Schroeder Stribling
President and CEO
Schroeder Stribling is the President and CEO of Mental Health America, the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of…
Kristen Abell
Webmaster
Kristen Abell (she/her) is the Webmaster at Mental Health America, where she provides oversight, strategy, and updates for the website. Prior to joining…
Taylor Adams
Director of Workplace Mental Health
Taylor is the Director of Workplace Mental Health at Mental Health America. She previously served as Manager of Programs and Operations and as Board…
Stuart Allen
Chief Marketing and Advancement Officer
Stuart Allen is the Chief Marketing and Advancement Officer at Mental Health America. She is responsible for leading marketing and fundraising efforts to…
Kristina Benoist
Associate Director, IDONTMIND
Kristina Benoist is the Associate Director of the IDONTMIND program. She creates and manages content for the IDONTMIND social media handles, as well as…
Susan Cairnes
Senior Director of Conference and Event Production
Susan Cairnes is the Senior Director of Conference and Event Production at Mental Health America. A Certified Meeting Professional (CMP), Certified…
Elinor Curry
Accounts Officer
Elinor Curry is the Accounts Officer at Mental Health America (MHA). She helps coordinate day-to-day financial operations and general office communications…
Sydney Daniello
Public Policy Manager of Projects and Events
Sydney Daniello is the Public Policy Manager of Projects and Events at Mental Health America (MHA). In her role, she researches and writes policy projects…
Kelly Davis
Associate Vice President for Peer and Youth Advocacy
Kelly Davis is the Associate Vice President of Peer and Youth Advocacy at Mental Health America, where she works on the expansion of peer support and young…
Genevieve DeRose
Executive Office Coordinator
Genevieve is the Executive Office Coordinator at Mental Health America (MHA), supporting MHA's senior team and Board of Directors. She is responsible for…
Sachin Doshi
Senior Director of Finance and Operations
Sachin coordinates day-to-day financial operations and supports the implementation of various digital initiatives across MHA. He has been involved with MHA…
Danielle Fritze
Vice President of Public Education and Design
Danielle Fritze serves as Vice President of Public Education and Design for Mental Health America. In this capacity, Danielle oversees MHA’s…
Mary Giliberti, J.D.
Chief Public Policy Officer
Mary Giliberti is the Chief Public Policy Officer at Mental Health America. Mary focuses on federal policy to promote prevention, early intervention,…
Janelle Gonzaga
Affiliate Network Support Associate
Janelle Gonzaga (she/her) is the Affiliate Network Support Associate at MHA, supporting MHA affiliates with information and resources they need to carry…
Lanee Higgins
Mental Health Writer
Lanee Higgins creates content for Mental Health America's MHA Screening Platform. She writes articles that help readers at the start of their mental health…
Mohamed Hassan
Associate Vice President of Technology Services
Mohamed became Senior Web Developer of Mental Health America in April 2017. As the Web Developer, Mohamed has the responsibility for oversight of the…
Caren Howard
Director of Policy and Advocacy
Caren Howard (she/her) currently serves as Director of Policy and Advocacy for Mental Health America and has 13 years’ experience in congressional and…
Jessica Kennedy
Chief Strategy and Finance Officer
Jessica Kennedy is the Chief Strategy and Finance Officer at Mental Health America, where she has worked for over a decade. An expert in nonprofit…
Michael King
Executive Vice President of Office Services and Human Resources, Executive Assistant to the CEO
Michael has worked with MHA for 27 years in various capacities. He currently directs the national office's day-to-day business operations, including…
Katie Lee
Director of Communications
Katie Lee is the Director of Communications at Mental Health America. In this role she focuses on communications planning, execution, and messaging. She…
Khendra Lucas
Research Associate
As a Research Associate, Khendra Lucas (she/her) serves as the “glue” to the MHA research team, helping to organize documentation, engage stakeholders…
John Marion
Data Analyst, Center for Research and Innovation
John Marion is the Data Analyst for MHA’s Center for Research and Innovation (CRI) team. In this role, he helps provide quantitative analysis of MHA’s…
Niya McCray-Brown
Community Engagement Manager
Niya McCray-Brown (she/her) is MHA’s Community Engagement Manager. Niya works to develop MHA’s outreach initiatives and partnership opportunities to…
Jackie Menjivar
Associate Content Writer for IDONTMIND
Jackie Menjivar is the Associate Content Writer for the IDONTMIND program. She pitches and writes articles on all things mental health for the IDONTMIND…
Jennifer Molina
Individual Giving Manager
Jennifer Molina is the Individual Giving Manager at Mental Health America (MHA). She works to manage, cultivate and steward relationships with major donors…
Theresa Nguyen
Chief Research Officer
As MHA’s Chief Research Officer, Theresa (she/her) leads MHA’s Center for Research and Innovation. In this role, Theresa works to improve access to mental…
America Paredes, Ph.D.
Chief Social Impact Officer
Dr. America Paredes (she/her/ella) is MHA’s Chief Social Impact Officer. America leads the implementation of MHA’s forward-thinking equity-focused approach…
Debbie Plotnick
Executive Vice President of State and Federal Advocacy
Debbie F. Plotnick, MSS, MLSP is the Executive Vice President for State and Federal Advocacy at Mental Health America (MHA). Debbie is recognized as a…
Maddy Reinert
Senior Director of Population Health
Maddy Reinert joined Mental Health America (MHA) in 2018, and serves as Senior Director of Population Health. In her role at MHA, Maddy manages the MHA…
Catherine Reynolds
Event Marketing Manager
Catherine joined the Mental Health America team in 2017. She assists with the Annual Conference, marketing requests, social media, web content, and other…
Kevin Rushton
Program Manager of Digital Solutions
Kevin Rushton manages Mental Health America’s MHA Screening platform. He designs experiences to help readers understand and take charge of their own mental…
Mika Sakamoto
Research Associate, Center for Research and Innovation
Mika Sakamoto is a research associate for MHA’s Center for Research and Innovation (CRI) team, where she is responsible for working with data collected…
Jenny Sanchez
Director of Grants Management and Projects
Jenny is the Director of Grants Management and Projects at Mental Health America (MHA). In this role, she identifies pathways to enhance engagement and…
Edward Schmit
Vice President, IDONTMIND
Edward co-founded IDONTMIND in 2017, a mental health awareness campaign and lifestyle brand with a mission to inspire conversations about mental health in…
Em Skehill
Director of Public Awareness and Education
Em Skehill (she/they) is the Director of Public Awareness and Education at Mental Health America (MHA). She develops accessible educational resources for…
Valerie H. Sterns
Executive Vice President, Affiliate Network
Valerie is the overall steward of MHA's National Affiliate Network, providing strategic and technical assistance to MHA Affiliates as well as directing…
Nathan Tatro
Vice President of Alliance Development
Nathan Tatro, MA, is Vice President of Alliance Development at Mental Health America. Before coming to MHA, he served for seven years as Deputy Director of…
Angelo Thomas
Digital & Social Media Director
Angelo Thomas (he/him) is the Digital & Social Media Director at Mental Health America, where he oversees the organization’s overall voice and…
Allissa Torres
Director of Mental Health Equity
Allissa Torres (she/her) is the Director of Mental Health Equity at Mental Health America (MHA). Her role ensures that MHA centers equity in every part of…
Jackie Zimmermann
Public Education Associate
Jackie Zimmermann is the Public Education Associate at Mental Health America (MHA). In her role, she coordinates MHA webinars, assists in the development…
Mark J. Heyrman
Pro Bono General Counsel
Mark J. Heyrman recently retired after forty-one years as a Clinical Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. The primary focus of his work…
Laura Evans
RPC Representative, Vibrant Emotional Health
Laura Evans leads National and State Policy for Vibrant Emotional Health to support innovative community programs including the state-of-the-art 988 Crisis…
Ben Harrington
RPC Representative, MHA East Tennessee
Ben Harrington is the CEO of the Mental Health Association of East Tennessee and has held this position since 1994. Mr. Harrington is actively…
Barbara Johnston
RPC Representative, MHA New Jersey
Barbara Johnston is the Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ). Barb has worked in healthcare for…
Shannah Mulvihill
RPC Representative, Mental Health Minnesota
Shannah Mulvihill is the Executive Director and CEO of Mental Health Minnesota, a position she has held since 2015. Shannah has worked in the non-…