizophrenia, however the medication mental health and substance abuse treatment services to that allowed Jeff to regain his life also left him with tardive youth and adults. Angele is dedicated to increasing the clinical dyskinesia. He is passionate about raising awareness of competency of behavioral health professionals. She provides this condition and decreasing the stigma associated with cross-training to behavioral health professionals to increase movement disorders like tardive dyskinesia. effectiveness of integrated treatment practices. Tonmoy Sharma, M.B.B.S., M.Sc. is the Founder and Chief Jessica Nagel, BS, MA, LAC, CASAC has worked with Executive Officer of Sovereign Health and has a cumulative Community Access, Inc., a rights-based mental health and 30 years of experience as a researcher, neuroscientist, supportive housing agency in NYC, for more than five years. psychiatrist, lecturer, author, and health care executive, with In her current role as Harm Reduction Capacity Developer, she a unique insight into the care and management of patients works to teach and expand Harm Reduction approaches to with behavioral health and substance use disorders. His promote health and positive change. background as a psychiatrist gives him unique insight into the care of behavioral health patients and the management Malkia Newman is a member of Community Network Services’ of mental health facilities in the U.S., Europe, and India. He is Anti-Stigma Program and is an award-winning, motivational currently on the Board of Directors of NAMI Orange County. speaker, educator, advocate, and minister, who delivers a high-energy message that hope and recovery is possible. Brandon Staglin is the Director of Marketing and Communica- Malkia communicates in her own unique way, which includes tions for Staglin Family Vineyard and One Mind Institute, and poetry and song at workshops and seminars on mental health Board Director for One Mind and One Mind Institute. Brandon’s issues to public and private organizations, schools, colleges, recovery from schizophrenia makes him happy every day he universities, and faith-based audiences. can contribute to the health of others. An amateur guitarist for over 10 years, he hopes to share his story through music. 11

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 12 5/26/2017 11:36:59 AM Lenese Stephens, MA, NCC, LCPC is a licensed professional Counselor, and has a Ph.D. in Psychology. counselor in the state of Maryland. Much of Lenese’s clinical work focuses on assisting with deepening the level of Loretta K. Wilson, MSN, RN provides individual and group communication within interpersonal relationships leading to psychotherapy and medication management as a Psychiatric intimate relationships or marriages and supporting individuals Nurse Practitioner in the Ketamine Clinic at Kaiser Permanente (and couples) with identifying mental illness within their in San Francisco. She provides psychiatric services in relationships and fostering ways to address and adjust to the collaboration with the Oncology and Palliative services. behavioral changes. Vanessa Wilson, JD is a strategist, speaker, writer, and educator, Nick Szubiak, MSW, LCSW brings more than 15 years of and serves as the Senior Pastor of Magnolia Road United experience in direct service, administration, and clinical Methodist Church. She is a Mental Health First Aid Instructor supervision. As Integration Consultant, he provides technical and has served as a Human Resources Executive in higher assistance, consultation, and training toward integration of education and behavioral health organizations. behavioral health and primary care, SBIRT, and substance use treatment such as medication assisted treatment (MAT), and Kimberly Zapata is the creator of Sunshine Spoils Milk, a helps organizations utilize data to improve clinical outcomes. blog dedicated to motherhood and mental health. Kimberly was featured in the May 2016 “Stop the Stigma” issue of Mason Turner, MD is the Chief of the Department of Psychiatry Women’s Health, and she was a speaker at MHA’s 2016 Annual at Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco Medical Center and Conference: Media, Messaging, & Mental Health. the Assistant Director for Outpatient Services for Regional Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Services for Kaiser Permanente, Northern California. He specializes in addiction medicine and treatment of personality disorders.

Jennifer Weeks, PhD, LPC, CAADC, CSAT-S is the founder and director of Sexual Addiction Treatment Services, an outpatient treatment program for out-of-control sexual behavior. She is a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist-Supervisor, Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor, a Licensed Professional Project6_Layout 1 5/9/17 12:31 PM Page 1

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Exhibit Hall Open 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm Regency/Columbia Foyer

Exhibit Hall Set-Up: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

MHA National Board Meeting 8:00 am – 10:00 am Concord

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MHA National Delegate Assembly 10:00 am – 11:30 am Capitol Room A/B

MHA Affiliates and National Board Members Only

Lunch and Opening Session 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Regency Ballroom

MHA Board Chair Reggie Williams will open the conference. President and CEO Paul Gionfriddo will welcome conference attendees and lay out MHA’s vision for our nation’s mental health and the framework for this year’s conference. United States Senator Al Franken will speak about his work on mental health and substance use issues in the Senate. Mr. Gionfriddo will then hold a conversation with former United States Representative Patrick Kennedy and his wife Amy Kennedy, Education Director for the Kennedy Forum, on mental health, substance use, and what they are doing to improve intervention, treatment, and recovery.

Speakers: Reggie Williams, MHA Board Chair, Paul Gionfriddo, MHA president and CEO, United States Senator Al Franken, Patrick Kennedy, Amy Kennedy

BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm The Connection Between Sexual Trauma & Mental Illness Capitol A

This workshop is designed to enhance the services delivered, skills, and resources of mental health providers to better serve survivors through the healing process of sexual trauma. The facilitators will discuss ways that participants can provide quality trauma-informed, client-centered services that stimulate holistic growth in survivors. Participants will discuss, explore, and consider the impact of trauma on survivors and its connections with mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression. Participants will learn a variety of trauma-informed interventions, techniques, and psycho-educational activities to implement with clients who have been sexually abused and are currently in treatment. Attendees will walk away with skills to add to transform their responses as well as develop strategies to enhance their services and environments to be more accessible to survivors.

Speaker: Mishawn Glover, Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. Moderator: Nathaniel Counts, MHA 15

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This workshop will discuss successful state-level legislation and administrative efforts that are addressing the opioid crisis, and what these successes mean on the ground for people and families struggling with significant substance use and mental health conditions. The participants will discuss the vision of behavioral health system transformation funded through a Medicaid waiver, the impact of Congressional legislation, and the critical importance of advocacy and legislative engagement by people and families impacted by these conditions.

Speakers: Rep. Lou Lang, Illinois House Deputy Majority Leader; Jud DeLoss, Greensfelder Law; Heather O’Donnell, Thresholds. Moderator: Debbie Plotnick, Mental Health America Cannabis: Facts, Myths, and Mental Health Congressional C/D

In recent years, marijuana has gained considerable public and legislative acceptance as an effective treatment for many health complaints, including PTSD. As societal acceptance of marijuana use has gained ground, mental health consumers also increasingly access marijuana to manage symptoms of anxiety and mood disorders. This presentation will share case studies of those who use medical marijuana for mental health conditions (such as depression, anxiety, bipolar, PTSD, and eating disorders). Presenters will provide scientific research to support the health benefits of cannabis, as well as the history of marijuana.

Speakers: Christina Keelan, Open Sourcing Mental Illness; Elizabeth Elliott, LSCW, Create Counseling Center; Molly Hall, LCPC. Moderator: Caren Howard, Mental Health America Blue Monk – The Reception History of a Jazz Giant Yellowstone/Everglades

Pianist Thelonious Monk is widely regarded as among the most innovative musicians of the 20th century. He accomplished all this in the face of tremendous personal and societal adversity. This session will discuss his image as the “Mad Monk,” an eccentric artist whose genius derived from his unwillingness or inability to compromise his individuality. Panelists will discuss the stigma of mental illness, which was compounded by the stigmas and discrimination Thelonious faced as a black man. This presentation will examine the general trends and contradictions found within contemporaneous press accounts of Thelonious’ music and life, offering a new lens through which to examine larger questions about the intersection between mental health, music, and creativity broadly conceived.

Speakers: Mark Mahoney, University of Minnesota; Kate Mahoney, Naomi Ruth Cohen Institute for Mental Health Education. Moderator: Sachin Doshi, Mental Health America

Many Voices of Recovery: A Multimedia Experience Concord

Time and time again science and history has shown that individuals diagnosed with mental health and/or substance use disorders are some of the most talented people on the planet. Out of pain and struggle they have produced works of art that speak to the heart and soul of all who are privileged to experience it firsthand. This session will showcase the many unique ways that recovery can be presented. Using a mixed-media production that features poetry, song, and video, the instructors will also highlight the many famous people who use their talents to champion their recovery journey.

Speakers: Malkia Newman, Soliana Berhane, and Andrew Parrish, Community Network Services. Moderator: Valerie Sterns, Mental Health America

Plenary: A Conversation with Michelle Williams 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Regency Ballroom

Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter, Broadway actress, inspirational speaker, and entrepreneur Michelle Williams will share her personal journey through depression. Michelle has been outspoken about mental health, an issue that has personally affected her—and one in which many in the African American community do not like to talk about. Over the last few years, she has been very vocal and candid about her battle with depression, which she was able to overcome through her faith in God and therapy.

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*The other Legislator Award recipients will accept their awards during the Legislative Awards Breakfast on Thursday, June 15 at 8 a.m. For more information on the Legislator Awards, please see page 34.

Speakers: Paul Gionfriddo, U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy

Welcome Reception 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Thornton A/B/C, 11th Floor

Network with attendees, sponsors, and exhibitors while having some light refreshments.

Clifford Beers Society Reception 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Thornton Lounge, 11th Floor

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Clifford Beers Awards Dinner 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Regency Ballroom

At this Awards Dinner, MHA will grant its highest honor, the Clifford W. Beers Award, presented annually to a person with lived experience who best embodies the spirit of MHA’s founder. This year, the Beers Award will be presented to Brandon Staglin. MHA will also present its mPower Award for teens or young adults to Nadia Ghaffari, and the George Goodman and Ruth P. Brudney Social Work Award to Kate Mahoney. Robert Gebbia, CEO of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, will also speak.

The evening program will open with a performance by Maya Kuper & Paul McComas of the Dayna Clay Band with excerpts from their original alt-rock stage musical UNPLUGGED: A Survivor’s Story in Scenes & Songs. The show tells the story of Dayna Clay, a 27-year-old rock star struggling with clinical depression, suicidal ideation, and post-traumatic stress in the wake of childhood sexual abuse.

See page 32 for more information about this evening’s award recipients.

Speakers and Awardees: Reggie Williams, Paul Gionfriddo, Bob Gebbia, AFSP, Brandon Staglin, Nadia Ghaffari, Kate Mahoney

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Exhibit Hall Open 7:00 am – 7:00 pm Regency/Columbia Foyer

2017 Legislator Awards Breakfast 8:00 am – 9:00 am Regency Ballroom

The MHA Legislator Award honors one or more current or former local, state, or federal legislators who have shown leadership in improving the lives of people with mental health and addiction disorders, and for dedication in preserving and improving services and supports for individuals with behavioral health conditions. MHA’s 2017 Legislator Award goes to United States Senator William Cassidy, United States Senator Christopher Murphy, United States Representative Timothy Murphy, and United States Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson.

Speakers and Awardees: Paul Gionfriddo, Senator William Cassidy, Rep. Timothy Murphy, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

BREAKOUT SESSIONS 9:00 am – 10:30 am

Sexual Assault on Campus: A Public Relations Analysis Capitol A

This crisis communications tutorial will teach attendees how sexual violence becomes a public relations nightmare for college campuses. The presentation will use case studies to demonstrate where each institution failed in their public response, using the five tenets of crisis communications. Participants will also learn media fundamentals to provide them with the skills needed to provide expert media interviews.

Speakers: Caroline Laurin, Reingold, Inc. Moderator: Caitlin Ensley, MHA of Eastern Tennessee Intimate Relationships and Mental Illness Capitol B

This presentation will focus on the current dynamics occurring within intimate relationships involving individuals who are suffering from mental illness. Attendees will learn to identify signs and symptoms of mental illness within intimate relationships. They will learn how to recognize key interpersonal relationship skills and understand their significance when being intimate with individuals dealing with a mental illness, allowing for a deeper trusting relationship based on communication and trust, and not just physical attraction.

Speakers: Lenese Stephens, MA, NCC, LCPC, My Sister’s Place; Beverley Francis-Gibson, NAMI Howard County. Moderator: Mike Thornsbury, MHA Board of Directors When A Loved One Comes Out: The Family, Society, and Mental Health Implications Congressional C/D

This presentation will discuss the impact of society’s treatment of the LGBTQ population has on their mental state, and the internal family dynamics when a loved one comes out. Bullying, family rejection, and discrimination in housing and jobs can all contribute to greater incidences of depression, truancy, low self-esteem, substance use, and self-harm amongst LGBTQ individuals. Attendees will learn about the unique mental health challenges some within the LGBTQ population face, compared to the broader population; about how family members can work to lessen mental health repercussions; and how family, friends, 21

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 22 5/26/2017 11:37:14 AM and the general population can work to help reduce such issues and work towards the greater acceptance of the LGBTQ population.

Speakers: Wesley Davidson, mental health advocate; Nicole Avallone, LCSW, NYC Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center. Moderator: Jessica Kennedy, Mental Health America Harm Reduction 101 Yellowstone/Everglades

Harm reduction is a pragmatic, evidence-based approach that fills the gap between active sex and drug use and abstinence, ensuring that those who engage in “risky” activities and are either not ready to change, or not actively seeking abstinence, are included in opportunities to promote their health and well-being. This workshop provides an overview of the Harm Reduction philosophy, principles, and values and illustrates multiple harm reduction options individuals can use to increase health and wellness within multiple stages of change, when other approaches do not meet their needs.

Speakers: Mark Jennings, BA, MDIV, MSW and Jessica Nagel, BS, MA, LAC, CASAC, Community Access, Inc.; Guyton Colantuono, Project Return Peer Support Network. Moderator: Tom Starling, MHA of Middle Tennessee Smashing Stigma: How Canadian Musicians and Artists are Altering the Conversation Concord

In this interactive and inspirational session, you’ll learn how internationally respected Canadian awareness campaigns, like Bell’s Let’s Talk and CMHA’s GET LOUD, have successfully worked with musicians and other celebrities to not just shift perceptions, but alter the conversation around mental wellness for an entire country. Attendees will be exposed to examples of successful stigma reducing campaigns from leading marketing professionals. The session will focus on how musicians and other famous Canadian personalities have successfully altered perceptions around stigma.

Speakers: Shelley Mayer and David Brouitt, Ramp Communications. Moderator: Danielle Fritze, Mental Health America

BREAKOUT SESSIONS 10:45 am – 12:15 pm

Innovation in Suicide Prevention Research and Practice with LGBTQ Youth Capitol A

Sexual and gender minorities were recently designated as an NIH research health disparity population. Given the sensitive nature of research with LGBTQ communities, especially youth, a strong research and practice partnership is necessary. Over the last decade, the partnership between the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Columbia University has resulted in benchmark findings on the effectiveness of crisis intervention for a general population of adults. Their research does not, however, ask the sexual orientation or gender identity of callers, nor does it include participants under 18 years of age. In 2015, The Trevor Project, the leading national suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ youth and young adults under 25, began its partnership with USC researchers to seek to fill this void in knowledge. This session will present the findings of this research, a multi-year study in which a diverse set of youth (12-24 years old) reported on their experiences with crisis services, suicidality, mental health characteristics, lifetime experiences of LGBTQ-related stress, and sources of resilience.

Speakers: David Bond, LCSW, The Trevor Project; Jeremy Goldbach, PhD, LMSW, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Moderator: John Boyd, MHA Board of Directors

Hooking Up with Family Planning Yellowstone/Everglades

Centering care at the intersections of mental health and sexual and reproductive health is important to support younger women achieve their health and wellness goals. Women are more than twice as likely as men to have depression and anxiety, and frequently experience onset in their younger years. This session will highlight community-based partnerships and strategies to integrate mental health diagnosis and treatment with reproductive health. Speakers will present relevant data, describe programmatic options for meeting younger women’s mental and sexual/reproductive needs, and relate policy priorities for integration at a key moment of health system transformation. An interactive component will engage audience members to share experiences and increase understanding of needs and solutions.

Speakers: Felicia Felock, MA, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte; Dazon Dixon Diallo, DHL, MPH, SisterLove, Inc.; Emma Gilchrist, MPH, University of Colorado School of Medicine. Moderator: Theresa Nguyen, Mental Health America

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The anesthetic drug ketamine has been investigated for its anti-depressant effects in people suffering from treatment-resistant depression since the 1990s. Although the mechanism of action remains uncertain, ketamine is thought to act on the glutamate neurotransmitter system to ultimately initiate positive structural brain changes that outlast the metabolism of the drug. This session will provide a review of the results of the two-year ketamine program at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health care organization. Additionally, participants will learn about the specialized role of psychotherapy for patients receiving the treatment, as clinical experience indicates an enhancement of learning and application of psychotherapeutic principles during and after ketamine therapy. Finally, a person who has received the treatment will share her experiences with ketamine and how the treatment has influenced the course of her chronic depression and positively affected her life.

Speakers: Dr. Mason Turner, Loretta Wilson, MSN, RN, and Anne McNealis, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco Medical Center. Moderator: Ben Harrington, MHA of East Tennessee

Song of Compassion: Supporting Musicians and Access to Care Congressional C/D

Musicians and those around them are a unique population who oftentimes use their feelings and emotions to create art and to express those feelings on stage. Yet many hesitate to seek help when they are troubled—be it because of stigma, financial resources, or access to care. This session will discuss how suicide has stolen the lives of many musicians, artists, and non- mainstream individuals, while mainstream suicide prevention initiatives have yet to seriously address this subset of people. Session attendees will learn how growth in mental health awareness, education and prevention can be achieved when factoring in the unique attributes of specific populations like professional musicians. Presenters will share personal narratives of lived experience of suicide loss, and about how musicians’ communities are not only negatively impacted by loss and mental illness, but how positive change can grow from supportive systems put in place.

Speakers: Kate Hardy, Amelia Lehto, and Thomas Camilleri, Six Feet Over. Moderator: Joseph Penola, You Rock Foundation

Rocking It on the Local Level: MHA Affiliate Programs Concord

MHA has over 200 affiliates around the country that provide mental health advocacy, education, and services to states, counties, or metropolitan areas. MHA affiliates bring together mental health consumers, parents, advocates and service providers for collaboration and action to inform, support and enable mental wellness, and emphasize recovery from mental illness. This session will highlight some unique and successful affiliate programs designed to make an impact on the local level. Hear from Connecticut, Montana, and Texas as they discuss replicable programs that have worked to address mental health and substance use crises around the country.

Speakers: Olivia Boyce, InSight Telepsychiatry; Suzi Craig, Mental Health Connecticut; Jennifer Spiegler, Kognito. Moderator: Valerie Sterns, Mental Health America

Media Awards Luncheon 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Regency Ballroom

Emceed by 2015 Media Award recipient NBC4 Washington’s Doreen Gentzler, the Media Awards Luncheon will highlight and honor MHA’s 2017 Media Award recipients. MHA will present the 2017 Media Awards to: Ben Selkow, David Solomon, Gemma Correll, Jaclyn Cosgrove, and the show One Day at a Time, produced by Netflix. Please see page 33 for more details about the award winners.

Speakers: Paul Gionfriddo, Doreen Gentzler, Gemma Correll, Jaclyn Cosgrove, Ben Selkow, David Solomon, Brent Miller

Networking Hour and Innovation Nation 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Regency/Columbia Foyer

Learn what makes MHA affiliates leading innovators and view presentations of several of their programs in the Exhibit Hall. Learn more about the 2017 Innovation in Programming Award winner MHA-NYC on page 32, and see a full list of participating programs on page 35. 23

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In this session you will hear from an expert on the issues of sex addiction and recovery. The instructor will cover topics including: the psychological deficits underlying sexual addiction, how the personal beliefs of the clinician about sex and sexuality influence diagnosing sexual problems, why non-traditional sexual behavior is not always a problem, and how to help clients assess their own goals for long-term sexual health. Case examples will be provided to help aid understanding of the issue, including how a clinician can treat compulsive sexual behavior even when the environment that surrounds them is triggering.

Speaker: Jennifer Weeks, PhD, LPC, CAADC, CSAT-S, Sexual Addiction Treatment Services. Moderator: Sachin Doshi, Mental Health America

Mental Illness Within the Family Capitol B

In this session, presenters will address substance use and mental illness specifically as it pertained, and continues to pertain, to them and their immediate family members. Presenters will explore the ways alcoholism and addiction really affect “the family,” the other illnesses which often occur in tandem with addiction (depression, anxiety, PTSD, and eating disorders) and discuss the ways loved ones can help both themselves and family members. Participants in this workshop will hear personal stories that underscore the importance of bridging the gap between mental illness and substance use to save families, and save generations.

Speakers: Kimberly Zapata, Sunshine Spoils Milk and Jennifer Hunt, author and mental health advocate. Moderator: Danielle Fritze, Mental Health America Slaying the Hydra: Concurrent Drug and Mental Disorders Concord

Approximately 8.9 million people in the United States have a so-called “dual diagnosis;” that is, a mental health condition coupled with an addiction disorder. Although a causal relationship between drug use and mental illness cannot always be established, research has shown us that using drugs can trigger symptoms of mental illness. This session will help raise awareness about the prevalence of, and fallout from, a dual-diagnosis of mental health and drug use disorders. Attendees will learn about the issue, and how to identify and treat individuals with co-occurring drug use and mental diseases.

Speaker: Tonmoy Sharma, M.B.B.S., M.Sc., Sovereign Health. Moderator: Luis Perez, Mental Health Connecticut Music, the Arts, and Welcoming Faith Based Communities Congressional C/D

This workshop will explore the ways that faith-based communities can use music, dance, and other art forms to create a welcoming and healing community for people who are experiencing or have experienced trauma, toxic stress, or other mental or emotional health concerns. The workshop will provide an overview of how music, dance, and other art forms have been used historically, examine the use of music and the arts in the African-American Church as a healing modality, and provide application strategies that can be used in diverse church settings.

Speaker: Reverend Vanessa Wilson, JD, Magnolia Road United Methodist Church. Moderator: Caren Howard, Mental Health America

Power of Songwriting Yellowstone/Everglades

Mental illness may make us feel as though we’ve lost our voice, our innate ability to trust ourselves, to express ourselves, and make decisions. Through songwriting, many believe we can literally reclaim our voice, and reshape our identity as we place our thoughts, feelings and sensations into a structured musical form. This session will discuss songwriting tools that can help mold your own experience into music and rhyme. Participants will understand the psychological benefits of songwriting and its impact on the left and right sides of the brain. Attendees will also be able to combine their own life experience with the practical songwriting tools to create a structure for their own original song.

Speaker: Amy Oestreicher, mental health advocate. Moderator: Kelly Davis, Mental Health America

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An Evening with Glennon Doyle Melton 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Regency Ballroom THE POWER OF CLARITY Hear the story of Glennon Doyle Melton, the author of two New York Times bestselling memoirs: Carry On, Warrior and Love Warrior. Glennon is the founder of Momastery, an online community where millions of readers meet each week to experience her shameless and laugh-out-loud funny essays about faith, freedom, addiction, recovery, motherhood, and serving the marginalized. She is a speaker, activist, and the creator and president of Together Rising, a nonprofit organization that has raised Providing a population health strategy for the integration million dollars for families around the world through “Love Flash Mobs,” which have revolutionized online giving. of mental health and addiction treatment services. Speaker: Glennon Doyle Melton Moderator: Reverend Jennifer Butler, Faith in Public Life

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Exhibit Hall 7:00 am – 12:00 pm Regency/Columbia Foyer

Exhibit Hall Breakdown: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Breakfast 7:30 am – 8:00 am Regency Foyer

Morning Plenary: United States Senator Tim Kaine 8:00 am – 8:30 am Regency Ballroom

BREAKOUT SESSIONS 8:30 am – 10:00 am Exploitation of Those with Lived Experience: Sexual Abuse by Professionals Yellowstone/Everglades

Individuals with lived experience are at increased risk for sexual exploitation. There has been a strong focus on educating providers about sexual boundaries and ethics, but education of consumers has not received much attention or focus. This workshop will address the common warning signs, the effects of sexual exploitation in treatment settings, the impact of exploitation on recovery, educating consumers about their rights, and options for reporting and support. This workshop is directed at people who use mental health and substance use services, but it is also appropriate for a general audience. Information will also be shared about the advocacy and education efforts happening in Wisconsin on this important issue.

Speakers: Ellie Jarvie, MSW, LCSW, State of Wisconsin Division of Care and Treatment Services; Karen Lane, MA, CPS, Disability Rights Wisconsin. Moderator: Pascal Fettig, MHA of Boone County Medication Assisted Treatment: A Primer Congressional C/D

MAT–Medication Assisted Treatment--is a vehicle over the divide between treating addiction as either a brain disease or a compulsive behavior by effectively bringing together biology and behavior and integrating medical and behavioral interventions. Treating addiction as a bio-behavioral disorder is an opportunity to improve the effectiveness of addiction treatment. This workshop will highlight the significance of integrated treatment as a best practice, in turn decreasing stigma and improving treatment outcomes.

Speakers: Angele Moss-Baker, MA, Comprehensive Addiction and Psychological Services, LLC; Nick Szubiak, MSW, LCSW, University of Hawaii, Myron B. Thomas School of Social Work. Moderator: Debbie Plotnick, Mental Health America Heroin, Oxys, and the Highway to Hell Capitol B

Opioid overdose deaths now surpass the number of deaths from car accidents each year. Some of the treatments for opiate use disorders, such as methadone and buprenorphine, often generate polarized reactions that can interfere with individuals receiving treatment appropriate to their condition. This presentation is designed to inform clinicians and non-clinicians alike 29

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 30 5/26/2017 11:37:28 AM with the facts about opioid use disorders, and provide specific information about opioid use disorders and their treatment. This presentation will discuss factors that have contributed to the rapid rise of this problem and how it should it be addressed at a clinical, community, and policy level.

Speakers: Mark Fuller, MD, FACP, Value Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania; Lisa Kugler, PsyD, Beacon Health Options Maryland. Moderator: Nathaniel Counts, Mental Health America Screening, Pharmacists, and Mental Health: A Partnership with Walgreens Concord

This session will discuss the innovative partnership between MHA and Walgreens, and how MHA and Walgreens have teamed up to promote MHA’s screening tools in order to reach those who are seeking answers to their mental health needs online. The participants will discuss Walgreens’ new “Pharmacy Chat” program, which allows individuals to speak with a professional about their medication and mental health needs. The session will discuss how this partnership will decrease barriers to care and reach those who otherwise cannot find a help center nearby.

Speakers: Theresa Nguyen, LCSW, Mental Health America; Rachel O’Koren, PharmD, Walgreens. Moderator: Renae Vania-Tomczak, MHA of Lake County Lyrics Speak: Music as a Catalyst for Conversation Capitol A

If someone can’t find the words or the courage to talk about what they’re dealing with, it’s likely that they will find solace in a song that they identify with. In this session, presenters will use humor and passion for music to motivate individuals to create their own bits of inspiration and encouragement, and will show how you can use music to encourage others to open up about mental illness. In addition, presenters will share their own stories of survival and how music helped with their own recovery.

Speakers: Joseph Penola, You Rock Foundation; Jeanine Hoff, Where is My Sunshine? Moderator: America Paredes, Mental Health America

BREAKOUT SESSIONS 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Queering the Body: Body Image and LGBTQ+ Clients Congressional C/D

Body and identity are intimately connected. Societal messages about ideal bodies often give us messages about how we “should” be. This workshop will allow participants to better understand body image and its relationship to gender identity and sexual orientation, develop skills for working with the LGBTQ+ population with eating disorders and body dysphoria, and to critique the representation of body ideals found in mainstream media. Presenters will include creative approaches to working with this topic and client community.

Speakers: Kayti Protos, MSW, LCSW, Bucks LGBTQ Center; Heidi Dalzell, PsyD, CEDS, Bucks LGBTQ Center and Bucks Eating Disorders Collaborative. Moderator: Kelly Davis, Mental Health America Let’s Talk About Side Effects: Benefits/Risks of Mental Illness Medication Concord

This dynamic discussion will seek to help consumers navigate the benefits and burdens of some antipsychotic treatments, looking specifically at some uneasy truths including stigma around taking medication, issues with treatment compliance, and side effects. Hear from professional mental health advocates as well as an individual with lived experience who will share her personal story.

Speakers: Patrick Hendry, Mental Health America; Leslie Lundt, Director of Medical Affairs, Neurocrine; Jeff Shair, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services. Moderator: Ashley Marshall Reynolds, MHA of Roanoke Valley From Benzos to Buddha: Overcoming Addiction and Finding My Higher Self Yellowstone/Everglades

This presentation will chronicle the presenter’s journey from the time she was 18 and prescribed benzodiazepine for panic attacks, through subsequent bipolar diagnosis, and addiction to “benzos.” The presenter will explain the critical moment in

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 31 5/26/2017 11:37:29 AM which she recognized addiction, and how beginning to overcome it led to a spiritual awakening. Participants will learn about benzodiazepines and the danger of addiction to these medications, especially in people with mental health struggles, and will learn how negative events such as addiction can lead to critical moments that can be a catalyst for one’s spiritual growth and development.

Speaker: Emily Grossman, MA, CPRP, Martha K. Selig Educational Institute. Moderator: Suzi Craig, Mental Health Connecticut Dancing Through the Darkness: The Role of Music in a Songwriters’ Suicide Survival and Recovery Story Capitol A

In this session, hear from a professional singer/songwriter on how creating and listening to music has been a guiding light throughout years of struggle with mental health challenges. Creating and performing music is a safe and constructive outlet for self-expression, and provides opportunities for human connection and enlightening self-reflection. Hear about this artist’s experience and perspectives relating to mental health and music, and how others can learn from her experience. Learn how, through music, you can comfort and inspire others affected by mental health issues and diagnoses.

Speaker: Ashley Miers, mental health advocate. Moderator: Jenny Cheang, Mental Health America Music, Schizophrenia and Recovery Capitol B

Participants will learn about one person’s experience with his own schizophrenia diagnosis and recovery. The speaker will detail his prolonged periods of deepening social isolation, a psychotic break and hospitalization, and how music played a role in his journey to recovery. Learn about the benefit of live music’s power to unite people of all backgrounds in a community. This session will highlight how participating in and playing live music can bring individuals together into a community, for mutual mental health benefit. The speaker will illustrate how music can help such communities rise to advance the mental health cause in our society.

Speaker: Brandon Staglin, One Mind Institute. Moderator: Pam Gionfriddo, MHA Palm Beach County

Closing Luncheon 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Regency Ballroom

Join MHA president and CEO Paul Gionfriddo and others to wrap up the 2017 Annual Conference at MHA’s Closing Luncheon. Hear more about MHA’s upcoming plans, next year’s 2018 Annual Conference, and more.

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 32 5/26/2017 11:37:29 AM 2017 AWARD WINNERS Clifford W. Beers Award Innovation in Programming Award

MHA’s highest award is given in honor of Clifford W. Beers, the The MHA Innovation in Programming Award recognizes the founder of MHA and the country’s volunteer mental health ad- continuing innovation and creativity of the MHA affiliate net- vocacy movement. Created in 1976, the Clifford W. Beers Award work in program development and implementation. has been presented annually to a consumer of mental health and/or substance use services who best reflects the example Mental Health Association of New set by Beers in his efforts to improve conditions for, and atti- York City (MHA-NYC) addresses men- tudes toward, people with mental illnesses. tal health needs in New York City and across the nation. MHA-NYC’s national Brandon Staglin is the Director of Mar- program scope includes the NFL Life- keting and Communications for Staglin line and the subsidiary Link2Health Family Vineyard and One Mind Institute, Solutions, which manages the National and Board Director for One Mind and Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Disaster One Mind Institute. Brandon annually Distress Helpline. Through its three-part mission of service, ad- orchestrates his organization’s Music vocacy, and education, MHA-NYC identifies unmet needs and Festival for Brain Health’s Scientific Sym- develops culturally sensitive programs to improve the lives of posium. This event has been instrumen- individuals and families impacted by mental illness while pro- tal in transforming brain research and improving lives interna- moting the importance of mental health. MHA-NYC is the first tionally. He has received several advocacy awards including organization in the country to offer evidence-based online the SAMHSA VOICE Award for Lifetime Achievement. Bran- cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with live telephone, text, don’s recovery from schizophrenia makes him happy every and chat supports. With this innovative program, MHA-NYC day he can contribute to the health of others. An amateur gui- not only tackled the problems of delays in access to care but tarist for over ten years, he hopes to share his story through also the shortage of clinicians trained to deliver CBT for a range music. of common behavioral health conditions.

MPower Award George Goodman Brudney and Ruth P. Brudney Social Work Award The mPower Award celebrates the life and work of a teen or young adult who has spoken out about mental health issues The Brudney Award was established by the Board of Directors to educate his or her peers and fight stigma. of the National Mental Health Association (now MHA) in No- vember 1986. The award’s establishment was made possible Nadia Ghaffari is a junior at Los Altos through a gift by George Brudney, a member of the NMHA High School, the founder of the 501(c)3 Board of Directors, in memory of his wife Ruth, a psychiatric nonprofit organization TeenzTalk. social worker. At the passing of Mr. Brudney, the name was org and the author of the children’s changed to the George Goodman Brudney and Ruth P. Brudney book Growing a Brain. Nadia was in- Social Work Award. spired to start a peer movement to build a community of compassionate Kate Mahoney is the Executive Director teens and mental health activists who of the Naomi Ruth Cohen Institute for are educated on how to be well and prioritize wellness, after Mental Health Education at the Chicago her own experience with aiding in the prevention of a close School of Professional Psychology. Kate friend’s suicide. Over the past year, she has lead a team of over is both a clinician and advocate. She is 20 teens from around the world and worked closely with them past president of both the Illinois on various initiatives and campaigns for TeenzTalk.org. The site Association for Behavioral Health and currently has video responses from teens locally in the Bay the Illinois Association for Medication Area, across the US, and from over 20 different countries, who Assisted Addiction Treatment. Kate also represented Illinois on discuss their stories of growing from failure, facing difficulty the Board of Directors of the American Association for the with a hopeful mindset, implementing wellness strategies to Treatment of Opioid Dependence for nine years. Kate has relieve stress, and discovering their own versions of happiness. earned awards from the Illinois Association for Behavioral TeenzTalk.org acts as a global peer-to-peer forum where teens Health, Mental Health America – North Shore, and the can interact with each other through videos, learn from each American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence. other’s’ experiences, access a huge variety of professional resources, and inspire each other to stay hopeful and resilient.

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 33 5/26/2017 11:37:40 AM Media Awards Ben Selkow is an award-winning inde- pendent filmmaker and creator of the Each year, MHA recognizes journalists, media outlets, and 2007 film A SUMMER IN THE CAGE about television and film programs who excel in their coverage bipolar disorder. The film won an MHA and portrayal of mental health issues in news and entertain- award in 2009 and was nominated for ment media. The media is vital in educating Americans about the PRISM Bipolar Depiction Award. mental health and mental illnesses. Accurate and responsible Ben is also the director, producer and coverage is critical in breaking down stereotypes and stig- cinematographer for BURIED ABOVE ma surrounding mental illness and substance use. Original, GROUND (2015), a documentary film that explores the stories thought-provoking journalism and entertainment not only of three Americans living with the burdens of PTSD. The film work to raise general awareness and shape public opinion, follows a combat-wounded Army Captain returning from Iraq but help all people live mentally healthier lives and teach the with a Purple Heart, a native New Orleanian survivor of Hurri- country to address mental illness before Stage 4. cane Katrina, and a lifelong domestic violence survivor. With their three stories, BURIED ABOVE GROUND takes the realities Gemma Correll is a writer, artist, and of living with PTSD out of the shadows, allowing audiences to cartoonist. Originally from England, she experience the emotional, societal, and financial costs of this currently resides in Oakland, California mental health epidemic. Ben was a Mental Health Journalism with her trusty pug sidekicks, Mr. Pick- Fellow at the Carter Center (2010-2011). les and Bella. Gemma’s published works include The Worrier’s Guide to Life, The David Solomon is the Executive Pro- Feminist Activity Book, and A Pug’s Guide ducer at WQED Multimedia, the PBS af- to Etiquette, as well as her award-win- filiate in Pittsburgh, overseeing much of ning eponymous series of quirky, humorous greetings cards the station’s award-winning program- and gift products which are sold all over the world. Gemma is ming. David is recognized for his work particularly well known for her comics about mental health in on some of WQED’s most compelling collaboration with charities including Mental Health America. documentaries, with special expertise Her comics appear regularly on TheNib.com, GoComics.com in mental health issues, including Long and weekly in The Observer Magazine (UK). Road Home (2011) which chronicled veterans coping with PTSD; Losing Lambert: A Journey through Survival and Hope (2009), which explored teen suicide; Rose’s Garden: Surviving Jaclyn Cosgrove is a reporter for The My Mother’s Mental Illness (2012), detailing the impact on fam- Oklahoman, and writes about health, ilies; and Dixmont (2004), a history of the landmark state hospi- public policy and medicine in Oklaho- tal in Pittsburgh named for mental health advocate Dorothea ma, among other topics. She is an Okla- Dix. Most recently, he produced Before Stage 4: Confronting homa State University graduate. Jaclyn Early Psychosis. Solomon has earned 29 Emmy® Awards, three grew up in the southeast region of the national Gabriel Awards, two national CINE Golden Eagle state and enjoys writing about rural Awards, two Edward R. Murrow Awards in the New York/Penn- Oklahoma. Jaclyn is a recipient of the sylvania region, three Pennsylvania Association of Broadcast- 2015-16 Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journal- ers Awards, and 10 Golden Quill Awards from the Press Club of ism. Jaclyn’s project is focused on low-income, uninsured Okla- Western Pennsylvania. homans diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorders. She is also a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. She authored “Epidemic Ignored,” a yearlong inves- tigation into Oklahoma’s mental health system.

One Day at a Time is a Netflix-original comedy-drama, inspired by Norman Lear’s 1975 series of the same name. The new series follows the life of Pe- nelope, a single Army veteran, and her Cuban-American family. The series offers a contemporary take on life and successfully incorporates into its first season storylines on depression, mental illness medication, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Accepting the award for the show will be Brent Miller, Co-Executive Producer.

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 34 5/26/2017 11:37:59 AM Legislator Awards Congressman Timothy Murphy is currently serving his eighth term in the U.S. Senator William Cassidy is the U.S. House of Representatives. Con- United States Senator for Louisiana. gressman Murphy was first elected to Senator Cassidy grew up in Baton the House in November 2002 to repre- Rouge, Louisiana and attended Louisi- sent Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional ana State University (LSU) for under- District, encompassing the South Hills graduate and Medical School. For near- of Pittsburgh including portions of Al- ly three decades, Senator Cassidy has legheny, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. provided care for uninsured and under- Congressman Murphy also currently serves as a Commander insured patients in Louisiana’s charity in the United States Navy Reserves. For the 115th Congress, he hospital system. During this time, he co-founded the Greater will continue his role as Chairman of the House Energy & Com- Baton Rouge Community Clinic, a clinic providing free dental merce’s Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations (O&I), and health care to the working uninsured. He also created a and will serve on three additional subcommittees: Subcom- private-public partnership to vaccinate 36,000 greater Baton mittee on Health, Subcommittee on Energy, Subcommittee on Rouge area children against Hepatitis B at no cost to the Environment. Congressman Murphy will also continue his role schools or parents. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Senator as Co-Chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus. The only Cassidy led a group of health care volunteers to convert an practicing psychologist in elected federal government, Dr. abandoned K-Mart building into an emergency health care fa- Murphy relies on four decades of experience to advocate for cility, providing basic health care to hurricane evacuees. In meaningful reforms in the U.S. healthcare system. Serving as 1990, Senator Cassidy joined LSU Medical School teaching co-chair of the Mental Health Caucus and a founding member medical students and residents at Earl K. Long hospital, a hos- of the GOP Doctors Caucus, he focuses on policies to make pital for the uninsured. In 2006, Bill was elected to the Louisi- healthcare more affordable and accessible for all families. ana State Senate. In 2008, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives to represent Louisiana’s Sixth Con- Congresswoman Eddie Bernice-John- gressional District. In the U.S. House, he served on the Energy son is in her thirteenth term in Con- and Commerce Committee. In 2014, he was elected to the U.S. gress representing the 30th Congres- Senate. Senator Cassidy serves on the Health Education Labor sional District of Texas. In December of & Pensions (HELP), Energy and Natural Resources, Finance, Vet- 2010, Congresswoman Johnson was erans Affairs and Joint Economic Committees. elected as the first African-American and the first female Ranking Member of U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy is the House Committee on Science, the junior United States Senator for Space and Technology. From 2000 to 2002, she was the Rank- Connecticut. Elected in 2012, Senator ing Member of the Subcommittee on Research and Science Murphy serves on the Appropriations Education. Within these roles, Congresswoman Johnson con- Committee, the Health, Education, La- tinues to emphasize the need to invest in science, technology, bor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, engineering and math (STEM) education. In addition to the the Foreign Relations Committee, and House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, she is the Democratic Steering & Outreach also a current member of the House Transportation and Infra- Committee. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, he served structure Committee. She has served on this committee since Connecticut’s Fifth Congressional District for three terms in being elected to Congress in 1992 making her the high- the U.S. House of Representatives. During his three terms, Sen- est-ranking Texan on the committee. She also serves on the ator Murphy served on the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Aviation Subcommittee, the Highways and Transit Subcom- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Energy mittee, and the Water Resources and Environment Subcom- and Commerce Committee, and the Committee on Financial mittee. As a longtime advocate for improved psychiatric treat- Services. Before his service in the U.S. Congress, Senator Mur- ment, Congresswoman Johnson co-lead and co-authored H.R. phy served for eight years in the Connecticut General Assem- 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015, bly. He spent four years representing Southington and the provisions of which were included in the 21st Century Cures 81st district in the House, and then spent four years represent- Act which was signed into law in December of 2016. ing the 16th Senatorial District. While in the Senate, he served as the Chairman of the Public Health Committee. Senator Mur- phy grew up in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and attended Wil- liams College in Massachusetts. In 2002, he graduated from UConn Law School in Hartford, Connecticut.

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MHA of Louisiana MHA of East Tennessee The Housing Assistance (Bridge Funding) Program provides The Peer Recovery Call Center helps those who struggle with transitional housing assistance to indigent individuals with mental illness or substance abuse. All calls are answered by Takeda Pharmaceuticals, U.S.A. and Lundbeck mental health or substance use conditions who are at risk of peers, people who have firsthand experience with mental support Mental Health America in their efforts to help homelessness or re-institutionalization. The program assists illness and/or substance abuse. In its fourth year, this innovative patients and families who are affected by mental illness. these individuals in transitioning from jails or mental health program merged the old-time information and referral service facilities to having their own home. Priority is given to those with peer support with spectacular results. Clients are ecstatic who are exiting institutions such as a state-run or contracted to find they are not alone and that others experience same psychiatric facility, nursing facilities, correctional facilities, or diagnoses or problems, yet are stunned that someone cares to individuals who are homeless/chronically homeless. Services call them back. Significantly, more than 70 percent of clients in are short term and are typically offered up to three months for this hybrid Peer Recovery Call Center model enter treatment transitional supports. The program serves 50 people annually and follow through with their treatment and recovery plan and assists these individuals with getting their lives back (double the national average). on track. All individuals must apply for Social Security and Medicaid prior to applying to the program. The program is The Peer Recovery Call Center also installed the CallPoint funded by a state contract from the Office of Behavioral Health. management information system. CallPoint is the sister product of HMIS (Homeless Management Information System) MHA of Maryland and provides client-level data, including a system services The Consumer Quality Team (CQT) of Maryland is a consumer- directory and HIPAA-compliant client level referral record, run program dedicated to partnering with mental health follow up peer support call back notifications for call center To learn more, visit www.takeda.com providers and consumers. The objective of the program is to staff, and Milestone of Recovery Scale (MORS) assessment. bring consumers’ ideas and needs to the people who have the or www.lundbeck.com power to resolve problems and implement change in real time. MHA of Middle Tennessee ©2017 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. All rights reserved. The program serves public mental health facilities that serve Tennessee’s statewide Zero Suicide Initiative, by way of the USD/TAK/16/0017(1) 05/2017 children, adolescents, and adults. CQT works to ensure that Zero Suicide Initiative Task Force, is working to implement Marylanders receive the services they need to facilitate their the concept of “zero suicides” within behavioral health and recovery. The CQT team–staffed entirely by consumers and substance use treatment settings across Tennessee. Members family members–conducts interviews with behavioral health of the Task Force, in concert with the Tennessee Department consumers and shares their feedback and suggestions with of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS) program and state leadership to improve services provided and the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (TSPN), in through the state’s public behavioral health system. In the which MHA of Middle Tennessee has administrative oversight, 2015/2016 year, CQT interviewed 1,638 people during 390 site work with behavioral health facilities in the state to develop visits. CQT is funded by Federal Block Grants and the state of top-down action plans to incorporate best-practice suicide Maryland. prevention and intervention strategies. The objective of this Initiative is not merely the reduction of suicides and suicide MHA of New York City attempts within each agency’s client base but to eliminate MHA-NYC is the first organization in the country to offer evi- suicide deaths entirely. dence-based online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with live telephone, text, and chat supports. MHA-NYC, in partnership with Magellan Health, offers a suite of targeted CBT programs-- free, confidential, evidence-based online services that provides effective treatment for anxiety, depression, OCD, substance abuse, and insomnia--complemented by live phone chat and text support, that can be made available to individuals anytime and anywhere there is Internet access. In 2016, over 4,000 New Yorkers who were still experiencing emotional distress following Superstorm Sandy accessed the programs through iHelp New York. With this innovative program, MHA- NYC not only tackled the problems of delays in access to care but also the shortage of clinicians trained to deliver CBT for a range of common behavioral health conditions.

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w hite EXHIBITORS ABILITY Network Guided by a multitude of bands as well as the Grammy Museum, The Rock mission to help, ABILITY is a leading & Roll Hall of Fame, and the Louvre in Paris, where his work is information technology company part of the permanent collections. In addition to countless CD helping providers and payers covers and gallery shows all over the world, Derek has been simplify the administrative and featured on TLC, MTV, Fuse, VH1, Alternative Press, Newsweek, clinical complexities of healthcare. and Juxtapoz. The award-winning documentary, Forced Through innovative applications and data analytics delivered Perspective, was released chronicling his art, life, and struggles via a powerful integrated platform, customers across the with dual-diagnosis. country – and across the continuum of care – rely on ABILITY to solve their toughest challenges. The Diamond Heart Foundation is working to unite the movement of Alkermes is a fully integrated opposition to pornography and biopharmaceutical company that sexual exploitation in all its forms applies its scientific expertise and through the Diamond Heart symbol. technological know-how to develop innovative medicines designed to help patients with serious, chronic Health Experiences Research conditions better manage their disease. For more information, Network HealthExperiencesUSA. please visit Alkermes’ website at www.alkermes.com. org uses vetted research methods to bring patients’ voices to American Altruis’ team of RCM billing and health care. For our inaugural claims management experts uses project, “Young Adults’ Experiences technology customized to your with Depression,” we interviewed thirty-eight young people to specific needs to maximize your produce a rigorous, approachable resource, designed from the ability to accelerate and obtain ground up to be useful to researchers and the public side-by- reimbursement. Altruis RetroPay™ side. enables us to turn missed self-pay into captured payments by identifying, billing and collecting encounters eligible for The Human Rights Campaign retroactive Medicaid and/or MCO reimbursement on a daily represents a force of more than 1.5 basis. million members and supporters nationwide. As the largest national Anthem and its affiliated health lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender plans have 20 years of experience and queer civil rights organization, and currently serve 5.2 million HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of beneficiaries of state-sponsored their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at programs in 20 states, including home, at work and in the community. older adults, low-income families, adults and children with physical disabilities, brain injuries, MedPro Billing has been providing intellectual developmental disabilities, individuals with mental quality nationwide medical billing health and substance use disorders, and children with serious and patient management solutions emotional disturbances. for the Mental Health and Substance Abuse community since our Blackbaud Leading uniquely at the founding in 1992. We are nationally intersection point of technology recognized throughout the industry for our tenacity and the and social good, Blackbaud provides unparalleled services we provide to our clients. software, services, expertise, and

data intelligence that empowers It’s My Life: Social MHA Peer Advocacy, Supports and connects people to advance Self-Directed Care and Services will highlight MHA’s the social good movement. We serve the entire social good recently launched National Certified community, which includes nonprofits, foundations, Peer Specialist credential, the It’s My corporations, education institutions, and the individual Life: Social Self-Directed Care change agents who support them. program, and other peer-focused initiatives.

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2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 39 5/26/2017 11:38:38 AM needs, specifically in neurologic, psychiatric, and endocrine Society for the Advancement of based diseases and disorders. Sexual Health (SASH) is a nonprofit multidisciplinary organization dedi- Optum is a leading health services cated to scholarship, training, and and innovation company dedicated resources for promoting sexual to helping make the health system health and overcoming problematic work better for everyone. With sexual behaviors. Founded in 1987 by Patrick Carnes, Richard nearly 132,000 people collaborating Santorini and Ed Armstrong, SASH began as a membership or- worldwide, Optum combines tech- ganization for people concerned with sexual addiction prob- nology, data and expertise to improve the delivery, quality and lems. Today SASH is an international membership organiza- efficiency of health care. tion with a two-fold purpose: provide members up-to-date research and information, and educate the general public. Picking Me Foundation is dedicated to spreading mental health Sovereign Health Group helps awareness and inspiring acceptance people gain control over their health about Body Focused Repetitive Be- and the various illnesses that may haviors, in particular Dermatilloma- threaten it, whether it is a mental nia aka Skin Picking Disorder, for disorder or a substance addiction. sufferers, supporters, and educational communities by pro- Sovereign’s approach combines the moting finger energy off the body with Fiddle Packs, embrac- best of both worlds, incorporating a wide range of resources ing imperfections, and encouraging sufferers to share why while still honing in on particular areas of concern. We view they are #PickingMe over their BFRB. each patient with a holistic lens that identifies all of his or her specific needs. Psychiatric Institute of Washing- ton is a short-term, acute care hospital providing comprehensive behavioral healthcare for children, adolescents, adults and senior adults in the treatment of substance Janssen CNS applauds those working together at the county, state, abuse, trauma, and mental illness in the nation’s capital. Visit our website: www.psychinstitute.com ABILITY Network and federal levels, especially at the intersection of criminal justice Quartet is a mission-driven tech- and mental health reform, to champion a better future for individuals nology company transforming the way mental healthcare is delivered. with serious mental illness, including schizophrenia. We partner with insurers and physi- cians to make mental healthcare Yvonne Ford, Untitled Artwork from Reﬂ ections Art in Health more accessible and integrated into We can and should continue to primary care. set a higher standard for how we “Improving access to Sex Addicts Anonymous® is a eﬀ ective treatments community resource offering hope support individuals with serious and assistance to anyone suffering mental illness. is only one aspect from addictive sexual behavior. of helping patients. Meetings are the heart of the SAA Janssen’s unwavering commitment to program and provide an By focusing on early environment of acceptance, safety, and encouragement where delivering innovative mental health intervention after members can learn how to apply the Twelve Step Program in therapies spans 50 years, and we will their lives. SAA is also committed to working with mental diagnosis and advancing health professionals to assist individuals in their recovery from continue to champion treatments to policies that ensure sex addiction. improve the lives of those with serious individuals with serious mental illness can Sheppard Pratt Health System mental illness. get the care they need at the right time and (SPHS) is the largest private, nonprofit provider of mental health, in the right setting, we can improve health substance use, special education, outcomes and reduce costs. and social services in the country. As a free-standing system focused “Together, we can achieve real, positive change.” solely on mental health treatment, healing, and recovery, SPHS is able to provide our patients, students, residents and clients — Michelle Wang Goodridge with the specialized care they need in a supportive and compassionate environment. President, Janssen CNS © Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2017 03/17 069345-170320 39

2017 MHA Annual Conference Onsite Guide - DANIELLE ONLY.indd 40 5/26/2017 11:38:46 AM Janssen CNS applauds those working together at the county, state, and federal levels, especially at the intersection of criminal justice and mental health reform, to champion a better future for individuals with serious mental illness, including schizophrenia. We can and should continue to Yvonne Ford, Untitled Artwork from Reﬂ ections Art in Health set a higher standard for how we “Improving access to support individuals with serious eﬀ ective treatments mental illness. is only one aspect of helping patients. Janssen’s unwavering commitment to By focusing on early delivering innovative mental health intervention after therapies spans 50 years, and we will diagnosis and advancing continue to champion treatments to policies that ensure improve the lives of those with serious individuals with serious mental illness can mental illness. get the care they need at the right time and in the right setting, we can improve health outcomes and reduce costs. “Together, we can achieve real, positive change.” — Michelle Wang Goodridge President, Janssen CNS © Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2017 03/17 069345-170320 40

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From National Airport: Take the George Washington North to I-395 North “To Washington.” Cross the bridge in the two center lanes, veering right at the end of the bridge on I-395 North. Exit right to US Senate/D Street/I-395 exit. Stay in the right lane as you go through two tunnels. In the second tunnel, take exit for “D Street.” Make a right at the end of the tunnel. Turn left at 2nd light onto New Jersey Avenue. The hotel is on the left.

From Dulles International Airport: Take the Dulles Toll Road to I-66 East “To Washington”. Exit onto Constitution Avenue. Follow Constitution Avenue East towards the US Capitol. A few blocks before the Capitol make a left on to Louisiana Avenue. Proceed for two blocks. Make a left on to New Jersey Avenue. The hotel is one block further on the left.

Mental Health America recognizes current cli ord beers members of the Clifford Beers Society, our society most ardent and committed individuals and organizational supporters. 2ND FLOOR CONFERENCE LEVEL SALON C

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Susan Bergeson SALON A Platinum Ann Boughtin Michael Burns Eli Lilly and Company Stacy Burt Bonnie Cook THORNTON ROOM Bradley Feld LOUNGE Lisa Hook Margaret Donnelley Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson Daniel Eisenstein Pfizer J. Richard Elpers Edward & Mary Schreck Larry Fricks Kenneth Gallant Glenn Grindlinger Mark Heyrman David & Alecia Kampff Gold Kathy Kattar Jessica Kennedy Lundbeck Patrick and Amy Kennedy Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. Joseph Lacorazza Pam Hickey Timothy Livengood Patrick Rowell Aaron Marcu Andrew Rubin Mental Health Connecticut Molly Van Ort Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri Reginald Williams, II Mental Health Association of East Tennessee Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Mental Health Association of Essex County, Inc. (NJ) Mental Health America of Indiana Mental Health Association of Monmouth County (NJ) Mental Health America of Middle Tennessee Silver Richard Miller Mario Morino Gregory Albright Duane Muller Peter Carson Gertrude Niehans Areta Crowell Mary Obasi Allan Engelmeyer Luis Perez Paul & Pam Gionfriddo Ron & Judy Petrini Laura Kennedy Debbie & Michael Plotnick Chris Rodriguez PWR David Theobald Margaret Quinn Mike Thornsbury Eli Sachs Mental Health Association of Maryland Paula Sandidge REGENCY D Mental Health Association in New Jersey, Inc. Mukesh Shah REGENCY B Shire Roomana Sheikh David Shern REGENCY C Tom Starling Gary Tauscher Richard Van Horn Gregory and Lissa Walter Vivian Wong

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