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Awareness

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This committee provides leadership and subject matter expertise to Resilient Georgia to build awareness and create a common, trauma-informed language and understanding about adversity & resilience across the state.

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(Strategic Map Focus Area C)

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*While this committee is not currently meeting, we deeply appreciate their previous dedication and the significant strides they’ve made in advancing a birth through 26-year-old integrated behavioral health system across our state. Their historic contributions have paved the way for lasting progress.

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Awareness Committee
Committee Members / Awareness

  • Amy Marriott, Director, Child Advocacy Marketing at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Co-Chair)

  • Ellen McCarty, President, McCarty & Co., LLC, (Co-Chair)

  • Anna Moore, PhD, Director, Student Support (K-12), The Westminster Schools

  • Brittney Newton, Policy Analyst, Voices for Georgia’s Children

  • Chelsea Carver, Grant Writer, Youth Villages Georgia

  • Deborah Chosewood, Mental Health Grants Specialist, Office of Whole Child Supports for GaDOE

  • Doug Jackson, PhD, Clinical Program Manager, Department of Juvenile Justice

  • Elijah Miranda, Executive Director, The Vashti Center

  • Emily Acker, President and CEO, Hillside, Inc. 

  • Emily Anne Vall, Ph.D, Executive Director, Resilient Georgia

  • John Moeller, President and CEO, Action Ministries

  • Mark Pulliam, Business Development Director, Hillside, Inc. 

  • Melissa Haberlen DeWolf, Research and Policy Director, Voices for Georgia’s Children

  • Paul Kennedy, Chief Operating Officer, Asociación Latino Americana para la Salud, Inc

  • Quinntez Gurndy, Senior Program Manager at Kaiser Permanente

  • Terri McFadden, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine President, Georgia Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics

  • Tina Mannino, Parent Advocate

COMMITTEES

Education & Training

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This committee provides leadership and subject matter expertise to Resilient Georgia as it begins to move the needle to create a trauma-informed Georgia. The group provides expertise from both community facing facets of education and training as well as academia, to promote coordinated trauma-informed practices across sectors & systems.

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(Strategic Map Focus Area A)

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Education/Training Committee
Committee Members / Education & Training

  • Deborah Chosewood, Mental Health Grants Specialist, Office of Whole Child Supports for GaDOE (Co-Chair)

  • Tiffany Sawyer, Director of Prevention and Education, Georgia Center for Child Advocacy (Co-Chair)

  • Alex English, Regional Program Coordinator, Resilient Georgia

  • Allison C. Garefino, Ph.D., Clinical Director, Children and Family Programs, Kennesaw State University

  • Amy Mobley, Program Manager, Georgia State University

  • Amy René, Vice President of Community Operations and Clinical Services, Hillside

  • Andrea Meyer Stinson, PhD, Director of Workforce Strategy & Initiatives, Resilient Georgia

  • Anne Cornell, Cornell Consulting

  • Astrid Prudent, Assistant Project Director, Center of Excellence for Children’s Behavioral Health Georgia Health Policy Center

  • Audrey Idaikkadar, Director of Regional Programs, Resilient Georgia

  • Bonnie Hardage, Executive Director, Jesse Parker Williams Foundation, Executive Board Member, Resilient Georgia

  • Brenda Cibulas, Executive Director, Division of Behavioral Health, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

  • Brian Mosier, Associate Vice President, Innovation and Research, University of West Georgia

  • Bridgette Stewart, Chief Wellness Officer, University of West Georgia

  • Cammie Wolf Rice, President, Christopher Wolf Crusade

  • Cornelia King, Chair, Healthy Heart Coalition

  • Emily Anne Vall, PhD, Executive Director, Resilient Georgia

  • Erin Harlow-Parker, Manager, Behavioral and Mental Health Programs, Strong4Life

  • Gabriel P Kuperminc, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Public Health Chair, Resilient Youth Next Generation Initiative, Georgia State University

  • Heather Flowers, Family Justice Center Site Coordinator/Navigator, Magnolia House

  • Janani Thapa, Assistant Professor, Director, Economic Evaluation Research Group, University of Georgia

  • Kathy Colbenson

  • Lane Pease, Director of Education and Innovative Programs, Kate's Club

  • Laura Griggs, Program Specialist, Georgia Division of Family and Children Services

  • Leah Berger-Singer, Training & Technical Assistance Coordinator, The Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential

  • Lindsey Dale, CANP Unit Mangager, Prevention and Community Support Section, Georgia Division of Family and Children Services

  • Lisa Aman, Executive Director, Kate's Club

  • Lisa Schneider, Nursing Behavioral & Mental Health Director, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

  • Lynn Pattillo, President, Pittulloch Foundation, Executive Board Member, Resilient Georgia

  • Nikki Warner, Regional Program Manager, Resilient Georgia

  • Richard Shaw, Experiential Therapy Manager, Youth Villages

  • Sheryl Golub, Partner, Lexicon Strategies

  • Vira Salzburn, Executive Director, Chatham county Safety Net Planning Council

Technology & Telehealth Committee

Technology & Telehealth

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This Committee provides leadership and subject matter expertise to Resilient Georgia to increase reach and effectiveness of the provider pool in rural and underserved communities and is determined to help Georgia fill access gaps and adapt to an ever-evolving Georgia. 

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(Strategic Map Focus Area B)

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*While this committee is not currently meeting, we deeply appreciate their previous dedication and the significant strides they’ve made in advancing a birth through 26-year-old integrated behavioral health system across our state. Their historic contributions have paved the way for lasting progress.

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Committee Members / Technology & Telehealth

  • Chris Scoggins, Director Health Policy and Operations, Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (Co-Chair)

  • Ann Marie Hedges, Georgia State University

  • Blake Coty, Chief Communication Officer, ESE Telehealth

  • Brenda Cibulas, Director, Behavioral Health and Social Services, Mercy Care

  • Brittney Newton, Policy Analyst, Voices for Georgia’s Children

  • Chief Judge Peggy Walker, Retired, Douglas County Juvenile Court

  • Cindy Simpson, VP and Chief Operating Officer, Chris 180

  • Dan Salinas, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

  • Dante McKay, Director, Office of Children, Young Adults & Families, Division of Behavioral Health , Ga. Dept. of Behavioral

  • Deborah Chosewood, Deputy Director of Prevention and Community Support Section Georgia Division of Family and Children Services

  • Dorothy H. Jordan, Executive Director, J. Rex Fuqua Adolescent Campus, Skyland Trail

  • Dr. Michael Yochelson, Chief Medical Officer, Shepherd Center

  • Dr. Sarah Neely, Psychiatrist at Ethne Health

  • Emily Anne Vall, PhD, Resilient Georgia Executive Director

  • Emily C. Graybill, PhD, NCSP, Associate Director, Director of School and Community Supports Center for Leadership in Disability, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, GSU

  • Fabricia Prado, Trilingual Social Worker, Telehealth consultant

  • Helen Rice, DOE Board Member

  • Jean O’Connor, President at Whitefoord

  • Jesse Weathington, Executive Director, Georgia Quality Healthcare

  • John Kennebrew, LPC, Executive Director, Showcase Group

  • Karin Douglas, VP of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential

  • Kayln Lane, Medical Director at Unison Behavioral Health

  • Kevin Clark, Executive Administrator, Brain Health Center & Transplant Center Emory University

  • Laura Bryan, Learning Coordinator, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

  • Melissa Haberlen DeWolf, JD, Policy and Research Director, Voices for Georgia’s Children

  • Michele Sue Smith, PhD, Behavioral Science Research, WellStar Health System

  • Mike Royal, DOE Board Member, 7th District

  • Ronald McNeill, President & CEO, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential

  • Santiago Tagtachian, President, Georgia Behavioral Health Professionals

  • Suleima Salgado, Director of Telehealth, Telemedicine, and Rural Health Initiatives, Project ECHO Manager, Georgia Department of Public Health

  • Susan McLaren, Assistant Project Director, Georgia Health Policy Center Center of Excellence for Children’s Behavioral Health

  • Veda Johnson, MD, Pediatrics Professor, Emory School of Medicine

  • Wendy Tiegreen, Section Director, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities

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