Board of Directors

Through the Board of Directors, Advisory Boards, and Committees and Workgroups, BHN forms the foundation for collaboration dedicated to developing an accessible and coordinated system of behavioral healthcare.

BHN GOVERNING BOARD

The Board is the governing body of BHN and is comprised of area leaders in acute and community based mental health and substance use care provision, advocacy, and state government. Directors serve two-year terms and may be re-elected for consecutive terms.

Executive Committee

Patty Morrow, CHAIR

Executive Director BH

Mercy Hospital

Sue King, VICE-CHAIR

President and CEO

Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri

Laura McCallister, Treasurer

Chief Executive Officer

Places for People

Katrina Mcdonald-Fuller, Secretary

Executive Vice President of Corporate Services

Compass Health Network

Kevin Drollinger

Executive Director

Provident Behavioral Health

Kendra Copanas

Executive Director

Generate Health

JENNY ARMBRUSTER

Associate Executive Director

PreventED

JARON ASHER

Chief BH Officer

Family Care Health Centers

JASON BAKER

Executive Director

Bilingual International Assistant Services

Kimberly Beck

Executive Director

Salvation Army

ANGELA BROWN

Chief Executive Officer

St. Louis Regional Health Commission

Tiffany Lacy Clark

President and CEO

Behavioral Health Response

MARY MICHAELEEN CRADOCK

Director of BH Services

Saint Louis Children’s Hospital

 

Anthony D'Agostino

Chief Executive Officer

Peter & Paul Community Services

STEVE DOHERTY

Regional Director

Gateway Foundation

Annie Foncannon

Executive Director

Franklin County Community Resource Center

 

Alicia Gardner

Director of Inpatient Patient Care Psychiatry

Barnes Jewish Hospital

Trish Holmes

Executive Director

Independence Center

Joceyn Hostetler

MH Initiative Coordinator

St. Louis County Courts

Amanda Laumeyer

Chief Executive Officer

St. Patrick Center

Angela Martin-Davis

VP Behavioral Health

BJC Behavioral Health

Quincey McCoy

Executive Director

ADAPT of Missouri, Inc.

CHRISTINE PATTERSON

Executive Director

NAMI St. Louis

Juee Phalak

Psychiatrist

Affinia Healthcare

 

ROB POIRER

Clinical, Chief Emergency Medicine

Washington, University, School of Medicine

BETH SAILORS

Vice President

Preferred Family Healthcare

Michelle Schafer

Regional VP Behavioral Health

SSM

Tony Sokolic

Chief BH Officer

COMTREA

SHARON SPRUELL

Executive Director

Queen of Peace Center

Lindsey Stephenson

President

KVC Missouri

Moses Waithaka

Vice President of Operations, Behavioral Health

ALM Hopewell Center

Advisory Board Chairs

VACANT (Adult)

Annie Foncannon (YOUTH)

Executive Director

Franklin Co. Community Resource Center

Ex-Officio Members

Kim Feaman

Regional Executive Officer

Department of Mental Health

JOANNE JOSEPH

Director MH Operations

Veterans Administration

ALISON REKART

Regional Admin

Dept of Corrections

Board of Probation and Parole 

WENDY ORSON

Chief Executive Officer

Behavioral Health Network

BHN ADVISORY BOARDS

Adult Services Advisory Board

ASAB members provide input and advice on initiatives that target adults, while also acting as a network of communication for the broader community. They represent providers, consumers, law enforcement, advocates, courts, funders, family members, and others serving the behavioral health community. Members can serve two three-year terms.

VACANT, Chair

Rajeev John, Co-Chair

Affinia Healthcare

Regina Askew

Care St. Louis Health

Scott Bayliff

Adapt of Missouri

Jamie Bartin

Compass Health

Johnathan Belcher

St. Patrick Center

Karen Bradshaw

Integrated Health Network (IHN)

Katie Brown

MIMH

Paula Carey-Moore

Urban League of Metro St. Louis

Kelli Clodfelter

Warren County Pathfinders

Laura Coleman

Behavioral Health Response (BHR)

Megan Drissell

Mercy Jefferson Community Health

Chris Elliott

St. Louis County Department of Health

LaDonna Haley

Mental Health America

Jennifer Higginbotham

Independence Center

Sean Joe

Washington University – Brown School of Social Work

Kim Jones

Living with Purpose

Lauren Kempton

Casa de Salud

Missy Kruse-McKeown

Missouri Department of Corrections

Michael Mancini

Saint Louis University School of Social Work

Fredric Metzger

Veterans Administration

Anne Milne

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri

Robyn Peyton

Developmental Disabilities Resource Board of St. Charles County

Amy Phillips

COMTREA

Julia Pickup

Lutheran Family & Children’s Services of Missouri

Lisa Potts

St. Louis Mental Health Board

Det. melody Quinn

St. Louis County Police Department

Heather Richardson

NAMI St. Louis

Marcel Scaife

MFFH

Analee Scandrett

Queen of Peace Center

Laura Shapiro

BJC Behavioral Health

Rodney Strong

CentrePoint

Hon. James Sullivan

22nd Circuit Court

Jill Taylor

Family Health Care Centers

Emily Vandas

St. Louis Regional Health Commission

Jim Wallace

Chestnut Health

Patrick Wirthlin

Certified Missouri Peer Specialist

Youth and Young Adult Services
Advisory Board

YYASAB members provide input and advice on initiatives that target youth and their caregivers, while also acting as a network of communication for the broader community. They represent providers, parents, advocates, juvenile justice, law enforcement, funders, schools, children and family services, and others involved in the treatment, care, and recovery of children with behavioral health issues.

Annie Foncannon, Chair

Executive Director

Dani Wilson, Co-Chair

Missouri Institute of Mental Health

Casey Anderson

DESE/Vocational Rehabilitation (St. Charles)

Cathi Bornhop

FACT St. Charles

Christina Brimm

Legal Services of Eastern MO

Jaclyn Brown

Jefferson County Health Department

Ben Burkemper

St. Louis County Courts

Sally Desu

Gleam of Hope

Shelnise Ellis

Vision for Children at Risk

Paulette Foerster

St. Louis Children’s Fund

Marcia Ford

Brown School, Washington University

Rick Gaines

St. Louis County Courts

Michelle Gorman

Youth in Need

JJ Gossrau

Missouri Department of Mental Health

Brittany Graham

Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri

Jawana Hammonds

Vision for Children at Risk

Amanda Harmel

PreventED

Katie Heiden-Rootes

Queer and Trans Wellness Clinic (St. Louis Univeristy)

Lynelle Hinden

IFM Community Medicine

Laura Huff Miller

Preferred Family Healthcare

Amy Konsewicz

SSM Health

Mike Lamping

Places for People

Shante Lampley

St. Louis City Courts

Elizabeth Makulec

Kids Under Twenty One

Karen Martin

Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition

Presley Menendez

PreventED

Tom Mennerick

St. Louis County Children's Service Fund

Rene Murph

Consumer/Caregiver/TAY

Poli Rijos

St. Louis Mental Health Board

Jill Simmons

St. Charles County Children's Division

Megan Vitale

COMTREA

Vicky Walker

Compass Health

Jim Wallis

University of Missouri-St. Louis/Chestnut Health Systems

Christine Wang

The SPOT

Stephanie Whitaker

St. Louis Children's Hospital

Cheri Winchester

Lincoln County Resource Board

Casey Wisdom

Special School District

Committees and workgroups guide BHN’s strategic initiatives, with membership based on expertise and interest.