LORI BANKS, LCSW
COO, Community Crisis Connection
Subject Matter Expertise: Behavioral health crisis servcies in the metro Denver/Boulder region
303-617-2300 | LoriBanks@aumhc.org
CARL CLARK, MD
CEO, Mental Health Center of Denver
Subject Matter Expertise: Psychiatry, Public Policy, Affordable Care Act, Wellbeing & Wholistic Care
303-504-3920 | carl.clark@mhcd.org
KELLY ETTER
Early Childhood Colorado Partnership
Subject Matter Expertise: Healthy children, early childhood adversity, toxic stress
303-871-2217 |
JENNIFER HILL
Subject Matter Expertise: Lived experience of mental illness and advocate for enhancing access to care for persons with mental illness
720-859-3738
MICHELE LUECK
CEO, Colorado Health Institute
Subject Matter Expertise: Speaker and consultant on healthcare delivery and re-design with a focus on public policy
303-831-4200
DON MARES
Director, Denver Human Services
Subject Matter Expertise: Speaker and strategist on behavioral health & public health policy
720-913-7459
DIANNE MARONEY, RN, MSN
Executive Director, Imagine Pipeline
Subject Matter Expertise: The Imagine Project is a program that helps kids overcome difficult life circumstances through expressive writing. Many do not understand the impact of stress and trauma on our youth and its long-term mental health implications if it goes untreated. The project gives kids tools to overcome past, current, or future stress and trauma.
303 437-4836 | dianne@theimagineproject.com
BEV MARQUEZ
CEO, Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners
Subject Matter Expertise: Colorado Crisis Hotline, crisis management
Contact Form | bmarquez@rmcrisispartners.org
ROBERTA PAYNE, PHD
Board of Directors, Mental Health Center of Denver
Subject Matter Expertise: Speaker and author with lived experience with schizophrenia and addiction disdorder
720-859-7541 | roberta_payne@msn.com
LYDIA PRADO, PHD
VP of Child and Family Services, Mental Health Center of Denver
Subject Matter Expertise: Innovation in Service Delivery for Children, Families and Communities
303-504-6647 | lydia.prado@mhcd.org
JEANNIE RITTER
Mental Health Ambassador, Mental Health Center of Denver | Former First Lady of Colorado
Subject Matter Expertise: Public Will Building, Advocacy
303-504-6508 | jeannie.ritter@mhcd.org
ANDREW ROMANOFF
Subject Matter Expertise: Mental health systems and legislative advocacy
720-208-2220 | aromanoff@mentalhealthcolorado.org
ARTHUR SCHUT
CEO, Arapahoe House
Subject Matter Expertise: Prevention and treatment of addiction disorders, public policy, and integrated care
303-412-3993 | aschut@ahinc.org
DANIELA STAMATOIU, MD
Psychiatrist in Private Practice
Subject Matter Expertise: Extensive experience in treating children, adolescents, and adults. Expert in TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) therapy, a non-drug treatment for depression.
303-393-1726
LIBBY STUYT, MD
Addiction Psychiatrist & Medical Director, Circle Program at Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo
Subject Matter Expertise: Tobacco cessation and prevention programs, recovery of mind, body & spirit
MARSHALL THOMAS, MD
CEO, Colorado Access | CEO, University of Colorado Depression Center
Subject Matter Expertise: Innovation in Service Delivery for Children, Families and Communities
720-744-5404 | marshall.thomas@coaccess.com
MATT VOGL, MPH
Executive Director, National Behavioral Health Innovation Center
Subject Matter Expertise: Suicide prevention, depression, depression in men, stigma reduction, community education
303-724-9955 | matt.vogl@ucdenver.edu
SARAH ENOS WATAMURA, PHD
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Denver
Subject Matter Expertise: Impact of stress on the health of young children and their parents, protective factors and parenting
303-871-4130 | sarah.watamura@du.edu
STEPHEN WALKER, PHD
Athletic and Personal Performance Consultant, Health and Sport Performance Associates
Subject Matter Expertise: Rotarian and speaker on mental health and society. How do our thoughts impact our biochemistry. Dr. Walker’s goal is to inspire and educate on how we can change the patterns of our life through discipline.
303-530-4439 | Contact Form
JEANNETTE WAXMONSKY, PHD
Director of Community Mental Health Integration, University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry
Subject Matter Expertise: Integrated care, mood disorders
303-724-4970 | Jeanette.Waxmonsky@ucdenver.edu
JANE WEST, LPC
Community Liaison, Colorado Association for Infant Mental Health | Heart of the West Counseling
Subject Matter Expertise: Early childhood mental health, social emotional development in young children
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BRENÉ BROWN, PHD, LMSW
Research Professor, University of Houston School of Social Work
Subject Matter Expertise: Motivational speaker on topics including the power of vulnerability, daring leadership, and daring classrooms
866-845-9425 | Speaker’s Website | TED Talk
JESSIE CLOSE
Author of Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness
Subject Matter Expertise: Lived experience with bipolar disorder, who with her sister, Glenn Close, has founded Bring Change to Mind, an organization dedicated to advance awareness about mental illness.
415-814-8846 | Email | Website
PETE EARLEY
Author and journalist, formerly with Washington Post
Subject Matter Expertise: Advocate for strong mental health reform he is the authoer of: Crazy; A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness. Mr. Earley rallies against the troubled mental health system.
BARBARA FREDRICKSON, PHD
Director, Postive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab, University of North Carolina
Subject Matter Expertise: Fredrickson is a social psychologist who conducts research in emotions and positive psychology. She is the author ofPostivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life.
919-843-0091 | Contact Form
MARIEL HEMINGWAY
Actress and Author
Subject Matter Expertise: Actress and a prolific author regarding healthy lifestyle and a tireless mental health awareness and suicide prevention program advocate.
310-477-0859 | Contact Form | Watch
MARYA HORNBACHER
Award-winning journalist and best selling author
Subject Matter Expertise: Marya’s talks about mental illness jump in with a reading from her bestselling memoir Madness: A Bipolar Life, which sets the stage for her story of being nearly beaten by, but ultimately triumphing over, severe and persistent mental illness.
917-232-2680 | marya@maryahornbacher.com | Website
HON. PATRICK J. KENNEDY
Co-founder, One Mind | Former Congressman from Rhode Island
Subject Matter Expertise: Lived experience with mental illness speaks on topics such as: Eliminatingstigma, making mental health essential health, and research on treatment effectiveness
617-614-1600 | Speaker’s Website
ELYN SAKS, JD
Professor of Law & Psychiatry, Univ of Southern California Law School
Subject Matter Expertise: Best-sellingauthor of The Center Cannot Hold, where she shares her journey of the horrors and demons of mental illness through the extraordinary perspective as both expert and sufferer.
1-800-MY-TALENT | Speaker’s Website | TED Talk
MARTIN SELIGMAN, PHD
Director, University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center
Subject Matter Expertise: Martin Seligman is known as the founder of the positive psychology movement. His most current book is: Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being.
215-898-7173| seligman@psych.upenn.edu | Website
DAN TOMASULO, PHD
Practicing Psychologist, University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center
Subject Matter Expertise: Speaker about the science and practice of positive psychology
732-758-1122 | DTomasulo@gmail.com | Website
PAUL TOUGH
Writer and speaker
Subject Matter Expertise: Contributing writer to New York Times Magazine, Paul Tough writes extensively about parenting, poverty, educationand politics. His most recent book isHow Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character.
inquiries@paultough.com | Website
MELBA J.T. VASQUEZ, PHD
Private Practice Psychologist | Former President of the American Psychological Association
Subject Matter Expertise: Dr. Vasquez is interested in advancing equity and access to mental health care for underserved populations.
info@R4MH.org