Crisis Response
Wendy Farmer, LPC, MBA
Regional Vice President
National Crisis Center of Excellence
Indianapolis, Indiana
Becky Stoll, LCSW
Senior Vice President, Crisis Services
Centerstone
Nashville, Tennessee
Matt St. Pierre
Director
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Washington, District of Columbia
Sonia Chessen
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, Maryland
Tia Dole, PhD (she/her/hers)
Chief 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Officer
Vibrant Emotional Health
New York City, New York
Stephanie Katz, JD, MPH
Assistant Vice President, Policy and Advocacy
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Washington, District of Columbia
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Brian Hepburn, MD (he/him/his)
CEO
NASMHPD
Alexandria, Virginia
Richard McKeon, PhD, MPH
Suicide Prevention Branch Chief
SAMHSA
Rockville, Maryland
Lena Ballantine, MBA, SCM (she/her/hers)
Chief of Operations and Transformation
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Washington, District of Columbia
James McLaughlin
Director of Community Paramedicine
Ute Pass Regional Health Service District (UPRHSD)
Lauren Moyer, LSCSW, LCSW
Executive VP of Clinical Innovation
Compass Health Network
Raymore, Missouri
Dusty Jepkema, LMSW (they/them/theirs)
Clinical Social Worker
Integrated Services of Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Sarah Stilwell, PhD (she/her/hers)
Research Fellow
University of Michigan, National Center for School Safety
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Garry McFadden
Sheriff
Mecklenburg County Police
Dean Aufderheide
Director of Mental Health
American Corrections Association