For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 29, 2002
Appointment
President Bush to Appoint Hogan to the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to appoint
Michael Francis Hogan to the President's New Freedom Commission on
Mental Health, and upon appointment, he will designate Mr. Hogan as
Chair.
Mr. Hogan is currently the Director of the Ohio Department of
Mental Health, where he has served since 1991. While serving in Ohio,
he has implemented comprehensive reform legislation which devolved
mental health care to the community level, reforming forensic services
to increase quality and public safety, and developing new approaches to
children's services to increase local collaboration and reduce reliance
on out-of-home care. From 1984 to 1991, Hogan served with the
Connecticut Department of Mental Health, first as Deputy Commissioner
for Administrative Services, and then as Commissioner from 1987 to
1991. He served with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
from 1976 to 1984, and was an Administrative Intern with the New York
State Department of Mental Hygiene from 1975 to 1976. Hogan served as
a Member of the National Advisory Mental Health Council from 1994 to
1998, and he was President of the National Association of State Mental
Health Program Directors Research Institute from 1998 to 1999. He
holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a doctorate from
Syracuse University.
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