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…
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…
Nathaniel Counts
Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health Innovation
Nathaniel Counts, JD is the Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health Innovation for Mental Health America (MHA) and Clinical Assistant Professor in the…
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’s lived experience with mental health diagnoses and trauma are at the center of her passion for transforming how we support individuals and change…
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,…
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…
Jillian Hughes
Executive Vice President of Communications
Jillian Hughes is the Executive Vice President of Communications at Mental Health America. In this role she focuses on media relations, communications…
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. He is responsible for the day-to-day business operations of MHA. Additionally, he works with MHA staff…
Katie Lee
Deputy Director of Communications
Katie Lee is the Deputy Director of Communications at Mental Health America. In this role she focuses on communications planning, execution, and messaging…
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…
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 Program Officer
As MHA’s Chief Program Officer and Vice President of Research and Innovation, Theresa works to improve access to mental health care through data and…
America Paredes, Ph.D.
Vice President of Partnerships & Community Outreach
America oversees MHA’s outreach and partnership efforts. In this role, she works to educate the community about MHA and its programs,…
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
Program 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…
Jenny Sanchez
Director of Grants Management
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 is the Director of Public Awareness and Education at Mental Health America (MHA). She develops digital content to support individuals seeking…
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…
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…
Moe Keller
RPC Representative, MHA Colorado
Moe Keller is Vice President of Public Policy and Strategic Initiatives for Mental Health Colorado since 2010. Before her work with MHAC, Moe served…
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-…