Organization: Board of Directors         Founding Members of IBHI

President	William J. Reidy, MSW Deputy Director Co-Occurring State Incentive Grant Initiative District of Columbia Department of Mental Health Mr. Reidy currently serves as the principal professional responsible for the redesign of care for patients with co-occurring disorders within the District of Columbia. He previously served on the expert team which created and operates “SAMHSA’s Center of Excellence for Co-Occurring Disorders”, under contract with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Mental Health Services and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Prior to these responsibilities, Mr Reidy was the Regional Director of Behavioral Health Services for Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States, Division Director of Mental Health Services for Kaiser Permanente Northeast Division, and the Director of Mental Health Services for the Community Health Plan.
Vice President	Sheila A. Ryan, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor, Charlotte Peck Lienemann & Alumni Distinguished Chair Director, International Nursing Education Programs University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Dr. Sheila Ryan's career includes 22 years experience as dean of two nursing schools: the University of Rochester School of Nursing and Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Since 1986 she also served as Director, Medical Center Nursing. During these years as she was responsible for program growth, improved governance and planning strategies, and unique, financially sound practice initiatives. She presently holds the Charlotte Peck Lienemann and Alumni Chair in Nursing at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing in Omaha, NE. Dr. Ryan served on the governing boards of The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Inc. (IHI) and, the American International Health Alliance, Inc. (AIHA) She has served as Chair of the Robert Wood Johnson/Institute of Medicine Health Policy Fellow Selection Committee, and on several National Academy of Sciences committees as a member of the Institute of Medicine.
Secretary	Robin Dea, M.D. Regional Director, Mental Health Services Chair, Chiefs of Psychiatry Kaiser Permanente Northern California Oakland, CA Robin A Dea, M.D. received her medical training at the University of New Mexico, and residency training in psychiatry at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She has been a psychiatrist at Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center in Redwood City since 1979 has been the elected Chair of the Chiefs of Psychiatry and Regional Mental Health Director for Kaiser-Permanente Northern California since 1991. She led a complete re-design of the mental health and chemical dependency system for Northern California Kaiser-Permanente in the period 1992 to1996, a system currently serving the behavioral healthcare needs for 3.1 million members. She is currently involved in research into the use of the internet as an adjunct in the treatment of depression and bipolar disorder.
Treasurer	Kathleen M. Reynolds MSW, ACSW Executive Director Washtenaw Community Health Organization Ypsilanti, MI Kathleen Reynolds, MSW, ACSW is the Director of the Washtenaw Community Health Organization (WCHO). The WCHO is the local Community Mental Health Services Program, the Substance Abuse Coordinating Agency and receives primary health care capitation dollars for Medicaid and indigent consumers. Ms. Reynolds has over twenty five (25) years experience in the mental health and substance abuse field. Her clinical specialty is in the area of Dual Diagnosis having developed the Mental Health Center’s Dual Diagnosis program in 1985. For the past seven years Ms. Reynolds’ primary emphasis has been developing Integrated Health Care Models for Medicaid and indigent consumers. Ms. Reynolds graduated from the University of Michigan, School of Social Work in 1982.
Board Members	Ann Doucette, PhD Senior Research Scientist Center for Health Services Research and Policy The George Washington University Medical Center Dr. Doucette is a Senior Research Scientist, at the Center for Health Services Research and Policy, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. Dr. Doucette has broad experience in the management, analysis, and evaluation of intervention programs, including the development of quality monitoring, accountability and outcome system design in behavioral healthcare. Much of this work relies on performance measurement. To that end, she developed several assessment measurement approaches using Item Response Theory models to generate more precise, less burdensome instrumentation that lends itself to clinical feed-back systems, computer-adaptive applications and real-time data usage. Doucette serves on the Executive Committee and co-chairs the Methods Workgroup of the Forum on Performance Measures for Behavioral Healthcare and Related Service Systems, is a member of the NCQA (HEDIS) ADHD Technical Advisory Panel, the JCAHO Technical Advisory Panel for Hospital-Based, Inpatient Psychiatric Services Performance Measurement, and a faculty member of the Evaluators' Institute®. She received her doctoral training at Columbia University.
	Don Hevey, MSW President/CEO of Mental Health Corporations of America, Inc, Don Hevey currently serves as President/CEO of Mental Health Corporations of America, Inc, (MHCA) a national trade association of select community based behavioral healthcare organizations. MHCA currently has a membership of 144 behavioral healthcare organizations from 33 states. He has served in this position since MHCA was first organized in 1985. More information on MHCA can be obtained at www.mhca.com. He is also President/CEO of Mental Healthcare America, Inc a wholly owned subsidiary of MHCA. Prior to joining MHCA, Mr. Hevey was appointed as the State Director of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Office for the State of Florida. He served in this position for 3 ½ years. Mr. Hevey also served for seven years as the Executive Director of the Manatee County Community Mental Health Center, a comprehensive mental health and substance abuse center in Bradenton, Fl. He received his MSW degree from Florida State University in 1968 and began his post graduate career as a clinical social worker in a mental health center. During his career he has been employed as a planning and grants specialist for the state of Florida, and as an assistant hospital administrator for a 500 bed general hospital in addition to the positions mentioned above.
	Frederick H. Michel, M.D. Chief Medical Officer Pikes Peak Mental Health, Colorado Springs, CO
	Kathy Muscari, Director Consumer Organization & Networking Technical Assistance Center (CONTAC) Charleston, West Virginia
	Tammy L. Powell, RNC, MPH Chief Nursing Officer; Vice President, Behavior Medicine St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
	Linda Rosenberg, President and CEO National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare Rockville, Maryland
	William Tucker, M.D. Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University New York, New York Dr. Tucker is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons. He works part-time for Pathways to Housing as an ACT Team psychiatrist, teaches medical students, and maintains a private practice. Previously he was Chief Medical Officer (acting) for the New York State Office of Mental Health. New York, New York.
	William G. Wood, MD VP, Associate Corporate Medical Director AMERIGROUP Corporation Virginia Beach, VA

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