Texas Mental Health Transformation
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7/31/2010 10:37:37 AM

Transformation Workgroup (TWG) Roster

Transformation Working Group (TWG) Contacts

Organization Name Position
Office of the Governor, State of Texas (OOG)
Rick Perry Governor of Texas
Jessica Olson
(TWG Designee)
Governor's Advisor
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC)
Albert Hawkins Executive Commissioner
Tom Valentine
(TWG Designee)
Senior Policy Advisor
Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
David Lakey, MD DSHS Commissioner/Convenor
Mike Maples
(TWG Designee)
Assistant Commissioner, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)
Addie Horn Commissioner
Jon Weizenbaum
(TWG Designee)
Director, CPI
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
Terry Murphy Commissioner
Debra Wanser
(TWG Designee)
Deputy Commissioner
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS)
Anne Heiligenstein Commissioner
Joyce James
(TWG Designee)
Deputy Commissioner of Family and Protective Services
Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TJC)
Vicki Spriggs Executive Director
Steve Spencer
(TWG Designee)
Director of Behavioral Health
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)
Brad Livingston Executive Director
Dee Wilson
(TWG Designee)
Executive Director of TCOOMMI
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA)
Michael Gerber Executive Director
Brenda Hull
(TWG Designee)
Manager, Housing Resource Center
Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)
Diane Rath Commissioner
John H. Fuller
(TWG Designee)
Director, Workforce Network Support
Cameron Bell
(Alternate)
Manager, Interagency Partnership
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Robert Scott Commissioner of Education
Gene Lenz
(TWG Designee)
Deputy Associtate Commissioner of Special Programs, Monitoring and Intervention
Margaret Christen
(Alternate)
Division of IDEA Coordination
Texas Youth Commission (TYC)
Cheryln Townsend Executive Commissioner
Tracy Levins
(TWG Designee)
Director, Adm. Services and Community Relations
Consumers and Family Members
Stephany Bryan
(TWG Designee)
 
Maurice Dutton (TWG Designee)  
Mike Halligan
(TWG Designee)
 
Frank Delgado
(TWG Designee)
 
Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA)
Charles Stone Executive Director
Theresa Cruz
(TWG Designee)
Director of Rural Health
Texas Veterans Commission (TVC)
James E. Nier Executive Director
Charles Buerschinger
(TWG Designee)
Director of Finance and Information Resources
Michael Duck TexVet Initiative Manager
VISN 17 Steve Holliday Mental Health Liasion Officer
Texas A&M College of Medicine Kathryn Kotrla Chair, Department of Psychiatry/Associate Dean, Round Rock Campus
State Government (Legislator)
Senator Jane Nelson State Senator
Chair, Health and Human Services Committee
Tara Swayzee
(TWG Designee)

Ex-officio TWG Members

Organiza tion Name Position
Chair, Mental Health Subcommittee of the Strategic Health Partnership Nancy Speck, Ph.D. New Freedom Commissioner/ Chair, Mental Health Subcommittee of the Strategic Health Partnership
Private Practice Deana Yates, Ph.D. New Freedom Commissioner
Texas Tech University Health Science Center Rudy Arredondo, Ed.D New Freedom Commissioner/ State Health Services Council, Chair

Project Implementation Team Members

Organization Name Position
Texas Health Institute
Camille Miller, MSSW Executive Director
Klaus Madsen Acting Vice President, Programs
Susan Griffin Community Development Specialist
University of Texas
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Pat Wong, Ph.D. Evaluator
Gary Chapman Co-principal investigator, evaluator
University of Texas
School of Social Work
Stacey Stevens, Ph.D. Subcontractor - Evaluation
Richard Spence, Ph.D. REsearch Scientist and Director
DSHS
Center for Policy and Innovation
Carolyn Bivens Assistant Director
Ellen Trevino Dedicated Grant Project Specialist
DSHS Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division Mimi Martinez McKay Communications Director
Wendy Cook Web Administrator
Steve Eichner IT Application Development Unit
Dedicated IT Project Manager
DSHS Center for Communication and External Affairs (CCEA) Amanda Broden Communications Specialist
DSHS Dolly Klinefelter MHT Support Staff
Dr. Emilie Becker Medical Director for Behavioral Health
Stew Urbach IT Project Director

Federal Support Team

Organization Name Position
SAMHSA Kathryn Power, M.Ed. Director for the Center for Mental Health Services
SAMHSA Pamela Fischer, PhD Federal Project Officer/Connector
Consultant for CMHS, SAMHSA Alan Kaufman MH Transformation Broker
SAMHSA Neal B. Brown Chief, Community Support Programs Branch

Federal Partners for Transformation

Other Partners