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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.
President
Florida International University
Boynton Beach, FL

Lori Criss, M.S.W.
Director
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Columbus, Ohio

Dennis D. Embry, Ph.D.
President/Senior Scientist
PAXIS Institute
Tucson, AZ

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

David Len Shern, Ph.D.
Senior Science Advisor
Mental Health America
Valrico, Florida

Sampat Shivangi, M.D., FICS
Doctor of Medicine/Philanthropist
Board of Mental Health
Jackson, Mississippi

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

The Honorable Xavier Becerra
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, 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

Last Updated

Last Updated: 04/12/2022