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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Equity as a Foundation for Leadership 
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 11\, 2024Theme: Understanding How Racism and Oppression Show Up in Behavioral Health12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a leader\, are you:  \n\n\n\n\nReady to cultivate an understanding of how inequity is perpetuated by and in behavioral health systems? \n\n\n\nInterested in how to practice intersectional allyship? \n\n\n\nCurious about integrating data equity frameworks and culturally responsive approaches? \n\n\n\nAware of the importance of engaging in co-production and community-driven practices\, but need a little support in doing so? \n\n\n\nPrepared to demonstrate transformational leadership to improve communities? \n\n\n\n\nIf the answer is yes to any of the above\, then this leadership community is for you!  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us together with Ebony Chambers\, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership\, at our newest leadership community – Equity as a Foundation for Leadership – for a bi-monthly leadership community designed for any CBHL member interested in developing their knowledge\, skills\, and leadership behaviors as an equity-grounded leader.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nBackground: Equity-grounded leadership shifts the focus of leaders towards intersectionality\, equity\, and anti-racism to drive behavioral health systems transformation. The equity-grounded leadership concept was co-produced with cross-sector behavioral health leaders from around the country\, who developed equity-grounded leadership competencies\, or Principles of Change. Each of the five Principles is accompanied by the necessary knowledge\, values\, skills\, and operational practice behaviors associated with each principle.    \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEbony Chambers is the Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. In this role\, she oversees the delivery\, facilitation\, content\, and progress of the Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program.   \n\n\n\nEbony has over 18 years of experience working with issues of social justice\, equity\, education\, mental health and diversity.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-equity-as-a-foundation-for-leadership-september/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T140000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090607
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T191752Z
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Vic Armstrong | Leadership to Create a Culture of Partnership with Communities
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVictor Armstrong serves as Vice President for Health Equity and Engagement with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In addition\, he is the National Director of Soul Shop for Black Churches\, a workshop that teaches faith leaders how to minister to congregants that may be dealing with suicidal desperation. Victor previously served as Chief Health Equity Officer for North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services\, with responsibility for leading the overarching strategy and operational goals to promote health equity\, diversity\, and inclusion across all the agency’s health and human services. Victor has also served as ‪Director of the NC Division of Mental Health\, with responsibility and oversight of the public community-based mental health\, intellectual and other developmental disabilities\, substance use\, and traumatic brain injury system in North Carolina. Prior to his NC state government roles\, Victor spent six years as Vice President of Behavioral Health with Atrium Health. \n\n\n\nVictor has over 30 years of experience in human services\, primarily dedicated to building and strengthening community resources to serve individuals who have been historically marginalized. He is a nationally recognized speaker on issues regarding health equity and access to healthcare\, particularly as it relates to individuals living with mental health challenges. \n\n\n\nVictor currently serves on the steering committee of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. He also serves on the Board of Directors for RI International as well as the Board of Directors for I2I Center for integrative health. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for East Carolina University School of Social Work and is the host of the “Strong Talk” podcast. \n\n\n\nVictor’s awards and recognitions include: \n\n\n\n\nLiving Waters Annual Mental Health Summit 2022 “Lifetime Mental Health Champion” Award\n\n\n\nNational Association of Social Workers North Carolina (NASW-NC) 2022 Social Worker of the Year\n\n\n\nAddiction Professionals of NC (APNC) 2021 DEI Leadership & Impact Award\n\n\n\nMental Health America’s 2021 H. Keith Brunnemer\, Jr. Award for “Outstanding Mental Health Leadership”\n\n\n\nBlack Mental Health Symposium 2019 Mental Health Advocate of the Year\n\n\n\nEast Carolina University School of Social Work 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award\n\n\n\nNational Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) NC\, 2012 Mental Health Professional of the Year.\n\n\n\n\nVictor graduated\, Magna Cum Laude\, from North Carolina Central University with a bachelor’s degree in business management and received his MSW from East Carolina University. He is the husband of Dr. Charletta Armstrong and the father of three sons\, Carter\, Alonzo\, and Victor Jr. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-vic-armstrong-leadership-to-create-a-culture-of-partnership-with-communities/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T110000
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DTSTAMP:20260523T090607
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Marcy Melvin | Talking About DEI When We Can't Talk About DEI
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\nJoin us for a candid conversation with Marcy Melvin\, President-Elect of the CBHL Board of Directors and Senior Vice President of Clinical Policy and Deputy Director of The Hackett Center for Mental Health at Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute! \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarcy Melvin is a pivotal executive with over 25 years of experience in behavioral health policy\, training\, and clinical practice. As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas her experience includes providing direct clinical and supervisory services to children\, youth\, parents\, and young adults in various clinical settings including residential\, in-home\, outpatient\, private practice\, primary\, secondary\, and post-secondary locations. Marcy is extremely passionate about advancing health equity and reducing disparities and disproportionality; this has been a culmination of her life’s work in various clinical\, organizational and systems settings.  \n\n\n\nMarcy has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Xavier University of Louisiana and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Fisk University.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-marcy-melvin-talking-about-dei-when-we-cant-talk-about-dei/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T160000
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CREATED:20240926T002729Z
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Fran Silvestri | Learning Across the Globe
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\nJoin us for a candid conversation with Fran Silvestri\, MBA\, President of the CBHL Board of Directors and former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Leadership Exchange (GLE)! \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFran Silvestri\, MBA\, recently left the role as founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Leadership Exchange (GLE)\, formerly the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) and International Initiative for Disability Leadership (IIDL)\, which he helped organize in 2003. GLE is jointly funded by ten countries\, to build partnerships between mental health leaders in order to rapidly exchange knowledge of best and promising practices internationally.    \n\n\n\nBefore his work with GLE (formerly IIMHL)\, Fran was CEO of Monadnock Family Services (MFS) in Keene\, NH.  In this role he looked internationally to identify\, and then replicate\, innovative services that promote recovery and social inclusion for consumers of mental health services. Such services have included the Wyman Way Cooperative\, an independent\, non-profit corporation managed and operated by consumers of mental health services (based on the Trieste model). He was a founder of a state wide Integrated MH network in New Hampshire owned by six hospitals\, 10 MH centers and the largest physician practice in the state.   \n\n\n\nThrough his work with GLE\, he has assisted in building international collaborations resulting in the rapid transfer of innovations and creative practices from one country to another.  \n\n\n\nThe unique week long GLE Leadership Exchange is held every two years and is a unique global experience for key MH leaders to meet international colleagues\, share knowledge and build partnerships. GLE also has facilitated a series of ongoing collaborations on specific topics and has partnered with the WHO on their Special Initiative working with 10 low and middle income countries to link key national mental health leaders to support developments.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-fran-silvestri-learning-across-the-globe/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T160000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090607
CREATED:20240630T112033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T112037Z
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Equity as a Foundation for Leadership 
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 14\, 2024Theme: Practicing Intersectional Allyship12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a leader\, are you:  \n\n\n\n\nReady to cultivate an understanding of how inequity is perpetuated by and in behavioral health systems? \n\n\n\nInterested in how to practice intersectional allyship? \n\n\n\nCurious about integrating data equity frameworks and culturally responsive approaches? \n\n\n\nAware of the importance of engaging in co-production and community-driven practices\, but need a little support in doing so? \n\n\n\nPrepared to demonstrate transformational leadership to improve communities? \n\n\n\n\nIf the answer is yes to any of the above\, then this leadership community is for you!  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us together with Ebony Chambers\, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership\, at our newest leadership community – Equity as a Foundation for Leadership – for a bi-monthly leadership community designed for any CBHL member interested in developing their knowledge\, skills\, and leadership behaviors as an equity-grounded leader.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nBackground: Equity-grounded leadership shifts the focus of leaders towards intersectionality\, equity\, and anti-racism to drive behavioral health systems transformation. The equity-grounded leadership concept was co-produced with cross-sector behavioral health leaders from around the country\, who developed equity-grounded leadership competencies\, or Principles of Change. Each of the five Principles is accompanied by the necessary knowledge\, values\, skills\, and operational practice behaviors associated with each principle.    \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEbony Chambers is the Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. In this role\, she oversees the delivery\, facilitation\, content\, and progress of the Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program.   \n\n\n\nEbony has over 18 years of experience working with issues of social justice\, equity\, education\, mental health and diversity.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-equity-as-a-foundation-for-leadership-november/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250109T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250109T160000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090607
CREATED:20240630T112731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T112846Z
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Equity as a Foundation for Leadership 
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 9\, 2025Theme: Integrating Data Equity Frameworks and Culturally Responsive Behavioral Health Approaches 12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a leader\, are you:  \n\n\n\n\nReady to cultivate an understanding of how inequity is perpetuated by and in behavioral health systems? \n\n\n\nInterested in how to practice intersectional allyship? \n\n\n\nCurious about integrating data equity frameworks and culturally responsive approaches? \n\n\n\nAware of the importance of engaging in co-production and community-driven practices\, but need a little support in doing so? \n\n\n\nPrepared to demonstrate transformational leadership to improve communities? \n\n\n\n\nIf the answer is yes to any of the above\, then this leadership community is for you!  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us together with Ebony Chambers\, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership\, at our newest leadership community – Equity as a Foundation for Leadership – for a bi-monthly leadership community designed for any CBHL member interested in developing their knowledge\, skills\, and leadership behaviors as an equity-grounded leader.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nBackground: Equity-grounded leadership shifts the focus of leaders towards intersectionality\, equity\, and anti-racism to drive behavioral health systems transformation. The equity-grounded leadership concept was co-produced with cross-sector behavioral health leaders from around the country\, who developed equity-grounded leadership competencies\, or Principles of Change. Each of the five Principles is accompanied by the necessary knowledge\, values\, skills\, and operational practice behaviors associated with each principle.    \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEbony Chambers is the Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. In this role\, she oversees the delivery\, facilitation\, content\, and progress of the Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program.   \n\n\n\nEbony has over 18 years of experience working with issues of social justice\, equity\, education\, mental health and diversity.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-equity-as-a-foundation-for-leadership-january/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250206T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250206T150000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090607
CREATED:20250107T192538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T233617Z
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Charly Weldon\, MBA | Meet & Greet with CBHL's New CEO
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  \n\n\n\nLed by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, February 6\, 202511:00 am PT / 12:00 pm MT / 1:00 pm CT / 2:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharly Hubenak Weldon\, MBA is the Chief Executive Officer of The College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL). For the last 20 years\, Charly has been an innovative change driver for Houston’s most impactful nonprofits and programs that support homeless and at-risk populations. She is recognized as a leader whose passion to serve empowers and motivates organizational teams\, board members\, and community members alike. Charly holds a Master of Business Administration degree from East Texas A&M University\, and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston\, Downtown. View Charly’s Full Bio \n\n\n\nWe invite members to come with any questions they may have for Charly! \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-charly-weldon-mba/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T140000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090607
CREATED:20250113T222602Z
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Members Only \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to learn how to integrate DEI with wellbeing into the very fabric of mental health workplaces through the powerful concept of “Synergy”. Synergy is the energy that we feel when we just know that healing is happening. According to Dr. Richard Katz\, “Synergy is out there. The universe is synergistic. We just haven’t learned to open ourselves to it.”Join us for 3 follow up opportunities for CBHL members to practice the skills learned in the Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace webinar.  These consultation sessions (50 minutes) will be held once per month for the next three months (February\, March\, April). \n\n\n\nFebruary 11\, 202510:00am PT / 11:00am MT / 12:00pm CT / 1:00pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe invite participants to bring conundrums or areas of need to the sessions and be ready to practice these skills in their workplaces and lives. The sessions will be informed by a 2 question participant interest survey and each subsequent session will be co-designed to the unique needs and challenges the participants are facing in their current contexts.   \n\n\n\nWhen registering for the session\, please answer the following questions:  \n\n\n\n\nWhat challenges are you currently facing with regards to diversity\, equity\, inclusion and/or workforce culture?\n\n\n\nWhat would you like to see as a result of participating in these sessions?\n\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to ask questions\, receive feedback\, and support one another to better apply each of the synergy strands on individual\, interpersonal\, and collective levels in their particular workplace and lives. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. \n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry\, Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry is Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development at Stepped Care Solutions. She is a published author and a clinical social worker\, with over 35 years of experience as an educator and practitioner. She has overseen the counseling and psychological services at George Washington University\, leading a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals through the implementation of the Stepped Care 2.0 approach into their service delivery. She has been a faculty member at the University of Botswana’s Department of Social Work Southern Africa and the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Her clinical interests are strongly influenced by her grandfather’s Indigenous philosophy\, and she provides short-term solution-focused services/therapy from this perspective. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Catie Greene\, Faculty of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nCatie Greene\, PhD\, LPC is a counselor educator and supervisor.  Catie has worked as a clinician in college counseling centers and group practice\, and an educator in Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate programs for over 11 years and joined Stepped Care Solutions as a faculty consultant on synergy\, beyond diversity\, equity\, and inclusion in 2020. Catie’s research and practice is grounded in Relational Cultural Theory.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Stepped Care Solutions \n\n\n\nStepped Care Solutions (SCS) is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization\, and the creators of Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0©) – an innovative and transformative model that leverages collaborative efforts and technology to transform mental health and substance use health systems for better access and outcomes. SCS exists to help organizations and communities reframe\, rethink\, and redesign the delivery of mental health care services. \n\n\n\nBolstered by principles and driven by evidence\, SCS collaborates with government\, business\, health care\, and more\, to promote and implement an equitable and visionary approach to mental health care\, and ensure every individual receives care that is uniquely suited to their needs. \n\n\n\nRecommended reading:  \n\n\n\nStepped Care 2.0: The Power of Conundrums 1st ed. 2023 Edition \n\n\n\nIndigenous Healing Psychology: Honoring the Wisdom of the First Peoples 2017 \n\n\n\nSynergy\, Healing\, & Empowerment: Insights from Cultural Diversity \n\n\n\nDefining Synergy | Dr. Gillian Berry (video)
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-synergy-in-action-bringing-concepts-beyond-dei-into-the-mental-health-workplace-february/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Supporting the Uptake of Behavioral Health Apps and Technology  
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nAre you grappling with how to address unmet or undermet needs among specific population groups in your community or organization? Have you considered the possibility of integrating behavioral health apps or new technologies into services?  Do you feel stuck by how to choose the right technology\, or how to implement successfully?   \n\n\n\nThursday\, March 6\, 202511:00 am PT / 12:00 pm MT / 1:00 pm CT / 2:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe increasing demand for behavioral health services\, coupled with challenges in the workforce\, creates a compelling reason to take a closer look at forward-thinking solutions.  Behavioral health apps and other technologies have the potential to supplement existing services by increasing access and engagement among specific communities or population groups. This quarterly CBHL Leadership Community series is designed for any CBHL member interested in the successful integration of behavioral health apps and technology as a complement to existing practices. You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuest Speaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaura Galbreath\, MPP\, is the director of behavioral health and workforce at the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP). In her role\, Laura collaborates with state and federal policymakers to design evidence-based initiatives that enhance mental health and addiction prevention\, treatment\, and recovery services. With a focus on bridging policy and practice\, Laura advises state health leaders on integrated care delivery models\, workforce strategies\, and financing solutions for behavioral health initiatives. With years of experience in technical assistance and stakeholder engagement\, Laura is passionate about fostering research-driven policies that can positively impact state health systems across the nation. As a skilled health care executive\, Laura has dedicated her career to improving access to behavioral health services for individuals across the nation. Prior to joining NASHP\, she was a consultant and vice president at the National Council for Community Behavioral Health\, where she led the nation’s first national center providing knowledge and technical assistance to support the integration of primary and behavioral healthcare. Laura holds a Master of Public Policy from George Mason University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida. \n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gastfriend is an addiction psychiatrist. At Harvard Medical School\, he directed addiction research at Massachusetts General Hospital and was an investigator in the NIDA Cocaine Collaborative Study\, NIAAA’s COMBINE Study and NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network. As Vice President at Alkermes\, Inc.\, he directed scientific publications on Vivitrol in clinical\, criminal justice and health economics research. \n\n\n\nHis research led most states to endorse the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria. His 150 scientific publications include the books The ASAM Criteria and Addiction Treatment Matching. His ASAM CONTINUUM – The ASAM Criteria Decision Engine ® and ASAM’s CO-Triage ® tools are being adopted nationwide. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, he co-founded DynamiCare Health\, a nationally-scalable technology for Contingency Management and predictive analytics\, winning awards from HarvardBusiness School\, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts\, the Governor of Ohio\, and the New York Times. He has consulted to governments in Belgium\, China\, Iceland\, Israel\, Norway\, Russia and the U.S. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGarrett E. Moran\, Ph.D.\, serves as the the Principal Investigator for the Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care\, a program sponsored by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)\, and served as Project Director of the Academy from 2010 until 2018. He is deeply committed to advancing holistic\, person-centered health care. Dr. Moran retired in 2021 from his role as the Associate Director of Services and Policy Innovation in the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute\, and Professor in the School of Public Health and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University (WVU). Before coming to WVU he was a Vice President and Associate Director at Westat where he worked for 29 years. \n\n\n\nDr. Moran has more than 50 years of experience in public policy\, program evaluation\, research\, and management. His career has included key leadership roles on projects for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)\, as well as consulting roles with states working on health reform and care integration. His major areas of substantive expertise include integrated healthcare delivery\, health care financing\, health information technology\, and program evaluation. Dr. Moran directed the consultant support and writing contract for the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in the early 2000s\, and subsequently served as an Advisor and Consultant to the States of Maryland and Ohio as they developed mental health transformation plans. \n\n\n\n\n\nBackground: \n\n\n\nSignificant interest in our November 2023 webinar\, Revolutionizing Behavioral Health: The Role of Behavioral Health Apps in Addressing the Workforce Crisis\, sparked a follow up roundtable dialogue where CBHL members delved into the potential of behavioral health apps as a transformative technology supporting both mental and physical wellbeing. Participants explored challenges faced by organizations in determining how to select the right technology\, considerations for how to implement as a complement to existing services\, and additional support members might need to feel more informed and better equipped to successfully integrate behavioral health apps and technology into existing practices.   \n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community?  \nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-supporting-the-uptake-of-behavioral-health-apps-and-technology-march/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to learn how to integrate DEI with wellbeing into the very fabric of mental health workplaces through the powerful concept of “Synergy”. Synergy is the energy that we feel when we just know that healing is happening. According to Dr. Richard Katz\, “Synergy is out there. The universe is synergistic. We just haven’t learned to open ourselves to it.”Join us for 3 follow up opportunities for CBHL members to practice the skills learned in the Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace webinar.  These consultation sessions (50 minutes) will be held once per month for the next three months (February\, March\, April). \n\n\n\nTuesday\, March 11\, 202510:00am PT / 11:00am MT / 12:00pm CT / 1:00pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe invite participants to bring conundrums or areas of need to the sessions and be ready to practice these skills in their workplaces and lives. The sessions will be informed by a 2 question participant interest survey and each subsequent session will be co-designed to the unique needs and challenges the participants are facing in their current contexts.   \n\n\n\nWhen registering for the session\, please answer the following questions:  \n\n\n\n\nWhat challenges are you currently facing with regards to diversity\, equity\, inclusion and/or workforce culture?\n\n\n\nWhat would you like to see as a result of participating in these sessions?\n\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to ask questions\, receive feedback\, and support one another to better apply each of the synergy strands on individual\, interpersonal\, and collective levels in their particular workplace and lives. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. \n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry\, Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry is Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development at Stepped Care Solutions. She is a published author and a clinical social worker\, with over 35 years of experience as an educator and practitioner. She has overseen the counseling and psychological services at George Washington University\, leading a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals through the implementation of the Stepped Care 2.0 approach into their service delivery. She has been a faculty member at the University of Botswana’s Department of Social Work Southern Africa and the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Her clinical interests are strongly influenced by her grandfather’s Indigenous philosophy\, and she provides short-term solution-focused services/therapy from this perspective. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Catie Greene\, Faculty of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nCatie Greene\, PhD\, LPC is a counselor educator and supervisor.  Catie has worked as a clinician in college counseling centers and group practice\, and an educator in Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate programs for over 11 years and joined Stepped Care Solutions as a faculty consultant on synergy\, beyond diversity\, equity\, and inclusion in 2020. Catie’s research and practice is grounded in Relational Cultural Theory.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Stepped Care Solutions \n\n\n\nStepped Care Solutions (SCS) is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization\, and the creators of Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0©) – an innovative and transformative model that leverages collaborative efforts and technology to transform mental health and substance use health systems for better access and outcomes. SCS exists to help organizations and communities reframe\, rethink\, and redesign the delivery of mental health care services. \n\n\n\nBolstered by principles and driven by evidence\, SCS collaborates with government\, business\, health care\, and more\, to promote and implement an equitable and visionary approach to mental health care\, and ensure every individual receives care that is uniquely suited to their needs. \n\n\n\nRecommended reading:  \n\n\n\nStepped Care 2.0: The Power of Conundrums 1st ed. 2023 Edition \n\n\n\nIndigenous Healing Psychology: Honoring the Wisdom of the First Peoples 2017 \n\n\n\nSynergy\, Healing\, & Empowerment: Insights from Cultural Diversity \n\n\n\nDefining Synergy | Dr. Gillian Berry (video)
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-synergy-in-action-bringing-concepts-beyond-dei-into-the-mental-health-workplace-march/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Marcy Melvin and Fran Silvestri | Leadership in Motion: Adapting to a Changing Political Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin CBHL Board members Marcy Melvin and Fran Silvestri for a discussion focused on navigating leadership challenges in today’s dynamic political landscape. This facilitated open dialogue will explore the implications of the new administration and emerging opportunities in our field. This interactive session\, developed in response to member feedback\, provides a unique opportunity to share experiences and insights with peers who understand the complexities of behavioral health leadership. Connect with colleagues and contribute to a meaningful discussion about the future of behavioral health in this changing environment. \n\n\n\nLeadership in Motion: Adapting to a Changing Political LandscapeThursday\, March 20\, 202511:00am PT / 12:00pm MT / 1:00pm CT / 2:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRSVP via Zoom\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this conversation is open to CBHL members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Board Member\, President-Elect \n\n\n\n\n\nMarcy Melvin\, MA is a pivotal executive with over 25 years of experience in behavioral health policy\, training\, and clinical practice. As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas her experience includes providing direct clinical and supervisory services to children\, youth\, parents\, and young adults in various clinical settings including residential\, in-home\, outpatient\, private practice\, primary\, secondary\, and post-secondary locations. Marcy is extremely passionate about advancing health equity and reducing disparities and disproportionality; this has been a culmination of her life’s work in various clinical\, organizational and systems settings.  \n\n\n\nMarcy has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Xavier University of Louisiana and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Fisk University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Board Member\, President \n\n\n\n\n\nFran Silvestri\, MBA\, recently left the role as founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Leadership Exchange (GLE)\, formerly the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) and International Initiative for Disability Leadership (IIDL)\, which he helped organize in 2003. GLE is jointly funded by ten countries\, to build partnerships between mental health leaders in order to rapidly exchange knowledge of best and promising practices internationally.    \n\n\n\nBefore his work with GLE (formerly IIMHL)\, Fran was CEO of Monadnock Family Services (MFS) in Keene\, NH.  In this role he looked internationally to identify\, and then replicate\, innovative services that promote recovery and social inclusion for consumers of mental health services. Such services have included the Wyman Way Cooperative\, an independent\, non-profit corporation managed and operated by consumers of mental health services (based on the Trieste model). He was a founder of a state wide Integrated MH network in New Hampshire owned by six hospitals\, 10 MH centers and the largest physician practice in the state.   \n\n\n\nThrough his work with GLE\, he has assisted in building international collaborations resulting in the rapid transfer of innovations and creative practices from one country to another.  \n\n\n\nThe unique week long GLE Leadership Exchange is held every two years and is a unique global experience for key MH leaders to meet international colleagues\, share knowledge and build partnerships. GLE also has facilitated a series of ongoing collaborations on specific topics and has partnered with the WHO on their Special Initiative working with 10 low and middle income countries to link key national mental health leaders to support developments.  \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are CBHL Candid Conversations? \nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-marcy-melvin-and-fran-silvestri-leadership-in-motion-adapting-to-a-changing-political-landscape/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | From Burnout to Breakthrough: Hope and Resilience in Behavioral Health Leadership
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nCaring for others during a difficult time can be stressful and overwhelming\, but support can be found through connection and community. This final session of our leadership community series on Synergy in Action will explore burnout\, supporting each other through community\, and finding flexibility and adaptability in ourselves and others. As we wrap up our series\, this will be a conversation (50 minutes) on supporting each other through community and connection.  \n\n\n\nJoin our session\, From Burnout to Breakthrough: Hope and Resilience Behavioral Health Leadership to learn how to integrate hope and resiliency into the very fabric of mental health workplaces through the powerful concept of “Synergy”. Synergy is the energy that we feel when we just know that healing is happening. According to Dr. Richard Katz\, “Synergy is out there. The universe is synergistic. We just haven’t learned to open ourselves to it.”  \n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 8\, 202510:00am PT / 11:00am MT / 12:00pm CT / 1:00pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiscussion will include:  \n\n\n\n\nincreasing understanding about the concept of Synergy and integrating this concept with wellbeing \n\n\n\nexemplify taking responsibility for wellness at each level of a mental health system – from clients to the workforce to the system as a whole.  \n\n\n\nlearn how to nurture Synergy in action in our current mental health care systems\,\n\n\n\nand identify ways we can collectively work towards transforming mental health care towards more Synergistic approaches in each of our contexts.   \n\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to ask questions\, receive feedback\, and support one another to better apply each of the synergy strands on individual\, interpersonal\, and collective levels in their particular workplace and lives. \n\n\n\nBackground: In January\, CBHL and Stepped Care Solutions hosted an experiential webinar to demonstrate creativity and agency to cultivate a more supportive and effective system for both the workforce and those they serve. This leadership community series was developed as a follow up to that discussion. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. \n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry\, Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry is Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development at Stepped Care Solutions. She is a published author and a clinical social worker\, with over 35 years of experience as an educator and practitioner. She has overseen the counseling and psychological services at George Washington University\, leading a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals through the implementation of the Stepped Care 2.0 approach into their service delivery. She has been a faculty member at the University of Botswana’s Department of Social Work Southern Africa and the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Her clinical interests are strongly influenced by her grandfather’s Indigenous philosophy\, and she provides short-term solution-focused services/therapy from this perspective. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Catie Greene\, Faculty of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nCatie Greene\, PhD\, LPC is a counselor educator and supervisor.  Catie has worked as a clinician in college counseling centers and group practice\, and an educator in Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate programs for over 11 years and joined Stepped Care Solutions as a faculty consultant on synergy\, beyond diversity\, equity\, and inclusion in 2020. Catie’s research and practice is grounded in Relational Cultural Theory.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Stepped Care Solutions \n\n\n\nStepped Care Solutions (SCS) is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization\, and the creators of Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0©) – an innovative and transformative model that leverages collaborative efforts and technology to transform mental health and substance use health systems for better access and outcomes. SCS exists to help organizations and communities reframe\, rethink\, and redesign the delivery of mental health care services. \n\n\n\nBolstered by principles and driven by evidence\, SCS collaborates with government\, business\, health care\, and more\, to promote and implement an equitable and visionary approach to mental health care\, and ensure every individual receives care that is uniquely suited to their needs. \n\n\n\nRecommended reading:  \n\n\n\nStepped Care 2.0: The Power of Conundrums 1st ed. 2023 Edition \n\n\n\nIndigenous Healing Psychology: Honoring the Wisdom of the First Peoples 2017 \n\n\n\nSynergy\, Healing\, & Empowerment: Insights from Cultural Diversity \n\n\n\nDefining Synergy | Dr. Gillian Berry (video)
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-synergy-in-action-april-2025/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Equity as a Foundation for Leadership 
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 17\, 2025Theme: Engaging in Co-Production and Community Driven Practices12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a leader\, are you:  \n\n\n\n\nReady to cultivate an understanding of how inequity is perpetuated by and in behavioral health systems? \n\n\n\nInterested in how to practice intersectional allyship? \n\n\n\nCurious about integrating data equity frameworks and culturally responsive approaches? \n\n\n\nAware of the importance of engaging in co-production and community-driven practices\, but need a little support in doing so? \n\n\n\nPrepared to demonstrate transformational leadership to improve communities? \n\n\n\n\nIf the answer is yes to any of the above\, then this leadership community is for you!  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us together with Ebony Chambers\, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership\, at our leadership community – Equity as a Foundation for Leadership – for a bi-monthly leadership community designed for any CBHL member interested in developing their knowledge\, skills\, and leadership behaviors as an equity-grounded leader.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nBackground: Equity-grounded leadership shifts the focus of leaders towards intersectionality\, equity\, and anti-racism to drive behavioral health systems transformation. The equity-grounded leadership concept was co-produced with cross-sector behavioral health leaders from around the country\, who developed equity-grounded leadership competencies\, or Principles of Change. Each of the five Principles is accompanied by the necessary knowledge\, values\, skills\, and operational practice behaviors associated with each principle.    \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEbony Chambers is the Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. In this role\, she oversees the delivery\, facilitation\, content\, and progress of the Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program.   \n\n\n\nEbony has over 18 years of experience working with issues of social justice\, equity\, education\, mental health and diversity.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-equity-as-a-foundation-for-leadership-march/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Taina Martinez-Laing\, MSW\, NYCPS | Rising Together: Empowering Peer Leadership and Community Impact
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a one-hour Candid Conversations event exclusively for CBHL members\, focused on advancing peer support\, advocacy\, and leadership. This engaging session is designed to inspire\, empower\, and connect behavioral health leaders who are dedicated to creating meaningful change in their communities. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Glue Up\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLed by Taina Martinez-Laing\, MSW\, NYCPS\, an accomplished peer leader and CBHL board member\, this conversation will explore essential strategies for thriving in peer leadership roles that require both professional expertise and deep personal resilience. \n\n\n\nParticipants will gain valuable insights into sustainable leadership practices tailored to the unique challenges of behavioral health and peer support. The discussion will also cover strategies for navigating systemic change\, managing complex systems\, and prioritizing self-care as a leader. \n\n\n\nThis intimate gathering offers CBHL members the opportunity to deepen their commitment to peer leadership\, community integration\, and professional growth. Through collaborative dialogue\, participants will explore how community-centered approaches can strengthen organizations and open pathways for ongoing learning and leadership development. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTaina Martinez\, MSW\, NYCPS\, has been employed at Baltic Street Wellness Solutions (formerly Baltic Street AEH\, Inc.) since 2002 and was appointed as the new CEO as of September 2020. Taina brings over 20 years of peer supervision\, advocacy\, and vocational services to individuals with mental health and substance use/misuse diagnoses. Taina is passionate about advocacy that addresses equality and service disparities in low socioeconomic communities. She believes in the power of peer specialists and the integration of peer advocates in all areas of recovery and support. Taina often states\, “Peer advocacy supports are integral to all social determinants of health! We cannot allow social or health policies to be written without the inclusion of the peer perspective and insight.” \n\n\n\nTaina participates on several committees and boards across New York State; she is the Treasurer of the Alliance for Rights and Recovery (formerly New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS))\, is President of the New York State Peer Certification Board\, is a member of the Institute for the Development of Human Arts (IDHA) board\, a member of WCNY-IPA\, and is a professional participant in developing and overviewing the exam of the MHA National Certified Peer Specialist. Taina graduated from Stony Brook University with her MSW\, is a New York State Certified Peer Specialist and is looking forward to pursuing her Ph.D. in researching transgenerational trauma and the links of systematic oppression within the mental health and justice system. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are CBHL Candid Conversations? \nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-taina-martinez-laing-msw-nycps-rising-together-empowering-peer-leadership-and-community-impact/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Equity as a Foundation for Leadership 
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 15\, 2025Theme: Demonstrating Transformational Leadership to Improve Communities 12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a leader\, are you:  \n\n\n\n\nReady to cultivate an understanding of how inequity is perpetuated by and in behavioral health systems? \n\n\n\nInterested in how to practice intersectional allyship? \n\n\n\nCurious about integrating data equity frameworks and culturally responsive approaches? \n\n\n\nAware of the importance of engaging in co-production and community-driven practices\, but need a little support in doing so? \n\n\n\nPrepared to demonstrate transformational leadership to improve communities? \n\n\n\n\nIf the answer is yes to any of the above\, then this leadership community is for you!  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us together with Ebony Chambers\, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership\, at our leadership community – Equity as a Foundation for Leadership – for a bi-monthly leadership community designed for any CBHL member interested in developing their knowledge\, skills\, and leadership behaviors as an equity-grounded leader.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nBackground: Equity-grounded leadership shifts the focus of leaders towards intersectionality\, equity\, and anti-racism to drive behavioral health systems transformation. The equity-grounded leadership concept was co-produced with cross-sector behavioral health leaders from around the country\, who developed equity-grounded leadership competencies\, or Principles of Change. Each of the five Principles is accompanied by the necessary knowledge\, values\, skills\, and operational practice behaviors associated with each principle.    \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEbony Chambers is the Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. In this role\, she oversees the delivery\, facilitation\, content\, and progress of the Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program.   \n\n\n\nEbony has over 18 years of experience working with issues of social justice\, equity\, education\, mental health and diversity.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-equity-as-a-foundation-for-leadership-may/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T151500
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Supporting the Uptake of Behavioral Health Apps and Technology  
DESCRIPTION:11:00 am PT / 12:00 pm MT / 1:00 pm CT / 2:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you grappling with how to address unmet or undermet needs among specific population groups in your community or organization?  \n\n\n\nHave you considered the possibility of integrating behavioral health apps or new technologies into services?   \n\n\n\nDo you feel stuck by how to choose the right technology\, or how to implement successfully?    \n\n\n\nThe increasing demand for behavioral health services\, coupled with challenges in the workforce\, creates a compelling reason to take a closer look at forward-thinking solutions.  Behavioral health apps and other technologies have the potential to supplement existing services by increasing access and engagement among specific communities or population groups.   This quarterly CBHL Leadership Community series is designed for any CBHL member interested in the successful integration of behavioral health apps and technology as a complement to existing practices.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nBackground:  \n\n\n\nSignificant interest in our November 2023 webinar\, Revolutionizing Behavioral Health: The Role of Behavioral Health Apps in Addressing the Workforce Crisis\, sparked a follow up roundtable dialogue where CBHL members delved into the potential of behavioral health apps as a transformative technology supporting both mental and physical wellbeing. Participants explored challenges faced by organizations in determining how to select the right technology\, considerations for how to implement as a complement to existing services\, and additional support members might need to feel more informed and better equipped to successfully integrate behavioral health apps and technology into existing practices.   \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community?  \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuest Speakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Mohr received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Arizona. He was on the faculty at the University of California\, San Francisco from 1994 to 2006\, when he moved to join the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University. He is the founder and director of the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs). Dr. Mohr has been elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Society for Behavioral Medicine.  \n\n\n\nDr. Mohr’s work focuses on the design and implementation of digital mental health treatments that fit into the fabric of people’s lives and can be sustainably implemented in real-world settings. His research integrates user centered design processes to incorporate stakeholder input into the creation and evaluation of digital mental health services. He is also examining methods of harnessing sensor data from devices such as smartphones to identify behaviors\, states\, and environmental conditions\, and using these to design digital mental health tools that are more effective and easier for people to use.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Schueller\, PhD is a Professor of Psychological Science and Informatics at the University of California\, Irvine. He received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California\, Riverside\, his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California\, San Francisco as part of the Public Health and Minority Cluster at San Francisco General Hospital.  As a clinical psychologist and mental health services researcher\, Dr. Schueller’s work focuses on how technology can improve mental health services by expanding access and improving accessibility. This includes the development\, evaluation\, and implementation of digital mental health treatments in diverse settings and populations.  At UCI\, he directs the Technology and Mental Health (TEAM) Lab\, is the Director of the Dissemination and Implementation Unit for the Institute of Clinical and Translation Science and is a member of UCI’s Connected Learning Lab and the Jacobs CERES Center. \n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gastfriend is an addiction psychiatrist. At Harvard Medical School\, he directed addiction research at Massachusetts General Hospital and was an investigator in the NIDA Cocaine Collaborative Study\, NIAAA’s COMBINE Study and NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network. As Vice President at Alkermes\, Inc.\, he directed scientific publications on Vivitrol in clinical\, criminal justice and health economics research. \n\n\n\nHis research led most states to endorse the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria. His 150 scientific publications include the books The ASAM Criteria and Addiction Treatment Matching. His ASAM CONTINUUM – The ASAM Criteria Decision Engine ® and ASAM’s CO-Triage ® tools are being adopted nationwide. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, he co-founded DynamiCare Health\, a nationally-scalable technology for Contingency Management and predictive analytics\, winning awards from HarvardBusiness School\, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts\, the Governor of Ohio\, and the New York Times. He has consulted to governments in Belgium\, China\, Iceland\, Israel\, Norway\, Russia and the U.S. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGarrett E. Moran\, Ph.D.\, serves as the the Principal Investigator for the Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care\, a program sponsored by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)\, and served as Project Director of the Academy from 2010 until 2018. He is deeply committed to advancing holistic\, person-centered health care. Dr. Moran retired in 2021 from his role as the Associate Director of Services and Policy Innovation in the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute\, and Professor in the School of Public Health and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University (WVU). Before coming to WVU he was a Vice President and Associate Director at Westat where he worked for 29 years. \n\n\n\nDr. Moran has more than 50 years of experience in public policy\, program evaluation\, research\, and management. His career has included key leadership roles on projects for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)\, as well as consulting roles with states working on health reform and care integration. His major areas of substantive expertise include integrated healthcare delivery\, health care financing\, health information technology\, and program evaluation. Dr. Moran directed the consultant support and writing contract for the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in the early 2000s\, and subsequently served as an Advisor and Consultant to the States of Maryland and Ohio as they developed mental health transformation plans.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-supporting-the-uptake-of-behavioral-health-apps-and-technology-june-2025/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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SUMMARY:Summer Member Networking Chat
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exciting virtual networking opportunity exclusively for CBHL members on Monday\, August 4\, at 1:30 pm PT / 4:30pm ET! \n\n\n\nConnect with fellow behavioral health leaders in a relaxed online environment where you can expand your network\, share insights\, and discover potential collaborations. \n\n\n\nThis interactive session provides the perfect platform to meet new faces\, reconnect with colleagues\, and exchange ideas that can benefit your CBHL membership journey. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Glue Up\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Members: If you have not yet activated your member account in Glue Up\, don’t worry – register for the event using the same email associated with your CBHL membership and it will guide you through the process! Contact Chelsey Gutierrez cgutierrez@leaders4health.org if you have any questions.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/summer-member-networking-chat/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T150000
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Emily Derecktor | Redefining Recovery
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special Candid Conversations session featuring Emily Derecktor\, founder of Cereal For Dinner (CFD)—a peer-led\, community-centered organization redefining how we support mental health and recovery. In this session\, Emily will share the origin and evolution of CFD\, explore its unique\, low-barrier model\, and discuss how this approach fosters belonging\, mutuality\, and sustainable care. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Glue Up\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’ll also explore how models like CFD can complement and challenge traditional behavioral health systems\, offering powerful insights into what it means to build accessible\, inclusive\, and person-driven supports. Come with questions\, curiosity\, and a willingness to think beyond the status quo. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmily Derecktor is the Founder and Director of Cereal for Dinner\, a social enterprise offering peer-informed\, values-centered support for individuals living with chronic mental health challenges. With a background in public health and deep lived experience\, Emily designs programs that meet people where they are—emotionally\, functionally\, and energetically. Through a growing ecosystem of personalized tools\, coaching programs\, and practical support opportunities\, Cereal for Dinner helps individuals re-engage with daily life in ways that are accessible\, sustainable and values-centric. Emily draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)\, community wellness frameworks\, psychiatric rehabilitation and the collective wisdom of peers to inform her approach to this work. \n\n\n\nEmily is dedicated to building a movement rooted in the belief that we can move toward what matters—even while we struggle. Rather than focusing solely on symptom reduction\, her work centers recovery around purpose\, belonging\, inclusion\, hope\, and self-determination. While well-acquainted with the strengths and limitations of the current mental health system\, her mission is to help create a complementary\, community-based infrastructure of mutual support\, connection\, and meaningful activities—one that honors the wisdom of lived experience and makes room for each person’s unique path. \n\n\n\nShe holds a BA in Health & Societies from the University of Pennsylvania and dual master’s degrees in Medical Sciences and Population Medicine from Brown University. Emily is also a certified mental health and wellbeing coach. She lives in Providence\, RI with her cat\, Noodle\, and is an avid singer and artist. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are CBHL Candid Conversations? \nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support. Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to: \n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-emily-derecktor-redefining-recovery/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Member Discussion | A Transformational Discussion with Zero Overdose: Overdose Safety Planning
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 15\, 2025\n\n\n\n10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ET \n\n\n\nThis event is open to CBHL members. \n\n\n\n\n\nFollowing the foundational overview in Part 1\, this members-only session offers a deeper dive into the application of overdose safety planning in real-world settings. Together\, we’ll explore the nuances\, challenges\, and breakthroughs that arise when implementing safety planning strategies across diverse systems and communities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn More & Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhether you’re piloting a new initiative\, strengthening an existing program\, or exploring how to bring this work into your organization\, this space is designed to support honest conversation and collective growth. \n\n\n\nNote: attendance at part 1 is not mandatory for members to attend this session. If members would like to view a recording of part 1 prior to attending this session\, you may access it here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVirna Little\, PsyD\, LCSW-R\, MBA\, CCM\, SAPCo-Founder and CEO of Zero Overdose \n\n\n\nDr. Virna Little is a distinguished leader in behavioral health integration. She is the co-founder of Concert Health\, a behavioral health medical group which provides Collaborative Care to organizations across 21 states. Dr. Little is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Zero Overdose\, a national non-profit focused on overdose safety planning to reduce unintentional overdose events and deaths. Dr. Little has served as a member of the national Zero Suicide faculty and a consultant who was fostered the development of integrated delivery systtems nationally in all 50 states and internationally. Dr. Little holds a Doctoral degree in Psychology\, and a Master’s in Social Work. A nationally and internationally recognized speaker\, Dr. Little has presented on suicide prevention strategies at the White House . She has received numerous awards for her work in integrating primary care and behavioral health and serves on multiple boards. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJorge Petit\, MDStrategy and Development Advisor at Zero Overdose \n\n\n\nJorge R. Petit\, MD is a board-certified Adult\, Community\, and Public Psychiatrist and seasoned healthcare executive with over 30 years of experience driving innovation and transformation across behavioral health and human services systems\, with a focus on marginalized and vulnerable populations. \n\n\n\nHe is the Founder and CEO of Quality Healthcare Solutions (QHS)\, a consulting and advisory firm supporting healthcare systems\, community-based organizations\, emerging tech start-ups\, and regulators. QHS specializes in strategic planning\, board and C-suite leadership\, workforce development (including DEIBA)\, data and quality improvement\, and integrated care initiatives such as Crisis Services and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs). Dr. Petit is a nationally recognized thought leader\, speaker\, author\, and bilingual/bicultural advocate for behavioral health equity. \n\n\n\nDr. Petit serves as Strategic and Development Advisor to Zero Overdose\, Chief Clinical Advisor to Cantata Health Solutions\, and Clinical Advisor to Emotivo Health\, Metta Health\, and Verity Health. He also serves on several national boards and advisory groups\, including SAMHSA’s CSAT National Advisory Council\, Cantata Health Solutions\, Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC)\, and Mental Health News Education (MHNE). He is a member of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry’s Committee on Psychiatric Administration & Leadership\, United Hospital Fund’s Health Policy Forum\, and the Medical Director Institute of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. \n\n\n\nHe has held executive leadership roles across government\, managed care\, hospital systems\, and community-based organizations. Dr. Petit is the author of Handbook of Emergency Psychiatry and The Seven Beliefs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help Latinas Recognize and Overcome Depression. He has been recognized with numerous honors\, including the 2023 Marquis Who’s Who Honoree\, Crain’s 2022 Notable LGBTQ Leader\, City & State NY’s 2022 Nonprofit Power 100\, and Responsible 100.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/member-discussion-a-transformational-discussion-with-zero-overdose-overdose-safety-planning/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T130000
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DTSTAMP:20260523T090608
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UID:10000431-1757509200-1757512800@www.leaders4health.org
SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Leadership in Recovery and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 10\, 2025Theme: Inspiring Hope as a Leader10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETThis event is for CBHL members. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a 4-part series kicking off this September for National Recovery Month\, designed especially for leaders and staff working to build more recovery-oriented cultures within their behavioral health organizations. In partnership with Crestwood Recovery Resilient Solutions\, this interactive series titled Leadership in Recovery and Resilience will explore how recovery\, resilience\, and person-centered care can truly shape leadership and organizational practices. \n\n\n\nEach one-hour session will take place on the second Wednesday of the month and offer practical tools\, real-life examples\, and engaging discussions to help bring recovery principles to life—whether through culture change\, leadership strategies\, or integrating peer support into your teams. Each session will focus on a Recovery and Resilience Topic that are important for Leaders to foster as part of their Recovery culture oversight and team inspiration. \n\n\n\n\nSession 1: Inspiring Hope as a Leader / September 10\n\n\n\nSession 2: Leading by Empowering / October 8\n\n\n\nSession 3: Leadership is About Relationship / November 12\n\n\n\nSession 4: Tapping into the Team’s Meaning and Purpose / December 10\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJames RitchieAdministrator at Crestwood Behavioral Health\, Inc \n\n\n\n\n\nJames Ritchie\, Ph.D.\, CMPSS has leveraged his 40 years of lived recovery experience to actively train\, promote\, and support recovery and peer support in California and beyond. James also led the development of 15 county-run prevention and early intervention projects and programs. He has also been certified as an instructor/trainer in several Behavioral Health areas\, including suicide intervention\, prevention\, crisis response\, and Crisis Intervention Team Training for first responders. James is currently the Director of Operations on the Crestwood Recovery Resilience Solutions team and facilitates and coordinates peer support and related training across the State of California and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-leadership-in-recovery-and-resilience/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T140000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090608
CREATED:20250729T170946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T172221Z
UID:10000432-1759928400-1759932000@www.leaders4health.org
SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Leadership in Recovery and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 8\, 2025Theme: Leading by Empowering10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETThis event is for CBHL members. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a 4-part series kicking off this September for National Recovery Month\, designed especially for leaders and staff working to build more recovery-oriented cultures within their behavioral health organizations. In partnership with Crestwood Recovery Resilient Solutions\, this interactive series titled Leadership in Recovery and Resilience will explore how recovery\, resilience\, and person-centered care can truly shape leadership and organizational practices. \n\n\n\nEach one-hour session will take place on the second Wednesday of the month and offer practical tools\, real-life examples\, and engaging discussions to help bring recovery principles to life—whether through culture change\, leadership strategies\, or integrating peer support into your teams. Each session will focus on a Recovery and Resilience Topic that are important for Leaders to foster as part of their Recovery culture oversight and team inspiration. \n\n\n\n\nSession 1: Inspiring Hope as a Leader / September 10\n\n\n\nSession 2: Leading by Empowering / October 8\n\n\n\nSession 3: Leadership is About Relationship / November 12\n\n\n\nSession 4: Tapping into the Team’s Meaning and Purpose / December 10\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJames RitchieAdministrator at Crestwood Behavioral Health\, Inc \n\n\n\n\n\nJames Ritchie\, Ph.D.\, CMPSS has leveraged his 40 years of lived recovery experience to actively train\, promote\, and support recovery and peer support in California and beyond. James also led the development of 15 county-run prevention and early intervention projects and programs. He has also been certified as an instructor/trainer in several Behavioral Health areas\, including suicide intervention\, prevention\, crisis response\, and Crisis Intervention Team Training for first responders. James is currently the Director of Operations on the Crestwood Recovery Resilience Solutions team and facilitates and coordinates peer support and related training across the State of California and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-leadership-in-recovery-and-resilience-2/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T150000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090608
CREATED:20250910T173236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T223631Z
UID:10000438-1760623200-1760626800@www.leaders4health.org
SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Cayman Tirado | Reluctant Leadership
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a Candid Conversations on Reluctant Leaders: the leaders who often don’t see themselves as leaders\, yet have the power to influence\, inspire\, and drive meaningful change. \n\n\n\nCayman Tirado\, self-proclaimed reluctant leader\, will explore why so many hesitate to step into leadership roles\, what strengths reluctant leaders bring to the table\, and how we can better support and encourage their growth. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Glue Up\n\n\n\n\nThis conversation is for CBHL members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCayman Tirado\, MA\, LCDC\, CPS\, RYT-200\, is the director of the Mental Health and Addiction Studies Program at San Jacinto College. Additionally\, she is a board member for INCASE\, the International Coalition for Addiction Studies Education. \n\n\n\nCayman has worked in the substance use disorder field since 2004\, starting as a prevention specialist for underserved youth. Additional roles include IOP counselor\, sober living case manager\, and clinical case manager for homeless adults with co-occurring disorders. She is also a certified yoga instructor and is passionate about incorporating this into recovery. \n\n\n\nShe has been teaching at San Jacinto College since 2015 and has worked for many years to develop a pedagogical approach that supports the current and future health and wellbeing of students going into the behavioral health professions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are CBHL Candid Conversations? \nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support. Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to: \n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-cayman-tirado-reluctant-leadership/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T160000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090608
CREATED:20250814T165506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T150434Z
UID:10000435-1761231600-1761235200@www.leaders4health.org
SUMMARY:Leadership Exchange: Advancing Equity in Behavioral Health
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 23\, 2025\n\n\n\n12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm ET \n\n\n\nThis event is open to all. \n\n\n\n\nLearn More & Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a follow-up to our recent webinar on advancing equitable access to behavioral health care​. \n\n\n\nThis informal\, discussion-based session offers a space for deeper connection and shared learning. Designed as an open “Leadership Exchange\,” participants are encouraged to bring real-world challenges\, questions\, and ideas to explore with peers and field leaders. Whether you’re navigating implementation hurdles\, building community trust\, or looking to align values across systems\, this is a space to exchange insights\, crowdsource solutions\, and strengthen your work through collective wisdom. \n\n\n\nCome ready to ask questions\, share your experiences\, and learn alongside others who are working to promote fairness and access in behavioral health systems. Let’s continue the conversation\, because equity in behavioral health isn’t a one-time topic\, it’s ongoing work. \n\n\n\nOur guest leaders\, Arthur Evans of the American Psychological Association\, and CBHL Board Members Vic Armstrong and Marcy Melvin\, will guide the conversation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Speakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVic Armstrong\, MSWVice President for Health Equity and Engagement\, American Foundation for Suicide PreventionCBHL Board Member \n\n\n\n\n\nVictor Armstrong serves as Vice President for Health Equity and Engagement with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In addition\, he is the National Director of Soul Shop for Black Churches\, a workshop that teaches faith leaders how to minister to congregants that may be dealing with suicidal desperation. Victor previously served as Chief Health Equity Officer for North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services\, with responsibility for leading the overarching strategy and operational goals to promote health equity\, diversity\, and inclusion across all the agency’s health and human services. Victor has also served as ‪Director of the NC Division of Mental Health\, with responsibility and oversight of the public community-based mental health\, intellectual and other developmental disabilities\, substance use\, and traumatic brain injury system in North Carolina. Prior to his NC state government roles\, Victor spent six years as Vice President of Behavioral Health with Atrium Health. ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ \n\n\n\nVictor has over 30 years of experience in human services\, primarily dedicated to building and strengthening community resources to serve individuals who have been historically marginalized. ‬‬‬‬He is a nationally recognized speaker on issues regarding health equity and access to healthcare\, particularly as it relates to individuals living with mental health challenges.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ \n\n\n\nVictor currently serves on the steering committee of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. He also serves on the Board of Directors for RI International as well as the Board of Directors for I2I Center for integrative health. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for East Carolina University School of Social Work and is the host of the “Strong Talk” podcast. \n\n\n\nVictor’s awards and recognitions include: \n\n\n\n\nLiving Waters Annual Mental Health Summit 2022 “Lifetime Mental Health Champion” Award\n\n\n\nNational Association of Social Workers North Carolina (NASW-NC) 2022 Social Worker of the Year\n\n\n\nAddiction Professionals of NC (APNC) 2021 DEI Leadership & Impact Award\n\n\n\nMental Health America’s 2021 H. Keith Brunnemer\, Jr. Award for “Outstanding Mental Health Leadership”\n\n\n\nBlack Mental Health Symposium 2019 Mental Health Advocate of the Year\n\n\n\nEast Carolina University School of Social Work 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award\n\n\n\nNational Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) NC\, 2012 Mental Health Professional of the Year\n\n\n\n\nVictor graduated\, Magna Cum Laude\, from North Carolina Central University with a bachelor’s degree in business management and received his MSW from East Carolina University. He is the husband of Dr. Charletta Armstrong and the father of three sons\, Carter\, Alonzo\, and Victor Jr. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArthur C. Evans\, Jr.\, Ph.D.CEO of American Psychological Association \n\n\n\n\n\nDescribed as a visionary and transformational leader\, policymaker and health care innovator\, Arthur C. Evans Jr.\, PhD\, is CEO of the American Psychological Association\, the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. Evans previously served in public policy positions in Philadelphia and Connecticut\, where he led the transformation of their behavioral health systems and their approaches to serving a wide range of individuals with complex needs. Evans has employed science\, research\, community activism\, spirituality\, traditional clinical care\, policy and cross-system collaborations to change the status quo around behavioral health. He has held faculty appointments at Yale University’s and the University of Pennsylvania’s Schools of Medicine\, and is the author or co-author of over 60 peer-reviewed research articles\, chapters\, reviews and editorials. Over the years Evans has received national and international recognition\, including prestigious awards in government\, healthcare service\, visionary leadership\, actionable advocacy\, equity and social justice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator \n\n\n\nMarcy Melvin\, MASenior Vice President of Clinical Policy and Deputy Director of The Hackett Center for Mental Health at Meadows Mental Health Policy InstituteCBHL Board President \n\n\n\n\n\nMarcy Melvin is a pivotal executive with over 25 years of experience in behavioral health policy\, training\, and clinical practice. As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas her experience includes providing direct clinical and supervisory services to children\, youth\, parents\, and young adults in various clinical settings including residential\, in-home\, outpatient\, private practice\, primary\, secondary\, and post-secondary locations. Marcy is extremely passionate about advancing health equity and reducing disparities and disproportionality; this has been a culmination of her life’s work in various clinical\, organizational and systems settings. \n\n\n\nMarcy has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Xavier University of Louisiana and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Fisk University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/leadership-exchange-advancing-equity-in-behavioral-health/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T140000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090608
CREATED:20250729T171156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T172303Z
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Leadership in Recovery and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, November 12\, 2025Theme: Leadership is About Relationship10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETThis event is for CBHL members. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a 4-part series kicking off this September for National Recovery Month\, designed especially for leaders and staff working to build more recovery-oriented cultures within their behavioral health organizations. In partnership with Crestwood Recovery Resilient Solutions\, this interactive series titled Leadership in Recovery and Resilience will explore how recovery\, resilience\, and person-centered care can truly shape leadership and organizational practices. \n\n\n\nEach one-hour session will take place on the second Wednesday of the month and offer practical tools\, real-life examples\, and engaging discussions to help bring recovery principles to life—whether through culture change\, leadership strategies\, or integrating peer support into your teams. Each session will focus on a Recovery and Resilience Topic that are important for Leaders to foster as part of their Recovery culture oversight and team inspiration. \n\n\n\n\nSession 1: Inspiring Hope as a Leader / September 10\n\n\n\nSession 2: Leading by Empowering / October 8\n\n\n\nSession 3: Leadership is About Relationship / November 12\n\n\n\nSession 4: Tapping into the Team’s Meaning and Purpose / December 10\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJames RitchieAdministrator at Crestwood Behavioral Health\, Inc \n\n\n\n\n\nJames Ritchie\, Ph.D.\, CMPSS has leveraged his 40 years of lived recovery experience to actively train\, promote\, and support recovery and peer support in California and beyond. James also led the development of 15 county-run prevention and early intervention projects and programs. He has also been certified as an instructor/trainer in several Behavioral Health areas\, including suicide intervention\, prevention\, crisis response\, and Crisis Intervention Team Training for first responders. James is currently the Director of Operations on the Crestwood Recovery Resilience Solutions team and facilitates and coordinates peer support and related training across the State of California and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-leadership-in-recovery-and-resilience-3/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251210T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251210T140000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090608
CREATED:20250729T171309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T171624Z
UID:10000434-1765371600-1765375200@www.leaders4health.org
SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Leadership in Recovery and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, December 10\, 2025Theme: Tapping into the Team’s Meaning and Purpose10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETThis event is free for CBHL Members; $10 for non-CBHL members \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a 4-part series kicking off this September for National Recovery Month\, designed especially for leaders and staff working to build more recovery-oriented cultures within their behavioral health organizations. In partnership with Crestwood Recovery Resilient Solutions\, this interactive series titled Leadership in Recovery and Resilience will explore how recovery\, resilience\, and person-centered care can truly shape leadership and organizational practices. \n\n\n\nEach one-hour session will take place on the second Wednesday of the month and offer practical tools\, real-life examples\, and engaging discussions to help bring recovery principles to life—whether through culture change\, leadership strategies\, or integrating peer support into your teams. Each session will focus on a Recovery and Resilience Topic that are important for Leaders to foster as part of their Recovery culture oversight and team inspiration. \n\n\n\n\nSession 1: Inspiring Hope as a Leader / September 10\n\n\n\nSession 2: Leading by Empowering / October 8\n\n\n\nSession 3: Leadership is About Relationship / November 12\n\n\n\nSession 4: Tapping into the Team’s Meaning and Purpose / December 10\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJames RitchieAdministrator at Crestwood Behavioral Health\, Inc \n\n\n\n\n\nJames Ritchie\, Ph.D.\, CMPSS has leveraged his 40 years of lived recovery experience to actively train\, promote\, and support recovery and peer support in California and beyond. James also led the development of 15 county-run prevention and early intervention projects and programs. He has also been certified as an instructor/trainer in several Behavioral Health areas\, including suicide intervention\, prevention\, crisis response\, and Crisis Intervention Team Training for first responders. James is currently the Director of Operations on the Crestwood Recovery Resilience Solutions team and facilitates and coordinates peer support and related training across the State of California and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-leadership-in-recovery-and-resilience-4/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T135000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090608
CREATED:20260310T164452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T164605Z
UID:10000449-1773925200-1773928200@www.leaders4health.org
SUMMARY:Mentorship in Motion with Gary M. Blau | Fostering Partnerships with Families and Youth
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an honest conversation with Gary M. Blau\, Ph.D. \n\n\n\nIn this dialogue with Gary M. Blau\, Ph.D.\, we’ll explore what it truly means to foster authentic partnerships with families and youth\, as a driving force in the development and implementation of services and supports\, organizational leadership\, and system design and reform. Together\, we’ll reflect on how leaders can move beyond engagement to co-creation\, building trust\, shared power\, and sustainable collaboration. \n\n\n\nComplimentary for CBHL Members | $25 for Non-CBHL Members \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Glue Up\n\n\n\n\nGary M. Blau\, Ph.D.Executive Director Emeritus\, The Hackett Center; Senior Fellow for Children’s Mental Health\, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute of Meadows Mental Health Policy InstituteFounder of “Gary M. Blau\, Ph.D. & Associates” Gary M. Blau\, Ph.D.\, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who serves as the Founder of “Gary M. Blau\, Ph.D. & Associates.” He is also Executive Director Emeritus of The Hackett Center for Mental Health and a Senior Fellow for Children’s Mental Health for the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute. With over 30 years of experience as a leader in the field of child\, youth\, and family mental health\, Dr. Blau most recently served as the Senior Advisor for Children\, Youth and Families in the Office of the Assistant Secretary at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). He had previously served as Chief of the Child\, Adolescent and Family Branch for SAMHSA where he provided national leadership for child\, adolescent\, and young adult mental health\, and created “systems of care” across the United States.Dr. Blau has over 70 professional publications and is the editor of nine books. He previously held a clinical faculty appointment at the Yale Child Study Center\, and more recently he was appointed as an Adjunct Clinical Professor at the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Baylor College of Medicine\, and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health.\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are CBHL Mentorship in Motion Dialogues? \nMentorship in Motion brings leaders together for honest conversations about leadership in behavioral health. Through shared experiences and lived wisdom\, participants will gain insights that they can carry into their own leadership journeys. \n\n\n\nWe invite attendees to join with cameras on\, if possible\, and come prepared to engage in thoughtful discussion and shared reflection. \n\n\n\nThis event will be delivered live and will not be recorded. \n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Mentorship in Motion is to: \n\nLearn from Leadership Journeys: Gain insight from experienced behavioral health leaders as they share lessons learned\, pivotal moments\, and perspectives that have shaped their leadership paths.\n\n\n\nEngage in Honest Dialogue: Participate in open and thoughtful conversations about the challenges and opportunities of leadership in behavioral health\, creating a space for reflection and shared understanding.\n\n\n\nStrengthen Leadership Community: Build connections with fellow CBHL members through meaningful dialogue that supports mentorship\, peer learning\, and the development of behavioral health leaders.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/mentorship-in-motion-garyblau/
CATEGORIES:Members Only,Mentorship in Motion,Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T150000
DTSTAMP:20260523T090608
CREATED:20260406T155744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T145316Z
UID:10000450-1777471200-1777474800@www.leaders4health.org
SUMMARY:Mentorship in Motion with Ron Manderscheid | Lessons from a Lifetime in Behavioral Health Leadership
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an honest conversation with Ron Manderscheid\, Ph.D. \n\n\n\nIn this dialogue\, Ron Manderscheid\, Ph.D. will reflect on key moments and experiences from his career and explore their implications for behavioral health leadership today. Through storytelling and candid insight\, he will offer perspective on how individual leadership journeys intersect with broader system change.  \n\n\n\nWith a career spanning federal leadership roles\, national policy\, academic appointments\, and executive leadership across major behavioral health organizations\, Ron brings a unique\, systems-level perspective grounded in decades of advancing social justice and whole-person care. His work has consistently elevated the voices of individuals with lived experience and their families while shaping national conversations on behavioral health. \n\n\n\nParticipants will have the opportunity to engage in dialogue\, ask questions\, and reflect on how these lessons can inform their own leadership paths. This interactive session invites leaders at all levels to consider how experience\, timing\, and decision-making contribute to lasting impact in behavioral health. \n\n\n\nComplimentary for CBHL Members | $25 for Non-CBHL Members \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Glue Up\n\n\n\n\nRon Manderscheid\, Ph.D.Partner and Director at Capstone Solutions Consuliting Group\, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Mental Health\, Bloomberg School of Public Health\, Johns Hopkins University\, and Adjunct Professor\, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work\, University of Southern California. Ron Manderscheid\, Ph.D.\, has a life-long commitment to social-good and social-justice. This is reflected through a career that spans national work with the Congress and Administration\, federal agencies\, NGOs\, and university teaching. He serves currently as Partner and Director at Capstone Solutions Consulting Group\, Adjunct Professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health\, Johns Hopkins University\, and at the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work\, University of Southern California. Until recently\, he was President/CEO\, National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors and National Association for Rural Mental Health. Both organizations represent county and local authorities in the DC community. Concurrently\, Dr. Manderscheid serves on the boards of the Global Leadership Exchange\, the NASMHPD Research Institute\, and the Danya Institute. He also served until recently as the Co-Chair of the National Coalition for Whole Health and on the boards of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and the National Grand Challenge for Social Work Initiative. Past appointments include Director of Mental Health and Substance Use Programs at the Global Health Sector of SRA International and several federal leadership roles at the National Institute of Mental Health\, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration\, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health\, U.S. Department of HHS. Throughout his career\, he has emphasized and promoted the concerns of peers with behavioral health conditions and their family members. Dr. Manderscheid was a Member of the HHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Healthy People 2020; the Clinton Healthcare Reform Task Force; President of the Federal Executive Institute Alumni Association (FEIAA) and Foundation; Chair of the APHA Mental Health Section and Governing Council\, and a member of the post-9/11 Work Group; Chairperson of the Sociological Practice Section of the American Sociological Association; President of the Washington Academy of Sciences and the District of Columbia Sociological Society; and President of The College for Behavioral Health Leadership.He edited eight editions of Mental Health\, United States\, co-edited Outcome Measurement in the Human Services\, and contributed to Public Mental Health\, First and Second Editions. He also published more than 550 scientific and professional papers on services to persons with mental illness and substance use conditions. He currently serves on several editorial boards and prepares a periodic blog. For almost two decades\, he served on the editorial board of Behavioral Healthcare Executive (www.behavioral.net).\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are CBHL Mentorship in Motion Dialogues? \nMentorship in Motion brings leaders together for honest conversations about leadership in behavioral health. Through shared experiences and lived wisdom\, participants will gain insights that they can carry into their own leadership journeys. \n\n\n\nWe invite attendees to join with cameras on\, if possible\, and come prepared to engage in thoughtful discussion and shared reflection. \n\n\n\nThis event will be delivered live and will not be recorded. All registrations are final and non-refundable. \n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Mentorship in Motion is to: \n\nLearn from Leadership Journeys: Gain insight from experienced behavioral health leaders as they share lessons learned\, pivotal moments\, and perspectives that have shaped their leadership paths.\n\n\n\nEngage in Honest Dialogue: Participate in open and thoughtful conversations about the challenges and opportunities of leadership in behavioral health\, creating a space for reflection and shared understanding.\n\n\n\nStrengthen Leadership Community: Build connections with fellow CBHL members through meaningful dialogue that supports mentorship\, peer learning\, and the development of behavioral health leaders.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/mentorship-in-motion-with-ron-manderscheid-lessons-from-a-lifetime-in-behavioral-health-leadership/
CATEGORIES:Members Only,Mentorship in Motion,Public
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