Board of Directors 2012-2013

Mental Health America's Board of Directors represent a wide range of stakeholders, including consumers of mental health services, family members, treatment professionals, business leaders and advocates.  The Board of Directors meets four times a year, with committees meeting more frequently.  For information on how to join the MHA Board or how to contact specific Board members, please e-mail kroth@mentalhealthamerica.net.


Chair of the Board

 

Ann Boughtin

 

Ann Boughtin
Chair of the Board
Consultant/Mental Health Advocate
Florida

Ann has worked in executive healthcare positions in the public and private sectors designing, implementing and managing health care businesses and services. Ann Boughtin has her MS and MPA from the State University of New York at Brockport. Currently, Ann is a Principal of Boughtin and Orndoff Consulting (http://www.boughtinandorndoff.com/) focused on heath care systems management & interim executive leadership for Health Plans and Government.

Highlights of her career include:

  • COO of CareGuide, a healthcare company providing specialty supports to people with complex medical conditions on behalf of national health insurers and TPA's
    General Manager for a $455M unit of Magellan Health Services (MHS), the largest provider of behavioral managed care services in the nation.
  • Director of Ambulatory Services for the New York State Office of Mental Health, where she worked as one of the 50 top executives of this $4B department.
  • President, Board of Directors of the Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee
  • Principal consultant leading design and implementation of Medicaid managed care initiatives, change management and strategic planning.

 


Officers

Eric Ashton
Vice-Chair, Cultural and Linguistic Competency
Associate Director, Nonprofit/NGO Leadership Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice
Pennsylvania
 David Theobald
President, Global Growth Investments, LLC
New Jersey
   

Elaine Crider
Secretary/Treasurer
Health Care Consultant
Washington, DC

 Richard Van Horn
Vice-Chair of Affiliate Relations
President Emeritus, Mental Health America of Greater Los Angeles
California
   
Brenda Lee
Mental Health Advocate
Maryland 
 Cynthia Wainscott
Vice-Chair of Public Policy
Mental Health Advocate
Georgia
   
Sherri Luthe
Mental Health Advocate
Kansas
 Reggie Williams
Director, Avalere Health
Washington, DC
   
Pender McElroy
Attorney/Mental Health Advocate
North Carolina
  

Directors

 

Jack Akester, PhD
Retired research scientist
Delaware
 

Monty Moeller
Consultant/Mental Health Advocate
Oklahoma

   
Jacki Brownstein
Mental Health Advocate
New York
 Debbie Plotnick
Mental Health Advocate
Pennsylvania
   
Sheldon Jones
S Jones Communications, LLC
Pennsylvania
 Robert Pope, PhD, MSN, RN
John A. Hartford Scholar and SAMHSA MFP Fellow
UC-San Francisco School of Nursing
California
   
James Martin
Statewide Youth Engagement Specialist
Tennessee Voices For Youth
Tennessee
 David Reede
Executive Director, Healthy Native Communities Partnership
Arizona
   

Jacki McKinney, MSW
Executive Director, TKUP 
Pennsylvania

 Roomana Sheikh, M.D.
Pediatric and Adult Psychiatrist
Private Practice
Pennsylvania
   
  
   
   
   
   




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