SAMHSA CMHS National Advisory Council Members Roster
CHAIRPERSON
Anita Everett, M.D., DFAPA
Director
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD
DESIGNATED FEDERAL OFFICIAL
Pamela Foote
Program Analyst
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD
CURRENT MEMBERS
Jane Adams, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Keys for Networking, Inc.
Topeka, KS
Steven Adelsheim, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Clinical Internal Medicine
Founding Director
Center for Reducing Health Disparities, University of California, Davis, Scholl of Medicine
Sacramento, CA
Khatera Tamplen, B.S.
Consumer Empowerment Manager
Office of Consumer Empowerment, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Oakland, CA
Michael Biasotti, M.A.
Former Chief of Police
Windsor New York Police Department
Indian River Shores, FL
Leonard Bickman, Ph.D., M.A., B.S.
Research Professor
Vanderbilt, University
Boynton Beach, FL
Dennis D. Embry, Ph.D.
President/Senior Scientist
PAXIS Institute
Tucson, AZ
Wenli Jen, Ed.D.
CEO, Senior Consultant
Integral Prudence Solutions, LLC
Alhambra, CA
Jeffrey W. Patton, M.S.W.
Chief Executive Officer
Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Kalamazoo, MI 49001
Lori Raney, M.D.
Principal
Health Management Associates
Denver, Colorado
Stacy M. Rasmus, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Center for Alaska Native Health Research Institute of Arctic Biology
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK
Jürgen Unützer, M.D., M.P.H., M.A.
Professor and Chair
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
The Honorable Alex M. Azar II
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC
Elinore F. McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD
Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD
Robert K. Heinssen, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Services & Intervention Research (HN78)
National Institute of Mental Health
Rockville, MD
Chris Loftis, Ph.D.
National Director
VA/DoD Integrated Mental Health Mental Health Services (10P4M)
VA Central Office
Washington, DC