Texas Mental Health Transformation
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2/5/2012 7:41:33 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
Andrea Franco
(TWG Designee)
Governor's Advisor
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)
Tom Suehs Executive Commissioner
Ricky Garcia
(TWG Designee)
Senior Policy Advisor
Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
David Lakey, MD DSHS Commissioner
Mike Maples
(TWG Designee)
Assistant Commissioner, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)
Chris Traylor Commissioner
Jon Weizenbaum
(TWG Designee)
Director, CPI
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
Debra Wanser Commissioner
Jim Hanophy
(TWG Designee)
Assistant Commissioner for Rehabilitation Services
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)
Anne Heiligenstein Commissioner
James A. Rogers, M.D.
(TWG Designee)
Medical Director, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TJPC)
Vicki Spriggs Executive Director
Linda Brooke
(TWG Designee)
Director, External Affairs and Policy Development
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)
Brad Livingston Executive Director
April Zamora
(TWG Designee)
Executive Director of TCOOMMI
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA)
Michael Gerber Executive Director
Kate Moore
(TWG Designee)
Policy Advisor , Housing Resource Center
Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)
Larry Temple Executive Director
John H. Fuller
(TWG Designee)
Director, Workforce Network Support
Cameron Bell
(Alternate)
Manager, Interagency Partnership
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Robert Scott Commissioner of Education
Phyllis Gandy
(TWG Designee)
Division of IDEA Coordination
Texas Youth Commission (TYC)
Cheryln Townsend Executive Director
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)
 
Department of Rural Affairs (TDRA)
Charles Stone Executive Director
Vacant
(TWG Designee)
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Texas Veterans Commission (TVC)
Thomas Palladino Executive Director
Kyle Mitchell
(TWG Designee)
Deputy Executive Director
   
VISN 17 Steve Holliday Mental Health Liaison Officer
State Government (Legislator)
Senator Jane Nelson State Senator
Chair, Health and Human Services Committee
Vacant
(TWG Designee)
Jennifer Deegan Office of the Speaker of the House

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

Project Implementation Team Members

Organization Name Position
DSHS Sam Shore Director, Mental Health Transformation and Behavioral Health Operations, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division
Wendy Latham Training Specialist, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division
Steve Eichner IT Application Development Unit
Dolly Klinefelter MHT Support Staff
Mimi Martinez McKay Communications Director, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division
Wendy Cook Web Administrator
Emilie Becker Medical Director for Behavioral Health
Stew Urbach IT Project Director
Texas Health Institute Camille Miller Chief Operating Officer
Klaus Krøyer Madsen Vice President, Programs
Susan Griffin Community Collaborative Specialist
Nancy Speck Consultant
University of Texas Pat Wong Evaluation Team, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Richard Spence Evaluation Team, Special Projects, Center for Social Work
Stacey Stevens Manser Evaluation, Special Projects, Center for Social Work
Molly Lopez Children’s Service Pilot Project

 

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