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    Planning Board Members

    Michael Benjamin, M.P.H.
    Executive Director
    Institute for Mental Health Initiatives
    Washington, D.C.
    Laurie Flynn
    Executive Director
    National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
    Arlington, Virginia
    Robert Bernstein, Ph.D.
    Executive Director
    Bazelon Center
    Washington, D.C.
    Larry Fricks
    Director of Consumer Relations
    Georgia Division of Mental Health
    Atlanta, Georgia
    Gene Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director, George Washington University
    Center on Aging, Health and Humanities
    Kensington, Maryland

    Robert Friedman, Ph.D.
    Director
    Research and Training Center
    for Children's Mental Health
    University of South Florida
    Tampa, Florida
    Judith Cook, Ph.D.
    Director, National Research and Training
    Center on Psychiatric Disability
    University of Illinois at Chicago
    Department of Psychiatry
    Chicago, Illinois
    Laurie Garduque, Ph.D.
    MacArthur Foundation
    Program and Community Development
    Chicago, Illinois

    Gail Daniels
    Board President
    The Federation of Families for
    Children's Mental Health
    Washington, D.C.
    John J. Gates, Ph.D.
    Director
    Carter Center Mental Health Program
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Mary Jane England, M.D.
    President
    Washington Business Group on Health
    Washington, D.C.

    Rosa M. Gil, D.S.W.
    Special Advisor to the Mayor
    for Health Policy
    New York City Mayor's Office of Health Services
    New York, New York
    Michael M. Faenza, M.S.W.
    President and CEO
    National Mental Health Association
    Alexandria, Virginia
    Barbara Gill
    Executive Director
    Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives
    New York, New York
    Mary Harper, R.N., Ph.D.
    Gerontologist
    Washington, D.C.
    Herbert Pardes, M.D.
    Vice President for Health Sciences and
    Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
    Columbia University Health Sciences Center
    New York, New York
    Elliott Heiman, M.D.
    St. Mary's Hospital
    Tucson, Arizona
    Ruth Ralph, Ph.D.
    Research Associate
    Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service
    University of Southern Maine
    Portland, Maine
    Pablo Hernandez, M.D.
    Administrator
    Wyoming State Commission
    for Mental Health
    Division of Behavioral Health
    Evanston, Wyoming
    The Honorable Robert Ray
    Former Governor, State of Iowa
    Des Moines, Iowa
    Thomas Horvath, M.D.
    Chief, Veterans Administration
    Mental Health Care
    VA Headquarters
    Washington, D.C.
    J. Rock Johnson, J.D.
    Consumer and Advocate
    Lincoln, Nebraska
    Corinne Rieder, Ed.D.
    Executive Director
    John A. Hartford Foundation
    New York, New York
    Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D.
    Vice Chairman of Research
    University of North Carolina
    Department of Psychiatry
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    Steve Schreiber, M.D.
    University of Southern California
    School of Medicine
    Department of Neurology
    Los Angeles, California
    Spero Manson, Ph.D.
    Director, National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
    University of Colorado
    Department of Psychiatry
    Denver, Colorado
    Bruce McEwen, Ph.D.
    Professor and Head of the Lab for Neuroendocrinology
    Rockefeller University
    New York, New York
    Steven A. Schroeder, M.D.
    President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    Princeton, New Jersey
    Stanley Sue, Ph.D.
    University of California, Davis
    Department of Psychology
    National Research Center on
    Asian American Mental Health
    Davis, California
    Roy C. Wilson, M.D.
    Director
    Missouri Department of Mental Health
    Jefferson City, Missouri

    Federal Officials

    Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health - Planning Board


    Office of the Assistant Secretary and Surgeon General
    ADM David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General
    Rockville, Maryland
    RADM C. Beth Mazzella, R.N., Ph.D.
    Office of the Surgeon General
    Chief Nurse Officer and Acting Chief of Staff
    Rockville, Maryland 20857


    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
    Nelba Chavez, MSW, Ph.D.
    Administrator
    Rockville, Maryland
    Center for Mental Health Services, CMHS
    Bernard Arons, M.D.
    Director
    Rockville, Maryland
    RADM Thomas Bornemann, Ed.D.
    Deputy Director
    Rockville, Maryland
    Catherine Acuff, Ph.D.
    Special Expert Consultant
    Office of Managed Care
    Rockville, Maryland
    Paolo Del Vecchio
    Consumer Affairs Specialist
    Rockville, Maryland
    Michael English, J.D.
    Director
    Division of Knowledge Development and Systems Change
    Rockville, Maryland
    Howard Goldman, M.D., Ph.D.
    Scientific Editor
    Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health and
    Co-Director, Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
    University of Maryland School of Medicine
    Baltimore, Maryland
    Seth Hassett, MSW
    Public Health Analyst
    Office of Policy, Planning and Administration
    Rockville, Maryland
    Judith Katz-Leavy, M.Ed.
    Senior Policy Analyst
    Office of Policy, Planning and Administration
    Rockville, Maryland


    National Institute of Mental Health, NIH
    Steven Hyman, M.D.
    Director
    Rockville, Maryland
    Richard Nakamura, Ph.D.
    Acting Deputy Director and
    Director, Office of Science Policy and Program Planning
    Rockville, Maryland
    Brent Stanfield, Ph.D.
    Acting Director
    Office of Science Policy and Program Planning
    Rockville, Maryland
    David Shore, M.D.
    Associate Director for Clinical Research
    Office of Science Policy and Program Program Planning
    Rockville, Maryland
    Peter Jensen, M.D.
    Chief, Developmental Psychopathology Research Branch
    Rockville, Maryland
    Susan Koester, Ph.D.
    Scientific Editor
    Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
    Office of Science Policy and Program Planning Rockville, Maryland
    Barry Lebowitz, Ph.D.
    Chief, Adult & Geriatric Treatment & Preventive Intervention Research Branch
    Rockville, Maryland
    Matthew Rudorfer, M.D.
    Assistant Chief, Adult & Geriatric Treatment & Preventive Intervention Research Branch
    Rockville, Maryland
    National Institute on Aging
    Miriam Kelty, Ph.D.
    Associate Director Office of Extramural Affairs
    National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH
    Andrea Baruchin, Ph.D.
    Chief, Science Policy and Communication
    Rockville, Maryland
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH

    Mona Rowe, M.P.H.
    Deputy Director
    Office of Science Policy Analysis and Communication
    Bethesda, MD


    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH

    Michael Eckardt, Ph.D.
    Senior Science Advisor
    Office of Scientific Affairs
    Rockville, Maryland


    Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

    Bureaus of Primary Health Care
    Mary Lou Anderson
    Deputy Director
    Bethesda, Maryland

    Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
    Michael Fishman, M.D.
    Assistant Director, Division of Maternal, Infant, Child and Adolescent Health
    Rockville, Maryland

    Centers for Disease Control

    Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
    Lloyd Kolbe, Ph.D.
    Director
    Division of Adolescent & School Health
    National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)

    Margaret Coopey, R.N.
    Senior Health Policy Analyst
    Director, Center for Practice and Technology Assessment
    Rockville, MD

    Offices of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services

    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
    Kevin Hennessey, Ph.D.
    Health Policy Analyst
    Washington, D.C.

    Administration on Aging

    Bruce Craig
    Washington, D.C.



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