Mental Health Advisory Board
Yves Ades
Director, Mental Health Programs
Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment, NY1,3
Dolly Allison
Director, South Central Programs
Portals Mental Health Rehabilitation Services, CA1
B. Jaye Anno
National Commission on Correctional Health Care1,3
Senator Linda Berglin
Chair
Health, Human Services and Corrections Budget Division, MN3
Collie Brown
Senior Director of Justice Programs
National Mental Health Association1
Senator Catherine W. Cook
Chief Deputy Minority Leader, CT3
Brian Coopper
Senior Director of Consumer Advocacy
National Mental Health Association, VA1,3
Toby Ewing
Project Manager
Little Hoover Commission, CA2
Jacqueline Feldman
Director of Public Psychiatry
University of Alabama at Birmingham1
W. Lawrence Fitch
Director of Forensic Services
Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration1,3
Helen Geyso
Wisconsin Alliance for the Mentally Ill, MD1, 2, 3
Joan Gillece
Assistant Director
Mental Hygiene Administration, MD1,2, 3
Ron Honberg
Director of Legal Affairs
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill1, 3
Ruth Hughes
Executive Director
International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services1, 3
Barry S. Kast
Associate Director
Health Services, Department of Human Services, OR1, 3
Chris Koyanagi
Director of Government Affairs
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law1, 3
Tom Lane
Director
The Peer Center & Atlantic Shores Healthcare at
South Florida State Hospital2,3
Tom Liebfried
Vice President of Government Relations
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, MD1
Jacki McKinney
National People of Color Consumer/Survivor Network, PA2,3
Steve Mayberg
Director
Department of Mental Health, CA2
Hunter McQuistion
Medical Director
Project Renewal, Inc., NY1
Maurice Miller
Chief Executive Officer
Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority, AZ3
Fred C. Osher
Director
Center for Behavioral Health, Justice and Public Policy MD1,2,3
Senator Kathleen K. Parker
Chair
Mental Health Evaluation Task Force, IL1
Ann B. Perrin
Program Officer, Substance Abuse
The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati3
Tammy Seltzer
Staff Attorney
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, DC3
Deborah Spungen
Speaker, Trainer, Author, and Researcher
Anti-Violence Partnership, PA1
John R. Staup
Executive Director
Butler County Mental Health Board, OH3
Henry J. Steadman
President
Policy Research Associates, NY1
Altha Stewart
Executive Director
Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency, MI1,3
Pamela Stokes
Research Analyst
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors2
Commissioner James L. Stone
New York State Office of Mental Health, NY1,3
Cecelia Vergaretti
Vice President
Community Services & Advocacy
National Mental Health Association3
Paul Weaver
Office of Consumer Advocacy, KY1
1 Denotes attendance at first Advisory Board meeting
2 Denotes attendance at second Advisory Board meeting
3 Denotes attendance at third Advisory Board meeting

